Games Privacy Policy
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This policy explains privacy practices for Simemory and Scratch That Itch, published by Faktory Studios ("we", "us", or "our"). It also applies to other Faktory Studios games that link to this policy and use the practices described here.
Features and advertising may vary between games, platforms, and versions. If a game introduces different data practices, we will update this policy or provide an additional game-specific notice before those practices apply.
Game data and accounts
Simemory and Scratch That Itch do not require an account or ask you to enter your name, email address, or date of birth to play. Their best scores are saved on your device; the games do not upload those scores to our servers.
A game may also save local preferences or progress needed for its features. Device backup and restore services may handle copies of local app data according to your operating-system settings.
Advertising and Google AdMob
These games use Google AdMob for advertising. Available ad formats and rewards are explained within each game. For example, Simemory offers an optional rewarded video after a failed round; starting a new game does not require watching that video.
Google and its advertising partners may collect or receive:
- Device or advertising identifiers, and technical details about the device and app.
- IP addresses, which can be used to infer a general location.
- Information about ads displayed, ad interactions, and app interactions such as launches, taps, or video views.
- Crash reports, performance measurements, and other diagnostic information.
This information can support ad delivery, personalization where permitted, measurement, service improvement, and fraud prevention. Ad-related data can be shared with Google and participating advertising partners as part of providing these services. The information used depends on the SDK, platform, configuration, and applicable privacy choices.
Learn more in Google's Privacy Policy, how Google uses information from apps that use its services, and Google's disclosures for iOS/Unity and Android.
Consent, tracking, and your choices
Where required, the game's consent service presents applicable messages before advertising requests are allowed. A privacy-options control is available when required by that service so you can revisit your choices. Messages can depend on your location, game version, and previous decisions; a prompt may not appear on every launch.
If an Apple tracking-permission request is presented, you can allow or deny it and review the decision in your device's tracking settings. Depending on your platform, advertising settings may also let you limit personalized advertising or reset or delete an advertising identifier.
Declining personalized advertising or tracking does not necessarily remove advertising. Available ads may instead use more limited information, subject to applicable requirements and the provider's configuration.
When you contact us
If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include. We use it to respond, investigate a problem, or handle your request. Please avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information. Email delivery and storage may involve our email service providers.
Retention and deletion
Local game data remains on your device until you reset or remove it using the game's or operating system's available controls. Removing an app normally removes its local app data, while device backups may retain copies according to your settings.
We keep support correspondence for as long as reasonably needed to address the request and related administrative or legal needs. Google and its partners manage the retention of data they process under their own policies. Deleting a game does not automatically delete records held separately by those providers.
Privacy requests
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain uses of your personal information, or to object to or opt out of certain advertising uses. Use the available in-game and device privacy controls, or contact us at support@faktorystudios.com.
Tell us which game and platform your request concerns. We may need enough information to verify and respond to a request. We can assist with information we hold; requests concerning data controlled separately by Google or another provider may also need to be directed to that provider.
Children and families
Simemory and Scratch That Itch do not ask players to submit their age or personal contact details to play. Advertising SDKs may still process the technical information described above.
Parents and guardians with questions or concerns about a child's information can contact support@faktorystudios.com and identify the game involved. Any additional privacy practices for a game specifically directed to children will be described in a game-specific notice.
This policy page and external links
This standalone policy page contains no advertising, analytics scripts, or embedded third-party content. Our hosting provider may record standard technical request information, such as an IP address, browser information, and the time and page requested, to operate and protect the website.
Links to Google, app stores, or other websites take you to services governed by their own policies.
Updates and contact
We will update this page and its revision date when our described practices change. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request new consent.
For privacy questions about these games, email support@faktorystudios.com.