Grumpy Gaffer Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Grumpy Gaffer! We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide when creating an account for our game, including details on how we manage and protect your data.


2. Information we collect

To create an account and access our game, we collect the following personal information from you:

  1. Email address
  2. Password

Additionally, we collect non-personal information related to:

  1. Microtransactions: Transaction amount and product purchased, linked to your unique player ID.
  2. Advertisements: Through our ad partner, IronSource, we may collect data such as:
    • Device identifiers (e.g., IP address, IDFA, or Android Advertising ID)
    • Usage data and interaction with the ads
    • Device information
    • Approximate location

3. How we use your information

We use your personal and non-personal information solely for the following purposes:

  1. Account Creation and Management: Your email and password are used to create and manage your account, allowing you to log in and save your progress across devices. This information is optional and you don't need to provide it in order to play the game unless you wish to participate in leaderboards or if you want to make sure you don't lose your game's data if something happens to your device.
  2. Essential Communication: We may use your email address to send you important updates about the game, such as changes to this Privacy Policy, security notices, changes made to your account, rewards you have received in-game, or other essential information.
  3. Transaction Records: For purchases made within the game, we keep a simple record of the transaction amount and the product purchased. This information is linked to your unique player ID and not directly to your personal data.
  4. Advertisements: We use IronSource to serve ads in the game. IronSource may use collected data to serve personalized ads, optimize ad delivery, and track ad performance.

4. Data security and storage

We take the security of your personal information seriously. Your data is managed and stored by our third-party provider, Beamable, which implements industry-standard security measures to protect your information, including:

  1. Encryption: All data is encrypted both during transmission and while stored on Beamable's servers to protect it from unauthorized access.
  2. Password Protection: Passwords are stored using secure hashing methods to prevent unauthorized access.
  3. Access Controls: Beamable uses virtual private clouds (VPCs) to isolate and secure the environments in which your data is stored, ensuring that access is tightly controlled.
  4. Data Backups: Regular backups are performed to protect against data loss, and these backups are stored securely across multiple locations.

5. Data sharing and disclosure

We do not share, sell, or disclose your personal information to third parties, except as required by law or in response to a valid legal request. Our third-party service providers also handle your data according to GDPR compliance standards. If you wish to know more about those in particular, please visit Beamable privacy policy and Ironsource privacy policy.


6. Microtransactions

If you make purchases within the game, the following data will be stored and linked to your unique player ID:

  1. Transaction amount
  2. Product purchased
  3. Provider

Players who do not register an account can still make purchases through the platform specific provider store (Google Play Store, App Store or Steam). Transaction data is tied to their unique player ID, not directly to their personal data.


7. Advertisements

Our game includes advertisements served by IronSource. The data IronSource collects may include:

  1. Device identifiers (e.g., IP address, IDFA, or Android Advertising ID)
  2. Usage data and interaction with the ads
  3. Device information
  4. Approximate location

This data is used by IronSource to provide personalized ads and track ad performance. You can review IronSource's privacy policy for more details on how they collect and use your information.


8. Your rights and choices

  1. Access and correction: You can access and update your account information at any time by logging into your account settings.
  2. Deletion: If you wish to delete your account and all associated personal information, follow the steps described here: Delete personal data.

9. Changes to this privacy policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by email or through the game. Your continued use of the game after such updates constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.


10. Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@rcgamestudio.com.