Your data in Grid Bout
This policy covers the Grid Bout game for iPhone and Android and the website gridbout.com. Grid Bout is made by AI Mobile Studio Yazılım Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. ("we", "us"), Türkiye. Questions: info@aimobilestudio.com.
In short: you can play without signing up. We keep what the game needs (your player profile, matches, items and purchases), Google AdMob shows ads between matches and may use your advertising ID if you allow it, and Firebase Crashlytics tells us when the app crashes. We do not sell your data for money. You can delete your account in the app at any time.
1. What we collect
| Data | What it is | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Player account | A random account ID created on first launch, the display name you pick (or "Guest"), avatar and frame, and your country or region taken from your device's language and region setting (not from GPS) | To run your account, show you to opponents and place you on country leaderboards |
| Sign-in (optional) | If you link Sign in with Apple or Google: the account identifier from Apple or Google and the email address they send us (with Apple this can be a private relay address) | To keep your progress when you change phones |
| Gameplay | Matches you play, your moves, scores and results, rating, league, season progress, friends list and friend challenges | To run matches, fair matchmaking, rankings and match history |
| Items and purchases | Coins, gems and cosmetics you own; for purchases, the receipt or purchase token from the App Store or Google Play, the product, price, currency and date | To give you what you bought, restore it, and prevent fraud |
| Notifications | A push token from Apple or Google (through Firebase Cloud Messaging) and your notification settings | To tell you when a friend challenges you or a season ends |
| Ads data | Collected by Google AdMob: your advertising ID (on iPhone only if you allow tracking), IP address and the approximate location Google derives from it, device and app information, and which ads you see or tap | To show ads between matches and measure them |
| Crash data | Collected by Firebase Crashlytics: crash reports, device model, OS and app version, and a random installation ID. It is not tied to your player account. | To find and fix bugs |
| Server logs | IP address, time and type of request, app version and device type | Security, rate limits and fixing problems |
We do not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, microphone, or payment card details (the App Store and Google Play handle payment). Grid Bout has no free-text chat; players can only send preset emotes.
2. What other players see
Opponents and leaderboards show your display name, avatar, frame, country, rating, league and match results. Friends you add also see when you are online and can challenge you. Don't use your real name or anything personal as a display name.
3. Who we share data with
- Service providers who process data only for us: Hetzner (our servers, United States), RevenueCat (purchase validation), Google Firebase (push notifications and Crashlytics) and Cloudflare (domain and network protection).
- Google AdMob, which receives the ads data in section 1 to show and measure ads. Google uses it under its own policy: How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Apple and Google, who process your payments and sign-in under their own privacy policies.
- Authorities when the law requires it, or to protect players and the game from fraud or abuse.
- A buyer or successor if the game or our company is sold or merged; this policy keeps applying to your data.
We do not sell personal information for money.
4. Ads, tracking and your choices
Ads appear only between matches, never during one. Buying No Ads removes the full-screen ads between matches; Duel Pass removes all ads.
- iPhone: the app asks before it allows tracking (App Tracking Transparency). If you tap "Ask App Not to Track", AdMob does not get your advertising ID and ads are not based on your activity in other apps. You can change this any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
- Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings (Settings › Google › Ads, or Settings › Privacy › Ads).
- Consent and opt-out: where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK, and US states such as California) the app shows Google's consent message, and you can change your choice later in the app under Settings › Privacy.
- You can turn off notifications in Settings in the app or on your phone.
5. Children
Grid Bout is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. We do not ask for age or offer a kids mode. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, email info@aimobilestudio.com and we will delete the account and its data. (This is how we meet the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA.)
6. How long we keep data
- Account, gameplay, items and friends: as long as your account exists. A guest account that has not been used for 24 months may be deleted.
- When you delete your account, it is removed from our live database right away and from backups within 30 days. Matches you played stay in your opponents' history with your name replaced by "Deleted player".
- Server logs: up to 30 days.
- Crash reports: up to 90 days (Firebase Crashlytics).
- Purchase records: RevenueCat, Apple and Google keep transaction records as tax and accounting law requires.
7. Deleting your account and data
In the app: Settings › Account › Delete account. This deletes your profile, rating, coins, gems, items, friends and match history. Or email us from any address at info@aimobilestudio.com with your display name. Deleting your account does not cancel a Duel Pass subscription: cancel it in your App Store or Google Play account. More on the delete account page.
8. Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask us for a copy of your data, to correct it, or to delete it. Email info@aimobilestudio.com; we answer within 30 days (45 days for California requests) and may ask you to confirm the request from the app so we know the account is yours.
California (CCPA / CPRA) and other US states
You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use and disclose, to delete it, to correct it, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of it. We do not sell personal information for money. Letting AdMob use your advertising ID for ads based on your activity in other apps can count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law; you can opt out with the choices in section 4. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16. We will not treat you differently for using these rights. You can use an authorized agent; we may ask the agent for written permission from you. Categories we collect, as defined by the CCPA: identifiers, commercial information (purchases), internet or other network activity (gameplay, ad interactions), and approximate geolocation (from IP, by AdMob). Sources: you, your device, and the stores. Purposes and recipients are in sections 1 and 3.
EEA, UK and Türkiye
We process data to provide the game you asked for (contract), to keep it secure and fix crashes (legitimate interest), to show personalized ads only with your consent, and to meet legal duties such as tax records. You can also object, restrict processing, withdraw consent, and complain to your data protection authority.
9. Where data is stored and security
Our servers are in the United States. Our providers may process data in other countries under their own safeguards. All traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted (HTTPS/TLS), login sessions are stored only as hashes, and access to our systems is limited to the people who run the game.
10. Changes
If we change this policy we will update the date at the top. If the change is significant, we will tell you in the app before it applies.
11. Contact
AI Mobile Studio Yazılım Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. · info@aimobilestudio.com