Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Starcarve is developed by Abdullah Onur Şimşek, an individual developer based in Türkiye, and published under the name Berry Film&ART. Abdullah Onur Şimşek is the data controller for the limited processing described in this policy. You can reach us at any time at the email address at the bottom of this page.

2. Information we do not collect

Starcarve does not ask you to create an account. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or location, and we do not run our own servers that store player data.

You can play Starcarve without an internet connection. The game only goes online to show a rewarded ad you choose to watch and to process a purchase you make; those requests go to Google and to Apple's or Google's store, as described below.

3. Data stored on your device

Your progress (unlocked levels and best scores), your coins, the ships you own and your settings such as language, sound, vibration and controls are stored only on your device. Deleting the game removes this data.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob)

Starcarve shows rewarded ads through Google AdMob, and only when you choose to watch one, for example to continue a stage or to earn coins. The game has no forced ads. To serve and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google may collect and process information such as your device's advertising identifier (on iOS only if you allow tracking), your IP address, approximate location derived from the IP address, device and operating system information, and ad interaction data.

Before any ad is requested, the game asks for your consent through Google's consent tools where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland) and offers privacy options required by some US state laws. On iOS, Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt lets you decide whether apps may use your advertising identifier; if you decline, ads are shown without it. On Android, the app declares the advertising ID permission; you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device settings. Depending on your choices, ads may be personalized or non-personalized. This processing is carried out by Google under its own policies listed below.

5. Purchases

If in-app purchases are offered, they are sold and processed by Apple's App Store on iOS and Google Play on Android. We never see or store your payment information; the game only receives confirmation that a purchase was completed.

6. Legal bases (GDPR and KVKK)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, personalized ads rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Storing your progress on your device is necessary to provide the game you asked for.

If you are in Türkiye, your personal data is processed in accordance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK), based on the legal grounds described above and your explicit consent where required.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, to withdraw consent and to complain to a supervisory authority (in Türkiye the Personal Data Protection Authority; in the EU your local data protection authority).

You can exercise most of these rights directly in the game and on your device: you can change your ad consent from the privacy options in the game's settings where they apply, change tracking permission on iOS or your advertising ID on Android in your device settings, or uninstall the game to delete all locally stored data. For any other request, email us.

8. International transfers

Apple and Google (including AdMob) may process data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. These providers apply their own safeguards for international transfers, such as standard contractual clauses.

9. Retention

We do not keep personal data on our own servers. Information on your device stays there until you change it or delete the game. Apple and Google keep the data they process under their own policies.

10. Children

Starcarve is a game for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age at which they can consent to data processing in their country. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Ads are served in line with app store policies for general-audience apps.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes are published on this page with a new "last updated" date.

12. Contact

Starcarve is developed by Abdullah Onur Şimşek and published under the name Berry Film&ART. For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at the email address below.