Effective date: 28 October 2026
Splishbloom is a puzzle game made by HIDDEN HITBOX STUDIO PRIVATE LIMITED ("we", "us"). The Android package name is com.hiddenhitbox.splashbomb.
Contact for privacy questions, from players or parents: hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com
Splishbloom is designed for players aged 9 and over, including children aged 9 to 12, teenagers and adults. It is not designed for younger children.
There are no accounts. The game does not ask for your name, email address, age, phone number, photos or contacts, and it does not request location permission.
Your progress and settings stay on your device. We run no server for the game, so we do not receive them through our own systems.
The game shows ads using Google's software, which we have chosen to include. That software collects the technical data described in section 5 so that ads can be requested and shown. We do not receive a copy of it.
If you email us, we receive your email address and message (section 4).
Two kinds of data are kept apart in this policy: data stored on your device, which you can remove yourself, and data collected by Google's software in the game, which we cannot directly erase. Section 7 explains where each type of data is held and how it can be removed.
The game saves the following in its private app storage:
Settings: whether sound and music are on, and whether you have seen the in-game hint.
Progress: your last level; for each level, whether you completed it, your best result and whether it was a perfect clear; which levels you have reached; which new-feature explanation cards you have seen.
Inventory: power-up charges you have earned, and which power-up introductions you have seen.
Hints: hint credits for individual levels.
Ad counters: a count of completed levels used to decide when an ad is due, and a record of rewards granted after you watched a rewarded ad.
Safety copies: a backup copy of the save file and, after an update that changes the save format, one copy of the older file.
This information contains no name, contact detail or advertising identifier, and the game does not send it to us or to anyone. Android's automatic backup is switched off for the game, so the game does not ask Android to copy this data to a cloud backup. Backup tools supplied by a phone maker or other software are outside our control.
Gameplay data. The game does not send gameplay data to us, and we operate no servers that receive it. It has no analytics service or crash-reporting service of its own, no accounts, chat, social features or in-app purchases, and it does not use your camera or microphone.
Location. The game does not request device location permission and does not access GPS location. Google's ads software may estimate your general location from your IP address (section 5).
Information collected through Google's software. Google's Mobile Ads SDK, which is part of the game, collects the information described in section 5. We do not receive it.
Emails. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use your email address and message to respond to your enquiry. We delete support correspondence within 12 months after the enquiry is resolved, unless we need to retain it longer to meet a legal obligation or handle an ongoing dispute. You may request earlier deletion by contacting hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com.
The game uses two pieces of Google software that run inside the game and communicate with Google's servers over the internet:
the Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob), which requests and shows ads, and
Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP), a tool for privacy and consent messages.
Interstitial ads may appear when you start a level after you have completed several new levels. They cannot be switched off.
Rewarded ads are optional. You choose to watch one to earn a hint or a power-up charge. If you decline, you simply do not earn the reward.
There is no ad-free option, so the ads software runs for every player.
Because Splishbloom is for players aged 9 and over, including children, the game asks Google to treat every ad request as child-directed, to show only ads rated for general audiences (G), and not to personalise ads. These settings are the same for every player, and the game does not ask your age. The app does not include the Android advertising ID permission or the Privacy Sandbox advertising permissions (Topics, Attribution and advertising ID).
According to Google, the version of the Google Mobile Ads SDK used in the game, even with the advertising ID and Android ad-services permissions removed from the app, still automatically collects and shares the following for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention:
the device's IP address, which is used to estimate general location;
user interactions, such as app launches, taps and video views;
diagnostic information, such as app launch time, hang rate and energy usage;
device and account identifiers, including an app set ID.
Google states that all user data collected by the SDK is encrypted in transit using TLS.
We chose to include this software in the game, and we are responsible for that choice and for how we configure it. We do not receive a copy of this data. Google retains the data it collects according to its applicable policies. See Google's privacy information in section 11 for details.
UMP is Google's tool for managing privacy and consent choices. The game tells UMP that users are under the age of consent, so it does not ask for consent. The game does not show personalised ads. The game shows a Privacy Options button in the main menu only if UMP reports that one is required. UMP does not check anyone's age. Google describes what UMP does in its own documentation (section 11); we do not describe UMP's data collection beyond that.
Children aged 9 to 12 are part of our audience. The game does not ask players for personal information and does not send gameplay data to us. Ads are configured as described in section 5, and Google's software in the game still collects the technical data listed there. If anyone emails us, we receive the email address and message (section 4).
Parents and guardians can contact us at hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com with questions about the game's data practices or to raise a concern. We keep no gameplay records about a player, so the only information we could look up is correspondence sent to us. We cannot directly erase data held by Google. We can help you identify relevant Google privacy controls or request channels (section 8).
Data: Progress, settings, inventory, hint and ad counters, safety copies (section 3)
Where it is: Only on your device
Who can remove it: You, by clearing the game's storage in Android settings or uninstalling the game. We never receive it, so we have no copy
Data: Data collected by Google's ads software (section 5)
Where it is: With Google
Who can remove it: We cannot directly erase it. See "Deleting data and getting help" below
Data: Data exchanged with Google by the consent software
Where it is: With Google
Who can remove it: As above
Data: Emails you send us
Where it is: Our mailbox
Who can remove it: We delete support correspondence within 12 months after the enquiry is resolved, subject to the exceptions in section 4. You may request earlier deletion at hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com
There is no account to delete, because the game has no accounts.
On your device: clear the game's storage in Android settings or uninstall the game.
Emails to us: write to hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com to request earlier deletion (section 4).
Data collected by Google's software in the game: the studio cannot directly erase it. You can contact us at hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com and we will help you identify relevant Google privacy controls or request channels. We cannot promise what Google will delete or how it will respond to a request.
The game keeps its own data only on your device. Google states that data collected by the Mobile Ads SDK is encrypted in transit using TLS. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot promise otherwise.
Google may process data in countries other than your own, as set out in its own policies. We do not operate servers that transfer your data internationally.
We may update this policy, for example when the game's ad settings change. The current version and its effective date are shown at the top of this page.
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Google Mobile Ads SDK, data disclosure for Google Play: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy/play-data-disclosure
AdMob help, child-directed treatment and age settings: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/6223431
User Messaging Platform and consent: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy
Google Play Families ads and monetization requirements: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9898834
HIDDEN HITBOX STUDIO PRIVATE LIMITED
Email: hiddenhitboxstudio@gmail.com