Shadowpop: Guess the Shadow Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Vikaranet (Pty) Ltd ("we", "us") handles information in the Shadowpop: Guess the Shadow game for Android (the "app").
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
Shadowpop is a picture puzzle game: name the object hidden behind a silhouette by spelling it from letter tiles, across 60 puzzles in 5 packs, plus a daily challenge and daily streak rewards. It is free to play and supported by optional rewarded ads, which players can watch for hints, skips, pack unlocks and bonus coins.
Information the app handles
| Information | Examples | Where it is kept |
|---|---|---|
| Game progress | Solved puzzles and stars, coins, unlocked packs, daily streak, sound setting | 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. Advertising data is used by Google to show ads, measure them and prevent fraud.
Permissions
- Internet and network state: to load ads and the game's display fonts. The puzzles themselves play offline.
- Vibration: short haptic feedback when you solve a puzzle or guess wrong.
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 privacy choices on the home 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 with Reset progress on the home screen, by clearing the app's storage in Android Settings, or by 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