Privacy Policy — Power Snip!
Power Snip! is a single-player puzzle game published by GRP Addictive Games, a brand of GRP Capital Partners LLC. This policy covers three versions of the game, which behave differently:
- the Android app on Google Play (package
com.grpcap.games.powersnip), which is free and supported by advertising; - the iOS app on the Apple App Store, which is also free and supported by advertising;
- the web version at power-snip.pages.dev, which is free to play and offers a one-time paid unlock.
There are no accounts in any version. You never create a profile, sign in, or give us your name, email address, or phone number.
Advertising in the mobile apps
The Android and iOS apps show ads. Ads are served by Google AdMob, a Google advertising service. Google is the only advertising provider in either app.
- Interstitial ads appear at breaks in play, when you return to the level-select screen. They are not shown during a level.
- Rewarded video ads are optional. You choose to watch one in exchange for an in-game bonus, and you can decline.
To serve and measure those ads, the Google AdMob SDK inside the app collects information from your device and sends it to Google. This includes your device's advertising identifier, device and app information such as model, operating system version, app version, and coarse location derived from your IP address, plus records of ad requests, impressions, and clicks. Google uses this information under its own privacy policy and may use it to personalize advertising. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.
We do not receive your advertising identifier, and we do not build profiles of players. What we receive from Google is aggregate revenue reporting.
Turning ads off
Each app offers two one-time purchases through the platform's own store: Remove Ads, and the Supercharged Pack, which unlocks the remaining levels and five bonus games and also removes ads. Buying either one stops interstitial ads. Purchases are processed by Google Play on Android and by Apple on iOS. We do not see or store your payment card details. Your purchase status is recorded on your device and with your Google or Apple account.
One thing to be clear about: buying Remove Ads stops interstitial ads from being requested. It does not uninstall the AdMob library, which is still loaded at startup so that optional rewarded videos remain available to players who want them.
Your controls on Android
- You can reset your advertising ID, or delete it entirely, in Settings → Privacy → Ads on your device. Deleting it stops apps from receiving an advertising identifier.
- Turning off ad personalization in that same screen means the ads you see in Power Snip! are non-personalized.
- Buying Remove Ads or the Supercharged Pack stops interstitial ads from being requested at all.
Your controls on iOS
- iOS asks for your permission before the app can use your device's advertising identifier (the IDFA) to track you across other companies' apps and websites. If you decline, the app still works and still shows ads, but those ads are non-personalized.
- You can change that answer at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, and you can switch off Allow Apps to Request to Track to refuse every app at once.
- Apple's SKAdNetwork also gives Google a privacy-preserving measure of ad installs. It reports on the ad, not on you, and Apple controls what it reveals.
- Buying Remove Ads or the Supercharged Pack stops interstitial ads from being requested at all.
What the mobile apps share, in the stores' own terms
Google Play
This table matches the Data safety declaration on the Power Snip! Google Play listing.
| Data type | Collected | Shared with third parties | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Device or other IDs (advertising ID) | Yes | Yes — Google AdMob | Advertising |
| App activity (ad interactions, in-app events) | Yes | Yes — Google AdMob | Advertising |
| App info and performance | Yes | Yes — Google AdMob | Advertising, app functionality |
Data is encrypted in transit. Because we hold no account for you and receive no identifier that points to you, we cannot look up or delete an individual player's ad data on request. To limit what is collected, use the device controls listed above. Requests about data held by Google should go to Google.
Apple App Store
The App Store privacy label for Power Snip! declares Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics, Purchases, and Advertising Data. Apple groups these as data that is not linked to your identity, and identifies the advertising identifier as data used to track you. Everything in those categories is collected by the AdMob SDK for the advertising purposes described above.
Android permissions
The app's own manifest declares one permission, INTERNET. The advertising, billing, and Google Play services libraries add the rest when the app is built. The complete set in the released Android app is: INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, WAKE_LOCK, FOREGROUND_SERVICE, BIND_JOB_SERVICE, DUMP, com.android.vending.BILLING, and the advertising permissions com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID, ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, and ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS. The AD_ID permission is the one Google requires an app to declare before it can read your advertising identifier, and it is there because the app shows ads.
The app does not request access to your contacts, camera, microphone, files, precise location, calendar, or any other sensitive permission.
The web version at power-snip.pages.dev
Advertising
The website does not serve ads. The page contains code that can load Google AdSense if an AdSense publisher ID is configured, and no ID is configured, so nothing is requested from any advertising network. If we switch web ads on, this policy will be updated to name the provider before the change goes live.
Usage measurement
The website runs no analytics. There is no Google Analytics, no third-party analytics or advertising script, and no first-party event tracking. We do not set advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not build any record of your visit. The only thing the site stores in your browser is your own saved game progress, described below.
Payment
The web version sells one product: Power Snip Pro — Remove Ads & Unlock All, a one-time purchase of $3.99 USD. Payment is processed by Stripe. The merchant of record is GRP CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, which is the name that appears on your card or bank statement.
When you start a purchase, you are sent to a checkout page hosted by Stripe. You enter your card details on Stripe's page, not on ours. Stripe receives your payment card information, billing details, email address if you provide one, and technical information about your device, and Stripe processes it as a data controller under the Stripe Privacy Policy. We never see or store your full card number. What we receive back from Stripe is a checkout session identifier and a paid or unpaid status, which is what unlocks the game in your browser. Stripe also uses information collected on its checkout pages for fraud prevention.
For refunds or questions about a charge, write to the address at the bottom of this page.
Hosting
The website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, and the small server behind it runs on Cloudflare Workers. Cloudflare therefore processes your IP address and request details in order to serve the site, under the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.
Saved game progress
Your level unlocks, best times, star ratings, sound preference, and purchase status are saved on your device using local storage in the app's WebView or in your browser. This information stays on your device. Uninstalling the app, or clearing site data for power-snip.pages.dev, permanently deletes it. Restoring a purchase on a phone is done through your Google Play or Apple account.
Children
Power Snip! is rated for everyone and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Because the mobile apps are ad-supported, the advertising described above applies to everyone who plays them. Parents who want to limit ad personalization can use the device controls listed above, or buy Remove Ads. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, write to the address below and we will look into it.
Changes to this policy
If a future version of the game changes what data it handles or which providers it uses, this policy will be updated and the date at the top will change. Changes that affect what is collected will be reflected here, in the Google Play Data safety declaration, and in the App Store privacy label before the version that makes the change is released.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or about a purchase: ron@yourplace.me