Legal & Compliance

Privacy Policy

Water Sort • Developed by Modusbyte
Effective Date: September 9, 2026 • Last Updated: September 9, 2026

1. Overview & Commitment

Welcome to Water Sort (“we,” “our,” or “us”), operated by Modusbyte. We are committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of our players.

Water Sort is engineered with an offline-first, privacy-by-design architecture. We do not require user account registration, profile creation, or email sign-ins. We do not collect or store your personal identification information (such as your legal name, physical address, email address, or phone number) on any remote servers.

2. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

To provide seamless gameplay and state persistence, the application stores certain non-personal game data strictly locally on your device storage (via local SharedPreferences / secure local storage):

Notice: This data remains entirely within your local device sandbox. It is never uploaded, synced, or sold to external servers or third parties.

3. Third-Party Services & Advertising

To keep Water Sort free and support ongoing game development, the app integrates industry-standard third-party SDKs:

A. Google AdMob (Google LLC)

We use Google AdMob to display banner, interstitial, and user-initiated rewarded video advertisements (such as watching an optional video to unlock an extra buffer tube or hint).

AdMob may collect and process pseudonymous identifiers and device telemetry in accordance with Google's policies:

For further information on how Google uses and protects ad data, please consult Google Advertising Privacy & Terms and Google's Privacy Policy.

B. In-App Purchases (Google Play Billing)

Our game offers optional in-app purchases (such as the VIP Lifetime Pass, Remove Ads, and Star Packs) processed securely through the Google Play Billing API.

4. App Permissions & Justification

Water Sort requests only the minimal Android permissions necessary to function:

5. Children's Privacy (COPPA & GDPR-K Compliance)

Water Sort is a casual puzzle game intended for general audiences of all ages. We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area).

In accordance with Google Play's Families Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), our advertising configurations are compliant with child-directed treatment standards where required, restricting behavioral profiling and serving non-personalized advertisements.

6. International Privacy Rights

A. European Economic Area (GDPR) & UK GDPR

If you reside in the EEA or UK, you have legal rights regarding your data, including the right to access, rectify, or erase data, and to object to or restrict processing. Because we do not store identifying user data on our servers, you can exercise data erasure at any time directly on your device by clearing application data.

B. California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information is collected, request deletion, and opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. You may opt out of personalized ads at any time via your Android device settings (Settings > Google > Ads > Reset or Delete advertising ID).

7. Data Retention & User Data Deletion Instructions

Because all game progress and preferences are stored exclusively on your device, you have complete and immediate control over data deletion:

  1. Open your device's Settings app.
  2. Navigate to Apps > Water Sort.
  3. Select Storage & Cache.
  4. Tap Clear Storage (or Clear Data).

Alternatively, uninstalling the app permanently removes all local game files and stored states.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect modifications in our gameplay features, third-party SDK updates, or applicable legal requirements. The updated version will be indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, inquiries, or feedback concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us: