Color Pour (“the app”) is a water sort puzzle game published by Nikhil Sharma (“we”, “us”, “our”). This policy explains what information the app collects, why, who it is shared with and the choices you have. It applies to the app on Android and iOS.
Contact: obscure.nike@gmail.com
Summary
- The game needs no account. Your progress is stored only on your device.
- Ads are shown through Google AdMob, which may use your device’s advertising ID. In regions that require it you are asked for consent first.
- We use Google Firebase for anonymous usage statistics, crash reports, in-game announcements and update notices. These are not linked to your name or email.
- Notifications are optional and can be turned off at any time.
- We never sell your personal data.
1. Information stored on your device
The game saves the following data locally on your device:
- settings such as sound, music, haptics, theme, language, colour-blind symbols, reduced motion and your notification choices;
- level progress, stars, best moves, coins, hints and extra tubes, and a puzzle you left unfinished;
- your daily reward and daily challenge streaks and trophies;
- the tube and background styles you unlocked;
- which in-app purchases you own (for example Remove ads).
This data never leaves your device. Uninstalling the app or using Settings → Reset progress deletes it.
2. Advertising (Google AdMob)
The app is free and shows ads through Google AdMob: a banner, a full-screen ad between some levels, and optional rewarded ads that you choose to watch for in-game rewards. To serve, measure and prevent fraud in ads, Google may collect and process:
- device identifiers such as the Android Advertising ID or, if you allow tracking, the iOS IDFA;
- your IP address and the approximate location derived from it;
- device information (model, operating system, language) and diagnostic and interaction data about the ads shown.
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and some US states you are asked for consent through Google’s consent form before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time in Settings → Privacy choices. On iOS the app asks for permission to track; if you decline, only non-personalised ads are shown. On Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device’s Google settings.
Buying Remove ads or the Starter bundle stops the banner and the full-screen ads between levels; optional rewarded ads remain available.
Learn more: How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
3. Usage analytics and crash reports (Google Firebase)
To find bugs and understand which parts of the game are played, the app uses Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics. They collect:
- game events, such as starting or finishing a level, hints and boosters used, coins earned or spent and screens opened;
- crash reports: the error, app version, device model, operating system and the last game events before the crash;
- a random app instance ID created by Firebase, which is reset when you uninstall the app.
This data is not linked to your name or email address, and it is not used for advertising or shared with advertisers. Google processes it on our behalf; see Privacy and Security in Firebase.
The app also uses Firebase In-App Messaging to show announcements inside the game, and Firebase Remote Config to tell old versions of the app that an update is needed. Both use a random Firebase installation ID and the same game events to decide what to show; neither is linked to you or used for advertising.
4. Notifications (optional)
Daily reminders
If you turn on reminders, the app schedules notifications about the daily challenge and your daily reward on your device using your operating system. Nothing is sent to us or to any server. Turn them off in Settings → Notifications → Daily reminders or in your device’s notification settings.
News & offers
If you allow notifications, the app can receive occasional messages about new levels, features and offers through Google Firebase Cloud Messaging. To deliver them, Firebase assigns a random push token that is tied to the app on your device, not to you; the app also subscribes it to a topic for your language. Turn these messages off in Settings → Notifications → News and offers, which deletes the token, or in your device’s notification settings.
5. In-app purchases
The app offers optional purchases: Remove ads, a Starter bundle and coin packs. Payments are handled entirely by Google Play or the Apple App Store under their terms and privacy policies. We never receive your payment card or billing details; the app only receives confirmation from the store that a purchase was made, so it can deliver the item. Coins, hints and other items are virtual, are for use in the game only and have no real-world monetary value. Settings → Restore purchases asks the store for purchases you already own.
6. Ratings and updates
After you have enjoyed the game for a while the app may show the store’s own rating prompt. On Android it may also download a newer version in the background through Google Play’s in-app updates and ask you to restart. Both are run by Google or Apple; we only learn whether the prompt could be shown.
7. Device permissions
- Internet and network state – to load ads, deliver purchases and send analytics and crash reports.
- Notifications – only if you allow them, for reminders and news & offers.
- Run at startup – to reschedule your reminders after the device restarts.
- Advertising ID and Android ad services (Android) / App Tracking Transparency (iOS) – for ads, as described in section 2.
- Google Play billing – for in-app purchases.
The app does not access your contacts, photos, camera, microphone or location.
8. Third-party services
The app relies on these services, each with its own privacy policy:
- Google – AdMob, the User Messaging Platform (consent), Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging, In-App Messaging, Remote Config), Google Play billing, in-app reviews and in-app updates;
- Apple – App Store purchases, ratings and notifications (iOS).
9. Legal bases (EEA and UK users)
- Consent – personalised ads, notifications and app tracking on iOS. You can withdraw consent at any time in the app or your device settings.
- Contract – delivering purchases you make.
- Legitimate interests – non-personalised ads that keep the game free, crash reports and anonymous usage statistics that help us fix bugs and improve the game.
10. Data retention
- Data stored on your device stays there until you reset your progress or uninstall the app.
- Crash reports are kept by Firebase Crashlytics for 90 days. Analytics data is kept for the retention period configured in Firebase, at most 14 months.
- Push tokens are deleted when you turn off news & offers and expire when the app is unused for a long time.
- Ad data is retained by Google according to its own policies.
11. Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act or India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal data, to object to or restrict its processing and to withdraw consent. You can:
- change ad consent in Settings → Privacy choices;
- turn notifications off in Settings → Notifications;
- clear all local data with Settings → Reset progress or by uninstalling the app;
- email us at obscure.nike@gmail.com for any other request. We reply within 30 days.
Step-by-step deletion instructions are on the Delete your data page.
You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
12. Security
Data sent between the app and Google’s services is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS). No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.
13. International transfers
Our service providers, including Google, may process data on servers outside your country. They use safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for these transfers.
14. Children
Color Pour is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
15. Changes to this policy
We will update this page when the app’s data practices change and revise the “Last updated” date above.
16. Contact
Nikhil Sharma
Email: obscure.nike@gmail.com