Privacy

The public website runs no analytics of its own. The hosting provider keeps standard server logs.

Downloads

Downloads are served directly from this site. Standard server logs still apply.

Cookies

The public website does not use cookies. The contact form is hosted by Google and may set its own cookies when you open it.

Hosting logs

Hostinger, the hosting provider, keeps standard web-server logs for security and reliability. Those logs may include IP addresses and are managed under Hostinger's own retention policy. Hostinger's control panel also provides aggregate traffic statistics.

The apps

The apps do not require an account, and each app page states whether that app contains ads.

Sudoku Four and Solitaire offer optional usage data. It stays off until you choose Allow in the app, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings. If you allow it, the app sends a random installation ID, the app version, platform version, locale, device class and gameplay events. It does not send your name, email address, contacts, location, advertising ID, hardware identifiers, board contents or per-move timing.

Raw usage events are kept for up to 90 days and then deleted. Installation records keep the app version, platform, locale, device class and last-seen time for aggregate counts. Turning the setting off stops future events; it does not remove events already received. The app's own privacy page gives the details for that app: Sudoku Four, Solitaire, Blockedshire and Birds Family. Blockedshire does not send usage data in its current release.

Birds Family uses Firebase for anonymous sign-in, cloud saves and leaderboards, and may show rewarded ads through Google AdMob. Its app privacy page gives the details.

Sudoku Four and Solitaire also check for updates at most once a day. That request includes the app name, version and platform, but no installation ID.

Contact messages

The contact page links to a Google Form. The information you enter there is processed and stored by Google and by the studio's Google account. It is used only to reply to your message. See Google's privacy policy for how Google handles form responses. The Google Form is the only contact channel.

Data deletion

You can ask for app usage data or contact messages to be deleted. Use the contact form and mention data deletion.

For app usage data, include the app name and the installation ID shown in the app's settings, if you allowed usage data. The installation ID is the only way to match the stored events and installation record to you, so the record cannot be found without it.

For a contact message, include the same email address you entered in the form so the message can be located. Requests are answered at the email address you provide.

Raw usage events are deleted automatically after 90 days. A deletion request removes the installation record and any remaining events sooner. Server logs kept by the hosting provider are not part of these requests and follow Hostinger's retention policy.

Your choices

You can download releases without providing any personal information, and you can leave app usage data off. If you have a question about data, use the contact form and mention privacy in your message.

Changes

If this note changes in a meaningful way, the date at the top of the page will change too. The current version always lives at ahmedsoftware.com/privacy.