Puzzle Vault — Privacy Policy

Applies to the Puzzle Vault mobile app on Apple App Store (iOS/iPadOS) and Google Play (Android).

Effective: August 2026  ·  Last updated: 7 August 2026

Puzzle Vault is a free, ad-supported collection of puzzle games. There is no account, no sign-in, and no personal profile. This policy explains the limited data involved in running the app and showing ads.

1. Information stored on your device

Your puzzle progress — completed levels, star ratings, difficulty tier, and how-to-play preferences — is saved locally on your device only. Puzzle Vault has no servers, no user accounts, and no login. We never receive, transmit, or store your game progress. Deleting the app deletes this data permanently, and it cannot be recovered or transferred.

Every puzzle is generated on your device. The games are fully playable with no network connection.

2. Information we do not collect

We do not collect, request, or have access to your name, email address, phone number, postal address, date of birth, contacts, photos, microphone, camera, precise (GPS) location, health data, payment details, or any account credentials. The app requests no such permissions.

3. Advertising

Puzzle Vault is free because it shows ads through Google AdMob. Ads appear as occasional full-screen interstitials between levels, and as optional rewarded videos you may choose to watch in exchange for a hint or extra attempts. Rewarded ads are always optional and never required to progress.

To serve, measure, and prevent fraud in advertising, Google collects the following through the AdMob SDK embedded in the app. This mirrors the disclosures on our App Store and Google Play listings:

Of these, the device identifier may be used for tracking as Apple defines it — that is, linked with data from other companies' apps or websites for targeted advertising or ad measurement.

Google acts as an independent controller of this data. Its handling is governed by the Google Privacy Policy, and you can read how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

4. Your choices about tracking

On iPhone and iPad

The first time you open Puzzle Vault, iOS shows Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt, asking whether the app may track you across other companies' apps and websites. Choosing Ask App Not to Track means the advertising identifier is not used for tracking, and you will see non-personalised ads instead.

You can change this decision at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, or disable it for all apps there. Declining has no effect on gameplay, progress, or any feature of the app.

On Android

You can reset or delete your Advertising ID in Settings → Google → Ads, and opt out of ad personalisation from the same screen.

In the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Where required, we show a Google-certified consent form before any ad is requested, allowing you to accept or refuse personalised advertising. You can revisit that choice from the privacy options link inside the app where it is offered in your region.

5. Legal bases and your rights

Because we hold no personal data ourselves, requests to access, correct, delete, or export advertising data must be directed to Google, which controls it. See the Google Privacy Policy for how to exercise those rights.

EEA / UK (GDPR)

Where personalised advertising is used, the legal basis is your consent, collected through the consent form described above, and withdrawable at any time. Where non-personalised advertising is served, the basis is legitimate interest in funding a free app. You have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, and may complain to your local supervisory authority.

California (CCPA / CPRA)

We do not sell personal information for money. Sharing an advertising identifier for cross-context behavioural advertising may qualify as "sharing" under the CPRA. Californian residents may opt out by declining tracking as described in section 4, which we honour as an opt-out of sale and sharing.

6. Children's privacy

Puzzle Vault is a general-audience app. It is not directed to children, is not enrolled in the App Store Kids Category or Google Play's Designed for Families programme, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through this app, contact us and we will act promptly. Parents and guardians can restrict advertising identifiers using the device settings in section 4, or use Screen Time (iOS) and Family Link (Android) to manage app access.

7. Data retention and security

Game progress remains on your device until you delete the app. We operate no servers and retain nothing. Advertising data is retained by Google under its own retention schedule, described in its privacy policy.

8. International transfers

Advertising data may be processed by Google on servers outside your country, including the United States, under the safeguards described in Google's privacy policy.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app changes or as legal requirements evolve. The revision date at the top will always reflect the current version. Material changes will be highlighted on this page.

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