Embouteillage is a sliding-block vehicle puzzle played offline, with no account. Publisher: PIXELMORE (the name shown on Google Play). This page describes exactly what the app does with your data.
No account is required. We run no server: nothing you do in the game is sent to us. The app itself does not collect any personal data: it does not access your contacts, location, photos, microphone or camera, and it contains no analytics (no Google Analytics, no Firebase, nothing of the kind). The whole game — the levels, the daily hint, your progress — works without a connection.
Two Google services are involved, however, and only at your initiative: rewarded advertising (Google AdMob), if you choose to watch a video to earn a hint, and billing (Google Play), if you make a purchase. Both are described below.
In the "Hints" sheet, you can choose to watch a rewarded video ad to earn 1 hint, at most 3 times a day. It is the only advertising in the app: no banners, no forced ads, no ads between levels. If you never tap that button, no ad is ever shown.
These videos are served by Google AdMob. Google's advertising module (Google Mobile Ads) is neither initialised nor contacted until you have opened the "Hints" sheet. To select and measure ads and to fight fraud, Google then processes your device's advertising ID, your IP address (from which it infers an approximate location), device and app information, your interactions with the ad (viewed, tapped, closed) and diagnostic information (performance, ad module crashes). This collection is Google's: the app does not access this data and does not store it, and AdMob only shows us totals (impressions, revenue). Google uses it under its advertising policy and its privacy policy. Ad content is capped at the general audiences (G) rating.
You stay in control of the advertising ID: Android Settings → Security & privacy → Privacy → Ads, where you can reset or delete it (Google help). Ad personalisation can also be managed in your Google account: myadcenter.google.com.
If you play from one of these regions, a Google consent form (UMP) is shown before any ad, and no ad is requested from AdMob until you have answered. You can accept, decline, or choose purpose by purpose. Declining does not stop you from playing: the game and the daily hint stay fully available, and ads may then be non-personalised, or not shown.
You can change this choice at any time in Settings → "Ad privacy", or by resetting your phone's advertising ID.
The app offers, with no subscription:
These purchases are handled entirely by Google Play (Google Play Billing): we never see, receive or store any payment data — no card number, no identity, no billing address. The price shown is the one Google Play gives you. The app only keeps a "purchased" flag and your hint balance, stored locally. "Restore my purchases" (and a quiet check at startup) recovers the one-time purchase after a reinstall. Consumed hint packs cannot be restored: with no account, the hint balance is not backed up anywhere outside the device. Google's handling of payments is governed by Google's privacy policy.
No sensitive permission (no location, contacts, photos, microphone, camera or shared storage). The app declares only:
Your settings and your progress are stored locally by the app (built with Flutter) using Hive, a local database kept in a private file that the system reserves for the app and that no other app can access. Specifically, it holds:
The app sends this data nowhere.
Uninstalling the app permanently deletes everything it stored on your device (progress and hint balance included). On Android you can also use Settings → Apps → Embouteillage → Storage → Clear data. Your one-time purchase stays attached to your Google Play account and can be restored after a reinstall. For data processed by Google (advertising, payment), use your Google account tools: myaccount.google.com.
Embouteillage is aimed at a general audience and does not target children. The game has no player-to-player communication and asks for no personal data. Rewarded videos are served by AdMob with a maximum rating of "general audiences (G)"; if you are a parent and notice an unsuitable ad, please write to us.
We hold no data about you: there is nothing on our side to access, correct or delete. Data processed by Google AdMob and Google Play is processed by Google, which is responsible for it; you can exercise your rights (access, erasure, objection, withdrawal of consent) with Google. The data kept on your device is yours to manage.
This policy is updated whenever the app changes, before the relevant version goes live. The last-updated date is shown at the top of this page.
For any question about this privacy policy: embouteillage@pixelmore.app