In short
- Bouncy Journey has no account, no sign-in and no server of our own. We do not receive your game data.
- Your progress, stars, chosen explorer and settings are stored only on your device.
- The free version shows full-screen video ads using Google's ad SDK (Google AdMob). Google collects certain data, such as your IP address and advertising ID, to show ads, measure them and prevent fraud. This is described below.
- An optional one-time Remove Ads purchase is handled entirely by Google Play. We never see your payment details.
- Where the law requires consent (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), you are asked before personalized ads are used, and you can change your choice at any time in Settings → Privacy options.
1. Who we are
Bouncy Journey (“the app”, “we”, “us”). This policy explains how the Android app handles information. For questions, see Contact.
2. About the app
Bouncy Journey is a 2D platform game: you guide one of three explorers (Fox, Wolf or Lizard) through ten floating-island levels, collecting coins and stars. The game is played offline. An internet connection is used only for ads, for the ad consent form, for the optional Remove Ads purchase, and when you choose to open a link such as this policy.
3. Data we collect
We, the developer, do not operate a server for this app and do not collect, receive or store personal data about you. The app has no account or sign-in, no analytics or crash-reporting tools of our own, and does not use Firebase.
Ads in the app are provided by Google, which collects some data directly through its software development kit (SDK). That is explained in section 5. The optional purchase is processed by Google Play, as explained in section 8.
If you email us, we will receive your email address and whatever you choose to write. We use it only to reply and keep it only as long as needed for that purpose.
4. Data stored on your device
The app saves the following information locally on your device so the game works. It is not sent to us.
- Game progress: completed levels, stars, best times and best coin counts.
- Your chosen explorer and which tip cards you have already seen.
- Settings: sound, music, vibration, reduced motion, and touch-control size and opacity.
- Ad pacing counters (how many levels you have completed since the last full-screen ad, and when it was shown), so that ads are not shown too often.
- Whether you have bought Remove Ads, so the purchase also works offline.
Google's ad, consent and billing SDKs also store some information on your device, such as your consent choices, so that they work correctly.
5. Advertising and Google's ad SDK
The app uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google AdMob) to show ads and Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to request ad consent where required. Unless you have bought Remove Ads, the app shows interstitial (full-screen, often video) ads only at natural breaks, never while you are playing:
- when you leave the results screen after finishing a stage;
- occasionally, at random, when you restart after losing a life (never on the first tries of a stage).
Ads are spaced so they never appear back to back. The app shows no banner ads and no rewarded ads.
What Google's ad SDK collects
According to Google's data disclosure for the Google Mobile Ads SDK, the SDK automatically collects and shares the following data:
| Data | Description |
|---|---|
| IP address | Your device's IP address, which may be used to estimate the general location of the device. |
| Product interactions | Interactions such as app launches, taps and video views. |
| Diagnostic information | Performance data about the app and the SDK, such as app launch time, hang rate and energy usage. |
| Device and account identifiers | The Android advertising ID, the app set ID and, where applicable, other identifiers related to accounts signed in on the device. |
Google states that this data is used for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention, and that it is encrypted in transit. Google may also use information from apps that use its services as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and in the Google Privacy Policy. Google's handling of this data is governed by Google's own policies, not by us.
Personalized and non-personalized ads
Personalized ads are based on information such as your interests and past activity. Non-personalized ads are based on more limited context, such as the app itself and your general (not precise) location. Depending on your choices, your region and your device settings, Google may show you personalized, non-personalized or limited ads. Learn more in How Google uses cookies and similar technologies in advertising.
6. Consent and your ad choices
Where it is required (for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and, where we have enabled it, certain U.S. states), the app shows Google's consent message when you open it. You can accept, decline or manage your choices.
When privacy options are available for your region, you can review or change your choices at any time in the app under Settings → Privacy options. If your choices mean ads cannot be requested, the game still works normally.
You can also manage ad personalization for your Google Account at My Ad Center.
7. Your advertising ID
Android provides a resettable advertising ID. On most devices you can reset or delete it in Settings → Privacy → Ads (menu names vary by device and Android version). Deleting it stops apps from accessing it for advertising; resetting it replaces it with a new random ID. Some devices also offer ad privacy settings for the Android Privacy Sandbox in the same area.
8. In-app purchase (Remove Ads)
The app offers one optional, one-time purchase, Remove Ads, which permanently removes all ads on every device signed in to the Google Play account that bought it. Payment is handled entirely by Google Play under the Google Payments Privacy Notice and the Google Privacy Policy; we never receive your card or payment details.
To unlock the purchase, the app receives from Google Play only a purchase confirmation (the product, its status and a purchase token) and stores on your device whether Remove Ads is active. The app checks your purchases with Google Play when it starts and when you tap Restore, so a purchase is restored on a new device and a refunded purchase is removed. We do not send this information to any server of our own.
9. Android permissions
The app does not ask you for runtime permissions such as location, camera, contacts or storage. The installed app includes the following permissions:
- Vibration: for short haptic feedback in the game (you can turn it off in Settings).
- Google Play billing (
com.android.vending.BILLING): to offer the Remove Ads purchase. - Internet access and network state: to load ads, the consent form and purchase information.
- Advertising ID (
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID): lets the ad SDK read the advertising ID. - Basic phone state (
READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE): added by Google's ad SDK to read basic, non-identifying network information such as the network type. It does not give access to your phone number, calls or contacts. - Wake lock and foreground service: required by the Android WorkManager library that the ad SDK uses for background tasks. The app itself does not run a foreground service.
10. Children
Bouncy Journey is intended for a general audience aged 13 and over and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and the app itself does not collect personal information from anyone. Ads in the app are served by Google, which collects the data described in section 5. If you are a parent or guardian and have questions or concerns, please contact us. Parents can also use Android and Google Play features such as Google Family Link to manage a child's device and purchases.
11. Data retention and deletion
- Our servers: we have none, so we keep no copy of your game data.
- On your device: game data stays until you clear the app's data in Android settings or uninstall the app. Your Remove Ads purchase stays with your Google Play account and can be restored after reinstalling.
- Google: data collected by Google's ad and billing services is retained according to Google's policies. See the Google Privacy Policy and How Google retains data.
12. Device backup
The app allows Android's backup feature to include its locally stored data (progress, settings, Remove Ads status and the SDKs' stored preferences), so it can be restored if you set up a new device. If backup is turned on in your device settings, Android may store this data in your Google Account backup or move it during a device-to-device transfer, under Google's terms and your device settings. You can turn backup off in your device's settings.
14. Security
Because we do not collect your data, there is no copy of it on our side to protect or lose. Game data on your device is protected by Android's app sandbox. Google states that the data its ad SDK collects is encrypted in transit. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
15. Your rights
Depending on where you live, privacy laws such as the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Israel's Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981, and U.S. state privacy laws may give you rights over your personal data. These can include the right to access, correct or delete it, to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to complain to a data protection authority.
- We do not hold personal data about you, so in most cases there is nothing for us to access or delete. Your game data is on your device and you can delete it as described in section 11.
- For data collected by Google through the ad SDK, use your ad choices in the app (section 6), your device's ad settings (section 7), and Google's tools described in the Google Privacy Policy.
- You can always contact us, and we will help as far as we are able.
16. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy, for example if the app or the services it uses change. We will post the updated version on this page and change the effective date at the top. If a change is significant, we will also take reasonable steps to let you know, for example through the app's release notes.
17. Contact
Email: manextapps@gmail.com