Spelling Bee Cracker Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Spelling Bee Cracker (the “App”), provided by Julius Mueller (“we,” “us,” or “our”), handles information when you use the App.

1. Information handled by the App

Puzzle and gameplay information

You select letters and interact with puzzles directly in the App. Puzzle solving and dictionary matching take place on your device. The active puzzle and found-word progress may be stored locally on your device so you can resume later. We do not receive the letters or words you enter through our own servers.

Analytics information

The App uses Google Firebase Analytics, when available, to help us understand use and improve reliability. Analytics events may include:

• App interactions, such as starting or solving a puzzle, shuffling letters, or creating a custom puzzle
• Aggregate gameplay measurements, such as word length, points earned, and total words found
• Device and app information, such as device type, operating-system version, app version, language, and approximate region
• Diagnostics and performance information

The App’s custom analytics events do not send the actual letters or words you enter.

Advertising information

The App uses Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) to display banner and interstitial advertisements. Depending on your region, consent choices, device settings, and Google’s configuration, Google and its partners may process advertising identifiers, IP address, device and app information, approximate location, ad interactions, and diagnostic information to deliver, measure, limit, and protect ads. Ads may be personalized only where permitted and consented to.

2. How information is used

Information is used to:

• Provide and restore puzzle functionality
• Understand feature use and improve the App
• Diagnose technical problems
• Display, measure, and protect advertising that supports the App
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our rights

3. Third-party services and sharing

We do not sell your personal information. Information described above may be processed by Google as our analytics and advertising provider, subject to Google’s terms and privacy practices:

• Privacy and Security in Firebase
• How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
• Google Privacy Policy

We may also disclose information when required by law, legal process, or to protect users, the public, or our legal rights.

4. Consent and privacy choices

Where required, the App requests consent before requesting ads. If privacy options are available for your region, you can revisit them using Privacy choices in the App. You can also limit ad personalization or reset advertising identifiers through your device settings. Your choices may affect the ads shown but do not prevent use of the puzzle solver.

5. Storage and retention

Your active puzzle and progress remain on your device until replaced, cleared, or removed with the App. Google retains analytics and advertising information according to its settings and policies. We retain information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described here or as required by law.

6. Security

We use reasonable safeguards appropriate to the nature of the App and rely on platform and service-provider security controls. No method of electronic processing or storage is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

7. Children’s privacy

The App does not require an account and is not designed to collect names, email addresses, or other contact details from users. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding personal information, including access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or withdrawal of consent. Because the App does not require an account, we may not be able to associate analytics or advertising data with a specific request without additional information. You may contact us to exercise applicable rights.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the App, third-party services, or legal requirements. The “Last updated” date identifies the latest revision.