Privacy Policy for KICKS
Effective Date: November 10, 2026
Diego Diaz, operating under the developer brand DDDEV (“we,” “us,” or “our”), an individual developer based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operates the mobile game KICKS (package name: com.DDDEV.KICKS). This Privacy Policy explains what data KICKS and the services it uses collect, why, and how you can control or delete it. You can reach us at info@diegodiaz.ca. That address is also the contact for the person responsible for the protection of personal information.
1. Account Creation
KICKS does not require you to create a separate account with us. You sign in using your existing Google Play Games profile, and we do not collect your name, personal email, or physical address through the game itself.
2. Information We Collect
To operate the game, serve ads, and keep it running smoothly, KICKS and its third-party services collect:
– Approximate location: derived from your IP address, used for advertising, analytics, fraud prevention, and security. KICKS does not use your device’s location sensors.
– App interactions: information on how you interact with the game, collected for analytics and advertising purposes.
– Crash logs and diagnostics: technical data collected to identify bugs, resolve crashes, and keep the game stable.
– Device and advertising identifiers: such as the Android Advertising ID, a Firebase installation identifier, and a notification token. They are used to serve ads, measure ad performance, provide analytics, deliver notifications, and protect against invalid traffic.
– Play Games player ID and game progress: your wins, points, high scores, unlocked items, selections, reward timers, and similar progress are saved on your device and in your Google Play Games cloud save, linked to your Play Games profile. If you submit scores to a leaderboard, your Play Games name and avatar are shown to other players according to your Play Games settings.
KICKS does not access your contacts, photos, camera, microphone, or text messages.
All collected data is encrypted in transit and handled in accordance with our Google Play Data Safety declaration.
3. Third-Party Services
KICKS integrates the following third-party services, which may collect and process the data described above:
– Google Play Games Services: manages sign-in, cloud save, leaderboards, quests, and achievements.
– Google AdMob & User Messaging Platform (UMP): delivers mobile advertisements, manages regional consent, and monitors ad performance.
– Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, and Cloud Messaging): collects diagnostic metrics, crash reports, and gameplay interaction statistics, and delivers notifications.
– Unity Services (Unity In-App Purchasing and Unity Services Core): software components used for rewards and purchase infrastructure. They may process device information needed to operate.
– Unity Cloud Content Delivery: delivers some game content, such as backgrounds and music, from Unity’s servers. Unity may receive your IP address and basic connection information when this content is downloaded.
– Google Play: handles app licensing, in-app updates, install attribution, and billing.
For more information on how Google manages information collected across these services, please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms: https://policies.google.com/privacy
4. Advertising and Your Choices
KICKS shows ads from Google AdMob. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, KICKS shows a consent message the first time you open the game, and you decide whether personalized ads and device-based data use are allowed. You can change your choice at any time by tapping PRIVACY & TERMS on the main menu and selecting AD CONSENT. Everywhere else, you can reset your device’s advertising identifier or opt out of interest-based ads in your Android settings: Settings → Google → Ads.
5. Notifications
On Android 13 and later, KICKS may ask for permission to show notifications. You can refuse, or turn notifications off at any time in your Android settings. If we send notifications, a Firebase notification token is used to deliver them.
6. Purchases and Rewards
KICKS does not currently sell items for real money. Rewards unlocked through Google Play Games quests are delivered through Google Play. We do not receive your payment details. If we offer purchases in the future, they will be processed by Google Play, and we will update this policy.
7. Why We Use Your Data (EEA and UK users)
– To provide the game and its features, including cloud save and leaderboards, we rely on the performance of our service to you.
– To show personalized ads and to store or access information on your device for advertising, we rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
– To keep the game stable and secure, including crash reports and fraud prevention, we rely on our legitimate interest in running a reliable game.
8. How Long We Keep Data
Your game progress is kept in your Google Play Games cloud save until you reset or delete it (see Section 10). Analytics, crash, and advertising data are kept by the providers according to their retention settings and are not kept longer than needed for the purposes above.
9. Your Rights
Depending on where you live (including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Quebec), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the use of your personal data, to receive a copy of it, and to withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise these rights, email info@diegodiaz.ca. We will reply within 30 days. You may also contact your local data protection authority, such as the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, if you believe your rights were not respected.
10. Data Deletion
Because KICKS uses Google Play Games Services for progress tracking and cloud saves, your saved data is linked directly to your Google Play Games profile. You can permanently delete your saved game data at any time by following these steps:
1. Open the Play Games app on your Android device.
2. Tap the three dots (More) in the top right corner, then select Settings.
3. Scroll down to the Your data section and select Delete Play Games account & data.
4. Under Delete individual game data, locate KICKS and tap Delete.
This action permanently deletes your cloud-saved wins, coin milestones, and unlocked reward progress from Google’s servers. Uninstalling KICKS removes the progress stored on your device. To request deletion of other data we or our providers hold about you, such as analytics, email info@diegodiaz.ca.
11. International Transfers
KICKS relies on services run by Google and other providers that may process your data in countries other than the one where you live, including the United States. These providers apply their own safeguards for these transfers.
12. Children
KICKS is intended for players aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under the age at which you can consent to data processing in your country (up to 16 in some countries), please ask a parent or guardian before playing. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with data, contact us and we will delete it.
13. Security
Data sent by KICKS is encrypted in transit. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any modifications will be posted directly to this page with an updated effective date.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to make an inquiry regarding your data, contact us at: info@diegodiaz.ca.
The rules for playing KICKS are in our Terms of Service: https://diegodiaz.ca/kicks-terms/
