Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

Your privacy is paramount to us. This Privacy Policy governs your use of the mobile application Geopointia and explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and safeguard your personal information in full compliance with global data protection standards and official app store developer guidelines.

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information strictly necessary to provide core gameplay, user authentication, multiplayer functionality, and app support:

• Contact Information & Identity Data:
  • Email & Password Registration: Your email address, hashed password credentials, assigned user identification key (UID), and chosen username[cite: 2].
  • Sign in with Apple: Your unique Apple user ID identifier, display name (if provided), and email address (or Apple's private relay email address if you choose to hide your email)[cite: 2].
  • Google Sign-In: Your Google user ID, display name, and associated Google account email address[cite: 2].
  • Optional User Contact Forms: If you voluntarily submit feedback, inquiries, or bug reports via our in-app form, you may optionally provide your phone number and/or email address. This information is used strictly to respond directly to your communication and is never shared with third-party marketers or data brokers[cite: 2].
• Gameplay, Virtual Economy & Usage Data: We track and store your virtual credit balance, historical match results, win/loss stats, total points, unlocked avatar inventory, and product interaction data (such as game modes launched and screen navigations) to ensure seamless gameplay progression[cite: 2].
• Social & Online Presence Data: To facilitate real-time multiplayer lobbies, friend matchmaking, and direct challenges, we process your friends list, pending match challenges, blocked user identifiers, and real-time connection state (online/offline status)[cite: 2].
• User-Generated Content & Reports: If you submit a report regarding an abusive player, objectionable username, or flag a trivia card, we store the details of that report to conduct safety and content quality investigations[cite: 2].
• Diagnostics & Performance Data: We may collect crash logs, launch times, and performance metrics linked to your session or user identifier to troubleshoot technical bugs, monitor app stability, and improve overall game performance[cite: 2].

2. Third-Party Integrations & Service Providers

We do not sell, trade, rent, or use your personal data for cross-app tracking or advertising networks[cite: 2]. We utilize trusted infrastructure service providers to power our platform:

• Google Firebase: We rely on Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, and Firebase Realtime Database) for account authentication, database storage, and real-time multiplayer synchronization[cite: 2]. Firebase processes data in accordance with strict enterprise privacy and security standards[cite: 2].
• Sign in with Apple & Google Sign-In: We integrate official Apple and Google authentication services to allow fast, secure, and private account creation and login across iOS and Android platforms[cite: 2].
• Mapbox: We utilize Mapbox to render interactive geographic maps and handle coordinate placement[cite: 2]. Mapbox may collect technical telemetry strictly necessary to deliver map tiles and render location features[cite: 2].
• Wikidata / Wikimedia API: Geopointia fetches public historical events, geographic coordinates, and educational media assets via public queries to the Wikidata API[cite: 2]. No personal user data is ever transmitted to Wikidata or the Wikimedia Foundation[cite: 2].

3. How We Use Your Information

Your data is strictly utilized for the following operational purposes:

• To initialize, authenticate, manage, and secure your user account across all supported sign-in methods[cite: 2].
• To enable multiplayer lobbies, friend searches, direct challenges, and live presence indicator states[cite: 2].
• To maintain persistent player rankings, points, and saved game stats across sessions and devices[cite: 2].
• To respond directly to user-submitted contact inquiries and feedback forms[cite: 2].
• To diagnose app crashes, resolve software bugs, and monitor system health[cite: 2].

4. Public Profile Data Visibility

By participating in Geopointia's multiplayer and social features, certain non-sensitive profile elements are visible to other active players[cite: 2]. This includes your public username, selected profile avatar image, online status (if enabled in your settings), and total credit score on public leaderboards or match challenges[cite: 2]. Private authentication tokens and account security credentials are never shared or made visible to other players[cite: 2].

5. User Rights, Account Deletion & Data Retention

You retain full control over your personal data. In accordance with Apple App Store and Google Play developer requirements, you have the right to request full erasure of your account at any time:

• In-App Self-Service Deletion: You can permanently and immediately delete your entire account directly within the Geopointia app[cite: 2]. Simply navigate to Settings -> Delete Account and confirm your choice[cite: 2].
• Effect of Deletion: Upon confirming account deletion, your user profile, registered username lookup claim, stored credit balances, authentication linkage records, social connections, and gameplay histories are permanently wiped from our databases[cite: 2].

6. Children's Privacy

Geopointia does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions)[cite: 2]. If we discover that a child under the applicable age limit has provided us with personal data, we will immediately delete such data from our servers[cite: 2].

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time[cite: 2]. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date[cite: 2].

8. Contact & Support

If you have questions, concerns, or privacy requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please reach out directly to our support team at:
supdavesmith@gmail.com