Fuzzlings — Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how the mobile game Fuzzlings (package net.jjunior.fuzzlings) handles information. Fuzzlings is developed and published by J Junior (the "Developer", "we", "us"), the independent studio behind jjunior.net.

1. Who we are

Fuzzlings is created by J Junior, an independent mobile game developer (jjunior.net). For any privacy question, you can reach us at jjunior.development@gmail.com.

2. What Fuzzlings does not do

We have intentionally kept the game lean. Fuzzlings does not:

• require an account — the game is fully playable signed in anonymously and offline;
• ask for your email, phone number, contacts or precise location;
• run our own analytics or third-party tracking SDKs beyond the services described below;
• offer in-app purchases.

3. Online features & data we collect

Fuzzlings includes an online layer — the Daily Challenge leaderboard and cloud-saved records — powered by Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore). The game stays fully playable offline and online is never required to play; but when you're connected, anonymous sign-in and cloud save happen automatically to add ranking and durability.

Authentication

• On first launch, the app signs you in anonymously through Firebase Authentication. This creates a random anonymous user ID (UID) tied to your installation. No name, email or personal profile is involved.

Data we store (Cloud Firestore)

To make the leaderboard and cloud records work, we store the following in Firestore:

• your anonymous UID;
• a display name you choose (3–16 characters, with a basic profanity filter) — only used to show you on the leaderboard;
• your game scores and progress: best Classic score, best Daily Challenge score, daily streak and the relevant dates;
• a daily leaderboard entry (your display name and score for the day's challenge).

We do not collect your real name, email address, contacts or location through these features. Zen mode keeps no score. If you never play the Daily Challenge, no leaderboard entry is created for you.

4. Advertising — Google AdMob

Fuzzlings is free and ad-supported. It uses Google AdMob (the Google Mobile Ads SDK) to display ads — an interstitial after some game-overs and optional rewarded videos for power-ups and continues. To serve and measure ads, Google's SDK may collect and use:

• Device identifiers, including the advertising ID;
• IP address;
• Ad interaction data (such as ad views and clicks).

Depending on your consent and region, Google uses this information to serve personalized or non-personalized ads. This processing is carried out by Google. For details, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.

5. Data stored on your device

Some information is saved locally on your device, including your settings, chosen language and a cached copy of your records (Firestore offline cache). The app also reads your device language locally, only to pick the initial language. You can remove local data at any time by uninstalling the app.

6. Ads & your choices

On first launch, where required (for example in the European Union, the UK and other applicable regions), Fuzzlings shows Google's UMP / GDPR consent form, so you can choose whether to allow personalized ads. You stay in control:

• Manage or revoke consent through the in-app consent options where the form is available;
• Reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in your Android settings (Settings → Privacy / Google → Ads);
• Stay anonymous — no account or personal information is ever required to play every mode.

7. Children

Fuzzlings is not directed to children under 13 and is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided data through the game, please contact us and we will work to address it.

8. Your rights

Depending on your location (including under the GDPR in the EU/UK and the LGPD in Brazil), you may have rights to access, correct or delete your data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. Because the data we hold is tied to your anonymous UID, you can ask us to delete your leaderboard entry and stored records at any time by emailing jjunior.development@gmail.com (please include your display name so we can locate the entry). For data held by Google for advertising, use the controls in Section 6 and refer to the Google Privacy Policy.

9. Retention & international transfers

Your records and leaderboard entry remain in Firestore until you (or we, at your request) delete them, or are rotated out as daily leaderboards age. Locally stored data stays on your device until you clear it or uninstall the app. Data processed for advertising is retained by Google according to its own policies. Both Google Firebase and AdMob operate globally, so data may be processed in countries other than your own; these international transfers are handled by Google under the safeguards described in its privacy documentation.

10. Google Play Data Safety

For transparency, this is consistent with our Google Play "Data safety" declaration:

Data type	Processed by	Purpose	Shared
Anonymous user ID (UID)	Google Firebase	Account management, leaderboard, app functionality	Not shared
Display name (chosen by you)	Google Firebase	Leaderboard display	Visible on the in-app leaderboard
In-game scores, streak & progress	Google Firebase	App functionality, leaderboard	Scores visible on the in-app leaderboard
Device or other IDs (incl. advertising ID), IP address	Google AdMob	Advertising / Marketing	Shared with Google
App activity / diagnostics related to ads	Google AdMob	Advertising / Marketing	Shared with Google
Settings & language preference	Stored on device only	Game functionality	Not collected / not shared

Data is encrypted in transit. You can request deletion of the data tied to your UID as described in Section 8.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and publish the new version here at this same URL. Significant changes may also be noted on the Fuzzlings page.

12. Contact

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Contact J Junior at jjunior.development@gmail.com.

This policy is intended to comply with the LGPD (Brazil), the GDPR (EU/UK) and Google Play policies.