Privacy Policy

Depending on how you use WorldClue, we may collect or process the following categories of information.

Account Information

• Your email address.
• Your username or public Explorer Name.
• Your unique account identifier.
• Your selected sign-in method.
• Basic account information received from Google when you choose Google Sign-In.

Profile and Gameplay Information

• Points and ranking points (RP).
• Rank and leaderboard position.
• Wins and losses.
• Match and round history.
• Guess locations and distances.
• Gameplay statistics.
• Coins and other virtual currency balances.
• Virtual currency transactions.
• Owned and equipped cosmetic items.
• Avatars, frames, banners, titles, pins, trails, and other profile customizations.
• Game progress and achievements.

Some information, such as your username, rank, equipped cosmetics, statistics, and leaderboard position, may be visible to other WorldClue players.

Social and Communication Information

• Friend lists.
• Friend requests.
• Player invitations.
• Chat messages.
• Information necessary to provide multiplayer and social functionality.

Information you intentionally send to another player may be visible to that player.

Technical, Device, and Usage Information

When you use WorldClue, certain technical information may automatically be processed by MTapp or our service providers. This may include:

• Device type and model.
• Operating system and version.
• App version.
• Language and regional settings.
• IP address.
• App activity and interactions.
• Session information.
• Diagnostic and performance information.
• Crash or error information, where applicable.
• Device or app identifiers.
• Advertising identifiers, where applicable.
• Analytics events relating to how WorldClue is used.

We may use this information to operate WorldClue, diagnose problems, improve performance, understand how features are used, prevent abuse, maintain security, and support advertising where applicable.

WorldClue may allow users to sign in using a Google account. When you use Google Sign-In, Google authenticates your account and may provide WorldClue with limited information required to create or identify your WorldClue account, such as your email address and a Google account identifier.

Google's processing of your information is governed by Google's own privacy policies.

WorldClue may use Google Firebase services to provide and support functionality such as:

• Authentication.
• Analytics.
• Performance monitoring.
• Diagnostics.
• Other technical functionality.

Firebase Analytics may process information about how users interact with WorldClue, including app events, device information, app identifiers, session information, and technical information.

MTapp may use analytics information to:

• Understand which WorldClue features are used.
• Detect technical problems.
• Improve game performance.
• Improve the user experience.
• Measure engagement.
• Identify bugs and crashes.
• Support development decisions.

Where legally required, analytics and similar technologies will only be used subject to applicable consent requirements.

WorldClue may display advertisements. Advertising may be provided through Google advertising services such as Google Mobile Ads or Google AdMob.

Advertising services may process information including:

• Advertising identifiers.
• IP address.
• Device information.
• General or approximate location derived from technical information.
• Advertisement interactions.
• App activity related to advertising.
• Diagnostic information.

Depending on your country, device settings, consent choices, and applicable law, advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized. Where consent is legally required for personalized advertising, tracking, or related technologies, WorldClue will request the appropriate consent. You may also be able to manage advertising preferences through your device or Google account settings.

WorldClue may offer in-app purchases through Google Play. These purchases may include:

• Premium multiplayer features.
• Advertising removal.
• Bundles.
• Virtual goods.
• Other premium content or functionality.

Payments made through the Android version of WorldClue are processed by Google Play.

We may receive and store limited purchase-related information necessary to:

• Verify successful purchases.
• Unlock purchased features or content.
• Restore purchases.
• Prevent fraud or duplicate purchases.
• Maintain a record of purchased entitlements.

This information may include:

• Product identifiers.
• Purchase status.
• Purchase or transaction identifiers.
• Entitlement information.

Google's processing of payment information is governed by Google's own privacy policies and payment terms.

MTapp may process information for purposes including:

• Creating and managing WorldClue accounts.
• Authenticating users.
• Providing multiplayer gameplay.
• Matching players.
• Calculating scores and rankings.
• Maintaining leaderboards.
• Saving game progress.
• Providing friend functionality.
• Providing chat functionality.
• Managing virtual currencies.
• Managing cosmetics and virtual items.
• Processing and restoring purchases.
• Displaying advertisements.
• Improving WorldClue.
• Measuring app performance and usage.
• Diagnosing technical problems.
• Preventing cheating.
• Preventing abuse or fraud.
• Maintaining the security of WorldClue.
• Responding to support requests.
• Complying with legal obligations.

Where applicable, MTapp may rely on one or more legal bases for processing personal information, including:

• Performance of a contract when processing is necessary to provide WorldClue.
• Legitimate interests in operating, maintaining, improving, and protecting WorldClue.
• User consent where consent is legally required.
• Compliance with applicable legal obligations.

MTapp does not sell your personal information. We may share or allow information to be processed by third-party service providers where necessary to operate WorldClue, provide requested functionality, maintain security, process purchases, display advertising, analyze performance, or comply with legal obligations.

Google

Google services may be used for functionality including:

• Google Sign-In.
• Firebase services.
• Analytics.
• Google Play distribution.
• Google Play Billing.
• Advertising through services such as Google Mobile Ads or AdMob.

The exact information processed by Google depends on the services and features you use.

Hosting and Database Providers

WorldClue uses managed cloud infrastructure and database services. These services may process information necessary to provide:

• Account functionality.
• Authentication.
• Database storage.
• Multiplayer functionality.
• Gameplay data storage.
• Social functionality.
• Security.
• Technical infrastructure.

These providers process information on behalf of MTapp as necessary to provide their services.

Other Service Providers

MTapp may use additional service providers for purposes such as hosting, security, analytics, customer support, technical infrastructure, error monitoring, and game functionality. Service providers may only process information as necessary to provide their respective services, subject to applicable contractual and legal obligations.

Legal Requirements

MTapp may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable laws.
• Respond to valid legal requests.
• Protect the rights or safety of MTapp, WorldClue users, or others.
• Investigate suspected fraud.
• Investigate cheating or abuse.
• Respond to security incidents.
• Enforce applicable rules or agreements.
• Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

MTapp retains account and gameplay information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate your WorldClue account and provide WorldClue services.

When you delete your WorldClue account, personal information associated with that account will be deleted or anonymized, except where information must be retained for legitimate reasons including:

• Legal obligations.
• Security.
• Fraud prevention.
• Accounting requirements.
• Dispute resolution.
• Enforcement of agreements.
• Technical requirements.

Anonymous or aggregated information that can no longer reasonably identify you may be retained. Certain purchase and transaction records may also be retained where necessary to satisfy legal, accounting, fraud-prevention, or platform requirements.

You may request permanent deletion of your WorldClue account and associated personal information. Where available, account deletion can be requested directly inside WorldClue through:

Settings → Delete Account

Users may also request account deletion through the account deletion option provided on the WorldClue website or by contacting support@worldclue.com.

When an account deletion request has been completed, MTapp will delete or anonymize personal information associated with the account, except for limited information that may need to be retained for legal, security, fraud-prevention, accounting, dispute-resolution, or similar legitimate purposes.

All user data collected by WorldClue is encrypted during transfer. Information sent between the app and MTapp's services is protected using HTTPS/TLS. This includes account information, gameplay data, social data, chat messages, and analytics events.

Third-party services integrated into WorldClue (such as Google Sign-In, Firebase Analytics, Google Play Billing, and Google AdMob) also transmit data over encrypted connections in accordance with their own security practices. MTapp selects service providers that support encryption in transit for the data they process on our behalf.

Additional technical and organizational measures may include:

• HTTPS/TLS encryption for information transmitted between devices and our services.
• Encryption provided by managed infrastructure and service providers.
• Authentication controls.
• Database access controls.
• Authorization rules.
• Restricted administrative access.
• Security monitoring.

No online or electronic system can guarantee absolute security. However, MTapp works to minimize security risks and appropriately protect information processed through WorldClue.

Some service providers used by MTapp may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers of personal information.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to your personal information. For users in the European Union or European Economic Area, these rights may include the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• Request deletion of your personal information.
• Request restriction of certain processing.
• Object to certain processing.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Request a portable copy of certain information.
• Submit a complaint to a competent data protection authority.

You may contact MTapp to exercise applicable privacy rights. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

WorldClue is not intended for children below the age at which they may legally consent to the processing of their personal information under applicable law. MTapp does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children who are not legally permitted to provide such information.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to WorldClue in violation of applicable law, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.

WorldClue may use automated systems for gameplay-related functionality, including:

• Matchmaking.
• Ranking calculations.
• Scoring.
• Leaderboards.
• Game statistics.
• Detection of unusual gameplay.
• Detection of suspected cheating or abuse.

These automated systems are used to operate, balance, manage, and protect WorldClue.

MTapp may update this Privacy Policy when:

• WorldClue changes.
• New functionality is introduced.
• Service providers change.
• Data processing practices change.
• Legal or regulatory requirements change.

When material changes are made, the Last updated date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be updated. Where legally required, MTapp may also provide additional notice within WorldClue.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or want to request deletion of your WorldClue account or personal information, contact: