Privacy Policy for Detective Word

Effective Date: July 14, 2025

1. Introduction

Detective Word (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal information when you use our mobile game Detective Word. It also outlines your rights and how to contact us.

2. Developer & Contact Information

• Developer: Yu Jie Wang (individual)
• Contact Email: [email protected]

3. Information We Collect

• Personal Information You Provide:
  • Full name and email address (collected during account registration)
• Third-Party Services:
  • Firebase Authentication (collects and stores email/password credentials)
  • Firebase Hosting & Realtime Database (stores game data)
• Advertisements:
  • We display ads within the app using Google AdMob. AdMob may collect device identifiers, IP addresses, and interaction data to serve personalized or non‑personalized ads.

4. How We Use Your Information

• To create and manage your user account
• To host and sync gameplay data across sessions and devices
• To facilitate group gaming via player-created lobbies
• To serve ads and generate revenue

5. Data Sharing

• We do not sell or rent your personal data. We only share:
  • With Firebase (Google acts as data processor under GDPR/CCPA)
  • With AdMob for ad serving (data processed per Google’s policies)

6. Data Retention & Deletion

• Account information (name, email) and gameplay data are retained as long as your account exists
• You may request account deletion via [email protected]
• Upon request, we will permanently delete your data within 30 days

7. User Rights

• Depending on your location, you may have rights under GDPR, CCPA, and other regulations to:
  • Access, correct, or delete your personal data
  • Withdraw consent
  • Opt out of personalized ads
• To exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected].

8. Children Under 13

Detective Word is not intended for users under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If we learn that we’ve collected such data, we will promptly delete it.

9. Consent & Updates

By using Detective Word, you consent to this Privacy Policy and our Data Safety disclosures. We may update this policy periodically; the “Effective Date” will be revised. We encourage you to review it regularly.

10. Data Safety Section

• Data Collected: Name, email, device identifiers, ad interaction data
• Purpose: Account management, gameplay hosting, advertising
• Shared With: Firebase, Google (data processors), AdMob
• Security: We use Firebase’s built-in security standards (encryption at rest and in transit)

11. Advertisement & Consent

We comply with Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) to obtain user consent for ad personalization in regions like the EEA.

12. Google Advertising Cookies (Web)

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to Detective Word and/or other sites across the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

If we allow additional third-party ad networks, their use of cookies and data collection will also be disclosed here, along with links to their opt-out options.

Thank you for playing Detective Word and for trusting us with your data. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us at [email protected].