Privacy Policy
Capybara Books: Book Sort
Capybara Books ("the App") is a puzzle game for Android developed by ChronoCat Labs. This Privacy Policy explains what data the App processes and where that data is stored. The short version: your game progress stays on your device; the App collects pseudonymous usage statistics and crash reports so we can fix bugs and balance levels, and from version 0.2.0 it shows ads through Appodeal and its partner ad networks, which receive your device's advertising ID and technical data. A one-time "Remove ads" purchase through Google Play turns off the ads between levels. The App has no accounts, no sign-in and no server of our own. We never collect your name, email, contacts, photos or precise location, and we never sell data.
Android package name: com.chronocatlabs.capybarabooks
1. Data the App Processes
Stored locally on your device only:
- Game progress: completed levels, in-game coins, hints, hearts earned per level.
- App preferences, such as which tutorial cards you have already seen, and whether you have bought "Remove ads".
Collected through analytics and crash-reporting services:
- Gameplay events: level started / completed / restarted, undo and hints used — with technical parameters such as the level number and number of moves.
- Ad and purchase events: an ad shown or not available, a rewarded video completed, the ad network and the estimated ad revenue reported by the ad SDK, and a "Remove ads" purchase completed.
- Device and app information: device model, OS version, app version, system language, screen parameters, and a coarse region derived from your IP address by the service.
- How the App was installed (the Google Play install referrer), to understand which store pages and links bring players.
- Pseudonymous identifiers used by the services: the Firebase app instance ID, the Crashlytics installation ID, and the Android advertising ID. These identify an installation, not a person.
- Crash reports: stack traces and device state at the moment of a crash.
Collected and shared through advertising (from version 0.2.0):
- Device and advertising identifiers, including the Android advertising ID.
- Approximate location, derived from your IP address by the ad SDK and ad networks.
- App interactions with ads: which ads were requested, shown, watched or tapped.
- Diagnostics: technical device data and ad SDK performance and error data.
The App requires no account and never asks for your name, email, contacts, photos, or precise location.
2. Services We Use
Data is processed on the servers of the following providers:
- Google Firebase Analytics & Firebase Crashlytics (Google LLC) — analytics and crash reports, acting as our processor — see Firebase Privacy and Security.
- Appodeal (Appodeal Inc.) — advertising mediation; it serves ads through AppLovin MAX and the partner ad networks Appodeal works with. These may receive your device's advertising ID and the data listed in section 1 to select, deliver, measure and frequency-cap ads — see the Appodeal Privacy Policy and Appodeal's list of ad networks and the data they collect.
- Google Play Billing (Google LLC) — the one-time "Remove ads" purchase — see Google Privacy Policy.
About ads: from version 0.2.0 the App shows two kinds of full-screen ads. Interstitial ads appear occasionally between levels, after you complete one. Rewarded videos are always optional: you choose to watch one for +2 hints, or to double the coins earned for a level. There are no banner ads, and the game is fully playable without ever watching a rewarded video.
Consent: in the EEA and the UK, Appodeal's consent form (IAB TCF) is shown before ads are served, so you can choose whether ads may be personalised. Where required, the App's Settings include a privacy settings entry that lets you review or change that choice at any time.
Remove ads: a one-time in-app purchase, "Remove ads", turns off the interstitial ads; the optional rewarded videos stay available. The payment is handled entirely by Google Play Billing: we receive only Google Play's confirmation that the purchase was made, never your payment details. Purchase information is not shared with ad partners.
Game progress itself is stored locally on your device in the App's private storage. We do not run a server for this App and store no player data of our own. Depending on your Android version and device settings, Android system backup may also back up app data through platform features that operate outside the App itself.
3. Data Sharing
- Analytics and crash data are shared only with Google Firebase, only to operate those services.
- When an ad is requested, Appodeal and the ad networks it mediates receive the device's advertising ID, approximate location derived from your IP address, ad interaction data, and the technical and diagnostic data needed to serve the ad.
