ColorPop Classic
Privacy Policy
ColorPop Classic ("the app") is a puzzle game you can play fully offline. It has one optional online feature, the online leaderboard. The online leaderboard is optional and off until you turn it on. In short: if you never turn it on, nothing leaves your device. If you turn it on, the app sends only what is listed below.
The optional online leaderboard
The first time you open the leaderboard, the app asks whether you want to turn it on. You can also turn it on or off at any time in Settings → Online leaderboard. While it is off, nothing is sent.
When it is on, the app sends:
- An anonymous player ID, created through Google Firebase Anonymous Authentication the first time it is needed. It is not linked to your name, email address, phone number, or Google or Apple account.
- Your generated leaderboard name (for example "Sunny Otter 07"). Names are built from fixed word lists in the game; nothing you type is ever sent.
- Your results on each level: the number of moves, which bubbles you tapped in which order and when (counted from your first tap), your completion time and stars, and your totals across levels.
Why: to show leaderboards (fewest moves, then fastest time) and to check that results were really played. Every result is checked automatically, and the developer may review and remove results that could not have been played.
Who sees it: other players see only your generated name and, for each level, your number of moves, time, stars and the date of the result, plus your totals across levels (levels completed, stars, total time). The record of which bubbles you tapped and when is private: other players cannot read it, and only the developer reviews it, to check for results that could not have been played. Your anonymous player ID is not shown in the app.
Where and how long: the data is stored in Google Cloud Firestore (Firebase), in the asia-south1 region (Mumbai, India). Google processes it on the developer's behalf under the Firebase terms. It is sent over an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Like any internet service, Google's servers receive your device's IP address when the app connects; the app itself does not store it. The data is kept until you delete it.
Deleting it: Settings → Delete my leaderboard data removes your results, your name and your anonymous player ID from the online leaderboard and turns the leaderboard off. Your progress on the device stays. Turning the leaderboard off stops sending but does not delete what was already sent. If you uninstall the app without deleting your data first, the developer has no way to tell which anonymous entries were yours.
For players in the EU, EEA and UK: the legal basis is your consent, which you give by turning the leaderboard on and can withdraw at any time by turning it off or deleting your data.
Information stored only on your device
- Game progress and settings — unlocked levels, stars, best times, best move counts, your chosen background and your music, sound-effect, haptics and online leaderboard settings.
- Your generated name and a local player ID — a name made from the game's word lists (which you can change in Profile) and a random ID created on first launch.
- "Your World" photo (Android only) — if you choose a photo as your game background, you pick it with Android's system file picker, which gives the app access to that one image only. The app makes a resized copy (and a blurred copy) in its private storage and uses them only as the background. The original photo is not changed, and no photo or photo information ever leaves your device. The iPhone version has no photo feature and never accesses your photos.
This information is kept in the app's private storage and is deleted when you uninstall the app (or, on Android, clear its data). On Android it is not included in cloud backups. On iPhone it is included in your own iCloud or computer backup like other app data; the developer has no access to it. You can remove your photo at any time in Customize → Your World → Remove.
What the app never collects
The app contains no advertising, no analytics and no crash-reporting services, and it does not track you. It does not use the advertising ID, your location, your contacts, your camera, your microphone or any other device sensor.
Permissions
On Android the app requests only the Internet permission, which is used solely for the optional online leaderboard. Vibration feedback (haptics) uses the system's standard touch feedback, which needs no permission, and can be turned off in Settings. On iPhone the app asks for no permissions.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
If the app starts handling other information, this policy will be updated before that version is released, and the app's store listing will describe what is shared.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data: aara.apps.support@gmail.com