Privacy Policy
- You don't need an account. We never ask for your name, email or any other contact details.
- The game records gameplay events (for example, which level you played and how it ended) so we can make the game better. They are linked to a random ID, not to your name or any account. If you email us about your data, we keep your email as a record (see "If you email us").
- We don't collect your location, contacts or photos, and we don't sell your data.
- The iPhone and Android apps may show ads from Google AdMob: an ad you can choose to watch for coins, and an ad between some levels. Version 1.0 of the apps does not show ads and doesn't start Google's ads software. Once ads are turned on, Google collects some data to show them, as described below, and you can choose how. The web version shows no real ads: any "ad" there is a clearly labelled test screen that loads nothing from any ad network. The game has no purchases.
Who we are
Barnyard Breakout: Tap Away 3D ("the game") is made by Layer3 Studios LLC ("we", "us"). This policy covers the game on iPhone, on Android and in a web browser.
What the game collects
While you play, the game records gameplay events and sends them to us. Each event contains:
- A random player ID, created on your device the first time you play, and a random ID for each time you open the game. They aren't linked to your name, your device's hardware IDs or any account.
- What happened in the game: which level you played, whether you won, lost or left it, how many moves and how long it took, stars earned, hints used, coins earned and spent, daily rewards claimed, and which ads (or, on the web, test ad screens) were shown and whether they were watched to the end, closed or not available.
- Technical details: the time of the event, how long you played in each visit, whether you play on the web, iPhone or Android, the game's version, and the version of the game's prices and rewards you have.
- How you found the game: on the web, the tag of a link you opened the game from, if it had one (for example a link we shared with a group of testers). The tag is kept on your device and sent with your later events too.
Ads in the apps (Google AdMob)
The iPhone and Android apps may show ads provided by Google AdMob. Version 1.0 of the apps does not show ads, so the game sends Google AdMob none of the data below. This section applies once ads are turned on. To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, Google collects data from your device directly, under its own privacy policy: your device's advertising ID (on iPhone only if you allow tracking), your IP address and the approximate location it suggests, device and app information, how you interact with ads, and diagnostic data. Google may use the advertising ID to show ads based on your interests. Ads are limited to content suitable for a general audience with parental guidance, and are never shown in the middle of a level. Ad sound is muted.
We can switch ads off, and they are off when the apps first launch. While they are off, the apps show no ads, don't ask about ads or tracking, and don't start Google's ads software or ask it for any ad, so the game sends Google AdMob none of the data above. When we switch them on, everything in this section applies from your next launch of the app.
- Your consent. Where the law requires it (for example in the EU, UK and Switzerland, and some US states), the app asks for your choices before any ad is requested. If you say no, you still get ads, but not personalized ones, and the game works the same.
- On iPhone, the app asks whether it may track you across apps. If you don't allow it, the advertising ID isn't shared. You can change this any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Changing your choices. Where Google requires it, "Privacy choices" in the game's Settings reopens the consent choices. On Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's Google settings.
- How Google uses data from apps that show its ads: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
What the game does not collect
We don't collect your name, email address, phone number, precise location, contacts, photos, or microphone or camera input. Our own gameplay events don't include your advertising ID or location. The game sets no cookies. Apart from Google AdMob in the apps, described above, it contains no advertising or tracking code from other companies.
Saved on your device
The game saves these on your device: your progress and stars, your coins and daily reward streak, your sound, music and vibration settings, your random player ID, gameplay events that haven't been sent yet, the link tag (on the web), the current prices and rewards, levels downloaded for playing offline, and whether you have been asked about ads. Google AdMob saves your consent choices on your device. Apart from the events and the tag, which are sent as described above, they stay there. If you play offline, gameplay events wait on your device and are sent the next time you are online.
If you email us
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write, and use them only to reply to you. Where the law requires a legal basis, we rely on our legitimate interest in answering your question. We keep the email only as long as we need it to help you, except that if you ask us to delete your data, we keep that email and our reply for 24 months as a record that we did it, and then delete them.
Why we collect it
We use gameplay events only to understand how players get on with the game: which levels are too hard, where players stop, and whether hints and rewards help, so that we can improve the game and fix problems. Where the law requires a legal basis (for example in the EU or UK), we rely on our legitimate interest in improving the game, which we consider low-impact because the events contain no name or contact details and are linked to a random ID rather than to your name.
Who handles the data
We don't sell your data. We use these service providers:
- Supabase, which hosts the database where gameplay events are stored.
- Vercel, which hosts the web version of the game.
In the apps, while ads are on, Google receives the data described under "Ads in the apps" for advertising. Where a law treats that as sharing your data for advertising, your consent choices and your phone's settings described there let you limit it.
When the game starts, it also downloads the current prices and rewards, and new levels, from our database; this sends nothing about you. Like any online service, these providers receive your device's IP address and basic browser or device information when the game connects to them, and their standard server logs may keep it for a short time. We don't store your IP address with your gameplay events.
How long we keep it
We keep gameplay events for as long as they help us improve the game, and delete them when they no longer do.
Your choices
- To stop sending events, stop playing and delete the game (or clear this site's data in your browser). On Android, if your phone backs up app data, reinstalling the game can bring back your saved progress and the same random player ID; clearing the game's storage in your phone's settings removes them. Events already sent can't be linked to you without your random player ID.
- To ask about your data or have it deleted, email us at support@layer3studios.com. Tell us roughly when and on which device you played. Copies in our database provider's backups are removed when those expire, and if you keep playing, new events are recorded under the same ID.
Children
The game isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children. The gameplay events described above contain no name or contact details.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page.
Contact
Layer3 Studios LLC · support@layer3studios.com