Backgammon Privacy Policy

Effective date: 10 November 2026. Publisher: Pixel Works Software S.R.L., trading as Pixel Works Software ("we"). Contact: office@pixelworkssoftware.com or our contact page.

This policy covers Backgammon for Android phones and tablets, package com.dreamatronics.backgammon.

The short version

• The game plays offline. There is no account and no server of ours: your games, statistics, puzzles, settings and dice log stay on your device.
• Anonymous usage statistics and crash reports help us fix and improve the game. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland the app asks you first; elsewhere they are on, and you can turn them off at any time in Settings.
• The free version shows ads from Google AdMob on menu screens and between games, never during a game. Where the law requires it you are asked for consent first.
• We do not sell data.

Data kept on your device

Backgammon stores your settings, the game in progress, your rating and statistics, puzzle progress, the analysis of your last game and the dice log in the app's private storage. It is not sent to us or anyone else, and it is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its data. If you export the dice log, it goes only where you choose to share it.

Usage statistics and crash reports (Google Analytics for Firebase, Firebase Crashlytics)

With "Usage statistics and crash reports" on, the app sends anonymous gameplay events, for example "a game started at the Casual level", "a game ended with a gammon" or "a puzzle was solved", and technical details when the app crashes. Google also collects, as part of how these services work, an app instance identifier, device and app information and an approximate location derived from your IP address. Events never contain your board positions, your dice log or payment details. The app does not attach your advertising identifier to analytics.

Ads (Google AdMob)

The free version shows a banner on menu screens and a full-screen ad between games, and you can choose to watch a video for extra hints, extra puzzles or to try a table for one game. No ad appears during a game. To show and measure ads, AdMob collects device information, your IP address and the advertising identifier (which you can reset or delete in Android's settings). Where required, Google's consent form asks for your choice before personalised ads are shown, and "Advertising privacy choices" in Settings lets you change it. See how Google uses data from partner apps: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Purchases

Remove ads and Premium are one-time purchases handled by Google Play. We receive only what is needed to confirm and restore a purchase (the product, its state and a purchase token), and the check happens on your device. Payment details stay with Google. Gift codes are checked and stored only on your device.

Retention and your requests

We keep data only for as long as we need it for the purposes above. You can turn off usage statistics at any time in Settings, and remove local data by clearing the app's data or uninstalling. For questions or requests about your data, including deletion, write to office@pixelworkssoftware.com.

Children

Backgammon is intended for adults and is not directed at children under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date.