Bridgefold Privacy Policy

1. Data that stays on your phone

Your progress, settings (such as reduced motion and larger text), harbour bay, hints and a play log are saved on your phone so the game can continue where you left off. They are deleted when you uninstall the game or clear its data.

2. Data the game sends to us

We use Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, run by Google in the United States) to receive data. The first time the game sends anything, Firebase creates an anonymous account: a random ID that is not linked to your name, Google account, email or phone number. You can see this ID in Options → Privacy and data.

Please don't type personal details in the optional answer box. We don't sell this data, use it for advertising, or share it with anyone except Google, which stores it for us as our service provider. (Crash reports and app analytics are described in section 3, and what Meta's SDK sends in section 5.) All of it is sent encrypted (HTTPS).

3. Crash reports and app analytics (Google Firebase)

To find and fix problems, the game uses two more Google Firebase services, run by Google as our service provider:

• Firebase Crashlytics: if the game crashes or hits a serious error, it sends a crash report with what went wrong in the game's code, the game version, your phone model, Android version, free memory and storage, and a random installation ID. Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days.
• Google Analytics for Firebase: records how the game is used, such as when it is opened, how long a session lasts, the game version and basic device information (phone model, Android version, language and approximate location from your IP address), linked to a random app instance ID and, where your phone allows it, the advertising ID. Analytics data is kept for up to 14 months.

We use this only to keep the game stable and to understand how it is played. We don't sell it or use it to show you ads. Google's use of this data is described in the Firebase privacy information and the Google Privacy Policy. You can reset or delete your advertising ID as described in section 4.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob and Meta Audience Network)

Bridgefold is free and shows ads through Google AdMob, which can also fill an ad from other ad networks it works with, including Meta Audience Network (run by Meta Platforms): short videos you choose to watch for in-game rewards, and occasional full-screen ads between boards. To show, measure and protect ads against fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK collects and shares with Google your IP address (which can indicate approximate location), device identifiers such as the Android advertising ID and app set ID, ad interactions (for example app launches, taps and video views) and diagnostic information (such as app performance). When an ad comes from Meta Audience Network, Meta receives similar information to show and measure that ad. In regions where the law requires it, such as the EEA, UK and Switzerland, the game asks for your consent through Google's consent message before any ads are requested. Ads in Bridgefold are limited to content suitable for general audiences (rated PG or lower).

You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your phone's Settings → Google → Ads. Meta's use is described in the Meta Privacy Policy, and Google's in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.

5. Measuring our own ads (Meta)

We advertise Bridgefold on Facebook and Instagram. To learn which of our ads lead to people installing and playing the game, the game includes Meta's app events SDK. It only starts after the consent step described above (or straight away where no consent message is needed), and it sends Meta: that the game was installed and opened, when you finish the tutorial, how many boards you have solved, your advertising ID, and basic device information (such as phone model and Android version). Meta uses this to measure and improve our ad campaigns and, under its own policy, its ads more generally. You can limit this by resetting or deleting your advertising ID (see above) and in your Facebook or Instagram ad settings.

6. How long we keep data

Usage stats and play logs are kept for up to 24 months and then deleted. Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days and analytics data for up to 14 months (section 3). Deletion requests are completed within 30 days.

7. Your choices and deleting your data

• Switch play logs or usage stats off at any time in Options → Privacy and data. Nothing more of that data is sent once a switch is off.
• Tap Delete my uploaded data on the same screen to have your usage stats and play logs deleted. Sending stops at once. Crash reports and analytics data (section 3) are not linked to that ID and expire on their own; email us if you want them removed sooner.
• Or email support@nitroedgestudios.com with the anonymous ID shown on that screen, to ask what we hold, or to have it corrected or deleted.

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or California law) you may have further rights, including the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

8. Children

Bridgefold is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us data, email us and we will delete it.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, we will update the effective date above and, for important changes, tell players in the game.

10. Contact

NitroEdge Studios LLC · support@nitroedgestudios.com