Mergeguard privacy policy

Last updated: 20 October 2026

Mergeguard is a game made by Kodhar ("we"). This page explains what information the game uses, why, and the choices you have. You can play without an account, and we never ask for your name, email address or contacts.

What stays on your phone

Your progress (coins, gems, upgrades, stages) and the name you give your base are saved only on your phone. We don't receive them. Uninstalling the game deletes them.

What the game sends, and to whom

• How the game is played (Google Analytics for Firebase). Events such as runs played, stages cleared, upgrades bought, rewards claimed, ads seen and the ad-free purchase. Firebase also collects an app-instance ID (a random ID for this install), your device model, operating system, app version, language, approximate location (country or region, worked out from your IP address; the IP address itself isn't stored) and session data. We use this to understand how the game is played and to make it better. Firebase doesn't collect your phone's advertising ID for us.
• Game settings (Firebase Remote Config). The game downloads tuning values, such as prices and how often ads appear, so we can adjust them without an update.
• Ads (Google AdMob). To show and measure ads, Google receives device and network information, your approximate location, how you interact with ads and, on Android, your phone's advertising ID. On iPhone, the game never asks to track you and never uses the advertising ID (IDFA); ads on iPhone are never picked for you.
• Android's ad-privacy features (Privacy Sandbox). On Android, Google's ads and Analytics tools ask for three permissions: to read Android's own privacy-friendly ad ID, to measure which ads led to an install without tracking you across apps, and to read the broad interest topics your phone works out by itself (for example "Puzzle games"). Android keeps these on your phone, and you can see, change or turn them off in your phone's settings (Settings > Security & privacy > Privacy > Ads, or Settings > Google > Ads).
• The ad-free purchase (RevenueCat). If you buy "Ad-free", RevenueCat receives a random ID for your purchase and your purchase history from Apple or Google, so the purchase can be restored. No name or email is shared with us.

We don't sell your information. We share it only with the services above, which process it for us under their own terms: Google's privacy policy (Firebase and AdMob) and RevenueCat's privacy policy.

Your choices

• Consent in the EEA, the UK and other places that require it. When you first open the game there, we show a short screen and then Google's consent form, where you choose whether ads may use information from your phone to be picked for you, or are just random ones. Nothing that needs your consent is collected before you answer. The game is exactly the same either way. You can change your choice at any time in Settings > Privacy options.
• Ads picked for you on Android. You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your phone's settings (Settings > Privacy > Ads, or Google > Ads).
• No ads at all. The one-time "Ad-free" purchase removes ad breaks.

How long information is kept

Google Analytics keeps game events for the period set in our Analytics settings, at most 14 months, and then deletes them. Google and RevenueCat keep the information they receive as described in their own policies.

Deleting your information

Uninstalling the game removes everything saved on your phone. To ask us to delete the information the services above hold about your copy of the game, email us at support@kodhar.com. Because we don't know who you are, we may ask for details that help us find your data, such as when you installed the game and on which device.

Children

Mergeguard is meant for players aged 13 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you think a child under 13 has used the game, contact us and we'll delete what we can.

Security

Information sent by the game is encrypted in transit (HTTPS).

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Kodhar, support@kodhar.com