Privacy policy

Effective October 21, 2026

DrawFall is a poker puzzle game made by Steve Jones, an independent developer in Ohio, United States ("I", "me"). This policy explains what the game collects, why, who it is shared with, and how to have it deleted. If you have a question, email privacy@drawfall.app.

The short version

• You can play without an account, a name or an email address. The game gives you a player name, and you can change it.
• Your scores are kept so the game can show your stats and leaderboards. Your player name and scores are visible to other players on leaderboards.
• Ads are provided by Google AdMob, which uses your device's advertising ID. Where the law requires it, you're asked for consent first.
• DrawFall doesn't collect your contacts, location, photos or payment details, and I don't sell your information.
• You can have your account and everything linked to it deleted: see Delete your account.

What is stored on your device

The game saves its data in its own storage on your device: your settings, any unfinished game, your results and best scores, a copy of leaderboards, and your player ID and access key. This lets the game work offline. Uninstalling the game removes it from the device.

What is stored on DrawFall's server

When the game first goes online, it creates a player account for you on DrawFall's server. The server stores:

• Your player account: a player number, your player name, the kind of device (Android, iPhone or web), and when the account was created and last used.
• An access key for each device: it proves your device is yours. The server keeps only a scrambled form (a hash) of it, not the key itself.
• Your Daily Deal games: the date, your score and a record of your moves (so the server can check the score is genuine), and whether a boost was used.
• Your best scores in Classic and Timed games.
• If you sign in with Google: your Google account's ID and email address (shown to you on your Profile), and when you last signed in. This lets you keep your progress and play on more than one device. Signing in is optional. Google's own handling of your sign-in is covered by Google's Privacy Policy.

Your player name, Daily Deal scores and ranks appear on leaderboards that other players can see. Nothing else about you is shown to other players. Please don't use your real name, or anything personal, as your player name.

Ads

DrawFall shows ads provided by Google AdMob, which helps keep the game free. To show ads and measure them, and to prevent fraud, Google may collect your device's advertising ID, IP address and information about your device and how ads are used. If you're in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the game asks for your consent before personalized ads are shown, and you can change your choice later in the game's settings. In US states with privacy laws that give you the right to opt out, you can opt out of the sale or sharing of your information for personalized ads in the game's settings. You can also reset your advertising ID or turn off personalized ads in your device's settings.

Learn how Google uses information from apps that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Purchases

Any purchases are handled by Google Play (or the App Store). DrawFall receives only confirmation of what you bought, never your payment details.

Server logs and security

DrawFall's server runs in the United States, and its traffic passes through Cloudflare, which protects it from attacks. Your IP address is used briefly to limit how often some requests can be made; it isn't stored with your account. The server's logs record each request (what was asked for and whether it worked, but not your IP address) and are deleted after 30 days. All connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

Why your information is used

• To run the game: save your progress, check scores, work out par, stats and streaks, and show leaderboards.
• To keep your progress across devices, if you sign in.
• To show ads (see above).
• To keep the game secure and working, and to fix problems.

Your information isn't sold, and it isn't shared with anyone other than the services named in this policy (Google for sign-in and ads, Cloudflare for the network), or when the law requires it.

How long it is kept

Your account and scores are kept for as long as your account exists, so your history and leaderboards stay complete. Signing out removes your information from that device only. To have it deleted from the server, see Delete your account; it's done within 30 days.

Children

DrawFall is not directed at children under 13, and I don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has used DrawFall, email privacy@drawfall.app and their account will be deleted.

Your rights

You can change your player name in the game at any time. You can also ask for a copy of the information held about you, for it to be corrected, or for it to be deleted, by emailing privacy@drawfall.app. Depending on where you live (for example in the EEA, the UK or California), you may have further rights under your local law, including the right to complain to your data protection authority.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Significant changes will also be mentioned in the game.

Contact

Steve Jones, Ohio, United States · privacy@drawfall.app