Privacy Policy
1. The short version
- This policy covers every app and game published under the NoobForge name by AppNasty ("NoobForge", "AppNasty", "we", "us", "our"), including ones we release in the future (each an "App"). NoobForge is the brand name of AppNasty, and our Apps appear on Google Play under the developer name AppNasty.
- Our Apps are made for everyone, including children, and are designed to be safe for young users.
- Our Apps do not ask you to create an account, and NoobForge does not collect, store, sell or share your name, email address, location, contacts, photos or any other personal information through the Apps.
- Anything an App saves, such as your progress, settings or your own creations, stays only on your device. We never receive it.
- Our Apps are free and may be supported by advertising from Google AdMob. In our Apps for all ages, ads are child-directed and non-personalized: they are not tailored to you, and the Apps do not use your advertising ID for ads. See section 4.
- Links that leave an App (to a web page or an email) are protected by a grown-ups-only check.
2. Who we are
NoobForge is the brand name of AppNasty, an independent app and game studio. Our Apps are published on Google Play under the developer name AppNasty and are branded NoobForge. Website: www.noobforge.com. You can always read the latest version of this policy at www.noobforge.com/policy. Contact: privacy@noobforge.com.
3. Information we do not collect
NoobForge does not run a server that receives personal data from the Apps. The Apps work without an account, and we do not use our own analytics, tracking, crash-reporting or social-login tools. In particular, we do not collect:
- your name, email address, phone number or postal address;
- your precise or approximate location;
- your contacts, calendar, photos, files, microphone or camera data;
- payment information (our Apps do not sell anything inside the App);
- any health, financial or government identification information.
Data stored on your device. An App may store things like your progress, scores, achievements, display preferences and drawings in the App's local storage on your device. This stays on your device and is deleted when you clear the App's data or uninstall the App. If an App lets you save or export something, such as an image or a progress code, the file goes where you choose on your own device or to the app you choose to share it with. We do not receive it.
Permissions. Our Apps ask for as few device permissions as possible. They only use the internet to load ads and consent messages. An App will never access your camera, microphone, contacts or location unless it clearly tells you why first, and this policy will be updated before that happens.
4. Advertising and third-party services
Our Apps may display advertising from Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC. Ads may appear as banners or as full-screen ads at natural breaks, for example after you finish a level or a lesson. In Apps made for all ages, we configure all ad requests as child-directed and for users under the age of consent, and we limit the ad content rating to General (suitable for all audiences).
What this means in practice:
- Ads are not personalized. They are not based on your interests or your activity in other apps.
- Google is told that the request comes from a child-directed service. Under this setting, Google does not use your device's advertising ID for ads and does not do interest-based advertising or remarketing in the App.
- These Apps do not request the Android advertising ID permission.
To show and measure ads and keep them safe, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may still process limited technical information that is needed for the service to work, such as your IP address, device and app information (device model, operating system version, language, app name and version), and information about ad delivery and errors. Google uses it for ad delivery, frequency limits, measurement, fraud prevention and security. We do not receive this data and we do not combine it with any other information about you. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.
Ads are chosen under Google's policies for child-directed services. Full-screen ads appear only at natural breaks and never while you are in the middle of an activity.
If we ever release an App intended only for older audiences that offers personalized ads, that App will tell you inside the App before any ads are shown and will let you choose, and this policy will be updated to describe it.
Links and the grown-ups-only check
When you tap a link that leaves one of our Apps for all ages (for example the online version of this policy or an email address), the App first asks a simple question meant for grown-ups. Only after it is answered correctly does the link open in your device's browser or email app.
5. Consent in Europe, the UK and Switzerland
Because ads in our Apps for all ages are non-personalized and configured as child-directed, those Apps do not ask you to consent to personalized advertising, and Google does not use personal data for ad personalization in them. If Google's consent tools ever need to be shown in your region, they will appear in the App and you can change your choices there.
Because NoobForge does not collect personal data from the Apps, we do not store personal data that we could access, correct, export or delete. For the technical data Google processes, you can use the rights available to you under applicable law, including access, deletion, objection and complaint to your data protection authority, by following Google's privacy tools and policies linked above.
6. Your privacy rights in the United States
NoobForge does not sell personal information and does not collect personal information through the Apps on its own servers. Our Apps for all ages do not share advertising identifiers for targeted advertising or cross-context behavioral advertising. Ads are non-personalized and child-directed. If you have questions about your rights under US state privacy laws (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas and others), contact us at privacy@noobforge.com.
7. Children
Our Apps are made for people of all ages, including children. We design them to follow children's privacy rules such as the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the GDPR rules for children, and Google Play's Families Policy. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. Our Apps do not include accounts, chat, user-generated content sharing between users, purchases or social features. Ads are child-directed, non-personalized, rated for general audiences and come from Google AdMob. Links that leave the Apps are protected by a grown-ups-only check.
Parents and guardians who have questions or concerns can contact us at privacy@noobforge.com. To remove everything an App keeps on a device, clear the App's storage in Android settings or uninstall the App.
8. How long we keep data
Because we do not collect your personal data, we hold none. What an App stores on your device stays until you clear the App's data, use a reset option in the App, or uninstall the App. Retention of data that Google collects through AdMob is governed by Google's policies.
9. Security
Our Apps do not send your progress or creations to us. Most content is stored inside the App and works without an internet connection. Ads and consent messages need an internet connection and are delivered by Google over secure connections. No method of electronic storage or transmission is perfectly secure, but we limit risk by collecting no personal data of our own.
10. International transfers
Google may process information in the United States and other countries where Google or its service providers operate. Google relies on appropriate safeguards for these transfers, as described in its own privacy documentation.
11. Links to other sites
This policy may link to websites that are not run by NoobForge, such as those of Google. When you tap a web link, the App opens it in your device's browser. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites.
12. Changes to this policy and new Apps
When we release a new App, it follows this policy. If a new App or an update will handle information in a different way, we will update this policy first, tell you inside that App before anything is collected, and change the "Last updated" date above. You can always find the latest version at www.noobforge.com/policy and inside each App.
13. Contact us
NoobForge, a brand of AppNasty
Email: privacy@noobforge.com
Website: www.noobforge.com