1. Who is responsible
Pocket Giants is developed and published by Giorgi Andriadze, an independent individual using the studio name Golden Hammer.
I am responsible for the processing described in this policy. It covers Pocket Giants and goldenhammer.app. For privacy questions or requests, email gandriadze30@gmail.com.
2. Information in the game
Pocket Giants does not require an account. It does not ask for your name, email address, contacts, photos, microphone, or precise device location.
| Information | What happens to it |
|---|---|
| Local game data | Level completion, unlocked levels, your unfinished board, Undo history, and sound preferences are saved in the app’s storage on your device. These saves are not uploaded as a cloud-save service by Golden Hammer. Device or app-store backups may be handled separately by your platform. |
| Gameplay analytics | The Android game sends GameAnalytics events such as session activity, level starts, wins and losses, turns, time spent playing, counts of moves, attacks, Undo and restarts, tutorial use, and rejected actions. Events include the level identifier and version, and an identifier for the attempt. |
| Technical information and identifiers | GameAnalytics receives a randomly generated installation identifier, session identifiers, and technical details such as device model, operating system, app version, and connection type. Its Android SDK also collects the Android App Set ID when available. Network requests expose an IP address, which GameAnalytics uses to derive approximate location such as country, region, or city. |
The game’s analytics do not include your full saved board or the positions of individual pieces. Advertising ID collection is disabled in the game’s analytics integration. Installation and device identifiers are pseudonymous, not necessarily anonymous: they can distinguish activity from the same installation without telling me your name.
3. This website and messages you send
This website does not include advertising, analytics scripts, tracking pixels, embedded videos, or third-party fonts. The site itself does not set cookies or use browser storage. Its images and fonts are served with the website.
Like any website, the hosting service processes technical requests, including IP addresses, requested pages, browser information, and request times, to deliver and secure the site. The host may retain routine server logs according to its configuration and policies.
If you email me, I receive your email address, the contents of your message, and any attachments you choose to send. My email provider processes that correspondence. Please avoid sending sensitive information or anything unnecessary for your question.
4. Why information is used
I use gameplay analytics to understand progression, identify difficulty spikes, improve tutorials, and make Pocket Giants better. Messages are used to answer support and privacy requests. Technical website information supports page delivery, security, and troubleshooting.
Where a legal basis is required, I rely on legitimate interests in operating and improving the game and website and responding to enquiries, where that basis is permitted. Where law requires consent for analytics or device identifiers, that consent must be obtained separately. Reading this policy or accepting the game’s Terms does not itself provide consent.
I do not sell your personal information or use it for targeted advertising. The game does not use your information to make automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.
5. Service providers and sharing
GameAnalytics processes gameplay and technical information on my behalf to provide analytics. You can read its privacy notice, including information for players, and data processing terms for more detail.
Website hosting and email services process the information necessary to run this site and handle correspondence. An app store may independently process information about downloads, transactions, or platform diagnostics under its own policies.
Information may also be disclosed when legally required, to respond to a valid legal request, or where reasonably necessary to protect people, the game, or legal rights. Service providers may process information outside your country, including in the United States or Europe. Where applicable, international transfers require appropriate legal safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses; GameAnalytics describes its safeguards in its data processing terms.
6. Retention and security
- Local saves: remain in your app’s storage until removed through your device’s app-storage controls or uninstall process, subject to your device’s backup and restore settings.
- Analytics: GameAnalytics currently describes maximum retention of up to 12 months for raw event data and up to one year for player-level aggregates. Truncated IP addresses may be retained for up to 30 days. Shorter periods may apply, and statistics that no longer identify a player may be retained longer. See its retention documentation and data processing terms.
- Support correspondence: I keep messages for the time reasonably needed to answer the request, handle follow-up, and meet legal obligations; I review and remove messages that are no longer needed.
- Website logs: are subject to the hosting provider’s operational retention settings.
Gameplay analytics are transmitted using HTTPS. Local app data is protected by your device’s app-storage controls. Access to support correspondence and analytics is limited to what is needed to operate the game and respond to requests.
7. Your choices and rights
You can delete local game data through your device’s app-storage settings. This removes your saved progress and Undo history. It does not automatically delete analytics already received by GameAnalytics.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or receive a copy of your personal information, to object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent where processing relies on it. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.
To make a request, email gandriadze30@gmail.com with “Pocket Giants privacy request” in the subject. Because the game has no account and does not attach your email address to analytics, I may need information that allows the relevant installation’s records to be located. I will explain any identification limits and work with GameAnalytics where needed. You do not need to send a government ID as part of an initial request.
The current game does not offer an in-game analytics switch. Contact me to ask about processing, object where applicable, or request deletion. Clearing local app data alone is not an analytics opt-out.
8. Children’s privacy
The game does not ask players for their age, and it does not request names or contact details from children. Parents and guardians who have a concern about a child’s information can contact me at the address below. If I learn that a child’s personal information has been processed without permission required by applicable law, I will take appropriate steps, including requesting deletion where the records can be identified.
9. Changes and contact
I may update this policy as the game, its services, or legal requirements change. The date at the top identifies the current version. Material changes will be communicated as required by applicable law.
Giorgi Andriadze · Golden Hammer
gandriadze30@gmail.com
goldenhammer.app