# Privacy Policy for Miniverse
*Last updated: 24 August 2026*
Miniverse is a collection of offline puzzle games. This policy explains what
the app does with information.
## What we collect
Miniverse itself does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information.
There is no account to create, no sign-in, no email address, and no profile.
## What is stored on your device
Everything the app remembers stays on your phone, in the app's own private
storage. It is never uploaded. It includes:
- Your game settings — theme, sound, text size, difficulty, and similar choices
- Your scores, best times and games-played counts
- Which words you have found in Word Grid
This data is removed when you uninstall the app. You can also clear your
game records at any time from Settings → Data → Clear All Stats.
## Advertising
Miniverse shows ads to support the app. We use LevelPlay (by Unity) to serve
ads from third-party ad networks.
On first launch, the app asks whether you consent to personalized ads. You
can change this choice at any time in Settings → Privacy.
- **Personalized ads** use an advertising identifier provided by your device
to show ads that may be relevant to your interests. The ad networks, not
Miniverse, process this identifier.
- **Basic ads** do not use your advertising identifier. You will still see
ads, but they will not be tailored to you.
We do not control or have access to the data collected by ad networks. Each
ad network operates under its own privacy policy.
## Firebase
Miniverse uses Google Firebase for two purposes:
- **Remote Config** — to deliver configuration updates (such as enabling or
disabling ads) without requiring an app update. No personal data is sent;
only the configuration values are fetched.
- **Cloud Messaging** — to receive push notifications about app updates or
announcements. You can disable notifications at any time through your
phone's system settings or by declining the notification permission when
asked.
Firebase may collect basic diagnostic information (such as app version and
device type) as described in
[Google's Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).
## Permissions
Miniverse requests the following Android permissions:
- **Internet** — required for ads, configuration updates, and push
notifications. The games themselves are fully offline.
- **Advertising ID** (AD_ID) — used only when you have consented to
personalized ads. If you choose basic ads, this identifier is not used.
- **Post Notifications** — to send you push notifications. You can decline
this permission and the app works normally without it.
## Sharing a puzzle
Miniverse lets you share a Sudoku puzzle with someone else. When you choose
to do this, and only then, the app hands a piece of text to your phone's own
share menu, and you decide which app sends it and to whom.
That text contains only the puzzle itself: the board layout, the difficulty,
and — if you chose that option — your completion time or your progress on
that board. It contains nothing that identifies you: no name, no device
identifier, no account.
Miniverse does not send it anywhere itself. Once you pick an app to share
with, that message is handled by whichever app you chose, under that app's
own privacy policy.
## Opening a shared puzzle
To open a puzzle somebody sent you, the app reads your clipboard — **only at
the moment you tap "Play a shared puzzle"**, never in the background and
never at any other time. It looks for a puzzle code, uses it to build the
board, and keeps nothing else. Your clipboard contents are not stored or
transmitted.
## Installing from a shared link
If you installed Miniverse by tapping a link somebody sent, Google Play may
pass the app a "referrer" that contains the puzzle from that link. The app
reads it once, on first launch, to open that puzzle for you, and then ignores
it. This is handled by Google Play; see
[Google's Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) for how the
Play Store itself handles your data.
## Children
Miniverse is designed for a general audience aged 13 and above, consistent
with its use of advertising. The app does not knowingly collect personal
information from children under 13.
## Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address
with a new "last updated" date.
## Contact
Email: innovateyourway@gmail.com
If you have questions about this policy, contact us at the email address
shown in the app under Settings → Rate, Share & Feedback.