Mert Genc
Game Developer
This Privacy Policy describes the information that is collected when you play a game developed by Mert Genc or visit this website, the purposes for which that information is used, and the choices available to you.
In summary: the games collect anonymous gameplay statistics that are used to measure how the games perform and to guide their development. No personal information is requested or required to play, and no data is sold or otherwise made available to third parties for their own commercial purposes.
By playing the games or using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
01
This policy is issued by Mert Genc, an independent game developer operating as a sole individual. References to "I", "me" and "my" throughout this document refer to that individual, who is the party responsible for the processing described here.
The policy applies to all games published under this name, regardless of where they are played - on this website, on distribution platforms such as Poki, or embedded on third-party websites - and to this website itself.
Enquiries relating to this policy may be directed to mertgencdev@gmail.com.
02
The games incorporate GameAnalytics, an analytics service used to measure gameplay performance. The service operates on an anonymous basis: it involves no account, no sign-in, and no identifying details.
The following categories of information are recorded:
- Gameplay events - levels commenced and completed, session duration, items and upgrades acquired, and the points at which progress stalls or play ends.
- Virtual economy activity - in-game currency and items earned and spent. These values exist solely within the game and hold no monetary value.
- Progression data - the stage of the game reached and the tutorial steps completed or skipped.
- Technical information - device category, operating system, browser, screen dimensions, performance measurements, game version, and the country associated with your connection. This information is used to assess compatibility and performance across devices.
- Diagnostic information - error and crash reports, used to identify and resolve defects.
- An anonymous identifier - a randomly generated value stored on your device so that repeat sessions from the same browser may be counted as a single player. It is not linked to your identity and is discarded when browser data is cleared.
This information is analysed exclusively in aggregate form, across large numbers of sessions, and is presented as statistical summaries. It is not used to examine the activity of any individual player.
03
The following are not requested, recorded, or retained:
- Names, email addresses, telephone numbers, or postal addresses.
- Passwords or account credentials. The games operate without user accounts.
- Payment card or billing information. No payments are processed within the games.
- Precise location data. Location is derived only at country level from your IP address.
- Contacts, photographs, files, microphone input, or camera input.
- Text you enter, other than an optional display name that you choose voluntarily.
Data is not sold, rented, or exchanged with any party, and no advertising profile is constructed about you.
04
Saved progress remains on your device at all times. The games use the local storage facility of your browser to retain progress, including currency, inventory, unlocked equipment, preferences, selected language, and tutorial completion.
This data is held within your own browser. It is not transmitted to me or to any third party, and I have no means of accessing it. Clearing your browser data, or using the reset function provided within the game, deletes it permanently, including all saved progress.
Because this data resides in the browser, saved progress does not transfer between devices or between different browsers on the same device.
05
Certain games provide an online multiplayer mode. For the duration of a session, the game transmits the state required by other participants - character position, animation state, the equipment in use, and the display name you have selected - by means of the multiplayer service operated by the platform hosting the game.
This transmission consists of live gameplay state only. It is not retained by me once the session ends, and it contains no information about you beyond what you have elected to display. You are advised not to use your real name or any personal detail as a display name, as it is visible to all other participants in the session.
06
Delivery of a browser-based game necessarily involves third parties. The following services are engaged, each of which maintains its own privacy policy that applies in addition to this one:
- GameAnalytics - the analytics service described in section 02. gameanalytics.com/privacy
- Poki - the distribution platform hosting several of the games, which supplies its own advertising and multiplayer services. poki.com privacy statement
- PlayCanvas - the engine and hosting infrastructure on which the games are built and delivered. playcanvas.com/privacy-policy
- The hosting provider for this website, together with the font and icon services it loads, which receive your IP address as an ordinary part of delivering a web page.
Where a game is played on a platform other than this website, the privacy policy of that platform applies to your visit in addition to this policy.
07
The games display advertising between rounds of play, together with optional rewarded video advertisements that may be viewed in exchange for an in-game benefit. Viewing a rewarded advertisement is entirely voluntary, and declining carries no consequence other than forgoing the benefit.
I do not operate an advertising network and do not determine which advertisements are shown. Advertising is served by the platform hosting the game, which determines its content and whether it is personalised. Any advertising identifier or consent preference is held by that platform, and its privacy settings are the means by which such preferences are managed. No information about you is received from advertisers.
08
The games are designed to be suitable for younger audiences. They contain no user accounts, no registration, no free-text chat, and no real-money purchases.
Personal information is not knowingly collected from children. The analytics described in section 02 are anonymous by design and are configured to remain so. Where a hosting platform determines that a player is a child, advertising personalisation is disabled by that platform.
A parent or guardian who believes that a child has nonetheless supplied personal information may contact mertgencdev@gmail.com, and any such information that can be located will be deleted.
09
Depending on your jurisdiction - including under the GDPR in the European Economic Area and the CCPA in California - you may hold the right to request access to information held about you, to request its correction or erasure, and to object to its processing.
The following measures are available to you at any time:
- Erasure of saved data - clear the browser data associated with the site, or use the reset function provided in the game settings.
- Prevention of analytics collection - any browser extension or tracking-protection setting that blocks analytics services will prevent collection here. The games remain fully playable.
- Advertising preferences - managed through the privacy controls of the platform on which the game is played.
- Direct requests - submitted to mertgencdev@gmail.com, to which a response will be provided within 30 days.
Please note an inherent limitation: because the analytics data is anonymous, a request for erasure generally cannot be matched to a specific individual, as no identifier links those records to you. In such cases the position will be explained rather than a deletion represented that cannot in fact be performed.
The lawful basis for this processing is the legitimate interest in measuring and improving the games. Information is processed and stored on infrastructure operated by the services identified in section 06, which may be located outside your country of residence.
10
Analytics records are retained by GameAnalytics in accordance with its own retention schedule, and are accessible to me only in aggregated, statistical form. Data saved on your device is retained for as long as you choose to keep it.
All transmissions take place over encrypted connections. No method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be entirely secure; the practical risk here is limited by the fact that no personal information is collected in the first instance.