Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information Crooked Horror LLC ("we", "us") collects through the game How Many Points (the "Game") and this website, why we collect it, who receives it, how long it is kept and the choices you have. We have tried to describe exactly what the Game does, in plain language.
The short version. The Game does not ask for your name or email address. It creates a random Player ID so your coins, cars and progress are saved on our game servers (run by Unity). If you are 13 or older and agree, the Game also sends gameplay statistics so we can improve it. Crash reports are sent so we can fix bugs. The Game shows ads, so our ad partners receive your device's advertising ID and similar data. Under-16s never get personalized ads. You can delete your account at any time in Settings > Account > Delete account.
1. Who we are
How Many Points is published by Crooked Horror LLC, which does business as Crooked Horror Games. We are the "controller" of the personal information described here.
Mailing address: 2108 N St Ste N, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA
Email: info@crookedhorrorgames.com
2. Age and children
The Game is rated for ages 13 and up and is not directed at children under 13. The first time you open the Game, it asks for your year of birth. Your answer is stored only on your device. It is never sent to our servers. The Game uses it to decide what may be collected:
- Under 13: no gameplay statistics (analytics) are collected, and every ad request is marked as child-directed, so ad partners must not use personalized or behavioural advertising.
- Under 16: ads are never personalized, and ad requests are marked as opted out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information.
- 13 and over: you are asked whether to share gameplay statistics. You can say no.
Because the Game only asks for a birth year, it assumes the youngest age that year could mean. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
3. What the Game collects
The Game is free to play and stores your progress online. It uses Unity Gaming Services, which Unity Technologies runs for us.
| Information | Why | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
| Player ID: a random identifier created the first time you play, plus the sign-in token that keeps you signed in. You don't need a name, email or password. | To tie your saved game to you | Unity Gaming Services (Authentication) |
| Game save: coin, gem and revive balances; cars owned; purchases and benefits you own (for example No Ads); mission, daily-reward, season pass and career progress; totals of your play (for example pedestrians hit, distance, best top speed); limits on rewarded ads watched; inbox messages; and your device's time-zone offset (used so daily rewards reset at your local midnight) | To run the Game, keep your progress and stop rewards being claimed twice | Unity Gaming Services (Cloud Save, Cloud Code) |
| Run history: for each run, when it ended, how long it lasted, score, distance, stage, coins collected, revives used and whether you quit | To check that runs are genuine (anti-cheat), to count toward missions and to balance the Game | Unity Gaming Services. Each record is kept for at most 30 days, and at most 250 runs are kept. |
| Leaderboard entry: your display name and scores. The display name is either a randomly generated name or one you choose, from 3 to 20 characters. | To show weekly and all-time rankings | Unity Gaming Services (Leaderboards). Other players can see your display name and score. Don't use your real name. |
| Purchase information: when you buy something, the store's purchase receipt (product, order and transaction details). We keep the product, the fact that you bought it and a scrambled ("hashed") copy of the transaction ID. | To confirm the purchase is real, deliver it exactly once, restore it and prevent fraud | Unity Gaming Services. Payment is handled entirely by Google Play. We never see your card or payment details. |
| Gameplay statistics (analytics): only if you are 13 or over and agreed. These are events such as runs started and ended (with score, distance and similar numbers), upgrades offered and picked, revives, ads watched, purchases attempted, menu pages opened and tutorial steps. Unity also records device information (such as model, operating system, language and app version) and an approximate country derived from your IP address. | To understand how the Game is played and improve it | Unity Gaming Services (Analytics) |
| Crash and error reports: what went wrong, plus device model, operating system, app version and similar technical details | To find and fix crashes | Unity (built-in engine diagnostics) |
| Game settings download: when the Game starts, it asks our servers for the current game settings, such as which features and events are switched on. The request includes your Player ID, platform and app version, and your IP address is visible to the server. | To switch features and events on or off without an update | Unity Gaming Services (Remote Config) |
| Advertising data: your device's advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, and which ads were shown or watched | To show ads (including rewarded ads you choose to watch), limit how often they appear, measure them and prevent ad fraud. See Advertising. | Our ad partners: Unity LevelPlay and Unity Ads |
| Support messages: if you email us, your email address and what you write. The Game's Contact support button pre-fills your Player ID, app version, device model and operating system, and you can delete them before sending. | To answer you | Our email provider, Northwest Registered Agent (NWRA) |
Everything sent between the Game and these services is encrypted in transit (HTTPS).
4. What stays on your device
Some information is stored only on your phone and is never sent to us. This includes your year of birth, your analytics choice, your settings (sound, vibration, controls, colours, graphics), the car you have equipped, a copy of your save for playing offline, and results waiting to be sent when you're back online.
If you turn on Reminders, the Game schedules notifications on your device itself (for example "your daily reward is ready"). They are not sent from a server, and no notification token is collected. You can turn them off in Settings > Gameplay > Reminders or in your phone's settings.
5. What we don't collect
The Game does not ask for or collect your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, precise location, or any health or financial account information. It has no chat and no user-uploaded content except your optional display name.
The Game does not currently let you link a Google, Apple or other account. Your progress is tied to the sign-in stored on your device. If you uninstall the Game or clear its data, you may lose access to your progress. Settings > Account > Restore purchases can bring back cars and benefits you bought with real money, but not coins or gems.
