Mafia's Choice — Privacy Policy

The short version

• You can play as a guest without giving us your name, email or any account.
• If you sign in with Google, we use your Google account only to back up your game and restore it on another device.
• Analytics and personalised ads are switched on only if you tap Accept on the privacy screen. You can change this at any time in Settings.
• We do not sell your personal information.
• You can delete everything, on your device and in the cloud, from Settings › Delete Account.

Information we collect

1. Information you type into the game

This includes your character's first name, last name (which also names your in-game family) and nickname. These are names for a fictional character; they do not need to be your real name. They are stored with your game progress.

2. Game progress

Your game progress is stored on your device and backed up to the cloud. It includes:

• your saved game: turn, character, crew, money, territories, businesses and choices;
• a summary of it: rank, level, influence, heat, cash, turn, age, territories, businesses, crew and boss.

The backup happens about once a day and whenever a character dies in the game. We may use the summary for future features such as leaderboards.

3. Account identifiers

• Guest: when you first open the game, Unity Authentication creates an anonymous player ID, so your progress can be backed up.
• Google sign-in (optional): if you choose Sign in with Google, we receive a token from Google that identifies your Google account. We link it to your player ID. Your email address is stored only on your device, to show which account you are signed in with. We do not receive your Google password or your contacts.

4. Analytics (only if you accept)

We record a small number of in-game events. These include:

• signing in;
• creating your character;
• watching an ad;
• collecting the daily bonus;
• how far you have played (in steps of ten turns).

The analytics service (Unity Analytics) also collects technical information automatically. This includes:

• device model;
• operating system and version;
• app version;
• language;
• approximate country or region, derived from your IP address;
• a device or install identifier.

We use this to understand how the game is played and to improve it.

5. Advertising

The game shows ads through Unity LevelPlay and the ad networks it works with. To serve ads, measure them and limit fraud, these providers may collect:

• your device's advertising identifier: the Android Advertising ID; on iOS, the IDFA, only if you allow tracking when Apple asks;
• your IP address;
• device information;
• how you interact with ads.

Personalised ads are shown only if you accept on the privacy screen. If you decline, ads are not personalised. You can also reset or limit your advertising identifier in your device settings.

6. Purchases

If the game offers in-app purchases, such as gems or a No Ads pass, they are processed by Google Play or the Apple App Store. We do not receive your payment card details. We receive only a confirmation of what was bought.

How we use information

We use the information above to:

• run the game and save your progress;
• back up your game and restore it on a new device;
• understand how the game is played and fix problems;
• show ads that keep the game free;
• prevent cheating and abuse.

Who we share it with

We share information only with the service providers that run parts of the game, and only for the purposes above:

We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of our players or ourselves. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising unless you have accepted personalised ads.

Your choices

• Privacy switch: Settings › Analytics & ad choice turns analytics and personalised ads on or off. Turning it off stops new analytics data from being collected and stops personalised ads.
• Tracking on iOS: Apple's "Allow Tracking" prompt, and Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
• Advertising ID on Android: Settings › Privacy › Ads lets you reset or delete your advertising ID.
• Google account: Settings › Sign out unlinks this device. You can also remove the game's access from your Google Account settings.
• Delete everything: Settings › Delete Account deletes: your game on the device; your cloud backup; your player account; your analytics data.

How long we keep information

• Game progress and your player account: kept until you delete your account, or until the account has been inactive long enough that we remove it.
• Analytics data: kept for the period set by Unity Analytics, then deleted or anonymised.
• Data held by ad providers: kept under their own policies.

Children

Mafia's Choice is a game about organised crime and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or under the minimum age required in your country. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• access the personal information we hold about you;
• correct it or delete it;
• restrict or object to how it is used;
• receive a copy of it;
• withdraw consent at any time (this does not affect processing done before you withdrew).

This includes rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR (EU/UK) and the CCPA/CPRA (California). Many of these actions are built into the game's Settings. For anything else, contact us. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

Where consent is required (analytics and personalised ads), we rely on your consent. Otherwise we rely on our legitimate interest in running and improving the game, and on performing our agreement with you when we provide the game.

International transfers

Our service providers may process information in countries other than yours, including the United States. Where required, they use safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

Security

• Information sent between the game and our providers is encrypted in transit.
• Cloud saves are tied to your player account.
• No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. We will change the effective date above, and where the change is significant we will tell you in the game.

Contact

Questions or requests about your privacy: watertategaming@gmail.com

Watertate Gaming