Sprout Paths: Logic Puzzles Privacy Policy

Controller and contact

Sprout Paths: Logic Puzzles, also called Sprout Paths, is published by Kozak Interactive. Kozak Interactive is the controller for the processing described here. For privacy and data protection enquiries, contact kozak.interactive@gmail.com.

This policy covers Sprout Paths on Android under the package identifier com.kozakinteractive.sproutpaths. It also covers earlier test builds under pl.bartekkozak.spragnionekorzenie.

Local game data

You can play without signing in. The game stores your puzzle progress and routes, earned currency, unlocked plants, owned decorations, garden arrangements, construction and collection progress, daily puzzles and journal rewards on your device. Local records also prevent duplicate advertising rewards and control ad frequency. The game keeps recovery copies when needed to protect saves.

Sound and language preferences, your cloud-sync choice, and account identifiers and save fingerprints used to associate synchronization with the correct Google Play Games account are stored locally. Save fingerprints are integrity checks, not a copy of your Google password.

We do not operate a server that receives your saves or add a separate gameplay analytics or remote crash-reporting service. Google SDK processing is described below. The illustrations, music and game sound effects are included in the app and do not use an online audio service.

Optional Google Play Games cloud saving

On supported Android devices, you can enable cloud saving in settings by connecting Google Play Games. The game uses your Play Games player identifier to keep saves associated with the correct account. Google handles authentication; the game does not request your Google password or email address.

The Google Play Games SDK may attempt automatic sign-in according to your device and Play Games settings. That sign-in alone does not upload your game profile. Profile synchronization starts when you enable it in the game.

When you enable this feature, the game sends your complete game profile to Google's Saved Games service. This includes puzzle routes and progress, earned currency, plants, decorations, garden arrangements, collections, projects, daily and journal progress, and reward and ad-frequency records. Sound and language preferences are stored separately and are not included in that profile. This service does not use a separate publisher account, Firebase or a publisher-operated cloud database.

The purpose is to restore your last successfully synchronized progress after reinstalling the app or using another supported device with the same Google Play Games account. Pending or failed synchronization cannot protect progress that has not reached Google's service. When saves differ, the game asks which whole profile to keep.

Disconnecting in game settings stops further synchronization by the game. It does not sign you out of Google Play Games, delete the existing cloud save, or erase local account-association records and recovery copies. Clearing app storage does not itself delete your Google-held save. To remove game data held by Google, follow Google's instructions for deleting Play Games data. Disconnect synchronization before deleting cloud data so an active local save is not uploaded again.

Google also processes Play Games account information and SDK analytics and diagnostics under its own policies. See Google's Privacy Policy and the Play Games Services data disclosure. Cloud saving and advertising privacy choices are separate.

Advertising

The game integrates Google AdMob for fullscreen interstitial ads and optional rewarded ads. Choosing a rewarded ad is voluntary. Advertising SDK processing can begin during initialization and ad preparation before an ad appears.

Google's Mobile Ads SDK may transmit your IP address, identifiers associated with the device or accounts, ad and app interactions, and performance or diagnostic information. The IP address can indicate approximate location. These data support advertising, measurement and fraud prevention. Actual processing depends on your choices and available advertising modes. Ads without personalization may still involve technical data.

The game does not request precise location, contacts, camera or microphone access for these features. See the data disclosures for the Google Mobile Ads Next-Gen SDK and the legacy SDK used in older test builds. See also Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from apps that use its services.

Advertising privacy choices

Google User Messaging Platform (UMP) manages advertising privacy choices. Where required, the game presents Google's privacy form and permits ad requests only when UMP reports that requests are allowed. Opening the app or reading this policy does not give consent.

You can give or refuse consent in the form and revisit your choices through the advertising privacy option in settings when Google makes it available. Withdrawing consent does not erase your progress or affect earlier lawful processing. You can also manage the advertising ID in Android settings. UMP does not sign you in or save game progress.

Contact and purposes of processing

When you email us, we receive your address, message and attachments you choose to send. We use them to answer and resolve your enquiry. Please avoid sending unnecessary personal information.

For optional cloud synchronization, we process your game profile and Play Games player identifier to provide the save-and-restore service you request by enabling that feature. Where GDPR applies, this processing is necessary to provide that chosen service under Article 6(1)(b). Cloud synchronization is not required for local play and is separate from advertising consent. You can stop future synchronization by disconnecting it in settings; deletion of existing copies is described above.

Where GDPR applies, handling ordinary correspondence relies on our legitimate interest in answering enquiries and resolving issues (Article 6(1)(f)). Handling requests required by law relies on the relevant legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c)). Where advertising processing requires consent, that processing relies on consent (Article 6(1)(a)); the Google form identifies the purposes and providers involved. Google describes its own processing in the linked policies.

Retention, deletion and security

Local saves, settings, account associations and recovery copies remain in app storage until removed. Use Clear storage or the equivalent Android setting to remove the app's local data. This removes local progress. A new puzzle or a disconnected cloud account does not remove every saved copy.

We retain correspondence while needed to resolve the issue and, if necessary, meet legal obligations or establish or defend claims. Our email provider processes this correspondence. Google's retention and deletion rules apply to data held by its services; uninstalling the game or clearing its storage does not automatically erase those data. We do not hold an individual copy of Google advertising data that we can delete from Google's systems.

The operating system protects the app's local storage. Save checksums and recovery files help detect damage and recover progress; they do not encrypt save contents. Google states that its advertising and Play Games SDKs encrypt transmitted user data. Google may process information outside the European Economic Area; its policies explain the recipients, relevant entities and international-transfer safeguards.

Your rights

Applicable law may give you rights to access, correct or erase personal data, restrict processing, receive portable data, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent. Use the contact above for our processing. We cannot remotely access data held only in your device's save. For Google-held data, its privacy and account tools also apply.

You may complain to your competent data protection authority. In Poland, this is the President of the Personal Data Protection Office: UODO.

Audience age

The game is intended for teenagers aged 13–17 and adults. It is not aimed at children under 13. This intended audience is separate from the content age rating displayed in the store.

Policy updates

We may update this policy when features, providers or processing change. The published policy will show its effective date. A policy update does not replace consent where consent is required.