1. Overview
This Privacy Policy explains how Crumb Studios LLC (“Crumb Studios,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information in connection with our iOS game Toast Clicker (the “App”) and this website, crumbstudiosllc.com.
The App uses Apple’s Game Center service. Some information is handled by Apple through Game Center and is governed by Apple’s privacy policy, not this one. This policy separates what Apple handles from what the App and Crumb Studios handle directly.
2. Summary
- Apple Game Center handles your Game Center account, profile and related features. Apple’s privacy policy covers that information.
- The App stores your game progress and settings on your device, and uses your Game Center player information to provide Game Center features.
- Crumb Studios receives information you send us when you contact us, as well as reports Apple provides to developers, such as crash reports from users who choose to share them.
- Google AdMob shows optional rewarded ads in the App, which you choose to watch for an in-game reward. Google collects device and advertising information to deliver and measure those ads. See section 7.
- We do not sell your personal information.
3. Information handled by Apple Game Center
Toast Clicker uses Apple Game Center. If you are signed in to Game Center on your device, Apple provides the Game Center service, including sign-in, your player profile, friends, and features such as leaderboards and achievements where the App offers them.
Game Center is operated by Apple Inc. Apple collects and processes Game Center information under its own terms and privacy policy. Crumb Studios does not control how Apple handles that information. You can read Apple’s policy at apple.com/legal/privacy.
When you use Game Center with Toast Clicker, Apple may give the App the following information:
| Information | Source | How it is used |
|---|---|---|
| Game Center player identifiers (identifiers Apple assigns to your Game Center account for our games) | Apple Game Center | To identify your player in the App and provide Game Center features |
| Game Center display name (nickname) and avatar | Apple Game Center | To show your player profile in the App |
| Scores and achievement progress you earn in the App | The App, submitted to Game Center | To show leaderboards and achievements through Game Center, where the App offers them |
Depending on your Game Center settings, other Game Center players may be able to see your display name, scores and achievements. You can manage Game Center, including signing out and privacy settings, in your device’s Settings → Game Center.
4. Information the App handles directly
Toast Clicker stores the following information on your device so the game works between sessions:
- Game progress and state, such as your progress, totals and unlocked items.
- Settings and preferences, such as sound and other in-game options.
This information is kept in the App’s storage on your device. If you use Apple features that back up or sync your device, such as iCloud Backup, that data may be included in those backups under Apple’s terms.
The App does not ask you to create a Crumb Studios account, and does not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, precise location or payment information. The advertising service described in section 7 collects some device information on its own.
5. Information Apple provides to developers
As the App’s developer, Crumb Studios may receive information from Apple through App Store Connect, including:
- Crash reports and diagnostics from users who have chosen to share analytics with app developers in their device settings (Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements).
- App Store reports, such as download, sales and usage statistics. Apple provides these to developers in aggregated or de-identified form.
We use this information to fix problems, improve the App and understand how the App is performing.
6. Information you give us when you contact us
If you email us for support or any other reason, we receive your email address, the contents of your message and anything you choose to include, such as screenshots or device details. We use this information only to respond to you and to fix any problems you report.
7. Advertising and analytics services
Toast Clicker shows rewarded ads provided by Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC. Ads appear only when you choose to watch one, for example by tapping the in-game Time Warp button to receive an hour’s worth of toast. The App does not show ads you have not asked to see.
To deliver, measure and protect these ads, Google’s Mobile Ads SDK in the App may collect:
| Information | How it is used |
|---|---|
| Device and app information, such as device model, operating system version, language, the App’s version and its ad settings | To serve ads that work on your device |
| Your IP address and the approximate (coarse) location it indicates | To serve ads suitable for your region and to comply with local law |
| Advertising interactions, such as which ads were shown and whether you watched, tapped or closed them | To measure ads, prevent fraud and grant your in-game reward |
| Device identifiers that Apple makes available to apps without your permission, such as the identifier for vendor | To limit how often you see the same ad and to detect fraud |
| Crash and performance information about the advertising SDK | To keep ads working reliably |
Tracking. The App does not ask for permission to track you through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature, so Google does not receive your device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) from the App.
Consent in Europe. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the App uses Google’s consent tool to ask for your choices before personalized ads are shown. You can change your choices at any time in the App under Settings → Ads → Privacy Choices.
Google uses this information under its own policies. To learn more, see how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy.
Toast Clicker does not include any third-party analytics SDK. If we add one, we will update this policy and the App’s privacy details on the App Store first.
8. How we use information
We use the information described above to:
- provide and run the App, including saving your progress and supporting Game Center features;
- show the optional rewarded ads you choose to watch and give you their in-game reward;
- respond to support requests and other messages;
- find and fix bugs, crashes and performance problems;
- maintain the security and integrity of the App; and
- comply with legal obligations.
9. How information is shared
We do not sell your personal information for money. We may share information only:
- with Apple, as needed to provide Game Center and App Store features;
- with Google, through the AdMob SDK described in section 7, to show and measure the ads you choose to watch. Where local law treats this as “selling” or “sharing” personal information for advertising, you can limit it using the choices in section 12;
- with service providers who help us run our business, such as our email provider, only as needed to provide their services to us;
- when required by law, or when needed to protect the rights, property or safety of Crumb Studios, our users or others; and
- as part of a business transfer, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, under this policy.
10. How long we keep information
Game progress and settings stay on your device until you delete the App or its data. We keep support emails only as long as needed to resolve your request and for reasonable record-keeping, unless the law requires us to keep them longer. Apple keeps Game Center information under its own policies.
11. Children’s privacy
Crumb Studios does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13, or under the minimum age set by local law, without the consent of a parent or guardian. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, please contact us and we will delete it. Game Center accounts for children are managed through Apple’s Family Sharing and parental controls. Ads in the App are only shown when the player chooses to watch one.
12. Your choices and rights
- Game Center: You can sign out of Game Center or change its privacy settings in Settings → Game Center. To access or delete your Game Center data, contact Apple through its privacy page.
- Data on your device: Deleting the App removes the game data stored in the App on your device. Copies may remain in your device backups until those backups are deleted.
- Ads: Rewarded ads are optional; if you never tap Time Warp, the App never shows you an ad. In the EEA, UK and Switzerland you can review or change your ad consent choices in the App under Settings → Ads → Privacy Choices. On any iPhone you can turn off personalized ads from Apple in Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising, and you can reset Google ad personalization at myadcenter.google.com.
- Crash data sharing: You can turn off sharing with app developers in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.
- Information you sent us: You can ask us to access, correct or delete the information you have sent us by contacting us at the address below.
Depending on where you live, for example in California, the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you may have additional rights under local law. These can include the right to know about, access, correct, delete or move your personal information, and to object to or restrict how it is processed. To use any of these rights, contact us. We will not treat you differently for using your privacy rights. We may need to confirm your request before acting on it.
13. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the information we handle. However, no method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. International users
Crumb Studios LLC is based in the United States. If you contact us from outside the United States, the information you send may be processed in the United States or in other countries where our service providers operate.
15. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the date at the top of this page. If a change is significant, we will take reasonable steps to let you know, such as through an App update or a notice on this website.
16. Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy request, contact:
Crumb Studios LLC
Email: crumbstudios@proton.me
Website: crumbstudiosllc.com