Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 12, 2025
Last updated: September 12, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Jeweled Squids ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use Soundclash - Fantasy Music League (the "App").

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If you have questions, contact us at [soundclashapp@gmail.com].

Summary (TL;DR)

We collect: email, username, device ID, and your permission choice for push notifications.
We use this to create/manage your account, run competitions, keep the App secure, and send optional notifications.
We display your username to other players in competitive features (e.g., leaderboards, matches).
You can opt out of notifications at any time in your device settings and the in‑App settings.
You have privacy rights (see Your Rights below), including to access, delete, and correct your data.

Information We Collect

You provide directly

Email address – used to create/manage your account, verify ownership, and communicate about the App.
Username – displayed to other players in competitive features.

Collected automatically

Device ID (e.g., an app‑scoped identifier) – used for account integrity, anti‑fraud, diagnostics, and to keep track of your session on a given device.
Push notification token and notification permission status – to deliver notifications if you opt in.
App events and crash logs to improve the quality of the app.

We do not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, or microphone/camera data for this App.

How We Use Your Information (Purposes & Legal Bases)

Where GDPR/UK GDPR applies, we rely on these legal bases:

Provide and operate the App (create accounts, enable competitions, leaderboards, and social features): Performance of a contract.
Show your public profile to others (e.g., username on leaderboards): Legitimate interests in providing expected social/competitive features.
Notifications (game updates, reminders, announcements): Consent. You can withdraw consent any time via device settings or in‑App settings.
Security, fraud prevention, and diagnostics (including using device ID): Legitimate interests in securing our services and users.
Legal compliance (record‑keeping, responding to lawful requests): Legal obligation.

We do not use your information for automated decision‑making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

Sharing and Disclosure

We share information only as needed to run the App, comply with law, or with your consent:

Service providers that process data for us under contract (e.g., cloud hosting, customer support, authentication, push notifications via your device OS’s push service such as APNs for iOS or FCM for Android).
Other players: your username (and other profile elements you choose to make public) may be visible in competitive features such as leaderboards and match history.
Legal and safety: if required by law or to protect rights, safety, and integrity of our users, the public, or the App.

We do not sell your personal information.

Data Retention

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described:

Account data (email, username, device ID, notification tokens): kept while your account is active. If you delete your account, we delete or anonymize this data within 30 days, unless we need to retain some information to meet legal obligations or resolve disputes.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

Access a copy of your personal data.
Delete your data.
Restrict or object to certain processing.
Portability of data you provided to us.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent (e.g., notifications).

To exercise your rights, use the in‑App settings (where available) or contact [soundclashapp@gmail.com].

Children’s Privacy

The App is not intended for children under 13 (or under the age required by your local law to consent to data processing; in many EU countries this is 16). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us to request deletion.

Push Notifications

We will ask for your permission before sending push notifications. You can change your choice at any time in your device settings or the in‑App settings. Disabling notifications will stop new notifications but may not affect messages already delivered to your device.

Platform Disclosures (Apple/Google)

Data collected: email, username, device ID, notification token/permission status.
Purposes: app functionality, account management, security, and (if enabled) notifications.
Data linked to you: email and username.
Tracking: we do not use your data to track you across other companies’ apps or websites.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. If changes are material, we will provide notice in the App or by email. Your continued use of the App after the effective date means you acknowledge the updated Policy.

Contact Us

Jeweled Squids
Email: [soundclashapp@gmail.com]

California Privacy Addendum

This Addendum supplements the Policy for California residents and explains rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).

Categories we collect: identifiers (email, username, device ID), internet/electronic activity (limited to in‑App interactions if applicable), and notification tokens.
Business purposes: to provide the App, maintain security, debugging, and (with consent) notifications.
Sharing/selling: we do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross‑context behavioral advertising.
Retention: as described above.
Your rights: access, deletion, correction, portability, and to limit use of sensitive data (not applicable here). You can exercise rights via [soundclashapp@gmail.com]. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.