Privacy Policy

Gambit Road is a single-player chess puzzle game published by Quiet Hours Games ("we", "our"). This policy explains what information the app collects, how it's used, and what choices you have. We've kept it short because the app itself is simple: there's no account of our own, no multiplayer, and no server backend — the only outside services the app talks to are Google's advertising SDK and, if you choose to sign in, Google Play Games.

Summary

• The app has no account, sign-up, or login of its own. Signing in to Google Play Games, for achievements, is optional.
• Your game progress (crests, gold, duel rank, board style, language, puzzle attempts) is stored on your device. Copies go only to your own Google account: in your device backup, and in Google Play Games if you sign in there. We never receive it.
• We don't operate any servers and don't collect or see your data ourselves, in any form.
• The app shows ads via Google AdMob to stay free. AdMob, Google Play's billing (only if you buy something) and, if you sign in, Google Play Games are the only third-party services in the app, and the only sources of any data leaving your device.

Information stored on your device

The app saves your progress locally using your device's own storage (Android's AsyncStorage), including:

• Hero name, gold, crests, and cleared puzzle stops
• Duel ladder rank and rating
• Board color style and language preference
• In-progress puzzle/duel attempts, so you can pick up where you left off

We never receive any of this — there's no account of ours to sync it to and no server of ours it's sent to. Two copies can exist in your own Google account: Android's device backup includes the game's save (so a new phone set up from your backup gets your progress back; you control this in your device's backup settings), and if you sign in to Google Play Games, a copy is kept there too (see below). Uninstalling the app, or using "Reset Everything" in Settings, permanently erases all of it.

Advertising (Google AdMob)

The app shows banner, interstitial, and rewarded ads through Google AdMob (part of Google's Mobile Ads SDK) to keep the game free. To do this, Google's SDK may collect and process information such as your advertising identifier, general device and app information, approximate location, and ad interaction data, in order to serve and measure ads. This happens under Google's own privacy policy, not ours — see Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services for the full detail of what Google collects and how it's used.

We don't receive or store any of this data ourselves — it's collected directly by Google's SDK running inside the app.

Achievements and saved progress (Google Play Games)

The app can show your achievements through Google Play Games Services. This is optional: nothing is sent unless you're signed in to Play Games on your device. When you are, Google receives your Play Games identity (gamer tag and avatar), the achievements you unlock, and a copy of your game progress (Saved Games), so you can continue on another device; Google's SDK also collects diagnostics about itself. This data is handled by Google under Google's Privacy Policy; we can only read your achievements for this game. You can delete it from your Play Games profile or your Google account. See what Play Games Services collects.

Purchases (Google Play)

The app offers optional in-app purchases: a one-time "Remove ads" and packs of gold. Payments are handled entirely by Google Play; we never see your payment details. The app keeps only what it needs on your device: whether ads were removed, and briefly the reference of a gold pack while it is being credited. Google Play's handling of your purchases is covered by Google's Privacy Policy.

Your consent choices

If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, the app shows a consent form the first time it's opened, asking whether you'd like personalized or non-personalized ads, as required by Google's EU User Consent Policy. You can review or change this choice at any time from Settings → Privacy Options inside the app.

Children's privacy

The app is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If ads are served to a device known to belong to a child, they're served in a manner consistent with Google's policies for child-directed treatment.

Data security

Because we don't operate a server or account system, there's no central database of player data to be breached — your progress lives on your own device and, if you use them, in your own Google backups and Play Games account.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes — for example, if a future update adds a new service that processes data differently — we'll update this page and revise the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@quiethoursgames.com.