Tidewild — Privacy Policy

Effective 30 September 2026 · Tidewild is made by Ghostbyte Games.

This policy explains what the Tidewild mobile game collects, why, who it is shared with, and how you can delete it. We collect only what the game needs to run your account, keep your progress and improve the game. We do not sell personal data.

What we collect

• Your account. On first launch the game creates a guest account with a random ID. If you choose to save it, we store the username you pick and your password (stored only as a one-way hash — never readable). If you use Sign in with Google, we receive your Google account ID and email address; the email becomes your username.
• Your game data. Heroes, items, currencies, quest and chapter progress, and Arena results.
• Purchases. When in-app purchases are available, Google Play handles the payment. We receive a record of the purchase (the product, the time and the store's transaction ID) through RevenueCat, our purchase-validation provider. We never see your card or payment details.
• Gameplay analytics. Events about how the game is played and how it performs (for example, that a chapter started, or how smoothly a screen ran), linked to your account ID, with your device's operating system. We use them to fix problems and improve the game.
• Advertising. The game offers optional rewarded video ads through Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, AdMob may collect your device's advertising ID, device information and approximate location derived from your IP address, under Google's Privacy Policy (how Google uses data from apps).

How we use it

• To run your account and keep your progress, including syncing it between the game and our server.
• To validate purchases and deliver what you bought.
• To prevent cheating and fraud.
• To understand and improve the game.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your data. It is processed only by the services the game is built on: Google (Google Play, Google Sign-In and AdMob) and RevenueCat (purchase validation). Your game data is stored on our own servers.

Security

All data between the game and our servers travels encrypted (HTTPS/TLS). Passwords are stored only as a one-way hash.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your data while your account exists. You can delete your account and its data at any time:

• in the game: Settings → Delete Account, or
• on the web: tidewild.ghostbytegames.com/delete-account.html.

Deleting removes your account, your heroes, items and progress, your analytics events and your records in our game logs; your name is removed from shared results such as other players' match histories. We keep purchase records (product, time, transaction ID) as needed for accounting and refunds.

Children

Tidewild is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

We will post any change to this policy on this page, with a new date.