Core Ball Privacy Policy

Data we process

• Account information: provider user identifier, display name, and a hashed email address supplied by Apple or Google.
• Gameplay information: completed levels, best times, replay inputs used to verify scores, unlocked content, selected Core Ball avatar skins, and power-up inventory.
• Security information: session tokens and timestamps required to authenticate accounts and prevent leaderboard abuse.
• Advertising information: Google AdMob may process device information, IP address, approximate location derived from IP, ad interactions, diagnostics, and advertising identifiers when available and permitted by your device and consent choices.
• Purchase information: Apple App Store or Google Play processes payments, depending on your platform. We receive transaction and entitlement information needed to deliver purchases, but not your full payment-card details.

Guest progress stays on the device and is not submitted to the leaderboard.

Signed-in players may also access their existing App account from the Core Ball promotion on arealme.com to claim a one-time App item reward and request a leaderboard display-name change. The website receives a short-lived session for this purpose and cannot create or merge App accounts.

Why we use it

We use this information to authenticate accounts, save progress, operate verified leaderboards, display player profiles, award game items, process purchases, show and measure ads, prevent fraud, and keep the service reliable.

Advertising choices

Google AdMob provides banner, rewarded, and interstitial ads. On iOS, Core Ball may show Apple’s App Tracking Transparency permission request before accessing the advertising identifier. Denying permission does not limit gameplay, rewards, purchases, or contextual ads. On supported devices and in applicable regions, the app also presents consent and privacy options for Google AdMob. You can revisit available ad privacy choices from Settings.

Service providers

Apple provides Sign in with Apple and App Store in-app purchasing. Google provides Google sign-in, Google Play Billing, AdMob advertising, and consent messaging. Cloudflare hosts the API and database. These providers process information under their own terms and privacy commitments.

Visibility and safety

Players cannot upload photos or write custom profile text. Public avatars are selected from game skins. Initial names are shown to other players only after moderation. Players may submit a new leaderboard name at any time; the current name remains public until the replacement is approved.

Retention and deletion

Account data is retained while the account is active. In Core Ball, open Settings → Account → Delete Account to permanently delete the account, scores, progress, inventory, identity links, and leaderboard entries. Local session credentials and player progress are also removed. This action cannot be undone.

If the account used Sign in with Apple and Apple access was not revoked automatically, you can also revoke Core Ball under Settings → your name → Sign in with Apple on your Apple device.

Young players

Core Ball does not request birth dates, precise location, contacts, photos, free-form messages, or sensitive information. If a parent or guardian believes a young person provided personal data improperly, contact us and we will investigate and delete it where appropriate.

Contact

Privacy questions: admin@arealme.com