Stardrop Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information the game Stardrop (the "Game"), made by Honest Pixels ("we", "us"), collects, why, and what choices you have. If you have a question that this page doesn't answer, write to honestpixelsupport@gmail.com.
The short version
- You never sign up or give us your name, email or phone number to play.
- The Game gives you a made-up player name (like "NovaFox") so leaderboards and teams can show you.
- The Game shows ads. Our ad partners collect device information, such as your advertising ID, to show and measure those ads.
- The Game records how it's played (levels, scores, what you unlock) so we can make it better. This isn't linked to your name.
- If you live in the EU, UK or a US state with a privacy law, you're asked for consent before personalised ads are shown, and you can change your answer at any time.
- We don't sell your personal information for money.
1. Information stored on your device
Your progress (levels, coins, skins, settings and your player name) is saved on your device. It stays there until you uninstall the Game or clear its data.
2. Information used for leaderboards and teams
To run leaderboards and teams, the Game signs in to Unity Gaming Services anonymously. This creates a random player ID that isn't linked to your name, email or Google account. Unity's servers store:
- the random player ID;
- your generated player name and the number tag Unity adds to it (like "NovaFox#1234");
- your scores and league results;
- the team you join and the points you add to it.
Other players can see your player name, scores and team. Unity also receives technical information needed to provide the service, such as your IP address and device type. See Unity's privacy policy.
Gameplay analytics
The Game uses Unity Analytics to understand how it's played, so we can fix difficult levels and improve the Game. It records things like when you start and finish a level or run, your score, which mode you play, rewarded ads you choose to watch, skins or themes you unlock, your league result and the team you pick. Unity also records sessions and basic device information (model, operating system, country). This is tied to the random player ID, not to your name, email or Google account. In the EU, UK and Switzerland, analytics only runs if you agree in the consent form, and it stops if you later say no under More > Ad & tracking choices.
In-app purchases
You can buy Stardrop Plus (no ads) and coin packs. Payments are handled entirely by Google Play; we never see your card or payment details. Google tells the Game which product you bought and gives it a signed receipt, which the Game checks on your phone before unlocking what you paid for. Unity's purchasing service also reports each purchase (the product, price and currency) to Unity Analytics under the same random player ID. See Google's privacy policy.
3. Advertising
The Game is free and paid for by ads: banners, full-screen ads between levels, and optional video ads you can watch for rewards. Ads are served through Unity LevelPlay, which chooses between these networks:
- ironSource Ads and LevelPlay (Unity): privacy policy
- Unity Ads (Unity): privacy policy
- Google AdMob (Google): privacy policy, and how Google uses information from apps that use its services
These partners may collect and process:
- device identifiers, such as the Android advertising ID and app set ID;
- your IP address and the approximate location worked out from it (country or city level, never precise GPS location);
- device information, such as model, operating system, language, screen size and network type;
- how you interact with ads, such as which ads were shown, watched or tapped.
They use this to choose and show ads, cap how often you see the same ad, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and, where you allow it, show ads based on your interests. Each partner handles this data under its own privacy policy, linked above.
4. Your consent and choices
- EU, UK and regulated US states: the first time you open the Game, a consent form from Google's User Messaging Platform asks whether ads may be personalised. To change your answer later, open the More page and tap Ad & tracking choices.
- Everyone on Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of ads personalisation, in your phone's Settings > Privacy > Ads (the wording varies by phone).
- If you say no to personalised ads, you still see ads, but they aren't based on your interests.
- Gameplay analytics: in the EU, UK and Switzerland it follows your answer in the same consent form, and you can turn it off the same way.
5. Children
Stardrop is a general-audience game and isn't directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age where you live). We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has used the Game and you want their data removed, contact us and we'll delete it.
6. Legal bases (EU and UK)
We rely on your consent for personalised advertising, and on our legitimate interest in running and improving a free, ad-supported game for leaderboards, teams, non-personalised ads and fraud prevention.
7. Sharing and selling
We share information only with the service providers named above, and when the law requires it. We don't sell personal information for money. Under some US state laws, letting ad partners use device identifiers for personalised ads can count as "sharing" or "selling". Where those laws apply, you can opt out as described in section 4.
8. How long data is kept
Data on your device is kept until you delete it. Leaderboard and team data is kept while the Game is running, or until you delete it (see section 9). Ad partners keep data for the periods set out in their own policies.
9. Your rights and deleting your data
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or move your personal information, and to object to how it's used.
Deleting your data in the Game: open the More page, tap Delete my data and confirm. This deletes your player account on Unity Gaming Services, which removes your player name and scores from the leaderboards, asks Unity to erase your gameplay analytics, and resets all progress saved on your device. It happens straight away and can't be undone. Points you already added to a team's total stay in that team's total, but they're no longer linked to you. Results from leaderboard weeks that have already ended stay in Unity's archive; the Game doesn't show them, and the account they belonged to no longer exists.
If you've uninstalled the Game or can't use it, email honestpixelsupport@gmail.com with the subject "Delete my Stardrop data" and your player name, and we'll delete what we can find within 30 days. Because accounts are anonymous, deleting in the Game is the most reliable way. Uninstalling the Game removes everything stored on your device, but not your leaderboard entries.
For data held by ad partners, use the choices in section 4 or contact the partner directly. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
10. Security
Data sent between the Game and our service providers is encrypted in transit. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep the data we handle to a minimum.
11. International transfers
Our service providers may process data in countries other than yours, including the United States. They use safeguards required by law, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
12. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If the changes are significant, we'll also tell you in the Game.
13. Contact
Honest Pixels
Email: honestpixelsupport@gmail.com