CLUEFORGE
This Privacy Policy describes how the ClueForge mobile application (“the app”, “we”, “us”) handles your information. ClueForge turns any room into an escape-room experience by scanning five objects with your camera, forging a chained set of riddles on your device, and printing or showing QR clue cards for your friends to solve. The app is designed to collect as little personal information as possible.
We do not collect:
Your game session state, saved games, theme preference, font-scale setting, timer default, player-count default, and print-or-screen preference are stored only on your device using local key-value storage (MMKV) inside the app’s private Android sandbox. They never leave your phone. Other applications on your device cannot read this data because Android’s per-app storage isolation prevents it. We do not enable additional at-rest encryption beyond the protections Android already provides for sandboxed app storage.
ClueForge requires camera access to perform its core function: identifying objects in your room so it can build riddles around them. We are explicit about this because camera access is essential to the product, not a peripheral feature.
ClueForge is free and supported by advertising through Google AdMob. We use up to four ad formats:
To serve ads and measure their performance, Google AdMob automatically collects certain technical information:
Data collection by Google AdMob is governed by Google’s own privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. We do not have access to your individual advertising data; we only see aggregated performance reports in the AdMob console.
We share data with no other third parties. We do not use any analytics SDK, crash-reporting SDK, social-login SDK, or attribution SDK.
Personalised ads use information about your interactions across apps and websites to choose ads more relevant to you. Non-personalised ads are based only on contextual signals like the app you are using, your approximate location at country level, and the current time — never on your past behaviour. Both formats produce ad revenue; non-personalised ads typically generate less revenue per impression but show every user the same pool of ads regardless of their advertising profile.
On first launch, the app shows Google’s consent form if you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland. You can choose between personalised ads, non-personalised ads, or (where the form offers it) decline ads that use your data for personalisation.
Open the app, tap Settings, and select Ads → Manage ad consent. This opens Google’s consent management form where you can change your selection at any time. The change takes effect on the next ad request.
If the Manage ad consent row is greyed out, your region does not currently require a consent selection under applicable regulations. You can still control personalised advertising at the device level — see Section 6.
ClueForge is rated for a general audience (ages 8+ on the Google Play age rating). It is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). The app is not enrolled in Google Play’s Designed for Families programme.
We configure Google AdMob with tagForChildDirectedTreatment set to
false and tagForUnderAgeOfConsent set to false,
consistent with our age-rating decision. We do not knowingly collect personal
information from children under 13.
If you are a parent or guardian and you believe a child has used the app, you may request deletion of any associated advertising data using the contact details in Section 11. We will help you initiate that request with Google.
The app declares the following Android permissions:
android.permission.CAMERA — required for object scanning.
You can revoke this anytime in Android app settings; ClueForge will show a
recovery screen guiding you back to settings if the permission is denied.
android.permission.VIBRATE — used for haptic feedback during
gameplay. No data is transmitted.
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID — declared
automatically by the Google Mobile Ads SDK so AdMob can serve ads. You can opt
out of personalised advertising by deleting your advertising ID in your
Android device’s privacy settings (the exact path varies by Android
version — on Android 12 and later it is typically
Settings → Security & Privacy → Privacy → Ads;
on earlier versions it is
Settings → Google → Ads).
The app does not request microphone, contacts, calendar, precise or coarse location, or photo-library write permissions.
Because all on-device data lives on your phone only, the most direct way to delete everything ClueForge holds about you is to clear the app’s storage from Android settings, or to uninstall the app:
For deletion of advertising data Google may have associated with your advertising ID, use Google’s privacy request tool: https://support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787. We do not hold this data ourselves and cannot delete it on your behalf, but we will assist with the request — contact us using the details in Section 11.
Google AdMob processes advertising data on infrastructure located worldwide, including in the United States. When you use ClueForge from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your data may therefore be transferred to and processed in countries outside your home jurisdiction.
Google relies on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (where applicable) as the legal mechanism for these transfers. You can read more in Google’s Privacy Frameworks documentation.
ClueForge itself does not operate any servers and does not transfer your data anywhere — all on-device data stays on your device.
If you reside in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have the right to:
Because ClueForge itself does not collect personal data, requests regarding advertising data should be directed to Google via Google’s privacy request form. We will assist with questions; contact details below.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to:
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. ClueForge does not sell personal information for money. Google AdMob’s use of advertising identifiers for personalised advertising may, depending on interpretation, be considered “sharing” under the CPRA. To opt out, open the app, tap Settings → Ads → Manage ad consent, choose non-personalised ads, and additionally delete your advertising ID in your Android privacy settings (see Section 6). You may also email us at the address below to request that we treat your account as opted-out for any future sharing.
For privacy questions, deletion requests, or any concerns about how this app handles your data, contact us at:
Email:
contact@foureyedgems.in
Developer: Krunal Vaghela
App package: com.clueforge.app
We aim to respond to verifiable requests within 30 days, in line with the response windows required by GDPR (Article 12) and the CPRA.
All network communication from the app — which is limited to ad serving by Google AdMob — is encrypted using HTTPS. On-device storage is sandboxed by Android’s per-app isolation. We do not transmit your saved games, riddle answers, or camera frames to any server. The TensorFlow Lite model and the puzzle database are bundled inside the app and are not fetched over the network.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Material changes will be highlighted in the app’s release notes on the Play Store. If a change materially expands the data we collect or the third parties we share it with, we will surface a notice in the app on next launch.