Sungka privacy policy
Summary
Sungka is a traditional Filipino mancala game (sowing shells around a board of pits) that you can play against the computer or with a friend on one device. It has no accounts, no sign-in and no developer server. Your game progress stays on your device. The game shows optional ads through Google AdMob, which collects some device data as described below.
Data on your device
Sungka saves the following on your device only: your settings (sound, music, volume, vibration, difficulty), your game statistics (games played, wins, draws, losses, streaks, best scores per difficulty, captures, hints and undos used, time played) and the game you have in progress (the board position, whose turn it is, elapsed time and how many free hints and undos are left), so you can continue it later. This data is not sent to us or to anyone else. It is removed when you clear the app's storage or uninstall the app. The Settings screen includes a reset option for the statistics.
Advertising and consent
Sungka shows ads using the Google AdMob SDK: a small banner on the main menu and statistics screens, an occasional full-screen ad between games (after a finished game, never during one), and an optional rewarded video that you choose to watch to get one extra hint or undo once your free ones for a game are used up. Ads are never shown during play. The game works without ads and without an internet connection.
When ads are requested, Google and its advertising partners may collect and process, depending on your consent and region: your Advertising ID, IP address (and the approximate location derived from it), device and operating system information, app version, and information about how ads were shown and interacted with, including crash and performance diagnostics. Google uses this to serve and measure ads, to prevent fraud and, where you have allowed it, to personalise ads. We do not receive this data about you from the game and we do not run our own analytics.
See Google's explanation of how it uses data from apps that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and the Google Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
Your choices
- Where required (for example in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom), Sungka shows a Google consent message the first time you open the app, and no ads are requested until your choice allows it. If you decline, the game stays fully playable.
- Where the consent platform requires it, a Privacy options entry appears in Sungka's Settings so you can review or change your choice at any time.
- On Android you can reset your Advertising ID or opt out of ads personalisation in the device settings (Settings > Privacy > Ads, wording varies by device).
Permissions
Sungka uses the Internet and network-state permissions so that ads can load, the Advertising ID permission so that ads can be served and measured, and the vibration permission for optional haptic feedback. The game does not request your location, contacts, photos, microphone or camera.
Sharing and retention
We do not sell your data and we do not share any data from the game with third parties, other than the data Google AdMob collects as described above. Local game data is kept until you clear it. Data processed by Google is kept according to Google's policies.
Children
Sungka is intended for players aged 13 and over and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has used the app, please contact us and clear the app data on the device.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions or requests: OWNER-TO-FILL (contact email)