Privacy Policy

1. Who we are and scope

The data controller for the Astrofuse iOS app and this website is Przemysław Bocer, an independent developer based in Poland ("we"). You can contact us about privacy at support@bytechimera.com.

This policy explains how the Astrofuse app and this website handle information. It covers two very different things: what we do (almost nothing, because the game keeps everything on your device) and what Google does when it serves an ad inside the game (described in section 4). We wrote it so you can tell those apart.

2. What we collect ourselves: nothing

Astrofuse has no account system, no login, and no backend operated by us:

• No personal data: we never ask for a name, email address, phone number, or any identifier.
• No server of ours: the game does not send your scores, saves, or gameplay to us. There is no leaderboard service, no cloud save, and no sync.
• No analytics or crash-reporting SDK of ours: we run no Firebase Analytics, Mixpanel, or similar tools and receive no telemetry about how you play.
• No purchases: the game has no in-app purchases, so no payment data is processed inside it.

The only network activity in Astrofuse is the advertising described in section 4. If you are offline, the game plays normally and the ad buttons simply do not appear.

3. What stays on your device

Everything the game remembers is stored only in your iPhone's local app storage:

• your current run, best score, biggest planet reached, and longest combo;
• your StarDust balance (the in-game currency used for power-ups);
• your sound, music, and vibration preferences;
• your campaign progress and the privacy choices described in section 5.

Your game saves, scores and campaign progress are not sent to us. Advertising privacy choices are also stored by the consent SDK and may be transmitted to Google and applicable advertising partners to apply your choices. Deleting the app deletes all of it. If you have iCloud device backup enabled, this data may be included in your encrypted device backup like any other app's data. That backup is controlled by you and managed by Apple under Apple's terms; we have no access to it.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob)

Astrofuse is free and shows rewarded video ads that you choose to watch: to continue a run after game over, or to earn extra StarDust. The game never interrupts play with an ad, and every ad is behind a button you tap yourself.

Ads are served by Google AdMob, part of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the responsible Google entity is Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google acts as an independent controller for the data it processes to serve and measure ads; we do not receive that data, only aggregated statistics such as how many ads were shown.

When the game loads or shows an ad, the Google Mobile Ads SDK built into Astrofuse sends Google information such as:

• Device and app details: device model, iOS version, language, screen size, the app's bundle identifier, and the SDK version;
• Network information: your IP address, from which Google may derive a coarse location (roughly city level) and network type;
• Advertising identifiers: your device's Advertising Identifier (IDFA), but only if you allowed tracking in the prompt described in section 5. If you do not allow tracking, the app does not provide your IDFA to the advertising SDK;
• Ad interaction data: which ads were requested, shown, watched to the end, or tapped, and whether a reward was earned;
• Diagnostics: crash and performance data about the ad SDK itself.

Google uses this data to select and deliver ads, to measure whether they were viewed, to detect fraud and abuse, and, where you have allowed it, to personalize the ads you see across apps. How Google handles this data is described in Google's Privacy Policy and in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. You can review and adjust ad personalization in Google's Ads Settings.

Advertisers whose videos appear in the game do not receive any data from us. Any link you tap inside an ad leaves the game and is governed by that advertiser's own privacy policy.

5. Advertising consent, tracking permission and your choices

Astrofuse uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to check whether a privacy message is required when the app starts. Where required, the message lets you consent, decline consent or manage the purposes and partners that may process your data. The app requests ads only when the UMP SDK reports that ads may be requested. Depending on your choices, region and available inventory, ads may be personalized, non-personalized, limited or unavailable.

When required by the privacy platform, Settings → Ad privacy choices lets you review or change your decision. Your updated choices apply to subsequent ad requests. Declining consent does not prevent you from playing the game; optional ad rewards depend on an eligible ad being available and completed.

Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) permission is separate. If its status has not yet been decided, iOS may ask whether the app may track you across other companies' apps and websites. Choosing “Ask App Not to Track” prevents the app from accessing your IDFA for tracking. It does not itself replace the choices in the UMP privacy message or guarantee that an ad will be available.

