Privacy Policy

Trap The Thief! ("the game") is a casual offline 3D puzzle and arcade game for Android, where you use traps to stop thieves across 10 rooms. It is developed and published by DevSol ("we", "us"), based in India.

This policy explains what information is collected when you play, who collects it, and the choices you have. Questions? Email contact@devsol.in.

1. Collected automatically by third-party services

The game itself does not collect personal information. It includes two Google services that automatically collect some information from your device when you play:

Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK) shows rewarded and interstitial ads. It collects:

• your Android Advertising ID;
• device information, such as model and Android version;
• your IP address, and an approximate location worked out from it;
• how you interact with ads (views and taps);
• crash and diagnostic data related to delivering ads.

Google Firebase Analytics measures how the game is played. It collects:

• an app instance ID and your Android Advertising ID;
• device information;
• gameplay events, such as level start and end, score, waves completed and ads watched;
• session data and the time you first opened the game;
• approximate location (country or region).

2. Stored only on your device

The game saves the following on your phone only. It is never sent to us:

• game progress and the rooms you have unlocked;
• your best star rating for each room;
• sound volume settings;
• a timestamp used to space out ads (ad cooldown).

This data is deleted when you uninstall the game or clear its data in Android Settings.

• To show ads that keep the game free, including personalised ads only where you have given consent where it is required.
• To limit how often ads appear (frequency capping) and to prevent ad fraud.
• To measure ad performance.
• To understand how the game is played, for example which rooms are too hard, so we can improve it.
• To keep your progress and settings between sessions, on your device.

We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it to identify you personally.

The information described above is collected and processed by Google LLC, under Google's own policies:

• Google Privacy Policy
• How Google uses data from partner apps
• AdMob and Google ads policies
• Firebase privacy and security

Android gives your device an Advertising ID that apps use for ads and analytics. You can delete it or opt out of personalised ads at any time:

• Open Settings → Privacy → Ads (on some phones, Settings → Google → Ads).
• Tap Delete advertising ID, or turn on the option to opt out of ads personalisation, depending on your Android version.

You will still see ads, but they will no longer be based on your interests.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the game uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to ask for your consent before personalised ads are shown, as required by the GDPR. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalised ads.

To change your choice later, clear the game's data in Android Settings (Settings → Apps → Trap The Thief! → Storage → Clear data). This resets your consent choice, and you will be asked again the next time you open the game. Note that this also resets your game progress.

The game also supports the ad choices required by US state privacy laws.

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

• Access the personal data held about you.
• Delete that data.
• Object to or restrict its processing, including for personalised advertising.
• Withdraw consent at any time (GDPR).
• Know, delete and opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, and not be treated differently for using these rights (CCPA/CPRA in California).

To exercise any of these rights, email contact@devsol.in with "Trap The Thief" in the subject. We hold no data on our own servers. We will help you with requests concerning data collected through Google AdMob and Firebase Analytics, including deleting analytics data linked to your device where it can be identified.

You can also act directly at any time: delete your Advertising ID (see above), clear the game's data, or uninstall the game.

• Firebase Analytics: user-level event data is kept for a limited period under the analytics retention setting (2 months by default, up to 14 months at most). After that, only aggregated reports that do not identify you remain.
• Google AdMob: data is retained according to Google's policies linked above.
• On-device data: stays on your phone until you uninstall the game or clear its data.

Trap The Thief! is made for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that a child under 13 has used the game in a way that caused personal data to be collected, we will take steps to delete that data, including asking Google to delete analytics data linked to that device where possible. If you are a parent or guardian and believe this has happened, please contact us at contact@devsol.in.

Data collected by Google AdMob and Firebase is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and protected by Google's security measures. Data saved on your device is protected by Android's app sandbox, so other apps cannot read it. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we choose trusted providers and collect as little as possible.

We may update this policy, for example if the game adds new features or services. When we do, we will update this page and the effective date at the top.

DevSol, India
Email: contact@devsol.in

Please put "Trap The Thief" in the subject line so we can help you faster.