- Purchases go only through Google Play; we do not pass them to ad partners.
- We do not sell data and do not combine it with data from other sources.
4. Permissions Used by the App
- Network access — used to deliver analytics, crash reports and ads, and to make the "Remove ads" purchase; the game itself is fully playable offline.
- Advertising ID (
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID) — lets the ad SDKs and analytics read the Android advertising ID, as described above. - Google Play Billing — used only for the one-time "Remove ads" purchase.
- Vibration — used only for light haptic feedback.
- Notifications — the App may ask whether it can show notifications. You can decline; the game works the same either way.
5. Children
The App requires no registration and is not directed at children under 13. Analytics data is pseudonymous, minimal, and used only for stability and game balancing; we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
6. Your Choices
- Rewarded videos are optional: simply don't tap them.
- In the EEA and the UK, you can choose whether ads may be personalised in the consent form, and change that choice later through the privacy settings entry in the App's Settings.
- You can reset or delete your Android advertising ID in Android settings (Privacy → Ads).
- The "Remove ads" purchase turns off the interstitial ads.
- You can remove all local game data by clearing the App's storage or uninstalling it through Android settings.
- To request deletion of analytics data associated with your installation, email us at the address below.
7. Security
The App relies on Android app sandboxing and app-private storage for local data. Analytics, crash reports and ad requests are sent over encrypted connections (TLS) operated by the providers listed in section 2.
8. Future Changes
Version 0.2.0 adds ads through Appodeal and the one-time "Remove ads" purchase described above. If a future version adds new data practices (for example cloud save or a leaderboard), this policy will be updated before that version is released, and consent will be requested where required by law (including GDPR). The current version at this page always describes the latest released version of the App.
9. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email mail@chronocatlabs.com or use the support contact shown on the App's Google Play listing.
Политика конфиденциальности
Capybara Books — игра, полностью играбельная офлайн. Весь игровой прогресс (уровни, монеты, подсказки, сердечки, настройки) хранится только на вашем устройстве. Аккаунтов, входа и собственного сервера у игры нет. Для исправления ошибок и балансировки уровней приложение собирает псевдонимную статистику (игровые события, события рекламы и покупки, модель устройства, версия системы и приложения, язык, примерный регион по IP, источник установки, рекламный идентификатор) и отчёты о сбоях через Google Firebase Analytics и Crashlytics.
С версии 0.2.0 в игре есть реклама через Appodeal (медиация AppLovin MAX и партнёрские рекламные сети): полноэкранная реклама иногда между уровнями и видео с наградой — только по вашему желанию, за +2 подсказки или удвоение монет за уровень. Баннеров нет. Appodeal и его партнёры получают рекламный идентификатор и другие идентификаторы устройства, примерное местоположение по IP, данные о взаимодействии с рекламой и диагностику — см. политику Appodeal и список рекламных сетей. В ЕЭЗ и Великобритании перед показом рекламы появляется форма согласия Appodeal (IAB TCF); там, где это требуется, выбор можно изменить в настройках игры. Разовая покупка «Убрать рекламу» отключает рекламу между уровнями; оплату целиком проводит Google Play, платёжных данных мы не получаем и рекламным партнёрам покупки не передаём. Имя, почту, контакты и точное местоположение мы не собираем и ничего не продаём.
Разрешения: доступ в сеть (статистика, отчёты о сбоях, реклама, покупка), рекламный идентификатор, Google Play Billing (покупка «Убрать рекламу»), вибрация (лёгкий отклик) и уведомления (можно отказать — игра работает так же). Рекламный идентификатор можно сбросить или удалить в настройках Android. Если в будущей версии появятся новые практики обработки данных, эта политика будет обновлена заранее. Для полной версии условий ориентируйтесь на английский текст выше. Вопросы и запросы на удаление данных: mail@chronocatlabs.com.