Last updated on 5 March 2021
Thank you for playing our game and taking an interest in privacy! This is our privacy notice. It sets out how Halfbrick handles your personal data. If you download/play our games, you agree to this privacy statement which also forms part of our Terms of Use.
Kids: Remember to be smart and safe online! Never give someone your information without first asking your parent/guardian if it is OK. Don't give anyone your photo, or tell anyone your name, email, home address, telephone, your school or any other information about you that they could use to contact you either online or in the real world.
If you want to enter one of our competitions, make sure you ask permission from your parent/guardian before you enter.
Parents: We are committed to the safety and privacy of the children who use our Services. We encourage parents/guardians to actively monitor their children's online activities. See more information below about children's privacy and our Child Safe Apps.
We receive and store any information you give to us, such as when you:
We receive and store certain types of information automatically when you interact with us, such as:
Sometimes we collect information about you from third parties, such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook, or Google. We collect this information so that we can deliver Services you have requested. We collect this information:
We may disclose the personal information we hold about you in the following circumstances:
Child Safe Apps
If your Halfbrick game is labelled a Child Safe App, it was built with child safety as a priority. Our Child Safe Apps have no advertising, no data collection, no in-app purchases and no links to external sites or apps.
If you permit your child to use one of our Services that is not labelled a Child Safe App, you should disable in-app purchases on your phone and actively monitor your child’s use. You should also familiarise yourself with this privacy policy, as by permitting your child to use our Services you consent to this privacy policy on their behalf. If you don’t agree, please do not permit your child to use our Services.
We do not knowingly contact or collect information from children under 13 without the permission of their parent/guardians. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can promptly obtain parental/guardian consent or delete the information.
Halfbrick games included in the Apple Arcade contain no advertising, no in-app purchases.
Game progress and save information is collected and stored by Apple on iCloud. You may optout by switching of iCloud data storage in the Apple settings page for our game.
If you opt into use Apple Game Center, your scores and achievements will be collected and stored by Apple. We do not have access to this information. You can switch off Game Center at any time by signing out of Game Center in the settings menu of your device.
When you use our Services, you might also use third party services, such as Facebook, Twitter and Game Center. We do not control how they interact with you and you should ensure that you consent to the terms of use and privacy policies offered by the third party services before providing them with your information. You acknowledge that we are not liable when third party services use information you provide to them.
We encourage you to be careful about the protection of your own personal information when using third party services such as social media platforms.
We also work with certain business partners, such as other game developers and advertising partners, and information collected from you may be shared through these partnerships.
Some of our business partners are outside Australia. Below is a list of some, but not all, business partners that we actively share user information and site usage data with (this list is subject to change):
Sometimes we will use your information to tell you about our Services and our news, such as new games we are launching, events we are running, or merchandise we sell. You can opt-out if you don’t want to receive this information.
Some of our games offer in-app purchases. Examples of in-app purchases are items you can purchase (for real or in-game currency) or other additional features. If you don’t want to make in-app purchases, don’t use these paid-for options and consider disabling in-app purchases on your device.
Understanding our players is fundamental to creating a fun game that our fans want to play. An advertising ID is a unique ID which gives users better controls and provides developers with a simple, standard system to continue to monetize their apps and ensure customers and given advertising for products and services which match their interests. You can reset your ID at any time via the settings on your mobile device. Collecting your advertising ID helps us understand what your interests are and how we can tailor your experience to match.
Apple iOS
You may reset your device’s Advertising Identifier, which will result in your device being disassociated from ad targeting profiles based on the Advertising Identifier in effect prior to reset. You can do this by clicking on Settings -> Privacy -> Advertising -> Reset Advertising Identifier.
Google Android
You can reset your advertising ID by clicking the menu icon to display the apps list, then find and select the Google Settings icon, then find and select "Ads" and selecting "Reset advertising ID".
Ways to opt-out of our Services:
If you need help opting-out please contact us at support@halfbrick.com
We store information on servers in Australia, United States, Singapore and Germany.
Halfbrick uses a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. Retention policies vary by the type of information and the lifecycle of the related game. We try to delete or deidentify data when we no longer require it.
We make reasonable efforts to keep personal information and platform data up to date, including data that has been modified or deleted.
You may request access to your personal information and platform data at any time by sending a written request to our Privacy Officer by mail at Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd, PO Box 172, Red Hill, Queensland, 4059, Australia, by submitting an in game support ticket or by emailing privacy@halfbrick.com.
If your information changes, let us know so that we can update our records. If you would like us to delete your collected data, please contact us by submitting a support request to support@halfbrick.com. Please note data deletion requests can take up to 28 to 30 depending on your location and appropriate legal requirements.
If you have any concerns or complaints about your privacy please contact us by:
Our Privacy Officer will respond to your complaint within a reasonable time after we receive it, provided you supply return contact details. If you do not provide return contact details, we will be unable to respond to your complaint, although we will consider its content.
We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time. These updates, will take effect from the date of issue on our website at halfbrick.com. Please check back regularly for updates.
Advertising ID A unique ID that is generated for your device to track activity by advertising companies to improve their service in game. This is also known as Interest Based Advertising. You may be able to opt-out of this feature on some platforms. You may also be able to reset your advertising ID on your device.
Analytics Interpretation and interpolation of unidentified data to predict and isolate trends relating to game play and app use.
Child Safe App Fruit Ninja Academy: Math Master
In-app purchase An in-game system that allows exchanging real money for virtual goods or in-game currency.
IP Address (Internet Protocol Address) A unique string of numbers separated by full stops or commas that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network. These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks.
Halfbrick ("us") Halfbrick Studios Pty Ltd ACN 109 693 227 its assignees, licensees, successors in title and subsidiaries.
Services Services offered by us and includes our games, websites and related services.
Storefront An online business presence for sales. We work with Apple's App Store, Google Play and Amazon Appstore storefronts as our primary storefronts for sales but our games are also available on Windows Store, Xbox Marketplace and many others.
Terms of Service Rules and conduct standards that are defined that one must comply with to use the service.
Third party services Services provided by a provider that is not owned or controlled by Halfbrick.
We want to encourage and facilitate exciting, open and honest discussions in a safe and comfortable online environment. To make this an enjoyable and respectful forum, we will review all comments and we reserve the right to remove comments, at our discretion, where we feel that they are inappropriate or offensive or do not comply with our House Rules or Facebook's Terms.
If you wish to contribute to the vibrant conversations through our page there are some simple but important rules set out below. We ask that you consider these when you visit us and please comment or post responsibly:
