Developer: ByteHills Tech
Contact: contact@bytehills.com
This policy explains what information the mobile game Scoop & Serve (“the app”, “we”) handles on Android (Google Play) and iOS (the App Store).
In short
- The game has no accounts and does not ask for your name, email, contacts, photos or precise location.
- Your progress (scores, tips, cones, streaks, settings) stays on your device.
- The app shows optional rewarded ads from Google AdMob. Google collects some device data to show and measure those ads.
- Optional in-app purchases are handled entirely by Google Play or Apple. We never see your payment details.
- We do not sell your personal information, and we do not receive any personal data ourselves.
1. Information stored on your device
Your scores, best runs, tips, unlocked cones, daily goals, Daily Cone streak, purchases you have made and settings (sound, haptics) are saved only on your phone. They are not sent to us. Deleting the app deletes them.
2. Advertising (Google AdMob)
Scoop & Serve offers optional rewarded ads, for example “Watch ad” to save a toppling tower or “x2 TIPS” after a round. Ads are never required to play. These ads are provided by Google AdMob. To deliver ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and process:
| Data | Used for |
|---|---|
| Device advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID; on iOS the IDFA, only if you allow tracking) and other device identifiers | Advertising, analytics, fraud prevention |
| Approximate location derived from your IP address | Advertising, analytics, fraud prevention |
| App interactions and advertising data (which ads were shown and whether they were viewed) | Advertising, analytics |
| Device information, crash and performance diagnostics | Analytics, fraud prevention |
This data is sent encrypted to Google and handled under Google’s policies: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.
3. In-app purchases
Optional purchases (tip packs, the Starter Scoop Pack and Scoop Club) are processed by Google Play or the Apple App Store. We never receive your card or payment details. The store only tells the app which product you bought so it can unlock it. Your purchase history is kept by Google or Apple under their own privacy policies.
4. Your choices
- Ads are optional. You can play the whole game without watching any ad.
- Consent (EEA, UK, Switzerland and US states that require it): on first launch the app asks for your consent using Google’s consent tool. You can change your choice anytime from Settings → Privacy choices in the game.
- iPhone tracking permission: on iOS the app asks for permission before your device’s advertising identifier can be used for tracking. You can change this anytime in iPhone Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. If you decline, you still get ads, but they are less personalized.
- Android advertising ID: you can reset or delete it in Settings → Privacy → Ads (wording varies by phone).
- Personalized ads in general: manage them at My Ad Center.
5. Children
Scoop & Serve is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, contact us and we will help remove it.
6. Data retention and security
We do not hold any of your personal data on our own servers. Game progress lives on your device until you delete the app. Data collected by Google for advertising is kept according to Google’s retention policies. All network traffic from the app uses encrypted connections (HTTPS).
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in Europe or the CCPA/CPRA in California), you may have rights to access, delete or object to the processing of your personal data, and to withdraw consent. Because we do not receive personal data ourselves, most requests are best handled through the choices above and through Google. You can also contact us and we will help.
8. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the effective date at the top.
9. Contact
ByteHills Tech
Email: contact@bytehills.com