2. What’s stored on your device

The app keeps a few things in its own storage on your phone so the game works the way you left it:

• your settings and team set-up (team names, word levels, tokens and colours);
• which words have been played, saved as short codes rather than the words themselves;
• words you’ve added or hidden;
• your best scores in Solo mode;
• whether the full version is unlocked.

None of this is sent to us or to anyone else. Uninstalling the app deletes all of it.

We don’t add any analytics or crash-reporting tools of our own, such as Firebase or Google Analytics. Google’s ads software collects some diagnostic information about itself, described in section 3.

Device permissions

3. Ads (Google AdMob) and your choices

The free version shows short ads between rounds. These ads are provided by Google AdMob.

To show and measure ads, limit how often you see the same ad and prevent fraud, Google collects and processes information about your device, such as:

• your device’s advertising ID (on iPhone, only if you allow tracking);
• your IP address and approximate location, worked out from it;
• information about your device and the app;
• the ads you see and how you interact with them;
• diagnostic information about the ads software, such as crash logs and performance data.

This information may be linked to your device. If you allow it, Google may also use it to track you, which means linking it with information from other companies’ apps and websites to personalise the ads you see.

Google handles this information under its own policies. You can read how Google uses information from apps that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy.

Your choices

• On iPhone: the first time you open Tezula, Apple asks whether to allow the app to track your activity across other companies’ apps and websites. If you tap “Ask App Not to Track”, your advertising identifier isn’t shared and you only see non-personalised ads. You can change this at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.
• On Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID, and turn off ad personalisation, in your phone’s settings.
• Where the law requires it, for example in the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK and Switzerland, the app also shows Google’s consent form before ads are personalised.
• Buying the full version removes ads altogether.

4. Purchases

The full version is a one-off in-app purchase. It’s handled by Google Play Billing on Android and by Apple In-App Purchase on iPhone.

Your payment details go to Google or Apple, never to us. The app only receives confirmation that you own the full version, so it can unlock it on your device. Google and Apple handle your payment under their own privacy policies.

5. Children and the Simple word level

Tezula is a family party game that’s meant to be set up and supervised by an adult. It isn’t directed at children under 13.

Each team chooses a word level: Simple, Normal or Expert. The Simple level has easier words, so children can play in the same game as adults, on a phone an adult controls. Choosing a level doesn’t collect anything extra.

6. Your rights

If you’re in South Africa, the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) gives you rights over your personal information. If you’re in the EEA or the UK, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does. These include the right to ask for access to your personal information, and to have it corrected or deleted. Under the GDPR, your consent for personalised ads is asked through Google’s consent form and, on iPhone, through Apple’s tracking request.

Because we don’t hold any personal information about you, most requests are already in your hands:

• uninstalling the app deletes everything it has stored on your phone;
• you can change your tracking choice (iPhone) or reset your advertising ID (Android) in your phone’s settings, and manage your ad settings through Google’s own controls.

For information Google collects when it shows ads, Google’s Privacy Policy explains how to use your rights with Google. If you have any other question, contact us using the details below.

7. Contact

For privacy questions, email us at nilesh@padawanconsulting.com.

8. Changes to this policy

When the app changes, we’ll update this page and the effective date at the top.