Privacy Policy - Grow District: Idle Bud Empire
The short version
Grow District has no accounts and no analytics. Your game save lives on your device and never leaves it unless you copy it yourself.
The game itself has no server and makes no network requests of its own. The only network activity comes from two Google services the app bundles, and both run only when you choose to use them:
- Google AdMob - optional "rewarded" video ads. Short videos you can choose to watch for an in-game bonus. If you never tap a watch-ad button, no ad is ever shown.
- Google Play In-App Review - Play's own rating prompt, shown if you accept the in-game invitation to rate.
When either one runs, Google processes some device data. Details below.
Details
- Game saves: Your progress is stored locally on your device. The optional "Export save code" feature copies your save to your clipboard so you can back it up yourself. The app never sends it anywhere.
- Accounts and analytics: There are no accounts, no sign-in, and no analytics or tracking SDKs.
- Notifications: Reminders (for example, "plants are ripe") are local notifications scheduled on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.
- Internet access: The game is fully playable offline. It has no server of its own and nothing to sync. The Google services below make their own connections when, and only when, you use them.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
The app ships with the Google AdMob SDK to support optional rewarded video ads. These are short videos you can choose to watch in exchange for an in-game bonus - currently in two places: calling in a favour that reduces police heat, and "rushing" a plant or drying rack to finish early. Ads are never forced and never shown automatically, and the game can be played through without watching a single one.
- To deliver and measure ads, Google AdMob may process device information such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, coarse location derived from it, and general ad-serving diagnostics. This is governed by Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from partner apps.
- Where required by law (for example, in the EEA and UK), you will be asked for consent before any personalized ads are served, and you can decline.
The app publisher does not itself collect, store, or share any of this data.
Ratings (Google Play In-App Review)
If you accept the in-game invitation to rate the game, the app hands off to Google Play's In-App Review service, which displays Play's own rating dialog. That exchange is between you and Google Play under Google's Privacy Policy - the app does not see, store, or transmit your rating, and declining changes nothing about how the game plays.
Children
The app is intended for adults (18+) due to fictional drug references and is not directed at children.
Changes
If a future update changes any of the above (for example, adding cloud saves), this policy will be updated before that version ships.
Contact
Questions: tinygaminggames@gmail.com
Grow District is a work of fiction for adults. It does not promote, facilitate, or sell real-world cannabis or any other substance.