Hiddo

Privacy Policy

for the app “Hiddo” and this website · Last updated: 25 October 2026 · Deutsche Fassung (the German version prevails)

1. Who is responsible?

Deniz Can Öztürk, Auf dem Mühlenacker 3, 50354 Hürth, Germany
Email: hiddo.app@gmx.net

2. In short

3. Data on your device

So you can continue a game and keep your settings, Hiddo stores the following in the app’s storage on your device: player names you enter, scores and game history, words you add yourself, saved groups, the drawing of the current round in “The Forger”, a yearly statistic for the year in review (number of games, names of winners and titles) and settings such as language and game length. This data is not sent to us or anyone else. It is deleted when you delete the app. When you share a result, a picture or an invitation, your iPhone’s share menu opens. You alone decide where it goes; we receive nothing. Legal basis: § 25(2) no. 2 TDDDG, as this storage is strictly necessary for the app features you request, and Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

4. Advertising with Google AdMob

In the free version, Hiddo occasionally shows a full-screen ad between rounds, provided by Google AdMob, a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Data: your IP address (used to derive an approximate location), device and operating system details, app version, language setting, information about which ads were shown and tapped, and – only if you allow it – your iPhone’s advertising identifier (IDFA).

Purposes: delivering ads, limiting how often the same ad appears, preventing fraud and abuse, measuring ad performance and – only with your consent – choosing ads based on your interests.

Consent: on first launch Hiddo asks for your consent through a consent form provided by Google, and iOS asks whether Hiddo may track your activity across other companies’ apps. Legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, § 25(1) TDDDG). If you decline, Google shows only non-personalised or limited ads. You can withdraw or change your consent at any time: in Hiddo on the start screen under “Ad privacy settings”, and in iOS Settings under Privacy & Security › Tracking.

Transfers to the USA: Google may transfer data to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is covered by an adequacy decision of the European Commission (Art. 45 GDPR). More: policies.google.com/privacy.

5. Purchases and subscription (Premium)

Apple: when you buy or subscribe to Premium, you buy from Apple. Apple processes your payment and account data under its own responsibility. We receive no payment details and not your name. See apple.com/legal/privacy.

RevenueCat: to check whether you own Premium and to restore purchases, we use RevenueCat, a service of RevenueCat, Inc., USA. It processes a random, anonymous user ID created for your app installation, details of your Apple purchases (product, date, term, receipt), device, operating system and app version details, and your IP address. RevenueCat acts as our processor under a data processing agreement. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR). More: revenuecat.com/privacy.

6. This website

When you visit this website, our hosting provider Netlify, Inc., 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, processes technically necessary data such as IP address, date and time, page requested and browser details in server logs, to deliver the site and protect it from attacks (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). How long Netlify keeps these logs is set by Netlify (see netlify.com/privacy). Netlify participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45 GDPR); the EU Standard Contractual Clauses apply in addition (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR). This website sets no cookies, uses no analytics and loads nothing from other servers.

7. Contact by email

If you write to us, we process your email address and message to answer you (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR) and delete it once your request is settled, unless we are legally required to keep it.

8. Children

Hiddo is not directed at children under 16.

9. Your rights

You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction of processing (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and to object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21). You can withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3)). Just email us. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

10. Changes

If the app or the services it uses change, we will update this policy. The version published here applies.