You can change Apple's tracking permission in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. You can change applicable advertising-consent choices using the in-game privacy entry point described above. Withdrawing consent applies to future processing and does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.

6. Device features the game uses

• Sound and haptics: sound effects, music, and vibration are played locally and can be turned off in the pause menu. No audio is recorded; the game never asks for microphone access.
• Internet access: used solely to load and show ads. The game does not download content updates, check licenses, or contact any server of ours.

Astrofuse does not request access to your location, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, health data, or Game Center, and it has no social or sharing features.

7. What our App Store privacy label says

Because of the ad SDK, Astrofuse's App Privacy section on the App Store does not say "Data Not Collected." In line with Google's published disclosure for AdMob, it declares that the app may collect Identifiers (device ID), Usage Data (advertising data and ad interactions), and Diagnostics (crash and performance data), used for third-party advertising and app functionality, and that identifiers may be used for tracking when you allow it. All of that collection is done by Google as described in section 4, not by us.

8. Retention and deletion

• Data on your device stays until you delete the app, which removes it completely.
• Data held by Google is retained under Google's own retention rules, described in Google's data retention policy. We cannot delete it on your behalf because we never hold it, but you can manage tracking permission, advertising consent and ad data through the controls in sections 4 and 5.
• Support emails you send us are kept only as long as needed to help you, and deleted afterwards on request.

9. This website

This website is a static site hosted on Cloudflare Pages, operated by Cloudflare, Inc. (United States). When you visit, Cloudflare processes technical request data such as your IP address, user agent, and requested URL in order to deliver the pages and secure them against attacks and abuse. Cloudflare acts as our processor for this hosting and may process the data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States; those transfers are covered by the standard contractual clauses in Cloudflare's data processing addendum. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

The Astrofuse pages set no cookies of their own, load no analytics or advertising scripts, and use only the fonts already on your device; Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie if its bot protection is active.

10. Your rights (GDPR and U.S. state privacy laws)

Laws such as the GDPR (EU/EEA), the UK GDPR, the CCPA/CPRA (California), and comparable U.S. state laws give you rights over personal data. How they apply to Astrofuse:

• Access, portability, and erasure of game data: everything is on your device. You can see it in the game and erase it by deleting the app. We hold no copy to hand over.
• Data processed by Google for ads: exercise your rights directly with Google through My Ad Center, Ads Settings, or the contacts in Google's Privacy Policy. Google, not we, controls that data.
• Opting out of personalized ads / “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”: use Settings → Ad privacy choices when available to review applicable choices, including choices presented for users in covered U.S. states. Apple's tracking permission can additionally be disabled in iOS Settings. We do not sell game saves or scores.
• Legal basis (EU/EEA): on-device processing needed to provide the game is necessary to provide the service you request. Where consent is required for advertising purposes or access to information on your device, those choices are collected through the privacy message. The message identifies the purposes, partners and applicable consent or legitimate-interest choices. Non-personalized advertising does not automatically remove consent requirements.

If you are in the EU/EEA, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Poland: the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, UODO). For any rights request or question, write to support@bytechimera.com.

11. Children

Astrofuse is rated 4+ on the App Store and is suitable for all ages, but it is a general-audience game and not directed specifically at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and the game has no accounts, chat, or social features through which a child could share information. Ads are requested as general-audience content; advertising consent and tracking permission are handled separately as described in section 5. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child's data has been processed in a way you did not intend, contact us at support@bytechimera.com and we will help you exercise the choices above.

12. Changes

This policy may be updated when Astrofuse's features, advertising partners, or legal obligations change (for example, if we add new advertising partners, leaderboards, or in-app purchases). Significant changes will be published at this same URL, and the "Last updated" date above identifies the current version.

13. Contact

Data controller: Przemysław Bocer, Poland. For privacy questions, requests, or concerns about how Astrofuse works, email support@bytechimera.com. You may also use the Astrofuse Support page for general help.