6. Advertising
The Game shows ads through Unity LevelPlay (Unity's ad mediation service, formerly ironSource) and Unity Ads. These are:
- Rewarded ads that you choose to watch for an in-game reward, such as a revive or extra coins.
- Full-screen ads sometimes shown when you leave the game-over screen. These never appear for players who have made any purchase.
To serve ads, our ad partners collect your device's advertising ID, IP address, device and app information and ad interactions. They use this under their own privacy policies, and may use it to personalize ads and to measure and prevent fraud. In the Game:
- if you are under 13, ad requests are marked as child-directed;
- if you are under 16, ad requests are marked as opted out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and ads are not personalized;
- if you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, ad requests are currently sent without consent to personalized advertising, so you get non-personalized ads.
You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalized ads, at any time in your Android settings (Settings > Privacy > Ads, or Settings > Google > Ads, depending on the device).
7. Who receives data
We do not sell your personal information for money. We share it only with:
- Unity Technologies runs Unity Gaming Services (sign-in, game saves, server logic, leaderboards, game settings, analytics and crash reporting) on our behalf as our service provider. Unity also runs Unity LevelPlay and Unity Ads, which receive advertising data as described above. Privacy policy: unity.com/legal/privacy-policy.
- Ad networks that LevelPlay may use to fill an ad. The Game currently uses Unity Ads.
- Google processes in-app purchases through Google Play under Google's own terms. Privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
- Authorities or others when the law requires it, for example to respond to a valid legal request, to protect our rights or players' safety, or as part of a sale or merger of our business. In a sale or merger, this policy would continue to apply to your information.
Other players can see your leaderboard display name and scores.
8. Legal bases (EEA, UK and Switzerland)
- Performing our contract with you: your Player ID, game save, purchases, leaderboards and game settings downloads are needed to provide the Game you asked for.
- Legitimate interests: run history for anti-cheat and balancing, crash reports, fraud prevention and security. We have weighed these against your rights, and you can object (see section 10).
- Consent: gameplay statistics (analytics), which you can withdraw at any time in the Game. Any personalized advertising will only be used with your consent.
- Legal obligation: where we must keep or disclose information by law.
9. How long data is kept
- Player ID and game save: until you delete your account.
- Run history: each record for at most 30 days (and at most the last 250 runs).
- Purchase records we hold: until you delete your account. Google keeps its own records of your orders under its own policies.
- Analytics and crash reports: for as long as Unity's retention settings allow.
- Advertising data: under each ad partner's own retention policy.
- Support emails: 2 years after the conversation ends.
10. Your choices and rights
- Stop gameplay statistics: turn off Settings > Privacy > Share gameplay data. The Game stops collecting and asks Unity to delete the statistics it already holds about you.
- Delete your account: Settings > Account > Delete account erases your game save on our servers, deletes your Player ID, asks Unity to delete your analytics data and resets the Game on your device. You can also ask us by email. Deletion can't be undone, and items bought with real money are lost.
- Ads: reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalized ads in your device settings (section 6).
- Reminders: turn them off in the Game or in your phone's notification settings.
- Access, correction, a copy of your data, restriction or objection: email us with your Player ID. You can copy it by tapping the version line at the bottom of Settings. We may ask you to confirm the account is yours, and we will reply within 30 days (or sooner where the law requires).
- Complain: if you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, you can complain to your local data protection authority. We'd appreciate the chance to fix the problem first.
11. US state privacy rights
Depending on where you live (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and other states with consumer privacy laws), you may have the right to know what personal information we collect, to get a copy of it, to correct it, to delete it, and to opt out of "targeted advertising" or the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. Letting ad partners collect the advertising data in section 6 to show personalized ads may count as "sharing" or "targeted advertising" under these laws. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information, and we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16.
To use these rights, email us, or use the device setting in section 6 to opt out of personalized ads. You can also send a request through an authorized agent. We will not treat you differently for using your rights.
| Category | Examples | Disclosed for a business purpose to | Sold or shared? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Player ID, advertising ID, IP address, display name | Unity | Advertising ID and IP address may be shared with ad partners for targeted advertising (not under 16) |
| Commercial information | Products bought | Unity | No |
| Internet or network activity | Gameplay statistics, ad interactions, crash reports | Unity | Ad interactions may be shared with ad partners (not under 16) |
| Approximate location | Country derived from IP address | Unity | May be shared with ad partners (not under 16) |
| Inferences | Ad partners may infer interests to personalize ads | Ad partners | See above |
12. International transfers
We are based in the United States, and our service providers may process data in the US and other countries. Where the law requires it, transfers out of the EEA, UK or Switzerland rely on safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses used by those providers.
13. Security
Data travels encrypted between the Game and the services above. Your balances and purchases can only be changed by our server code, not by the app on your device, and purchases are checked with the store before anything is granted. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
14. This website
crookedhorrorgames.com uses no cookies, analytics, trackers, advertising or third-party scripts, fonts or embeds. The site is hosted by Netlify, which automatically records technical request logs (such as IP address, browser type and pages requested) to deliver and secure the site, and keeps them under its own policy: netlify.com/privacy. The site's source files are stored on GitHub, which does not receive any information about visitors to this website.
15. Changes to this policy
We will update this page whenever the Game's data practices change (for example when we add a new service or feature) and change the effective date at the top. If a change is significant, we will also tell you in the Game.
16. Contact
Crooked Horror LLC
2108 N St Ste N
Sacramento, CA 95816, USA
info@crookedhorrorgames.com