Welcome to Candy Rush (published by Joshua Wise / Wiseking). This document details our commitment to your privacy, how data is processed, permissions required by the app, and the rules governing your use of our mobile game.
By downloading, installing, or playing Candy Rush, you accept the practices and terms outlined below.
1. Information We Collect
A. Player-Provided & Gameplay Data
Candy Rush (also referred to as “Block Candy”) is designed to provide fun, engaging mobile gaming experiences. We collect minimal data necessary to store your game progress and high scores.
- Game Progress & High Scores: Level progression, unlocked achievements, coins/candies collected, and top scores are saved directly on your device.
- Settings & Preferences: Sound effect toggles, music volume, control preferences, and graphical settings selected inside the game.
B. Device Permissions Requested
Candy Rush requests access to specific device capabilities solely to execute core game mechanics and display ads:
C. Technical & Diagnostic Information
When playing the game online, automated diagnostic data such as device hardware model, operating system version, screen resolution, frame rates, and crash reports may be logged to help improve game performance and stability.
2. How We Use Information
We process collected information strictly for legitimate operational purposes:
- Core Gameplay Execution: Maintaining current levels, high scores, active candy power-ups, and game state across sessions.
- Leaderboards & Achievements: Displaying player high scores on Google Play Games or in-game leaderboards if enabled.
- Ad Delivery & In-Game Rewards: Serving non-intrusive interstitial or optional rewarded video ads (e.g., granting bonus moves or extra lives).
- Performance & Bug Fixes: Analyzing crash logs and frame rate bottlenecks across different mobile hardware.
3. Third-Party Services & Advertising
Candy Rush may integrate reputable third-party software development kits (SDKs) to facilitate advertising, analytics, and play services. These third parties operate independently under their own privacy policies:
- Google Play Services & Google Play Games: Used for account sign-in, cloud save sync, and achievement tracking. Review Google's Privacy Policy.
- Ad Networks (Google AdMob / Unity Ads): Used to deliver ads. These networks may collect anonymous Advertising IDs (GAID/IDFA) to serve contextual or personalized advertisements in compliance with privacy laws.
- Google Analytics / Firebase for Games: Provides aggregated, non-personally identifiable telemetry on active user counts and level completion rates.
4. Data Storage & Player Control
Candy Rush prioritizes local storage for maximum privacy and offline accessibility:
- On-Device Storage: All save data remains directly stored inside your device’s application cache/data folder.
- Deleting Game Data: You can reset or clear all saved data at any time by going to your mobile device settings:
Settings > Apps > Candy Rush > Storage > Clear Data. - Uninstalling: Uninstalling the game will remove all locally stored high scores, candy coins, and level progress unless backed up via Google Play Games.
5. Security & Fair Play
We maintain reasonable technical standards to protect local application files. Players are expected to maintain fair play standards while enjoying Candy Rush:
- No Unauthorized Hacks or Mods: Players may not reverse engineer, decompile, modify the APK binary, inject automated bots, or manipulate local memory values to cheat on public leaderboards.
- Leaderboard Integrity: Scores detected to be generated via memory manipulation or automated scripts may be removed from global rankings without prior notice.
6. Children's Privacy (COPPA & GDPR Compliance)
Candy Rush is a family-friendly casual puzzle game. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and GDPR regulations:
- We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13 years of age.
- Ad networks integrated into the game are configured with age-appropriate advertising tags and non-behavioral ad filtering where required by law.
- If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided personal information without consent, please contact us at w.kdevs@gmail.com for immediate deletion.
7. Terms of Service & License Agreement
By downloading, installing, or playing Candy Rush, you agree to the following terms:
- Limited License: You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and play Candy Rush for personal, non-commercial entertainment.
- Intellectual Property: All game artwork, graphics, sound effects, music tracks, code, character designs, animations, logos, and titles are the exclusive intellectual property of Joshua Wise (Wiseking).
- Disclaimer of Warranty: The game is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
8. Policy Updates & Contact Information
We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy and Terms at any time. Any changes will be posted directly to this URL with an updated revision date.