Privacy Policy
Cat Café Sort
Cat Café Sort ("the App") is a puzzle game for Android developed by ChronoCat Labs. This Privacy Policy explains what data the App processes and where that data is stored. The short version: your game progress stays on your device; the App collects anonymous usage statistics and crash reports so we can fix bugs and balance levels, and shows optional rewarded ads that you explicitly choose to watch for in-game bonuses. Two optional features are off unless you choose them: Google Play Games (sign-in, cloud save, achievements) and an in-game leaderboard that we run on our own server (a Settings toggle, on by default, that you can turn off). We never collect your name, email, contacts, or precise location, and we never sell data.
Android package name: com.chronocatlabs.catcafesort
1. Data the App Processes
Stored locally on your device only:
- Game progress: completed levels, in-game currency, unlocked and selected cats, hint stock.
- App preferences: sound and vibration settings, app language.
Collected through analytics and crash-reporting services:
- Gameplay events: level started / completed / restarted, hints and boosters used, settings toggled — with technical parameters such as level number.
- Device and app information: device model, OS version, app version, system language, screen parameters, coarse region derived from your IP address by the service.
- Pseudonymous identifiers used by the services: app instance ID, Android advertising ID, AppMetrica device ID. These identify an installation, not a person.
- Crash reports: stack traces and device state at the moment of a crash.
Shared with Google Play Games — only if you choose to sign in (the game is fully playable without it):
- Your Google Play Games player ID, used to sign you in.
- Saved game data (your progress) via Saved Games, to sync across devices.
- Your achievement unlocks and weekly score, shown on your Play Games profile.
Sent to our own leaderboard server (ChronoCat Labs) — only if you are signed in to Play Games AND the in-game leaderboard is enabled (optional; a Settings toggle, on by default, that you can turn off at any time):
- Your Google Play Games player ID — a stable pseudonymous identifier, used to place you on the board without duplicates and to award weekly prizes.
- A board display name — by default your Play Games name; you can instead pick a randomly generated in-game nickname. No free-text name is collected.
- Your "orders served" score for the current week and your all-time total.
- The cat you have selected as your in-game avatar (a game choice, not a photo).
- Timestamps and any weekly in-game prize (fish) you have earned.
This leaderboard data is sent over an encrypted connection (HTTPS) and stored only to operate the leaderboard and prizes. Turning the leaderboard off in Settings stops any further data being sent; email us to delete leaderboard data already stored.
The App requires no account and never asks for your name, email, contacts, photos, or precise location.
2. Services We Use
Analytics and crash data are processed on the servers of the following providers, acting as our processors:
- Google Firebase Analytics & Firebase Crashlytics (Google LLC) — see Firebase Privacy and Security.
- AppMetrica (Yandex) — see Yandex Privacy Policy.
- Appodeal (Appodeal Inc.) — advertising mediation for optional rewarded video ads; it works with partner ad networks that may receive your device's advertising ID and technical device data to select, deliver, and frequency-cap ads — see the Appodeal Privacy Policy.
- Google Play Games Services (Google LLC) — optional sign-in, cloud saves, achievements, and your Play Games profile score; used only if you sign in — see Google Privacy Policy.
- ChronoCat Labs leaderboard server — our own server (hosted on a European VPS) that stores the optional in-game leaderboard data listed in section 1; used only while you are signed in to Play Games with the leaderboard enabled. Not shared with third parties.
About ads: the App shows rewarded video ads only — short videos you explicitly choose to watch in exchange for in-game bonuses (hints, an extra slot). There are no banner ads and no forced ads; the game is fully playable without ever watching one. Where required by law (e.g. GDPR), a consent form is shown before personalised ads are served.
Game progress itself is stored locally on your device in the App's private storage. If you sign in to Google Play Games, a copy is also saved to your Google account (Saved Games) so it can be restored on another device. The only data we store on our own server is the optional leaderboard data described in section 1, and only while you have the leaderboard enabled. Depending on your Android version and device settings, Android system backup may also back up app data through platform features that operate outside the App itself.
3. Data Sharing
- Analytics and crash data are shared only with the processors listed above, only to operate those services.
- When an ad is requested, advertising partners mediated by Appodeal receive the device's advertising ID and technical parameters needed to serve the ad.
- Play Games and leaderboard data go only to Google Play Games and to our own leaderboard server, to operate those optional features; they are not shared with third parties.
- We do not sell data and do not combine it with data from other sources.
4. Permissions Used by the App
- Vibration — used only for optional haptic feedback; it can be turned off in the App settings.
- Network access — used to deliver analytics, crash reports, and optional rewarded ads; the game itself is fully playable offline.
5. Children
The App is suitable for all ages and requires no registration. Analytics data is pseudonymous, minimal, and used only for stability and game balancing; we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
6. Your Choices
- Sound and vibration can be toggled in the App settings.
- You can remove all local game data by clearing the App's storage or uninstalling it through Android settings.
- You can reset or delete your Android advertising ID in Android settings (Privacy → Ads).
- Play Games and the leaderboard are optional: you can simply not sign in, or turn off "Join the leaderboard" in the App's Settings to stop sending data to our server.
- To request deletion of analytics data associated with your installation, or of your leaderboard data on our server, email us at the address below.
7. Security
The App relies on Android app sandboxing and app-private storage for local data. Analytics transfers use encrypted connections operated by the providers listed in section 2, and leaderboard data is sent to our server over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection.
8. Future Changes
This version adds optional Google Play Games features (sign-in, cloud save, achievements) and an in-game leaderboard backed by our own server (optional, turned off with a Settings toggle) with weekly in-game prizes. If a future version adds new data practices, this policy will be updated before that version is released, and consent will be requested where required by law (including GDPR/DMA). The current version at this page always describes the latest released version of the App.
9. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email bug@enot.dev or use the support contact shown on the App's Google Play listing.
Политика конфиденциальности
Cat Café Sort — игра, полностью играбельная офлайн. Весь игровой прогресс (уровни, рыбки, коты, настройки) хранится на вашем устройстве. Две функции опциональны: вход в Google Play Games (облачное сохранение, достижения) и внутриигровой рейтинг, который работает на нашем собственном сервере (тумблер в настройках, по умолчанию включён, можно выключить). При включённом рейтинге и входе в Play Games мы отправляем на наш сервер минимум данных рейтинга: ваш идентификатор игрока Play Games, отображаемое имя на доске (по умолчанию имя из Play Games либо случайный игровой ник — свободный ввод имени не собирается), счёт «подано заказов» за неделю и за всё время, выбранного кота-аватар, метки времени и начисленные недельные призы (рыбки); передача шифруется (HTTPS). Для исправления ошибок и балансировки приложение собирает анонимную статистику и отчёты о сбоях через Google Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics и AppMetrica (Яндекс). В игре есть только rewarded-видео — реклама, которую вы сами решаете посмотреть за игровой бонус; баннеров и принудительной рекламы нет. Рекламу подбирает Appodeal и партнёрские сети — они получают рекламный идентификатор устройства и технические данные для показа; там, где требует закон, запрашивается согласие. Имя, почту, контакты и точное местоположение мы не собираем и ничего не продаём.
Разрешения: вибрация (отключается в настройках) и доступ в сеть (статистика, реклама, рейтинг). Если в будущей версии появятся новые практики обработки данных, эта политика будет обновлена заранее, а согласие запрошено там, где этого требует закон. Для полной версии условий ориентируйтесь на английский текст выше. Вопросы и запросы на удаление данных (в т.ч. данных рейтинга на нашем сервере): bug@enot.dev.