Privacy Policy for Word Search Journey

Last Updated: September 5, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Word Search Journey ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use our mobile application Word Search Journey (package name: com.wordsearch.journey).

1. Overview & Information We Collect Directly

Word Search Journey is designed as an offline-first word search puzzle game. We do not require you to create an account, log in, or provide personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, or physical address to play the game.

Local Game Data: Your game progress, level completions, coin balances, and game settings (sound, music, and haptics) are stored locally on your device using local storage (Hive). This data does not leave your device and is not transmitted to our servers.

2. Third-Party Services & Data Collection

While we do not directly collect or store personal data, our app incorporates third-party SDKs to provide advertisements and process in-app purchases. These third-party services may collect data automatically as described below.

A. Google AdMob (Advertising)

Our app uses Google AdMob to serve banner ads, interstitial ads, rewarded video ads, and app open ads.

AdMob and its partners may automatically collect and process certain information from your device, including:

Advertising Identifiers: Such as the Android Advertising ID, which may be used for advertising and frequency capping.
Device Information: Device model, operating system version, screen resolution, language settings, and network operator.
Location Information: General or approximate location derived from your IP address.
Diagnostic & Usage Data: Ad interaction data, crash logs, and performance metrics.

To learn more about how Google uses data when you use our app, please visit:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can manage your ad choices or opt out of personalized advertising through your device's settings:

Android: Go to Settings > Google > Ads and manage your advertising preferences or reset your advertising ID.

B. Google Play In-App Billing (Purchases)

Our app offers optional in-app purchases for coin packs. All financial transactions are processed entirely by Google Play Billing.

We do not collect, process, or store your payment details, financial account numbers, or credit card numbers.

Google processes transaction information in accordance with the Google Play Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy:

https://play.google.com/about/play-terms/

https://policies.google.com/privacy

3. How We Use Information

Information collected by third-party SDKs may be used to:

Serve relevant non-personalized or personalized advertisements where permitted.
Prevent fraud, abuse, and invalid ad clicks.
Process and verify in-app coin pack purchases.
Maintain app performance and analyze technical metrics.

4. Children's Privacy

Word Search Journey is intended for a general audience aged 13 and older.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information through the app, please contact us so we can take appropriate steps.

5. User Privacy Controls & Consent (EEA/UK/US Users)

Consent Management: In regions subject to the GDPR, UK GDPR, or applicable US state privacy laws, users may be presented with a User Messaging Platform (UMP) consent dialog upon launching the app to choose their advertising and privacy preferences.
Changing Your Preferences: Where available, you can update or withdraw your advertising privacy consent through the Ad Privacy Options item inside the in-game Settings menu.

6. Data Security & Retention

Since we do not maintain external servers that store user personal data, we do not hold or retain your personal information on our own servers.

Third-party service providers may retain information in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Developer Name: Word Search Journey
Email: shyambuhecha7@gmail.com
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