1Overview
This Privacy Policy applies to Rove (the "Application"), a tilt-controlled ball-in-a-maze puzzle game distributed through the Google Play Store and, when released, the Apple App Store. It explains what information the Application handles and how.
2Information We Collect
The Application does not require registration or an account, and it never asks for your name, email address, or any other personal detail to play.
Rove does not collect, transmit, or sell any personal data. It contains no analytics SDK, no advertising SDK, and no third-party tracking of any kind. It also makes no network requests at all - the Application works entirely offline, before and after installation.
3Information Stored On Your Device
Your choices on the title screen - board shape, pattern, mode, course length, ball count, wood finish, and sound preference - are saved only in the Application's private local storage on your device, so they're remembered the next time you open it.
The Application also keeps your play statistics there: for each board and setup you play, how many games you started and solved, and how long your solves took. They are shown only to you, on the Stats screen.
The Application never sends any of this data to us, to an app store, or to any third party. Rove keeps no server, so there is nowhere for it to go.
If you have turned on your device's own backup - Google backup on Android, or iCloud on iOS - the operating system may include this data in that backup, under your account, and restore it when you set up a new device. That backup is provided by Google or Apple under their own privacy policies; we have no access to it.
4Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Application does not use cookies, advertising identifiers, or any comparable tracking technology.
5Permissions and Device Sensors
Rove reads your device's motion sensors (accelerometer) to translate tilting the phone into gravity inside the maze. Reading motion sensors does not require a runtime permission prompt on Android or iOS, and no sensor data is stored or transmitted anywhere - it is used live, one frame at a time, purely to move the ball.
The Application may briefly vibrate your device for tactile feedback when a ball settles or strikes a wall, and it may keep the screen from dimming while a board is on screen, since the game is played by tilting rather than touching. Neither capability collects any information, and neither requires you to grant a permission.
Rove does not request access to your camera, microphone, contacts, location, photos, or any other sensitive device permission - none of them are needed for the game to work.
6Third-Party Services
The Application is distributed through the Google Play Store and, when released, the Apple App Store. Downloading, installing, and (if applicable) paying for the Application is subject to Google's and Apple's own privacy policies, which are outside our control.
Aside from those storefronts, Rove does not share information with any third party, because it does not collect any to share.
7Children's Privacy
Rove is suitable for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. Because no account, profile, or personal data is ever requested, there is nothing for a child - or anyone else - to submit.
If you believe a child has somehow provided us personal information (for example, by email), contact us and we will delete it.
8Data Retention
Locally stored settings and statistics persist on your device until you clear them yourself - statistics with Reset stats on the Stats screen, or everything by clearing the Application's storage or uninstalling it. We hold no copy of them anywhere, because none is ever sent to us.
9Your Rights and Choices
Because we do not collect personal data, there is nothing held about you on any server for us to access, correct, or delete. You can erase your statistics at any time with Reset stats on the Stats screen, and all locally stored data by clearing the Application's storage or uninstalling it.
If you are a California resident, the CCPA/CPRA rights to know, delete, and opt out of sale or sharing of personal information do not add anything in practice here, since we do not collect, sell, or share personal information. If you have questions about this, contact us at the address below.
10International Users
The Application can be installed and played from anywhere. Since no personal data is collected or transmitted by the Application, no cross-border transfer of your personal data occurs as part of using it.
11Security
Because Rove has no server and never sends gameplay data anywhere, there is no central database of player data for us to secure or that could be breached.
12Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect a new feature. We will post the revised policy on this page with an updated effective date.