PRIVACY POLICY

2048 Steps: Number Puzzle, by Mindgrid Studio. Effective 2 November 2026.

1. GAME PROGRESS

The game stores your scores, boards, milestones, preferences, play balance and daily reward-ad counts on your device. On iOS, a protected local backup in the device Keychain can help recover progress after reinstalling on the same device. This is not a cross-device cloud backup. Scores, board snapshots and play balances are not sent to a developer-operated game server. The recovery copy may remain after the app is deleted; it is not guaranteed to survive a device erase or change.

2. APPLE GAME CENTER

If you sign in to Game Center, the game submits your high score and highest tile to Apple and retrieves leaderboard information and your saved high score. Apple manages your Game Center account under the Apple Privacy Policy.

3. OPTIONAL ADVERTISING (GOOGLE ADMOB)

The game uses Google AdMob for optional reward ads. Plays are credited only after the ad provider confirms the ad was completed. Depending on your region and privacy choices, Google may process device identifiers, IP address, approximate location, ad interactions, diagnostics and performance information. Where required, a consent message is shown before ads are requested, and ad privacy choices are available in Settings.

Ads are requested as non-personalised ads. This does not stop the ad service from processing information for delivery, frequency limits, fraud prevention, measurement and diagnostics. The game does not ask permission to track you across other companies' apps or websites. Declining consent does not remove progress you have earned. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

4. UNLIMITED PLAY PURCHASE

Unlimited Play is an optional one-time purchase processed by Apple. The game uses Apple's verified purchase information to unlock or restore it. Your card and payment details are handled by Apple, never by us.

5. SHARING

Sharing creates a snapshot of your game and opens your device's share options. You choose where to send it and whether to share it.

6. YOUR CHOICES, RETENTION AND DELETION

Local game data is kept until it is cleared or replaced. Deleting the app removes its normal storage but may leave the device-only recovery copy, which we cannot read or delete remotely. Manage Game Center through Apple and ad privacy choices through the in-app option when available. Apple and Google keep information they process under their own policies.

If you email support, we receive your email address, message and any attachments, and use them only to answer you. We keep them only as long as needed and never use them for advertising. You can ask us to access, correct or delete them, and you may have the right to complain to your data-protection authority.

7. CHILDREN AND PERMISSIONS

The game has no accounts and does not ask for your name, date of birth, contacts, camera, microphone or precise location. It is not designed to collect personal information from children. A parent or guardian can contact us about anything a child has sent us.

8. SERVICE PROVIDERS

Apple provides Game Center and purchases; Google provides advertising and consent services. They may process information outside your country under their published terms and safeguards. We do not sell your information.

9. CHANGES

We may update this policy when the game or its services change. The effective date above shows the current version.

10. CONTACT

Privacy questions or requests: support@mindgridstudios.com.