Privacy Policy

info1. Overview & Commitment

Welcome to Retro Arcade (the "Application" or "App"), an 8-bit retro gaming suite developed by Challenzo (challenzo.com). This Privacy Policy explains our practices concerning the collection, storage, and processing of information when you use our mobile application available on the Google Play Store.

We believe in transparent, privacy-first gaming. Retro Arcade is engineered so that you can jump straight into classic arcade gameplay without signing up, creating accounts, or sharing private personal records.

shield2. Information We Do NOT Collect

We do not collect or store personal identifiable information (PII). Specifically:

• No user accounts, emails, passwords, or usernames are created.
• No real names, phone numbers, or physical mailing addresses are requested.
• No precise or approximate GPS location data is accessed or tracked.
• No access is requested to your contacts, camera, microphone, photos, or file storage outside the app sandbox.
• No financial, banking, or credit card information is collected or stored by us. In-app purchases (such as optional Ad-Free Passes) are handled entirely through Google Play In-App Billing, and payment credentials never reach our app or servers.

save3. Local Device Storage (Offline & Gameplay Data)

Retro Arcade saves your gaming progress locally on your Android device using standard sandboxed storage mechanisms (such as Android SharedPreferences). This data never leaves your device and is never transmitted to our servers:

• Game High Scores: High scores and best records for all 16 retro games (Snake, Space Invasion, Bomb Hero, Cosmic Buster, etc.).
• Custom Controller Layouts: Custom joystick positioning coordinates, button scaling factors, snap-to-grid preferences, center action button states, and handedness control setups.
• Game Settings & Skins: Sound FX on/off toggles, default game speed preferences, haptic vibration preferences, chosen console skins (Classic D-Pad, Cyberpunk, Arcade), and favorite game selections.
• Ad Removal & Pass Status: Local entitlement markers and timestamps confirming active ad-free passes (Lite Pass, Pro Pass, or temporary rewarded time) to ensure fast offline ad filtering.
• Pixel Scorecards & Social Sharing: Scorecards generated for social sharing are rendered strictly in-memory or in temporary local app cache on your device and delegated to your operating system's standard share sheet. We do not host, store, or transmit your shared scorecard images.
• Daily Challenge Streaks: Local completion markers and challenge progression.

ads_click4. Advertising, Analytics & In-App Billing Partners

To keep Retro Arcade free to play, provide optional ad-free passes, and continuously optimize gameplay performance, stability, and compatibility across diverse Android hardware, we integrate trusted third-party developer SDKs:

• Unity LevelPlay Mediation (Unity Technologies / ironSource): Used as our primary ad mediation platform to coordinate and serve banner, interstitial, and opt-in rewarded video ads. Unity LevelPlay may collect and process device technical specifications (operating system version, device model, screen resolution, connection type), coarse location (derived from IP address), and mobile advertising identifiers (such as Google Advertising ID / GAID) to optimize ad delivery, detect fraud, enforce frequency capping, and manage mediation waterfalls. In compliance with industry standards, our publisher verification file is publicly hosted at game.challenzo.com/app-ads.txt. Learn more at the Unity Privacy Policy.
• Mediated Ad Demand Partners: Through Unity LevelPlay mediation, ad requests may be routed to licensed third-party ad networks participating in bidding or waterfall line items. Each network processes advertising identifiers and telemetry under its own privacy policies:
  • Google AdMob: Google Privacy Policy
  • Unity Ads: Used to display video and playable ads. In compliance with ad delivery and fraud prevention mechanisms, Unity Ads may query device package visibility to detect supported app store distribution and prevent redundant ad impressions. Learn more at the Unity Ads Privacy Policy.
  • AppLovin: AppLovin Privacy Policy
  • Meta Audience Network: Meta Privacy Policy
  • Liftoff Monetize (Vungle): Liftoff Privacy Policy
• Ad Consent & Privacy Frameworks: Retro Arcade supports user privacy controls across global jurisdictions. Before serving ads, the app forwards appropriate privacy signals (GDPR consent status, CCPA/CPRA "do not sell" preferences, and COPPA settings) to Unity LevelPlay and participating mediation partners.
• Google Play In-App Billing: Facilitates optional in-app purchases (such as Lite Pass and Pro Pass) to remove ads. All payment transactions, billing information, and receipts are processed securely by Google LLC via Google Play. We only receive pseudonymous purchase tokens, order IDs, and entitlement states from Google Play to unlock and restore ad-free gameplay on your device. We never receive or store your credit card or financial details.
• Google Analytics for Firebase: Collects pseudonymized in-app telemetry (such as game launch events, game over counts, menu navigation, and settings toggles) alongside general device technical specifications. This allows us to understand which games players enjoy most and optimize frame rates. Learn more at the Firebase Privacy Policy.
• Firebase Crashlytics: Collects diagnostic crash reports, unhandled exceptions, and system state snapshots (e.g., OS version, memory availability at crash time, device architecture). These diagnostic logs contain no personal information and are strictly utilized by our engineering team to reproduce and fix crashes quickly.

