Who is responsible for your data

KITAUT is provided by Ilia Zhemaitis, publishing under the name elliah.games (“we,” “us,” or “the developer”). We are responsible for the processing activities that we determine. Third-party services described below may process data on our behalf or act as separate controllers under their own privacy terms. For privacy questions or requests, email elliahzhe@gmail.com.

Data stored only on your device

KITAUT stores game settings and progress data on your device, including your best score, tutorial state, completed-attempt count, advertising timing state, and world-generation settings. This data is used to run the game, remember your choices, and apply the in-game advertising schedule. The Google User Messaging Platform may also store your current privacy choice on the device. Device-local data normally remains until you reset the game, clear the app's data, or delete the app.

Optional gameplay analytics

If you choose to allow analytics, KITAUT uses GameAnalytics to understand broad play patterns and improve balance, stability, and usability. Declining analytics does not limit the game, and you can change your choice in the in-game settings.

When analytics is enabled, the following data may be processed:

• a random installation identifier generated by the GameAnalytics SDK after you allow analytics, stored locally so it can be reused across sessions until you clear the app's data or delete the app, and sent with analytics events together with per-session identifiers;
• session timing and interaction information;
• run start and end, fall or restart reason, score, and new-record events;
• app build, platform, operating-system, device, engine, and SDK information;
• country-level location derived from the request IP address; GameAnalytics states that it does not store the IP address itself;
• technical diagnostic, crash, or performance information to the extent processed by the version of the GameAnalytics SDK included in the app.

Analytics data is associated with a pseudonymous identifier, so it may still be personal data. We use it for analytics and app functionality. We do not provide KITAUT's GameAnalytics event stream to AdMob, sell it, or combine it ourselves with data from other companies' apps or websites for targeted advertising.

GameAnalytics processes this data on our behalf. Its documentation and privacy materials are available at the GameAnalytics Trust Center. Data may be processed in countries other than your own using the safeguards described by GameAnalytics.

Interstitial advertising and Google Mobile Ads

KITAUT uses Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK to request and display full-screen interstitial advertisements between selected completed attempts. Ads are not displayed during active gameplay. Whether an ad is personalized, non-personalized, limited, or unavailable depends on your region, privacy choices, platform settings, available consent signals, and Google's ad-serving rules.

When an ad is requested or displayed, Google Mobile Ads and participating advertising providers may automatically collect or process:

• the device's IP address, which may be used to estimate coarse or general location;
• device identifiers, such as an advertising identifier when the operating system makes it available, and other app- or developer-scoped identifiers;
• advertising data, such as ad requests, ads shown, impressions, and interactions with advertisements;
• product-interaction data, such as app launches, taps, clicks, and video views;
• crash logs and other technical diagnostic information;
• performance information, such as app or SDK launch time, hang rate, and energy usage;
• device, app, operating-system, language, network, and SDK information needed to deliver, secure, measure, and troubleshoot advertisements.

This information may be used to deliver and measure ads, provide personalized advertising where permitted, provide contextual or non-personalized ads, perform advertising analytics, limit repeated ads, detect fraud and abuse, maintain security, diagnose failures, and improve the advertising services. The exact data processed varies by device, operating system, consent choice, ad response, and SDK configuration. We normally receive aggregated advertising reports rather than the raw identifiers, IP addresses, or diagnostic records collected by Google.

Google and eligible advertising partners may process this information under their own terms. You can learn more in the Google Privacy Policy, Google's explanation of how information from apps that use Google services is used, and the Google Mobile Ads SDK data-disclosure guide.

Advertising consent and privacy choices

KITAUT uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to obtain and manage advertising privacy choices. The game asks UMP to refresh consent information at each launch and requests an ad only after UMP reports that ads may be requested. Where required, UMP presents a regional message explaining the available choices and the advertising providers involved.

Depending on the applicable rules, you may be able to:

• consent to personalized advertising;
• decline consent and receive non-personalized or limited ads where available;
• manage individual advertising purposes and providers;
• opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or targeted advertising under supported US state laws.

