Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Scope

Welcome to Tower Builder Stack, a flagship arcade experience developed and operated by BBToolsFactory. Your privacy is paramount to us. This comprehensive Privacy Policy ("Policy") is designed to inform you about how we handle the collection, use, and protection of your data when you interact with our mobile application, websites, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By engaging with Tower Builder Stack, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms laid out in this Policy. Our commitment is to ensure that your experience is safe, transparent, and focused on gameplay. This Policy applies globally, though certain local laws may grant you additional rights depending on your jurisdiction, such as the GDPR in Europe or CCPA in California.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. Our business model is focused on the entertainment value of our Game, and we take data minimization seriously, only collecting what is necessary to facilitate high-quality gameplay and performance optimization.

2. Detailed Information Collection

We categorize the information we collect into three primary buckets to specify the degree of sensitivity and the purpose of the data:

• Account & Profile Information: If you choose to link your account to a third-party service (such as Apple Game Center or Google Play Games), we may receive your public profile identifier and username. This allows us to sync your high scores across different devices.
• Gameplay Analytics: To ensure the "Tower Builder Stack" experience remains balanced and bug-free, we track anonymized metadata such as tower height records, session duration, block placement accuracy, and unlocked cosmetic themes. This data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
• Technical Device Metadata: We collect hardware-specific information including device model, OS version, screen resolution, and IP address. This is critical for troubleshooting graphics regressions and ensuring the game runs smoothly on all supported hardware configurations.

We do not collect sensitive biological data, real-time location tracking, or access to your contacts or photo library unless explicitly prompted for a specific user-initiated feature (e.g., sharing a screenshot of your tower).

3. Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Our web-based landing pages and certain internal game views may use cookies, pixels, and local storage to enhance functionality. We use these technologies for:

• Essential Functionality: Remembering your audio settings (music/SFX volume) and theme preferences.
• Security: Monitoring for fraudulent activity or attempts to manipulate global leaderboards through automated scripts.
• Analytics: Understanding which regions are achieving the highest towers to better localize our server support and content updates.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your device settings or browser console. Note that disabling certain technologies may result in the loss of saved game progress if not synced to a cloud account.

4. Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for processing your data under frameworks like the GDPR includes the necessity to perform our contract with you (providing the game), our legitimate interest in improving the Services, and your explicit consent where required.

The primary purposes for which we use your data are:

• Operational Excellence: Managing game state, facilitating leaderboards, and preventing crashes.
• Product Innovation: Researching new block types and physics interactions based on player behavior patterns.
• Communication: If you sign up for our newsletter, we use your email to send high-score challenges and theme announcements. You may opt-out at any time via the link in the footer of our emails.
• Legal Compliance: Meeting our regulatory obligations and responding to lawful requests from public authorities.

5. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your information only as long as necessary to provide you with the Game and fulfill the purposes described in this Policy. Anonymized high-score data may be kept indefinitely to maintain the integrity of our historical records. However, personal account identifiers can be deleted upon request.

If you wish to delete your account and associated data, you may navigate to the "Settings" menu within the Tower Builder Stack app or contact us via our support email. Once a deletion request is verified, we will purge your data from our active databases within 30 days, subject to any legal requirements for retention.

6. Third-Party Integrations

The Game may contain links to third-party services (e.g., social media sharing buttons). We do not control the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with through our Game. Our primary partners include Google (Firebase for analytics), Apple (App Store logic), and Amazon Web Services (cloud storage).

7. International Data Transfers

BBToolsFactory is headquartered in the United States. Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We implement Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to ensure that your data remains protected to a standard equivalent to your local laws.

8. Children's Privacy

Tower Builder Stack is an all-ages casual game. However, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to remove that information from our systems.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing of your data. To exercise these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected].

10. Contact Information

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out via the following channels:

BBToolsFactory Data Relations
123 Market St, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA 94105
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (415) 555-0192