Petri: Microbe Swarm: Privacy Policy
In short: Petri does not collect, share or sell your personal data. There are no accounts and no sign-in. Your progress and a small play log stay on your device. The free version on iPhone shows non-personalized ads from Google AdMob between runs (see Ads); buying Remove Ads turns them off.
What stays on your device
- Progress and settings: beaten levels, saved runs, achievements, Biomass, upgrades and your settings are saved on your device only.
- A local play log: the game writes a small log of each play session (for example which level you played, how long a battle took, whether you won, the device model and OS version, and any errors). It helps fix bugs and tune difficulty. It contains no name, email, contacts, location or advertising identifier, and it uses a random ID created on your device instead of a device identifier. The log is kept inside the app (at most about 20 MB; older files are deleted automatically) and is never uploaded. It only leaves your device if you choose to send it to us with a bug report.
What we collect
We collect nothing ourselves. The app does not send your data to us, does not use analytics services, and does not track you across other apps or websites. The only third party is Google AdMob, which serves ads in the free mobile version as described under Ads. The Steam (PC) version has no ads.
Children
Petri is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13. Because it collects no personal data, it collects none from children either.
Deleting your data
Deleting the app removes all of its data, including progress and the play log, from your device.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above before the change reaches the app.
Contact
Questions about privacy: mmorrone@nunchuckdesigns.com
Ads (Google AdMob)
The free version may show ads between runs, never during a battle. Ads are provided by Google AdMob. When an ad is requested, Google's ad software on your device sends Google information such as an approximate location based on your IP address, an app-specific device identifier, ad interactions, and crash and performance data, so it can show the ad, count it and prevent fraud.
- Ads are non-personalized: they are not based on your interests or your activity in other apps.
- The app never asks to track you and never reads your advertising identifier (IDFA).
- We do not receive or store this information ourselves, and we never sell data.
- Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA and UK), the app asks for your consent first.
- Buying Remove Ads turns ads off, and Google's ad software then stops making requests. Purchases are handled by Apple; we never see your payment details.
Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy. How Google uses data from apps: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.