Privacy Policy for Aqua Sort: Water Sort Puzzle

Effective Date: October 15, 2026
Last Updated: October 15, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Aqua Sort: Water Sort Puzzle (“Aqua Sort,” “the game,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you download, install, or use the game.

We want Aqua Sort to be enjoyable without asking you for unnecessary personal information. The core puzzle experience is designed to work without requiring you to create an account or provide your name, email address, phone number, or other personal details.

Aqua Sort may use third-party services, including Google services, to provide advertising, in-app purchases, privacy choices, app performance monitoring, and related functionality. These services may process certain technical information as explained below.

By using Aqua Sort, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

Aqua Sort does not require you to create an account to play the game.

We do not intentionally ask you to provide information such as your:

Name
Home address
Phone number
Password
Personal photographs
Contacts
Precise location
Financial account information

If you contact us for support, we may receive information that you choose to provide, such as your email address, device information, screenshots, or details about an issue you are experiencing.

We use this information only to respond to your request, provide support, or resolve technical issues.

2. Information Collected Automatically

When you use Aqua Sort, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the game or by third-party services integrated into it.

Depending on the features and services enabled in the version of the game you use, this information may include:

Device type and model
Android version
App version
Device language
Country or general geographic region
IP address
Advertising identifiers
App installation information
Advertising interactions
Game session information
Level progress
Selected difficulty mode
Game events
App crashes and diagnostic information
Performance information
Purchase status
Consent and privacy preferences

We do not use this information to determine your precise physical location.

Technical information may be used to keep the game working properly, understand how players interact with the game, improve performance, prevent abuse, measure advertising, and improve future updates.

3. Game Progress and Offline Data

Aqua Sort may store certain information locally on your device so that your progress can be saved.

This may include:

Current level
Unlocked levels
Selected game mode
Stars or achievements
Hint availability
Game settings
Sound preferences
Whether certain tutorial steps have been completed
Other gameplay progress

Much of this information may remain on your device and is used only to provide the game's functionality.

If you uninstall Aqua Sort, some locally stored game data may be deleted unless it is backed up through a supported platform or service.

The core puzzle gameplay may be available without an internet connection. Features that rely on online services, including advertising, purchase verification, or certain privacy services, may require internet access.

4. Advertising

Aqua Sort may display advertisements using Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads.

The game may include:

Interstitial Ads

Interstitial advertisements may be shown at appropriate breaks in gameplay, such as after completing certain levels.

They are not intended to interrupt you while actively solving a puzzle.

Rewarded Ads

Aqua Sort may allow you to voluntarily watch an advertisement in exchange for an optional in-game benefit, such as:

An extra tube
A hint
Another gameplay assistance feature

Rewarded advertising is optional. You can continue playing the normal game without being required to interact with an advertisement.

Google and its advertising partners may process information such as:

Advertising ID
IP address
Device information
App information
Ad impressions
Ad interactions
Approximate location derived from technical information
Consent choices

This information may be used for advertising, fraud prevention, ad measurement, frequency control, and, where permitted, personalized advertising.

Google's own privacy practices apply to information processed by Google services.

You can learn more about Google's privacy practices at:

Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

How Google uses information from apps that use its services:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

5. Personalized and Non-Personalized Advertising

Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, Aqua Sort may ask for your consent before certain advertising technologies are used.

Where required, we use Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) or another compliant consent mechanism to provide privacy choices.

Depending on your selection and applicable law, you may receive:

Personalized advertisements
Non-personalized advertisements
Limited advertisements

Your ability to play Aqua Sort is not dependent on agreeing to personalized advertising.

Where applicable, you may be able to review or change your privacy choices through a Privacy Options section inside the game.

6. Remove Ads Purchase

Aqua Sort may offer an optional one-time purchase that removes forced advertising from the game.

Purchases made through the Android version of Aqua Sort are processed through Google Play Billing.

We do not receive or store your full:

Credit card number
Debit card number
Banking credentials
Google account password

Payment information is handled by Google Play according to Google's own terms and privacy practices.

We may receive limited information needed to confirm your purchase, such as:

Purchase status
Product purchased
Transaction or purchase token
Whether a purchase is pending, completed, cancelled, refunded, or restored

This information is used to provide and maintain your purchased entitlement.

Users who purchase Remove Ads may still be offered optional rewarded advertisements if they voluntarily choose to watch an ad in exchange for an in-game reward.

They will not be required to watch those rewarded ads.

7. Analytics and Game Improvement

Aqua Sort may use analytics tools, such as Google Firebase Analytics, if enabled in the version of the game you are using.

Analytics may help us understand information such as:

Which game modes are used
Which levels are started or completed
How players progress through the game
How often certain game features are used
General session information
App performance
Advertising performance

We use this information to improve gameplay, balance difficulty, identify technical problems, and understand which features players find useful.

