Orbit Yard Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Vikaranet (Pty) Ltd ("we", "us") handles information in the Orbit Yard game for Android (the "app", package com.vikaranet.orbityard).
In short: your game progress stays on your phone. We do not collect personal information. The app shows optional rewarded video ads from Google AdMob, and Google collects some device information to serve them.
What the app does
Orbit Yard is an idle merge game: combine matching spaceships into stronger ones that earn credits, including while the app is closed, across 18 sectors with research upgrades and a 7-day login reward. It is free to play and supported by optional rewarded ads, which players can watch to double offline earnings, speed up drone drops, open a free chest, double a sector or daily reward, run the auto-merge drone or save a login streak.
Information the app handles
| Information | Examples | Where it is kept |
|---|---|---|
| Game progress | Ships, credits, sector, research upgrades, daily streak, sound and music settings | On your phone. Android may include it in your Google device backup if you have backup turned on. |
| Advertising data | Advertising ID and other device identifiers, IP address and the approximate location derived from it, device model and Android version, crash and performance diagnostics, ad interactions | Collected and processed by Google (AdMob) |
| Ad consent choice (EEA, UK, Switzerland) | Whether you allowed personalised ads | On your phone, managed by Google's consent tool |
What we do not do
- The app has no accounts, sign-in, chat or in-app purchases.
- It does not ask for your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos or precise location.
- We do not receive, store, sell or trade personal information from the app.
How we use information
Game progress is used only on your phone so you can continue where you left off and collect offline earnings. Advertising data is used by Google to show ads, measure them, confirm a reward was earned and prevent fraud.
Permissions
- Internet and network state: to load ads and the game's display fonts. The game itself plays offline.
- Vibration: short haptic feedback when you merge ships or unlock a new hull.
Third parties
- Google AdMob (Google LLC) provides the ads and processes advertising data under Google's privacy policy. See also how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Google Fonts supplies the game's typefaces when you are online. Your phone's IP address is sent to Google to download them.
- Google Play distributes the app and may provide us with aggregated crash and performance data.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the app asks for your consent before ads use your data for personalisation. You can change your choice at any time with Ad choices at the bottom of the game screen.
Where your data is stored and how we protect it
Game progress is kept in the app's private storage on your phone. Advertising data is sent by the Google Mobile Ads SDK over encrypted connections and stored by Google.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child's information was collected, contact us.
Your rights and deleting your data
- Delete your game progress by clearing the app's storage in Android Settings or uninstalling the app.
- Reset your advertising ID or turn off personalised ads in Android Settings › Google › Ads (or Settings › Privacy › Ads).
- For data held by Google, use Google's privacy controls.
- You can also contact us with any privacy request using the details below.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the app changes. The effective date at the top shows the latest version.
Contact us
Vikaranet (Pty) Ltd, registration no. BW00010041782
Plot 360, Independence Avenue, Extension 4, Gaborone, Botswana
Email: privacy@vikaranet.com