Privacy Policy

Effective date: 30 September 2026 · Version 2

This policy explains what information the mobile game Ring Jam: Aqua Sort (the “Game”) collects, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. The Game is published by Gurun Studio (Ömer Faruk Gürün, Türkiye), referred to as “we”. Contact: 1omerfarukgurun@gmail.com.

1. Summary

• We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos or precise location.
• The Game saves your progress to the cloud under a random player ID so it can be restored on a new phone.
• The Game shows ads through Google AdMob and uses Google Firebase for analytics and crash reports.
• Outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, the Game tells Meta (Facebook) when it is installed and opened, so we can measure our own ads on Instagram and Facebook.
• Purchases are processed by Google Play or the Apple App Store. We never see your payment details.
• You can delete your data at any time from Profile → Delete Data in the Game.

2. Information we collect

Everything below stays inside the Game and the services listed; nothing is sold. The only information other players can see is your league name and avatar.

Settings such as sound, vibration and colour-blind mode are stored only on your device.

3. Advertising and consent

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the Game asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown, using Google’s consent form, which also lists Google’s advertising partners. You can change your choice at any time from Settings → Privacy. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalised ads.

iOS: the Game asks for permission to track (App Tracking Transparency). Your device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) is used by AdMob and Meta only if you allow it. You can change this at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings (Settings → Privacy → Ads, or Google → Ads).

Personalised ads involve automated profiling by Google based on the advertising data described above. We do not make any decisions about you that have legal or similarly significant effects. Buying No Ads removes interstitial ads; ads you choose to watch for rewards remain available.

4. Legal bases

Where the GDPR or Türkiye’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK) applies, the data controller is Gurun Studio (Ömer Faruk Gürün). Data is collected automatically through the Game and the services listed above, and we process it:

• to perform our agreement with you: providing the Game, cloud save, the league and purchases (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b); KVKK Art. 5(2)(c));
• for our legitimate interests: security, fraud prevention, crash reporting, measuring our own marketing and improving the Game (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f); KVKK Art. 5(2)(f));
• to comply with legal obligations, for example tax and consumer law records of purchases (GDPR Art. 6(1)(c); KVKK Art. 5(2)(ç));
• with your consent where the law requires it: personalised advertising and, on iOS, tracking (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a); KVKK Art. 5(1)). You can withdraw consent at any time; this does not affect processing that happened before.

5. Who we share data with

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the service providers that run the Game for us, each under its own data processing terms, which require them to protect personal data at least as well as described in this policy:

• Google LLC and its affiliates: Firebase (Authentication, Firestore, Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config), AdMob and the User Messaging Platform, Google Play Games Services and Google Play Billing.
• Apple Inc. (iOS only): Game Center and App Store purchases.
• Meta Platforms: app install and open events, outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.

More information:

• Firebase privacy information
• How Google uses information from apps that use its services
• Google Privacy Policy
• Meta Privacy Policy (install and open events only, outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland)

We may also disclose information if required by law or by a court or authority, or where needed to protect the rights and safety of our players or ourselves. If the Game is transferred to another publisher (for example in a sale or merger), your data may be transferred with it; the new publisher must keep protecting it under this policy, and we will tell you in advance.

6. International transfers

Our service providers store and process data on servers in the United States, the European Union and other countries. For users in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, these transfers rely on the safeguards in the providers’ terms, such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. For users in Türkiye, your personal data is transferred abroad to the service providers listed in section 5 for the purposes described in this policy, in accordance with Article 9 of the KVKK.

7. Retention

• Cloud save data is kept until you delete it from the Game or ask us to delete it.
• League rows (name, avatar, weekly score) are deleted together with your account, and weekly groups are removed when they are no longer needed.
• Analytics data is kept according to the retention setting of our Google Analytics property (at most 14 months for user-level data).
• Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days.
• Support emails are kept as long as needed to handle your request.
• Records of purchases are kept for as long as tax and consumer law require.
• Settings and progress stored on your device stay there until you uninstall the Game or delete your data.

8. Your rights and choices

• Delete your data: open the Game, open your profile (the avatar at the top left) and tap DELETE DATA. This deletes your cloud save, your player account and the progress on your device. Other options are on the data deletion page.
• Other requests: email us with your Player ID (shown in the profile window). Depending on where you live, you have the right to:
  • know whether we process your data, and get access to it and a copy of it;
  • have inaccurate data corrected, and have your data deleted;
  • restrict or object to processing, including processing based on our legitimate interests;
  • receive your data in a portable format (data portability);
  • withdraw your consent at any time;
  • know the purposes of processing and the third parties, in Türkiye or abroad, to whom your data is transferred, and ask that corrections or deletions be passed on to them;
  • object to a result against you that arises only from automated processing;
  • claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.
  These rights include your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK. We answer free of charge within 30 days. To protect your account, we may ask you to confirm your Player ID before acting on a request.
• Ads: change consent in Settings → Privacy; on iOS turn tracking off in iOS Settings; on Android reset or delete your advertising ID.
• US state privacy rights: we do not sell personal information for money. Personalised advertising may count as “sharing” under some US state laws; you can opt out by turning off tracking (iOS) or deleting your advertising ID (Android), or by emailing us.
• Complaints: you can complain to your local data protection authority (in Türkiye: the Personal Data Protection Authority, KVKK; in the EU: the authority of your country).

9. Children

The Game is intended for a general audience aged 13 and over and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided data, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Security

Data is transmitted over encrypted connections. Each player’s cloud save can only be read or written by that player’s account. No system is completely secure; if a data breach affects your personal data, we will inform you and the competent authorities as the law requires.

11. Our website

This website only shows our policies. It does not use cookies, analytics or advertising trackers.

12. Changes

We may update this policy. The effective date and version above show when it last changed. When we make significant changes, the Game shows a notice with a link to the updated policy the next time you open it.

Version history: version 2 (30 September 2026) added the legal bases in detail, international transfers, your full rights, iOS tracking, Apple as a service provider, business transfers, security incidents and the website section. Earlier versions: 13 and 29 September 2026.