Privacy Policy

01Data controller

The controller of your personal data is Damian Kowalczyk WebSolutions (Polish tax ID/NIP 9462735077), the developer of the app, operating as WebSolutionsLab and based in Poland (“we”, “us”).

For anything related to your personal data, write to contact@websolutionslab.dev. No data protection officer has been appointed, as none is required.

02What this policy covers

This policy covers the Word Rush app for iPhone downloaded from the App Store (bundle ID dev.websolutionslab.wordrush), in every language it is available in.

It does not cover the websolutionslab.dev website, nor processing that Apple and Google carry out on their own behalf. They have their own privacy policies, linked below.

03What we do not collect

• There are no accounts and no sign-up in the app. We never ask for your name, email address or phone number.
• The app does not use GPS location, contacts, photos, the camera or the microphone.
• We use no analytics tools and run no server of our own. We cannot see how, when or how often you play, or which words you make.
• There are no purchases or payments in the app.
• We do not sell personal data.

04Data stored on your device

So that the game remembers your choices and scores, it stores on your device:

• settings: app language, word language, sound and vibration,
• your best score in each game mode and a summary of your last game (score, number and list of words found, accuracy),
• scores waiting to be sent to Game Center, if there was no internet connection when the game ended,
• the number of games played and the game after which the last ad was shown (so that ads stay rare and on a steady rhythm).

This information never leaves your device and we have no access to it. Storing it is strictly necessary for the app to work, so it does not require separate consent.

All of this data is removed when you delete the app.

05Leaderboards (Apple Game Center)

Leaderboards run on Apple’s Game Center service. Using them is optional: the game works fully without signing in to Game Center.

If you are signed in to Game Center, after each game the app sends your score for that mode to Apple and fetches your position on the leaderboard. Other players on the game’s leaderboard can see your score and your Game Center nickname. We never receive your Apple ID, name or email address.

Your Game Center account and its visibility (nickname, friends, private profile) are managed by Apple as an independent controller. You can change them in iOS: Settings → Game Center. Apple’s terms: Apple Privacy.

Legal basis: performance of a contract, that is providing the leaderboard feature you chose to use (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

06Advertising (Google AdMob)

The app is free and shows full-screen (interstitial) ads served by Google AdMob. Your first games are ad-free, and after that an ad appears every few games, only once you leave the results screen. There are no banners during play. The service is provided by Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) and Google LLC (USA).

The ad module starts only when the first ad is coming up, not when the app launches.

Before the first ad is requested, users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland see Google’s consent form. iOS then asks whether you allow the app to track you (App Tracking Transparency). Only after both steps does the app contact Google.

When showing ads, Google may process:

• your IP address, which may be used to estimate your approximate location (country, region),
• the device advertising identifier (IDFA), only if you allow tracking in the iOS prompt; otherwise only identifiers limited to the app or its developer,
• device information: model, operating system version, language,
• ad data: which ads were shown or tapped,
• technical data about how the ad module performs, such as loading times and crash reports.

Purposes: serving ads and measuring their performance, preventing ad fraud and abuse, and, if you consent, tailoring ads to your interests. Install campaigns may be measured through SKAdNetwork, an Apple mechanism that does not reveal the device identifier.

Legal basis: in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) given in Google’s form. If you do not consent, ads are not personalised or are not shown at all, and the game works exactly the same. Elsewhere, our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in funding the free app.

For ad personalisation and its own purposes, Google acts as an independent controller. Details: Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Third-party ad networks that work with Google (ad partners) may also bid for the ad slot in Google’s auction. They then receive from Google the same kinds of data listed above, to the extent your consent allows. The current list of partners is shown in the consent form and on Google’s ad technology providers page.

How to change your choice:

• in the app: Settings → “Ad privacy” (the option appears in countries where the consent form is required),
• in iOS: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it was withdrawn.

07Recipients and transfers outside the EEA

Data may be received only by the parties described above: Google and its ad partners (ads) and Apple (Game Center and app distribution). We disclose it to anyone else only where the law requires it, for example at the request of a competent authority.

Some data is transferred to the USA:

• Google LLC participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, under which the European Commission has recognised an adequate level of protection,
• Apple uses its own safeguards, described in its privacy policy.

08How long we keep data

• Data on your device: until you delete the app.
• Game Center: according to Apple’s terms, until the score or the Game Center account is deleted.
• Google: according to Google’s data retention policy.
• Email correspondence: for as long as needed to resolve your request, and then until any possible claims become time-barred.

09Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• access your data and receive a copy of it,
• rectify your data,
• have your data erased,
• restrict processing,
• data portability,
• object to processing based on legitimate interest,
• withdraw consent at any time (see the advertising section for how).

To exercise these rights, write to contact@websolutionslab.dev. We will reply without undue delay and within one month at the latest.

We do not know who you are and keep none of your data on a server of our own, so a request on its own may not be enough for us to find it (Art. 11 GDPR). You can remove the data stored on your device by deleting the app. Game Center scores and account settings are changed or deleted with Apple. You can block the advertising identifier in iOS settings.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Poland this is the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych, ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warsaw, uodo.gov.pl). You may also complain to the authority in the country where you live or work.

10Children

Word Rush is a word game for a general audience. It is not specifically directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect their data. Ads are selected by Google, and we do no profiling of our own.

If a child has used the app and you believe their data may have reached one of the services described here, write to contact@websolutionslab.dev and we will help remove it. Parents can also turn ad tracking off and restrict Game Center in Screen Time settings.

11Security and automated decisions

Connections to Google and Apple are encrypted (HTTPS). We run no database of our own, so there is nothing there to steal.

We make no decisions about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that would have legal effects. Google’s ad selection is automated but has no such effects.

12Information for US residents

We do not sell personal data for money. However, sharing data with Google to show personalised ads may count as “selling” or “sharing” under the laws of some states (such as California). You can opt out by declining tracking in the iOS prompt or by turning it off in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

13Changes to this policy

We update this policy when the app or the law changes. The current version is always at this address, and the date of the last change is shown at the top of the page. We will also mention significant changes in the App Store release notes.

Questions about this policy? Write to contact@websolutionslab.dev or visit the support page.