Solar Spade Data Collection and Privacy Policy


Solar Space 3D Space Shooter – Data Collection and Privacy Policy

Rowley Games Studio (RowleyGames.com) built the “Solar Spade” application as an Ad-Supported “Freemium” application.  Download and use of the “Solar Spade” application is considered use of our SERVICE. This SERVICE is provided by Rowley Games Studio (RowleyGames.com) at no cost and is intended for use “as is”.
This page is designed to inform visitors and users of our policies regarding collection, use, and disclosure of any Personal Information requested by, generated by, or collected by the “Solar Spade” application.
If you choose to download and use the “Solar Spade” app, then you agree to the collection and use of personally identifiable information persuant to this policy. Any Personal Information that the app requests is intended and used only for improving our games and services. We do not use nor share nor save nor store any of your personal information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better user experience, “Solar Spade” may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your Google Play Services Sign-In or identification, your AdMob identification, your Firebase Analytics identification, or your Crashlytics identification. Any information that is requested by “Solar Spade” will be retained on your device and no requested data is saved or collected by Rowley Games Studio (RowleyGames.com), except in aggregate generic formats without any personal or user-specific identifying information.
The “Solar Spade” application implements various third party services that may request or collect information used to identify you.  Details on third-party services used by the app can be found below under Third Party Service Providers.

Log Data

Whenever you execute “Solar Spade”, the application may request collected data and information on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the application when utilizing our services, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device’s internal memory.
This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the application may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Third-Party Service Providers

Rowley Games Studio may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
To facilitate our Service;
To provide Services on our behalf;
To assist us in analyzing how our Service is being used.
Users should be advised that these third parties may have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf, to help us to improve our games and services. All third party service providers are also obligated not to disclose or use any of your data or information for any other purpose.
These third party services “Solar Spade” includes, may request your user id or minimal data from the user intended for uses as described here.
Google Play Services
Your Google ID and sign-in are used to verify (and re-install as needed) any in-game purchases made for downloadable game content.  This service is also used to support cloud saved games, game sync between devices, and saved game configurations as well as supporting player leaderboards and other common gaming benefits when the user signs into Google Play. Google’s privacy policy may be found here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
AdMob Mobile Advertising. 
Your AdMob Advertising ID, and/or your Android advertising ID may be collected to assist with delivering more targeted or user-relevant advertising. Some versions of “Solar Spade” do not currently include in-game advertising. The AdMob privacy policy can be reviewed here:
Firebase Analytics.
Firebase analytics may request some game-related data for generating generic game statistics reporting to the developer.  This data may include information such as which items are provisioned when a user starts a game, which items have been purchased, or player location and map id where player-death occurs, and data of this nature.  This data is requested in order to help the developer to identify problems with the app or to generate better content consistent with users in-game behavior. You may review the Firebase Analytics privacy policy here:
https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics/
Crashlytics.
Some information may be requested when the application encounters failures or crashes to report generic code state and app-crash related information back to RowleyGames.com.  The Crashlytics privacy policy can be reviewed here:
http://try.crashlytics.com/terms/privacy-policy.pdf

Security

We value your trust in providing us any Personal Information, thus we strive to follow commercially acceptable means of protecting any requested information. However, please also remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

External Links to Other Sites

“Solar Spade” may contain in-game links to other internet web sites. If you click on an advertisement or certain hyper-links, you may be directed to web sites outside of the app. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of any websites visted through our links provided. We have no control over,  and we assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services accessed by clicking links in advertisements or otherwise leaving the application.

Children’s Privacy
“Solar Spade” does not not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Rowley Games Studio (RowleyGames.com) recommends users are 13 or older to download or play the game.  Parents or guardians should note the publically posted game ratings, and use appropriate judgement and oversight if allowing younger children to download or play the game.  Parents or guardians should also carefully review all third-party privacy policies linked here for further details regarding any personal data requested by the “Solar Spade” application.

Changes to This Privacy Policy
Rowley Games Studio (RowleyGames.com) may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify users of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy here. Changes become effective immediately after they are posted.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy or collection and use of personally identifiable information or data, do not hesitate to contact us.