1. Scope and controller
This Policy applies to the Chain Pop mobile game and related support interactions. “Chain Pop,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to NextWave Apps, the developer responsible for the game. Third-party stores and services process some information under their own privacy policies.
This Policy does not cover websites, advertisements, or services that you open from Chain Pop and that are controlled by another organization.
2. Information we handle
2.1 Gameplay and device-stored information
Chain Pop stores information locally so that the game works between sessions. This may include:
- level progress, unlocked levels, saved boards, scores, stars, game statistics, and play time;
- Pop-Coin balances, power-up inventory, purchase status, and gameplay preferences;
- game settings and technical preferences; and
- other information needed to preserve your game experience.
This local information normally remains on your device unless a feature specifically synchronizes it with a service provider. Removing the app or clearing its storage may permanently erase locally stored progress.
2.2 Advertising and technical information
Google Mobile Ads and its advertising partners may process information such as:
- advertising identifiers, IP address, general location derived from IP, device model, operating system, language, and app version;
- ad impressions, clicks, rewarded-ad completion, ad frequency, and interaction data;
- diagnostic, fraud-prevention, security, and performance information; and
- consent or privacy-choice signals where required.
Non-personalized ads are not selected from a profile of your past activity, but identifiers or similar information may still be used for frequency capping, fraud prevention, security, and aggregated reporting.
2.3 Purchase information
When you purchase No Ads, Pop-Coins, or another digital item, Google Play processes your payment method and billing transaction. We do not receive your complete card or bank details. We and our purchase-management provider may receive transaction, product, entitlement, regional, and refund information needed to complete and support the purchase.
2.4 Communications
If you contact support, we process the information you choose to provide, such as your email address, message, screenshots, device information, and details needed to investigate your request. Please do not send passwords, payment-card details, government identification numbers, or other unnecessary sensitive information.
2.5 Information we do not intentionally request
Chain Pop does not require access to your precise GPS location, contacts, call logs, text messages, photos, microphone, or health information for ordinary gameplay. We do not intentionally collect biometric information or the contents of private communications.
3. How information is used
| Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|
| Provide the game | Load levels, preserve progress, calculate rewards, manage inventory, and restore gameplay. |
| Advertising | Display interstitial and rewarded ads, limit ad frequency, measure delivery, and prevent invalid traffic. |
| Transactions | Display store products, validate purchases, grant Pop-Coins or No Ads, restore purchases, and respond to refunds. |
| Safety and integrity | Prevent fraud and abuse, respond to security incidents, and resolve technical failures. |
| Support and improvement | Respond to requests, diagnose problems, balance gameplay, and improve reliability. |
| Legal compliance | Keep required transaction records, enforce terms, and respond to valid legal requests. |
We do not use your information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects through solely automated processing.
4. Advertising and rewarded ads
Chain Pop is supported partly by Google AdMob. Ads may appear at natural breaks in gameplay. Rewarded ads are optional: you choose whether to watch one in exchange for the clearly described in-game reward. Buying No Ads removes ordinary advertising as described in the store, but optional rewarded ads may remain available.
Where required, an in-app consent interface may ask whether certain advertising processing is allowed. Your choice can affect whether ads are personalized, non-personalized, or limited. You may also be able to change advertising privacy choices from the game’s settings or your device and Google account settings.
Google’s handling of advertising information is described in the Google Privacy Policy and Google advertising information.
5. Purchases, No Ads, and virtual currency
Purchases are completed through Google Play and are subject to Google Play’s terms. RevenueCat may be used to process purchase status, provide purchased benefits, restore eligible purchases, and support virtual currency.
- No Ads: a non-consumable entitlement associated with the purchasing store account and/or the game’s app-specific customer record.
- Pop-Coin packs: consumable digital products. Once consumed or spent, they may not be restorable in the same manner as a non-consumable purchase.
- Earned currency: gameplay rewards stored locally may be lost if app data is cleared or the game is uninstalled, unless the game expressly confirms cloud synchronization.
Purchase information may be retained as necessary to prove fulfillment, restore entitlements, prevent fraud, process refunds, and comply with accounting or legal obligations. RevenueCat’s practices are described in its Privacy Policy.
7. Legal bases for processing
Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, we rely on one or more of the following:
- Contract to provide requested gameplay features, purchases, entitlements, and support;
- Consent for advertising or device storage where consent is legally required;
- Legitimate interests to secure the game, prevent fraud, maintain service reliability, measure performance, and improve gameplay, balanced against your rights;
- Legal obligation for tax, accounting, consumer-protection, regulatory, and lawful-request requirements.
You may withdraw consent at any time through available privacy controls. Withdrawal does not affect processing already lawfully completed.
8. Retention
On-device gameplay information remains until you clear game data, uninstall the app, use an available deletion function, or the game replaces it during normal operation. Purchase and entitlement records may be retained while an entitlement remains active and afterward for fraud prevention, dispute resolution, accounting, and legal compliance.
Support correspondence is retained only as long as reasonably needed to answer the request, maintain service history, resolve disputes, and meet legal obligations. Third-party providers apply their own retention schedules. When information is no longer required, it is deleted, anonymized, or isolated from ordinary use where deletion is not immediately possible.
9. Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information involved, including measures designed to protect information during storage and transmission and to limit unauthorized access.
No application, device, or transmission method is completely secure. You are responsible for securing your device and Google account and for obtaining Chain Pop through an authorized store.
10. Your choices and privacy rights
10.1 Controls available to everyone
- Decline optional rewarded ads.
- Change available ad privacy choices or device advertising settings.
- Purchase No Ads where offered.
- Clear the app’s data or uninstall it to remove locally stored game information.
- Use Google Play controls for purchases, subscriptions, refunds, and account activity.
10.2 Data-protection rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection; withdraw consent; opt out of certain targeted advertising or sharing; and appeal a denied request. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority, including the Nigeria Data Protection Commission where applicable.
To exercise a right, email us using the address below and describe the request. We may need to verify that the request relates to you. Because much gameplay information exists only on your device, we may be unable to access or recover it. Authorized agents must provide proof of authority where required.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights. Some functionality may be unavailable if the information is essential to provide it.
11. Children’s privacy
Chain Pop is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13, or the higher minimum age required by local law. We do not knowingly request names, contact information, or other personal information directly from children.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child provided personal information directly to us, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action. Store operators and advertising providers may apply age-related protections based on account settings, consent signals, or applicable law.
12. International processing
Service providers may process information in Nigeria, the United States, the European Economic Area, or other countries. Privacy protections may differ from those in your country. Where required, providers use approved contractual safeguards or other recognized transfer mechanisms.
13. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Policy when the game, providers, laws, or data practices change. The “Last updated” date will identify the current version. If a change materially affects your rights or how personal information is used, we will provide additional notice when legally required.
14. Contact us
For privacy questions, rights requests, or concerns:
NextWave Apps
Email: nextwaveclub.us@gmail.com
Subject line: Chain Pop Privacy Request
Please identify the country where you live and the nature of your request. Do not include payment-card details or passwords.