# Privacy Policy for Orbloom: Ball Sort Puzzle

**Last Updated: July 5, 2026**

This Privacy Policy describes how **Orbloom: Ball Sort Puzzle** ("the Application", "we", "us", or "our") handles data when you use our mobile application. 

The Application is a casual puzzle game designed to run primarily offline. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your gameplay experience is safe and secure.

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## 1. Information We Collect and Process

### A. Local Gameplay Data (Stored on Your Device)
To provide a persistent and progressive gaming experience, the Application stores core gameplay data locally on your device using an encrypted local SQLite database (Android Room). This data includes:
* **User Level Progress:** The current game level you are on and historical level details.
* **Game Economy:** Virtual currency (coins) collected and spent within the game.
* **Cosmetic Customization:** Unlocked and selected skins (ball skins, tube skins, background skins).
* **Game State Preferences:** Settings such as sound controls (enabled/disabled) and move-by-move undo logs.

**No personal data, account login details, or email addresses are stored in this database. This data resides 100% locally on your device and is never uploaded or synced to any external servers.**

### B. Automatically Collected Data (Third-Party Services)
The Application includes the **Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob)** to load and display interstitial advertisements. To serve ads, prevent fraud, and run analytics on ad delivery, Google AdMob automatically collects:
* **IP Address:** Used for determining broad geolocation (country/city level) and network diagnostics.
* **Device Identifiers:** Standard Android device identifiers, hardware model, operating system version, and mobile network information.
* **Advertising ID:** The Google Play Services Advertising ID (GAID) used for frequency capping, ad tracking, and personalized advertising.
* **Interaction Data:** Metrics related to ad impressions, clicks, and video completions.

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## 2. Permissions Required
The Application declares and utilizes only the following non-sensitive system permissions:
* **`android.permission.INTERNET`**: Required to download and render advertisements from Google AdMob when connected to the internet.
* **`android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`**: Used to determine if the device is online or offline in order to adjust ad loading mechanisms dynamically.

No sensitive permissions (such as Location, Camera, Microphone, Contacts, or Device Storage) are declared or used.

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## 3. Data Sharing and Third-Party Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. All gameplay data remains entirely on your device.

We utilize Google AdMob for advertising. Google AdMob may share collected identifiers and metrics with its programmatic advertising partners to display personalized or non-personalized ads. Google’s use of your data is governed by the [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).

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## 4. Security Practices
* **Encryption in Transit:** All data collected automatically by Google AdMob is transmitted securely over HTTPS.
* **Local Isolation:** Your local game progress is stored in an app-private Room database sandbox, which is isolated by the Android Operating System and cannot be accessed by other standard applications on your device.
* **User Control (Data Deletion):** Since all of your personal progress data is stored locally, you have absolute control over it. You can permanently erase all gameplay history, coin balances, and settings at any time by clearing the Application's cache and data through your device’s system settings (`Settings > Apps > Orbloom: Ball Sort Puzzle > Storage > Clear Data`).

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## 5. Children's Privacy
The Application does not collect or solicit any personal information from children. Because we serve ads through Google AdMob, we recommend that parents configure their Google accounts to limit personalized ad tracking for children under the digital age of consent.

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## 6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

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## 7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
* **Email:** support@orbloom.com