🔐 Privacy Policy – Gem Drill
This policy explains how the Gem Drill: Dig Deeper mobile game (the "Game"), developed by Sogepps, handles data.
In short
- The game has no account or sign-in and no server of our own; as the developer we cannot access your data. It shows ads through Google AdMob (rewarded and interstitial ads), offers one optional one-time in-app purchase ("Remove ads") and needs an internet connection to run.
- Your game progress (gold, upgrades, record, goals) and settings (sound, vibration, language) are stored only on your phone and are not sent to us.
- The game does not ask you for a name, email address, phone number or any other personal information.
- The game does not ask for camera, location, microphone, contacts, storage or notification permission.
- Uninstalling the game or clearing its data deletes your progress.
1. We do not collect personal data
We (Sogepps), the developers of Gem Drill, do not collect your personal data, store it on our own servers or share it with anyone. The only data handled outside your device is what Google processes for ads and purchases under its own policy (see section 5); we do not receive it.
2. Information that stays on your device
Your game progress (total gold, upgrade levels, best distance, goals reached, number of runs) and your settings (sound, vibration, language, whether "Remove ads" is owned) are stored only on your phone, in the game's local storage.
If Android's device backup is turned on, Android may back up app data to your Google account under its own rules. Android does this; we cannot access that backup and we do not see your data.
3. Sharing and accounts
The game has no account, leaderboard, chat or content sharing. It does not show your progress to other players or third parties.
The "Privacy policy" link in the Settings screen opens this page in your phone's browser.
4. Permissions
Vibration: a very short vibration on some events (a hit, a record); you can turn it off in Settings. The game does not ask for location, camera, microphone, contacts, storage or notification permission. For ads, the connection check and the purchase it declares these permissions: INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (to load ads and check the connection), com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID (advertising ID, used for ads) and com.android.vending.BILLING (Google Play purchase).
5. Ads and purchases
The game shows two kinds of ads through Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK): rewarded ads (only when you tap a "watch ad" button; in return you continue a run, double your gold or get free gold) and interstitial (full-screen) ads (only between runs and at most about once every 3 minutes). In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, Google's consent message (UMP, User Messaging Platform) asks for your consent first; you can change that choice at any time under "Ad privacy options" in the game's Settings. Google/AdMob may collect and process your advertising ID, device and app information, IP address (and the approximate location derived from it), ad interactions and crash/diagnostic data to deliver, measure and personalise ads and to prevent fraud, under Google's own privacy policies: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites">how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services</a>. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings. The game also offers one optional one-time in-app purchase, "Remove ads" (interstitial ads are turned off and rewards are granted without watching), through Google Play Billing. Google processes the payment; we (Sogepps) never receive your card or payment details. The game only checks with Google Play whether the purchase is owned.
6. Internet access
The game needs an internet connection to run: it uses it to load ads and to check the connection (it checks whether www.gstatic.com and sogepps.tr are reachable). Without a connection it shows a "connection required" screen. We have no server that stores your data: your progress stays only on your phone and is never sent to us.
7. Children
Gem Drill is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
8. Deleting your data
All of your progress is on your device. You can delete it permanently by uninstalling the game or by clearing its data in Android settings. There is no data on our servers to delete.
9. Changes to this policy
When this policy is updated, the new text is published on this page.