Beach Sands
Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Cacteus LLC handles information used by the Beach Sands iOS app.
- Effective
- October 18, 2026
- Controller
- Cacteus
- Contact
- [email protected]
Short version: Gameplay analytics and crash reports are linked to a random anonymous ID the app creates, with no name, email, contacts, precise location or advertising ID. Optional rewarded ads use Google AdMob, which may collect device identifiers, coarse location, ad and interaction data. You can delete your analytics data in Settings.
Data collected
Linked to a random anonymous ID the app creates. No name, email, contacts, precise location or advertising ID.
- Anonymous ID and session token, stored on the device.
- Gameplay events: game started, hint used, extra vase added, tool or theme bought, ad reward claimed, with coin balance and item counts.
- Puzzle summaries: mode, difficulty, board seed and size, duration, moves, hints, undos, extra vases, result.
- Settings values and how often each was changed.
- Crash reports: error message, app version, platform, build type, time.
- IP address and request data, processed by our host when the app connects.
- Emails you send to support.
Game progress stays on the device.
Purpose and legal basis
- Analytics and bug fixing: legitimate interest.
- Rewarded ads: consent where Google's consent form asks for it, otherwise legitimate interest.
- Support replies: legitimate interest.
Recipients
- Supabase: hosting and database.
- Google AdMob and User Messaging Platform: rewarded ads and consent. Google may collect device identifiers, coarse location, ad and interaction data. See Google's Privacy Policy and AdMob iOS data disclosure.
We do not sell data or use it to track you across apps. Data may be processed outside your country under the providers' Standard Contractual Clauses.
Retention
- Analytics data and crash reports: 12 months.
- Anonymous IDs without data: deleted after 12 months.
- Deletion receipts: 30 days.
- Support emails: until the request is closed.
Your choices
- Settings → Account → Delete Analytics Data deletes the anonymous ID and its data, and stops collection on the device. Re-enroll in Analytics turns it back on.
- Settings → Help & Privacy → Privacy Choices changes ad consent where required.
- Ads are optional.
Your rights
Access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability and objection: email [email protected]. We can act only on data we can link to you. You may complain to your data protection authority.
Children
Not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
Changes are posted here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy or deletion can be sent to [email protected]. For help with the app, visit our Beach Sands Support page.