When UMP reports that an ongoing privacy-options entry point is required, the ABOUT screen displays AD PRIVACY CHOICES. That button opens Google's native privacy-options form; it does not open this webpage. If UMP reports that an entry point is not required in your region, the button may not be shown. You can still contact us about a privacy request using the address below.

Refusing or withdrawing advertising consent does not block access to the game. Depending on law and available ad inventory, KITAUT may show non-personalized or limited ads, or may continue without an ad. In some US jurisdictions, disclosures to an advertising provider for personalized advertising may legally be treated as a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising even when no money is paid for personal data; the UMP form provides the applicable opt-out choice.

KITAUT does not currently request Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) permission and does not display an ATT prompt. Consequently, the app does not obtain permission to access the iOS advertising identifier (IDFA) for cross-app tracking. Google Mobile Ads may still process other identifiers and signals that the operating system permits. If this implementation changes, we will update this policy and the App Store privacy disclosures before release.

Game Center and Google Play Games Services

On iOS, KITAUT can authenticate with Apple Game Center, submit your best score, and display Apple's leaderboard interface. We do not retrieve or log your Game Center player ID, alias, or display name. Apple processes Game Center data under its own privacy terms, and you can control Game Center from iOS Settings.

On Android, KITAUT may use Google Play Games Services for sign-in and leaderboards. Google processes account and leaderboard information under its own privacy terms. We use the service only to provide the requested game-services features.

Sharing record images and Photos

When you tap SHARE, KITAUT creates a record image locally and presents the operating system's share interface. Nothing is shared until you choose a destination. If you choose Save Image on iOS, the system may request permission to add that image to Photos. KITAUT does not read your photo library and does not access the camera or microphone.

Support email

If you contact support, we receive the information you choose to include, such as your email address and message. We use it only to answer and troubleshoot your request, retain it only as reasonably necessary for that purpose and legal obligations, and do not use it for advertising.

Service providers, disclosure, and international processing

We disclose data only as described in this policy: to GameAnalytics for optional gameplay analytics; to Google and eligible advertising providers for advertising, consent management, measurement, security, and diagnostics; to Apple or Google for platform game services; to a destination you select when sharing; and when required by law or necessary to protect users, the game, or our legal rights.

These providers may process data in countries other than your own. Their privacy notices describe their roles, retention practices, transfer safeguards, and available rights. We do not sell your GameAnalytics gameplay event stream. Advertising-related processing may nevertheless be classified as a sale or sharing under certain laws, as explained above.

Legal bases and your choices

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, device-local processing is necessary to provide the game; support messages are processed to answer your request; optional GameAnalytics processing is based on your consent; and advertising-related processing may rely on consent, legitimate interests, compliance with law, or another permitted basis depending on the purpose and jurisdiction. UMP presents the applicable advertising choices before KITAUT requests ads when required.

You may decline or withdraw GameAnalytics consent in Settings without losing gameplay access. Where the UMP privacy-options button is required, you may use it to change advertising choices. Refusing consent does not prevent you from playing.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or obtain a copy of personal data, withdraw consent, or object to certain processing, including sale, sharing, or targeted advertising. Email us to exercise a right. We may need information sufficient to verify and locate the relevant pseudonymous record. Requests concerning data controlled directly by Google, Apple, or GameAnalytics may also need to be submitted to that provider. You may complain to your local data-protection authority.

Retention and deletion

Local game data and locally stored privacy choices remain until they expire, are reset, the app's data is cleared, or the app is deleted. Deleting the app does not automatically delete information that a service provider previously processed off the device.

Support correspondence is retained only as long as reasonably necessary. GameAnalytics data is retained under our account settings, contractual requirements, and the GameAnalytics Data Retention and Deletion Policy. Google retains advertising, consent, security, and diagnostic data according to its own policies and applicable settings. To request assistance with deletion or another privacy right, contact us at the email above.

Children

KITAUT is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly enable optional analytics for a child without any consent required by applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal data improperly or received advertising without required protections, contact us so we can investigate and request appropriate deletion or restriction.

Security

We use reasonable measures designed to protect data, but no networked service can guarantee absolute security.