We do not use analytics for the purpose of personally identifying individual players.

8. Crash Reporting and Diagnostics

We may use crash-reporting or performance-monitoring services to identify technical issues.

Information collected may include:

Device model
Operating system
App version
Crash logs
Error information
Technical diagnostics
Performance information

This information helps us fix bugs and improve stability.

9. Third-Party Services

Aqua Sort may use third-party services that process information under their own privacy policies.

These may include:

Google Play Services
Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads
Google Play Billing
Google User Messaging Platform
Firebase Analytics, if enabled
Firebase Crashlytics, if enabled

We encourage you to review Google's privacy information for details about how Google processes data:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Third-party providers are responsible for their own data-processing practices.

10. Children's Privacy

Protecting children's privacy is important to us.

Aqua Sort does not intentionally ask players to provide personal information such as their name, address, phone number, or email address as part of normal gameplay.

If Aqua Sort is made available to children or audiences that include children, we will configure advertising, data collection, age-related settings, and Google Play audience declarations as required by applicable laws and Google Play policies.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in a way that violates applicable children's privacy laws.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us using the details at the end of this Privacy Policy.

We will review the request and take appropriate action.

11. European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy protections, you may have rights regarding your personal information.

Depending on applicable law, these rights may include the right to:

Access personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion
Restrict certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent
Request data portability
Submit a complaint to your local data protection authority

Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time through available privacy settings or by contacting us.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Certain technical processing may also occur where necessary to operate the game, provide requested services, comply with legal obligations, or pursue legitimate interests such as security and fraud prevention.

12. United States Privacy Rights

Depending on the U.S. state in which you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights concerning personal information.

These may include rights to:

Know what categories of personal information are processed
Request access
Request correction
Request deletion
Opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising
Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
Appeal certain privacy decisions

Aqua Sort does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Advertising providers may process information for advertising purposes. Where applicable law gives you the right to opt out of certain advertising-related processing, appropriate privacy choices will be provided through the game or Google's consent tools.

13. Data Retention

We keep information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including:

Providing game functionality
Maintaining purchases
Resolving support requests
Improving the game
Preventing fraud
Complying with legal requirements

Some gameplay information may remain stored locally on your device until the app data is cleared or Aqua Sort is uninstalled.

Information handled by third-party providers may be retained according to their respective privacy policies and retention practices.

14. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect information associated with Aqua Sort.

We aim to use reputable service providers and appropriate technical measures to reduce the risk of:

Unauthorized access
Loss
Misuse
Alteration
Unauthorized disclosure

However, no internet-connected application, storage system, or data transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

15. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information for money.

Information may be shared with service providers when reasonably necessary to operate Aqua Sort, including providers of:

Advertising
App distribution
Payment processing
Analytics
Crash reporting
Privacy and consent management
Security and fraud prevention

We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, court order, regulatory authority, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users, or services.

16. International Data Processing

Some third-party providers used by Aqua Sort may process information on servers located outside your country.

As a result, information may be transferred to or processed in countries with privacy laws that differ from those in your country.

Where required, service providers are responsible for using appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

17. Permissions

Aqua Sort aims to request only permissions that are reasonably necessary for the game and its integrated services.

The game does not require access to your contacts, microphone, camera, or precise location for normal water-sort gameplay unless a future feature specifically requires such access and appropriate notice and permission are provided.

Internet access may be used for functions including:

Loading advertisements
Rewarded ads
Purchase verification
Privacy consent management
Analytics
Crash reporting
Updates or online services

18. Your Choices

You may have several ways to control your information and advertising experience.

Depending on your device, location, and game version, you may be able to:

Change advertising/privacy consent choices
Purchase Remove Ads
Decline optional rewarded advertisements
Reset or manage your Android advertising settings
Clear Aqua Sort's local app data
Uninstall the game
Contact us regarding a privacy request

Some privacy controls may also be available through your Google Account or Android device settings.

19. Links and External Services

Aqua Sort may occasionally contain links to external services, such as Google Play pages, privacy information, support resources, or third-party content.

Once you leave Aqua Sort, the privacy practices of the external website or service will apply.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services that we do not control.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as Aqua Sort changes, new features are introduced, third-party services change, or legal requirements are updated.

When we make significant changes, we may update the Last Updated date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

We encourage players to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

21. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, Aqua Sort's privacy practices, or a request regarding your information, you can contact us at:

Developer / Company: One Step Developers

Email: stepbystepinfo01@gmail.com

Country: Pakistan

For privacy-related requests, please include “Aqua Sort Privacy Request” in the subject line so we can identify and respond to your request appropriately.

Aqua Sort: Water Sort Puzzle

Thursday, October 15, 2026