1 Second Game Privacy Policy for iOS and iPadOS
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About this policy
Lighthouse Games Studio Ltd. ("we", "us", or "our") provides 1 Second Game (the "Game"). This policy explains how information is handled in the current iPhone and iPad version when you play, use online features, make purchases, view advertising, share a result, or contact us. It describes the Game; our website and the services linked below have their own privacy information.
Game Center and online game accounts
The Game uses Apple Game Center for sign-in, scores, leaderboards and achievements. When Game Center authenticates you, the Game receives player identifiers and a display name and uses Apple's signed identity information to sign in to, or create, a title-specific Microsoft PlayFab game profile. We do not receive your Apple Account password.
Game Center receives submitted scores and achievement progress. Your Game Center nickname, scores, rank and other profile information can be visible to other players according to Apple's Game Center settings. The Game can display Game Center leaderboard results, including results filtered to Game Center friends. You can manage your Game Center profile and privacy choices in Apple's settings. See Game Center & Privacy.
PlayFab processes your game profile identifier, Game Center account association, display name and information needed to authenticate and operate online features. It also stores verified supporter purchases, support totals and VIP status. Public VIP leaderboards can show your display name, rank, support total and tier. This information is used to provide those features, verify purchases and prevent fraud. See the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Purchases and restoring purchases
Purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store using Unity In-App Purchasing. The Game and PlayFab process product identifiers, transaction identifiers, signed purchase information and verification results to deliver purchases, restore the Remove Ads entitlement, and calculate supporter totals and VIP status. Apple handles your payment details; we do not receive your full payment-card details.
The Game uses a pseudonymous purchase-account token to associate transactions with the correct game account. A local purchase identifier may be stored in Apple's Keychain and may survive reinstalling the Game or synchronise through iCloud Keychain. Pending purchase information is stored locally while delivery or verification is unfinished. Apple may retain transaction records independently of our game account. See Apple's Privacy Policy and Unity's Game Player and App User Privacy Policy.
Advertising
The Game uses Unity LevelPlay and its advertising partners to provide ads. Ad services may process IP addresses, approximate location inferred from an IP address, device and app identifiers, operating-system and network information, and ad impressions and interactions for ad delivery, measurement, diagnostics and fraud prevention. Advertising identifiers are subject to platform permissions and applicable requirements.
The current Game configures advertising with consent for personalised advertising disabled and a "do not sell" signal enabled. These settings do not prevent all technical information from being processed when an ad is requested or shown. The Remove Ads entitlement disables in-game advertising after the purchase is recognised. Apple's device settings provide additional privacy controls. Unity's privacy policy explains its processing and available privacy choices.
Information on your device and sharing results
The Game stores local scores and progress, language and gameplay preferences, purchase-recovery information and account-deletion status on your device. Some records may be included in backups controlled by Apple. Removing the Game does not necessarily remove Keychain information, backups, Game Center records or purchases.
If you choose to share a result, the Game creates a share image and opens Apple's system sharing interface. Information in the image is sent to the recipient or service you select and is then subject to that service's privacy practices. The Game does not automatically publish your share image to our servers.
The current build does not enable a separate Unity Analytics gameplay collection service or Unity cloud crash reporting. Online services and advertising or purchase providers may still process technical and diagnostic information needed to operate their services.
Support, purposes and sharing
If you contact us, we receive your email address and the information you provide. We use it to respond, investigate problems and maintain relevant support records. Please avoid sending passwords or payment-card details.
We use information to provide and maintain the Game, authenticate players, deliver and restore purchases, operate leaderboards, prevent abuse, respond to requests and meet legal obligations. Where applicable, the legal grounds include providing the services you request, our legitimate interests in maintaining and protecting the Game, compliance with legal obligations, and consent where required.
Information is shared with the service providers described above as needed for those features. Leaderboard information is visible to other players as described above. We may also disclose information where legally required, to protect rights and security, or as part of a business transfer subject to appropriate protections. Service providers may process data in countries outside your own; applicable contractual and other safeguards govern those transfers.
Deleting your game account
Open the Game Menu and choose Delete Account to request deletion of this Game's PlayFab profile, its linked private supporter account, VIP listing and verified support totals. You must confirm the request, and unfinished purchases must finish processing first. Deletion is processed asynchronously. The Game shows a queued state and provides Refresh to check completion; closing the menu does not cancel an accepted request.
This action does not delete your Apple Account, Game Center scores or achievements, App Store purchase history, device scores, or every account you may have with our studio. PlayFab's title-account deletion does not remove the publisher-level master account, all account associations or historical PlayStream events. Contact us for a request concerning remaining personal information or other accounts.
The Game retains a device-local deletion marker to prevent automatic sign-in from immediately recreating the profile. Once deletion is confirmed, creating another game account requires a separate confirmation on that installation. Reinstalling the Game or using another device can create a fresh profile through Game Center sign-in. Previous VIP totals do not transfer to that new profile; eligible Apple purchases such as Remove Ads remain restorable.
Retention and security
We retain information for as long as needed for the purposes described here, taking account of account status, outstanding purchases, support requests, fraud prevention and legal obligations. Some transaction, security or legal records may need to be retained after a deletion request. Apple and other providers apply their own retention rules to information they control. Local records remain until removed or replaced, subject to device backups and Keychain behaviour.
We use access controls and the security features of our service providers to protect information. No storage or transmission system can guarantee complete security.
Your privacy rights and choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or make choices about certain advertising uses. Contact us to exercise applicable rights. We may need proportionate information to verify that a request concerns your account. You may also complain to your local data protection authority, including the UK Information Commissioner's Office where applicable.
Use Apple's account and Game Center settings for information Apple controls, and the provider privacy links above for their controls and requests. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
Children
Please follow the Game's App Store age rating and Apple's family and parental controls. If you believe a child has provided personal information that should not have been collected, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy when the Game or its services change. The effective date above identifies this version; we will provide additional notice where required.
For privacy questions or requests, contact Lighthouse Games Studio Ltd. at [email protected]. Include the Game's name and enough information to help us identify the relevant profile, without sending your password.