Privacy Policy

Bloomword, by Such Software LLC · Last updated June 20, 2026

We keep data collection to the minimum the game needs, we don't sell your data, and you can delete your leaderboard data yourself from inside the app at any time. Plainly:

What we collect

• On your device only (never sent to us): your settings, your Lexicon (the words you've found), your streak, and which biomes you've unlocked. These live in the app's local storage.
• Leaderboard (only when you finish a ranked Daily — pseudonymous): a random identifier the app generates for your install (not your hardware ID and not any personal ID), the display name (handle) you choose, your score, the words and timestamps you played that day (used to verify the score is real), and your device type (e.g. "iOS phone" or "Android tablet"). We do not collect your name, email, contacts, photos, or precise location.
• Purchases: Bloomword Premium is sold through the Apple App Store and Google Play. Those stores handle the payment; we receive only confirmation that a purchase is valid — never your card or billing details.
• Ads: the free version shows occasional ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may use an advertising identifier and device information to show and measure ads, per Google's policies. You can reset or limit your advertising identifier in your device settings.

Why

• Local data makes the game work — your progress, settings, and collection.
• Leaderboard data powers the shared Daily competition and lets our server verify every score by replaying it, so nobody can fake their way up the board. Money never buys a higher score.
• Purchases and ads support the free-to-play model.

How long we keep it

Leaderboard scores are tied to each day's board. You can remove your leaderboard data at any time in the app (Leaderboard → Delete my data), which permanently deletes your scores and handle from our servers. Local data is removed when you delete the app.

Your choices

• Delete your data: Leaderboard → Delete my data, in-app, any time.
• Play without the leaderboard: your Daily and Practice puzzles work offline — a score is only submitted when you finish a ranked Daily.
• Depending on where you live (e.g. the EEA/UK under GDPR, or California under CCPA), you may have rights to access or delete your data. Because leaderboard data is pseudonymous, the in-app delete is the most direct way to do this; you can also email us.

Children

Bloomword is for general audiences and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and post the new version here.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email johnwmurphy@gmail.com.