Privacy Policy
This policy covers the card game published on Google Play as "Makao" and under local names in other countries (Crazy Eights, Mau-Mau, Prší, Macao; "the game"). I make the game on my own as Shuffle Owl. "I" in this policy means Marcin Krokocki (Shuffle Owl), the controller of your data. You can reach me at hello@shuffleowl.com.
The game needs no account, no email address and no real name. Most of what it stores stays on your device.
1. What stays on your device
- Your progress: coins, wardrobe, cards, statistics, campaign and achievements.
- Your settings and the choices you made in the game.
- A log of errors the game ran into, which you can copy from the game to send to me.
- Reminders. They are scheduled on your device; nothing about them is sent anywhere.
The game has no cloud backup. Uninstalling it, or using "Delete data" in its settings, removes all of this.
2. What leaves your device, and why
Advertising. The game shows ads through Unity LevelPlay, which runs an auction between Google AdMob, Unity Ads and ironSource Ads. To show and measure ads these services and their advertising partners receive your device's advertising ID, technical data about the device, your IP address (from which an approximate location can be derived) and how you interact with ads. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland the game asks for your choice first, in Google's consent form; you can change it at any time under "Ads" in the game's settings. You can also reset or delete the advertising ID in your device's settings.
Analytics, only if you agree. If you agree to analytics, Unity Analytics receives events about how the game is played (matches, screens opened, rewards, ads watched, errors), the game's version, your platform and language, and an anonymous identifier of your installation. I use this to see what works and what breaks. Your nickname and anything you type are never part of it. You can agree or withdraw in the game's settings; without your agreement nothing is sent.
Weekly ranking. The game signs you in to Unity Authentication with an anonymous account, created without any information from you. When you finish a quick game it sends your points, your league, the nickname you chose and the look of your avatar to Unity Leaderboards, so other players can see you in the ranking. This is part of how the ranking works and does not depend on the analytics choice. If you would rather not appear by name, leave the nickname empty.
Crash reports. When the game crashes, Unity Cloud Diagnostics receives the error, the last lines of the game's log, the game's version, and your device model and system version. These reports are not tied to your ranking account.
Game configuration. On start the game asks Unity Remote Config for its current settings and sends the game's version and your platform with the request.
Google Play. The game asks Google Play whether a newer version is available and, after some wins, may show Google Play's own rating prompt. Both run inside Google Play under Google's policy.
What you send yourself. "Report a bug" opens your email app with a message that contains the game's version, your player ID, and your device model and system version. It is sent only if you send it. Links to Discord and the share sheet open other apps, which have their own policies.
The game does not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, files, payment data or health data.
3. Who receives the data
The data described above goes to these service providers, each under its own privacy policy:
- Unity Technologies: LevelPlay (ads), Unity Ads, ironSource Ads, Analytics, Authentication, Leaderboards, Remote Config, Cloud Diagnostics. https://unity.com/legal/privacy-policy
- Google: AdMob, the consent form (User Messaging Platform), Google Play (updates and the rating prompt). https://policies.google.com/privacy
- The advertising networks that serve ads through LevelPlay and AdMob. The consent form in the game lists them.
I do not sell your data and I do not receive your advertising ID or your IP address myself. These providers may process data outside your country, including in the United States, under the safeguards described in their policies.
4. Legal bases (for players in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland)
- Your consent: analytics, and personalised advertising. You can withdraw it at any time in the game's settings.
- My legitimate interest in running the game: the ranking you take part in, crash reports, game configuration and non-personalised advertising.
5. How long data is kept
- Data on your device stays until you delete it or uninstall the game.
- Ranking rows are kept by Unity Leaderboards; each weekly ranking is closed at the end of its week.
- Analytics events and crash reports are kept by Unity for the retention period of its services, after which they are deleted.
- Emails you send me are kept for as long as the matter needs.
6. Deleting your data
In the game: Settings → "Delete data". With an internet connection the game then
- withdraws your analytics consent and asks Unity Analytics to delete your analytics data,
- removes your nickname and avatar from this week's ranking rows,
- deletes your anonymous Unity account,
- deletes your progress, settings and error log from the device, resets the advertising consent, and closes.
The next start is the same as a new installation.
What this cannot remove from inside the game: the points themselves stay in this week's ranking, without a name or avatar and under an account that no longer exists, until the week closes; rows of weeks that already closed keep the nickname they were sent with. To request archive removal, copy your player ID from the bottom of Settings while connected to the internet and before using "Delete data". Include the ID in your email to hello@shuffleowl.com. If the ID is unavailable or the game is already uninstalled, write to the same address for help.
Data held by advertising networks is managed through the "Ads" link in the game's settings and your device's advertising ID settings.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you have the right to access your data, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its processing, to receive a copy of it, and to withdraw consent. Write to hello@shuffleowl.com. You can also complain to your data protection authority; in Poland this is the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO).
8. Children
The game is not directed at children under 13 and I do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has provided personal data, write to hello@shuffleowl.com and I will delete it.
9. Security
Data in transit to the services above is encrypted. Data on your device is protected by the device itself. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure.
10. Changes
When the game starts or stops sending something, this policy changes with it, and the effective date above is updated.