This Privacy Policy explains how ONI Games (“we”, “us”) handles information in connection with the mobile game Lantern Isles: Word Puzzle (package name com.onigames.lanternisles), distributed through Google Play for Android devices (the “Game”).
By installing or playing the Game you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not install or use the Game.
In short. We do not ask you for your name, email address, phone number or any account credentials. The Game includes optional reward videos, short advertisements between islands, in-app purchases, analytics and crash reports, optional Google Play Games sign-in with a cloud save, and an optional weekly league with clubs that runs on our own game server under a random player number and a generated nickname. The sections below describe exactly what that means.
1. Information we do not collect
We want to be specific about this, because it covers most of what people worry about. The Game does not request, collect, store or transmit any of the following:
- Your name, email address, postal address or telephone number
- Account credentials or passwords
- Precise or approximate geographic location
- Your contacts, calendar, call logs or SMS messages
- Photos, videos, microphone audio or camera input
- Health, biometric or financial account information
The only permission the Game may ask for is to show notifications (on Android 13 and later), used for optional reminders such as a new daily puzzle. You can refuse it or turn reminders off in the Game's settings. There is no chat and no way for players to send each other messages.
2. Information stored on your device
Your game progress is saved locally on your device using the standard Android preferences storage. This includes your current level and island, coins, boosters, found and bonus words, your personal dictionary of words, stars and the village you rebuilt, Lantern Pass progress, daily puzzles and trophies, streaks, achievements, purchased items, and settings such as music, sound, language and accessibility options.
Cloud save (optional). If you are signed in to Google Play Games on your device, the Game also keeps a copy of this progress in the Saved Games area of your Google Play Games account, so it can be restored when you reinstall the Game or move to a new device. This copy is stored by Google under your Google account; we cannot access it. You can delete it in the Google Play Games settings.
Weekly league and clubs (optional, needs the internet). To place you in a weekly league group and to let you join a club, the Game sends to the ONI Games game server: a random player number and a secret key created on your device, a nickname the Game generates for you (a first name in your language and a number, never your real name), the game language, your league points and tier of the week, and the club you joined. Other players in your league group or club see that nickname and those points. Nothing else about you is sent. Without an internet connection the league runs only on your device.
Sharing (optional). When you use "Ask a friend" or share a picture of a level, the Game creates the picture on your device and hands it to the Android share sheet or saves it to your gallery; where it goes is your choice. We do not receive it.
Uninstalling the Game or clearing its storage deletes the progress on the device. Without a cloud save it cannot be recovered by us.
3. Information collected by third-party services
The Game integrates services operated by Google and its advertising partners, and our own game server for the league. Google and the partners collect technical information directly, according to their own privacy policies, and we do not receive the raw data they gather.
| Service | Purpose | Typical data collected |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob | Displays the reward videos you choose to watch and a short advertisement between islands (removed by the No Ads purchase) | Advertising identifier, IP address, device model and operating system version, coarse region derived from IP, ad impressions and interactions |
| AppLovin, Mintegral and Unity Ads | Supply part of the advertising inventory through Google AdMob mediation | Advertising identifier, IP address, device model and operating system version, coarse region derived from IP, ad impressions and interactions |
| Google User Messaging Platform | Presents the privacy and consent form required in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and records your choice | Consent status, device identifier, IP address |
| Google Play Billing | Processes optional in-app purchases (coin packs, the starter pack, No Ads, the lantern bank and the Lantern Pass) | Purchase token, order identifier, product identifier, purchase and subscription status |
| Google Play Games Services | Optional sign-in and cloud save of your game progress | Google Play Games player ID and gamer name, the saved game progress described in section 2, play time |
| Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config) | Shows us how the Game is used as a whole (for example which levels are reached), reports crashes so we can fix them, and lets us adjust game settings without an update | App instance ID, device model and operating system version, app version, coarse region derived from IP, in-game events, crash reports |
| ONI Games website (Cloudflare) | Delivers the list of our other games shown under More Games | No player data is sent. As with any web request, the IP address is processed to deliver the file |
| ONI Games game server (Cloudflare Workers) | Runs the optional weekly league and clubs | Random player number and secret key, generated nickname, game language, league points and tier, club membership; the IP address is processed to deliver each request |
Advertising
The Game shows reward videos only when you choose to watch one in exchange for an in-game bonus (for example free coins or doubled rewards), and a short advertisement when you move on to a new island. The No Ads purchase removes the advertisements between islands. Advertising identifiers may be used to show advertisements relevant to your interests, subject to your consent where consent is required and to your device settings.
Advertising is served through Google AdMob mediation. For each advertising slot, AdMob asks several advertising networks which of them will show the advertisement. Besides Google, the networks currently used are AppLovin, Mintegral and Unity Ads. The network that wins the slot receives the same technical information as AdMob for that request, and handles it under its own privacy policy: AppLovin, Mintegral and Unity Ads. Where consent is required, the choice you make in the consent form applies to these partners as well, and declining personalised advertising is passed on to them.
Purchases
All payments are processed by Google Play. We never see, receive or store your payment card number, bank details or billing address. We receive only a confirmation from Google that a given purchase completed successfully, so the corresponding item can be granted inside the Game. Refunds and billing questions are handled by Google Play.
4. Your choices and controls
Consent for personalised advertising
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a consent form is presented the first time you open the Game. You may accept or decline personalised advertising. You can change your decision at any time with the Privacy button in the Game’s settings.
Google Play Games
Signing in to Google Play Games is optional; the whole Game can be played without it. You can delete the cloud save in the Google Play Games settings.
League and clubs
The league and clubs are optional. To have your league and club record deleted from our game server, write to us with the nickname shown in the league (see Delete your data).
Your advertising identifier
Android lets you reset or delete your advertising identifier, and lets you opt out of advertising personalisation entirely. On most devices this is found under Settings, then Google, then Ads. Doing so does not remove the reward videos from the Game, but it limits the use of your identifier for personalisation.
Removing all local data
You can erase everything the Game has stored by clearing the app data in your Android settings, or by uninstalling the Game.
5. Legal bases and your rights
Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, processing for personalised advertising relies on your consent, and processing necessary to deliver purchases and to keep the Game functioning relies on the performance of a contract and on our legitimate interest in operating the Game.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export personal data relating to you, to object to processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. The only data we hold ourselves is the league and club record described in section 2. Requests about data collected by the services listed above should be directed to Google or the partner concerned. We will assist you in reaching the right place if you contact us.
If you are a California resident, we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act.
6. Children
The Game is not directed at children under thirteen, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Game, please contact us and we will take appropriate action.
7. Data retention
League and club records on our game server are kept while you play and are deleted on request. Data handled by Google and the advertising partners is retained according to their own retention schedules, described in the policies linked below.
8. International transfers
The third-party services described above are operated globally and may process data in countries other than your own, including the United States. Those transfers are governed by the safeguards described in the providers' own privacy policies.
9. Security
For data deletion options see Delete your data.
Game data on your device is protected by the protections your device provides, such as your screen lock and system updates. All communication between the Game and the services above is encrypted in transit (HTTPS).
10. Third-party policies
- Google Privacy Policy
- How Google uses data in AdMob
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
- Privacy and security in Firebase
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the Game changes, for example if new features are added. The date at the top of this page always reflects the current version. Material changes will be communicated through the Game's store listing or within the Game itself. Continuing to play after an update means you accept the revised policy.
12. Contact
Questions about this policy or about privacy in the Game can be sent to:
ONI Games
Email: grega.xp@gmail.com