Privacy Policy

About this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Stephen Bernard ("we", "us", or "our") handles information in connection with Gaffer - Manager Sim (the "App") on Android and iOS.

Summary

Gaffer is designed to work offline. Your manager name, saved games, gameplay activity, and preferences remain on your device and are not transmitted to us.

The current version of the App:

• does not require an account;
• does not contain advertising;
• does not use analytics or tracking technologies;
• does not use developer-operated cloud saves;
• does not collect precise or approximate location, contacts, photos, audio, camera data, advertising identifiers, or other sensitive device data; and
• does not transmit your manager name, game saves, gameplay activity, preferences, or device identifiers to us.

We do not sell personal information and do not share personal information for targeted advertising.

Information stored on your device

The App stores the information needed to provide the game locally in the App's private storage area on your device. This may include:

• the manager name you enter, which may be a real or fictional name;
• saved-game content and progress, including your selected club, fixtures, results, transfers, career history, and in-game decisions;
• save creation and last-saved dates; and
• preferences such as audio volume, match speed, visual quality, and haptic-feedback settings.

This information is used only to run the game, remember your settings, and let you save and resume your career. The App does not send it to us or to advertising or analytics providers.

Your operating system may include App data in a device or cloud backup if you have enabled backup services such as iCloud Backup or Android backup. Those backup services are controlled by you and the relevant platform provider, not by the App.

Device permissions and features

On Android, the App requests permission to use device vibration. On iOS, it may use the device's haptic-feedback features. These features are used only to provide tactile feedback during gameplay. They do not give the App access to the content of your device and are not used to collect personal information.

Information you choose to send us

The App does not contain an account, contact form, or support-data upload feature. If you contact us outside the App, for example by email, we may receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message, and any screenshots, save files, logs, or other attachments you include.

We use this information to respond to you, provide support, investigate issues, protect the App and our users, and comply with legal obligations. Where UK or European data-protection law applies, our legal basis is normally our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and improving and protecting the App, performance of a contract where your request relates to a purchase or service, or compliance with a legal obligation.

Please do not send sensitive personal information that is not needed for us to handle your request.

App stores and platform providers

Apple and Google may independently process information when you download, purchase, update, back up, or use apps through their platforms. This can include account, transaction, device, diagnostic, and usage information. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies and settings:

• Apple Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy

We do not receive your payment-card details. The current version of the App has no in-app purchases.

Hosting of this page

This Privacy Policy page is delivered using Firebase Hosting, a service provided by Google. Google may process technical request information, such as your IP address, browser information, and requested URL, as needed to deliver and protect the page. We do not use Firebase Analytics, advertising cookies, or tracking technologies on this page. Google's handling of information is described in the Google Privacy Policy.

Sharing of information

Because the App does not transmit personal information to us, we do not share information from your use of the App.

Information you voluntarily send to us for support may be processed by service providers that operate our communications or file-storage services, only as needed to provide those services. We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with law, enforce legal rights, or protect users, the public, or the App. We do not sell support information or use it for advertising.

Where a service provider processes support information in another country, we take reasonable steps to use protections required by applicable data-protection law.

Retention and deletion

Locally stored game data remains on your device until you delete an individual save in the App, clear the App's storage using your device settings, or uninstall the App. Copies in device or cloud backups may remain until you delete them or the platform provider removes them under its retention rules.

We keep information sent to us for support only for as long as reasonably necessary to handle the request, maintain an appropriate record of the issue, protect the App, and meet legal obligations. We ordinarily delete or anonymise routine support correspondence within 24 months after the last contact, unless a longer period is reasonably necessary for an unresolved dispute, security issue, or legal requirement.

Because we do not receive your locally stored game data, we cannot access, export, correct, or delete it for you. You control that data using the App and your device or backup settings.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over personal information we hold about you, including rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or to object to certain processing. You may also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority. In the United Kingdom, this is the Information Commissioner's Office.

These rights are most likely to apply to information you have voluntarily sent us for support, because the App itself does not transmit your locally stored data to us. To make a request, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Children's privacy

The App does not knowingly collect personal information from children. Locally entered manager names and game progress are not transmitted to us. If you believe a child has sent us personal information through a support communication, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

Security

Keeping gameplay data on the device limits its exposure. No method of storage is completely secure, however, so you should protect your device and any backups with the security features available to you. If you send information by email, its security also depends on your email provider and the information you choose to include.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy if the App's features, data practices, or legal obligations change. We will change the "Last updated" date above and, where required, provide additional notice. Please review the current policy when installing an update. Any new collection, use, or sharing of information will be reflected in this policy and in the relevant app-store disclosures before or when it begins.

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