Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information NOUS Games (“we”, “us”) collects when you play our games or visit nous.games, why we collect it, who we share it with and the choices you have. It covers every game we publish under the NOUS Games name on Google Play and the App Store, and this website. If a game ever needs something this policy does not cover, we will update the policy before that game is released.
1. Who we are
NOUS Games – Enes Sur, an independent game developer based in Istanbul, Türkiye, is the data controller for the information described here. You can reach us at support@nous.games.
2. What we collect
You do not need an account, a name or an email address to play our games.
Information you give us
- When you email us: your email address, your name if you include it, and what you send us (for example a description of a problem or a screenshot).
Information collected automatically when you play
- Device and app data: device model, operating system and version, language, app version, and an approximate country or region worked out from your IP address.
- Identifiers: your device’s advertising ID (the Google Advertising ID, or on iOS the IDFA only if you allow tracking), an app instance or install ID, and your IP address.
- Gameplay data: levels played, progress, session length, settings, in-game currency, and events such as an ad being shown or an item being bought.
- Crash and performance data: what the game was doing when it crashed or slowed down, and the state of the device at that moment.
- Purchases: when you buy something in a game, the app store sends us a receipt (product, price, time and order ID) so we can deliver it. We never see your card or payment details.
This website
nous.games sets no cookies and runs no analytics or ads. If you pick a language, your browser remembers that choice on your device; it is never sent to us. Cloudflare, which hosts the site, processes your IP address and request details to deliver the pages and protect them from attacks. The pages load their fonts from Google Fonts and a 3D graphics library (three.js) from cdnjs, a public library service run by Cloudflare, so your browser connects to those servers too.
3. How we use it
We use this information, and rely on these legal bases under the GDPR, to:
- Run the game, save your progress and deliver what you buy (performance of a contract).
- Fix crashes and bugs and learn which parts of a game are fun, confusing or too hard, so we can improve it (legitimate interests).
- Show ads that keep our games free. Personalised ads are shown only if you agree where the law asks for consent (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland) and, on iOS, only if you allow tracking; otherwise the ads are not personalised (consent, or legitimate interests for non-personalised ads).
- Prevent fraud and cheating and keep our games secure (legitimate interests).
- Answer your messages (legitimate interests).
- Meet legal obligations, such as keeping records of purchases for tax purposes (legal obligation).
We do not make decisions about you by automated means that have legal or similarly significant effects.
4. Who we share it with
We do not sell personal data for money. We share it only with service providers that work for us or with us:
- AppLovin (MAX)Ad mediation and ads. AppLovin and the ad networks it works with may use your advertising ID and device data to show and measure ads. Privacy policy
- Google FirebaseGame analytics and crash reports (Analytics, Crashlytics). Privacy and security
- Google Play and Apple App StoreDownloads, purchases and refunds. Google · Apple
- CloudflareHosting and security for this website, the cdnjs library service its 3D graphics load from, and forwarding of email sent to nous.games addresses. Privacy policy
- Google FontsFonts on this website. Privacy FAQ
Each game’s consent screen lists the ad partners that game works with. We may also disclose information when the law requires it or to protect our rights and our players’ safety, and to a buyer if NOUS Games is ever sold or merged, who would then be bound by this policy.
5. Your choices
- Personalised ads: use the privacy settings inside the game where the game offers them, or your device settings. On Android: Settings → Google → Ads, where you can delete your advertising ID. On iOS: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Consent you gave: you can withdraw it at any time from the game’s privacy settings or by writing to us; this does not affect what was done before.
- Everything: uninstalling a game stops all collection by that game.
We do not send marketing emails.
6. Children
Our games are made for a general audience and are not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13, or under the higher age the law sets in your country. If you believe a child has given us personal data, email us and we will delete it. If we ever release a game made for children, it will follow the Google Play Families and Apple Kids rules, it will not show personalised ads, and this policy will say so.
7. How long we keep it
- Support emails: up to 2 years after the conversation ends.
- Analytics events: at most 14 months.
- Crash reports: up to 90 days.
- Purchase records: as long as tax and accounting law requires.
- Game progress saved on your device: until you uninstall the game or clear its data.
8. International transfers
Our providers process data in the United States, the European Union and other countries. When data leaves Türkiye, the EEA or the UK, we rely on the safeguards the law requires, such as standard contractual clauses.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EEA and the UK, or KVKK in Türkiye), you can ask us to give you a copy of your data, to correct or delete it, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to send it to you in a portable format. You can withdraw consent at any time. You can also complain to your data protection authority: in Türkiye, the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK); in the EU, the authority in your country.
To make a request, email support@nous.games with the game’s name and, if the game shows one, your player ID. Because our games do not ask for your name or email, we may need that ID, or your advertising ID, to find your data. We reply within 30 days.
We do not sell personal information. Personalised advertising may count as “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under some US state laws; you can opt out with the device settings in section 5.
10. Security
We protect data with reasonable technical and organisational measures, such as encrypted connections and access limited to the people who need it. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Changes
When we change this policy we will post the new version here and update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we will also tell you in our games or on this site before it takes effect.
12. Contact
NOUS Games – Enes Sur, Istanbul, Türkiye · support@nous.games