Terminal Tangle (“the game”) is made by GRKN Studios Management LTD (“we”, “us”), trading as GRKN Studios, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 14076443), registered office: Unit DA2, Sutherland House, 43 Sutherland Road, London E17 6BU, United Kingdom. This policy explains what information is used when you play Terminal Tangle on iOS or Android.
1. The short version
- We don’t ask you to create an account and we don’t run any servers that collect your data.
- Your game progress stays on your device.
- Ads are provided by Google AdMob, which may use device identifiers to show and measure ads, only as allowed by your choices and device settings.
- Purchases are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details.
2. Information stored on your device
Your level, coins, boosters, language, music and sound settings, the special vehicle introductions you have seen and a record of completed purchases are saved locally on your device. We don’t receive this information. Deleting the app deletes it, and it is not transferred automatically to another device.
3. Advertising (Google AdMob)
The game shows a banner ad, a full-screen ad (when one is ready) as you continue after every fifth completed level and optional rewarded videos through Google AdMob. To serve, limit and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google may collect:
- device identifiers (such as the advertising ID on Android or, if you allow tracking, the IDFA on iOS),
- IP address and approximate location derived from it,
- information about your device and the ads you see and interact with,
- diagnostic data.
Where the law requires it, consent is requested before personalised ads are shown; if you don’t consent, you may still see non-personalised or limited ads. On iOS the IDFA is only available if you allow tracking, and you can turn tracking off at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. On Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings.
Learn how Google uses information: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
4. In-app purchases
The optional Super Pack is sold through the App Store and processed by Apple under its own terms and privacy policy. The game receives a confirmation and transaction reference for the purchase, which it keeps on your device to deliver the pack once and to avoid giving the same purchase twice. We never receive your name, email or payment details.
5. Things we don’t do
Terminal Tangle has no game accounts, chat, leaderboards, analytics of our own or cloud saves, and it doesn’t ask for access to your contacts, photos, camera, microphone or precise location.
6. Legal bases (UK GDPR / EU GDPR)
Personalised advertising and access to device identifiers rely on your consent. Non-personalised advertising, fraud prevention and keeping the game working rely on our legitimate interest in offering a free game. Delivering a purchase relies on performing the contract you entered into.
7. Children
Terminal Tangle is a general audience game and is not directed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children.
8. Data retention
We don’t store your personal data on our own systems. Data collected by Google or Apple is kept according to their policies.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you have the right to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of your personal data and to withdraw consent at any time. Because we don’t hold your data ourselves, most requests are handled through your device settings or by contacting Google or Apple. You can always email us and we’ll help. In the UK you may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
10. Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update the date above and publish the new version on this page.
11. Contact
GRKN Studios Management LTD
Unit DA2, Sutherland House, 43 Sutherland Road, London E17 6BU, United Kingdom
info@grknstudios.co.uk