table_chart5. Google Play Data Safety Summary

In accordance with Google Play Store Data Safety disclosure guidelines, here is an explicit overview of how data is handled:

child_care6. Children's Privacy (COPPA & GDPR-K)

Retro Arcade is an arcade gaming app created for a general audience. We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or process personal information from children under 13 years of age (or under 16 in applicable European jurisdictions). If you are a parent or guardian and believe that non-compliant information may have been inadvertently collected via third-party advertising SDKs, please contact us immediately at hello@challenzo.com and we will take immediate remedial action.

security7. Data Security & Retention

All network communications between our third-party analytics/ad providers and their respective cloud infrastructure are encrypted in transit using industry-standard TLS/HTTPS protocols. Third-party providers retain telemetry data according to their documented retention schedules (e.g., Firebase Analytics default retention of 2 to 14 months). Because we maintain no central server holding user accounts, we do not store, sell, or monetize user databases.

gavel8. Your Privacy Rights & Data Deletion Requests

Depending on your geographic location (such as the European Economic Area under GDPR, the United Kingdom under UK GDPR, or California under CCPA/CPRA), you have rights regarding your digital information:

• No User Account System: Retro Arcade does not require or maintain user accounts, login credentials, or centralized personal user databases on our servers.
• Ad Consent Management (EEA/UK/Switzerland): You can review, modify, or revoke your advertising consent choices at any time through the in-app privacy preferences dialog or by resetting app storage.
• Reset Advertising ID: You can reset or delete your Google Advertising ID at any time via Android Settings > Google > Ads > Reset advertising ID or Delete advertising ID.
• Opt-Out of Personalized Ads: You can toggle opt-out settings for personalized advertising directly within your Android system settings.
• Local Device Data Deletion: You can instantly delete all local gaming saves, high scores, custom joystick configurations, and cached app preferences directly on your device by navigating to Settings > Apps > Retro Arcade > Storage > Clear Storage / Clear Data or by uninstalling the app.
• Requesting Data Deletion: If you wish to request the deletion or purging of pseudonymized telemetry, crash diagnostics, or advertising identifiers collected by our integrated third-party SDKs (such as Firebase, Unity LevelPlay, or mediated networks), you may submit a request by contacting us at hello@challenzo.com with your Google Advertising ID (GAID). We will acknowledge and process your request within 30 days in coordination with partner SDK data management portals.

update9. Policy Updates

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect app updates, new mini-game additions, or regulatory changes. When updates are published, the "Last Updated" timestamp at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. We advise checking this page periodically.

mail10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or Retro Arcade, please reach out to us:

• Developer / Company: Challenzo
• Website: https://challenzo.com
• Email: hello@challenzo.com
• Landing Page: https://game.challenzo.com