StichlingPrivacy policy
1. Controller
Manuel Funk (sole trader)
Maikäferweg 1
71272 Renningen
Germany
E-Mail: info@alpimitra.com
2. In short
- Stichling needs no account and has no server of its own. Games, players, statistics and settings stay on your device.
- Player names, scores and free text are never sent to us or to advertising partners.
- The app shows ads through Google AdMob. We ask for your consent first. Without consent there are no personalized ads.
3. Data on your device
The app stores locally: games with their round log, player profiles (name, colour), settings (theme, language, ad format), your consent choices and a small counter of when ads were last shown (timestamp and placement only, at most 7 days, never transmitted). This data does not leave your device unless you export it as a file yourself or your operating system backs it up to iCloud or the Android backup, which you control in your device settings. Deleting individual games in the app or uninstalling the app removes the local data.
4. Advertising (Google AdMob)
Stichling is supported by ads using Google AdMob from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). The app never shows ads during a running game, only at breaks (full-screen before a game starts and after it ends, native ads in the game list and history, an optional rewarded video).
What data is processed
When ads are loaded and shown, Google processes technical device data, in particular IP address, device type and operating system, app identifier, language, approximate location derived from the IP address, and interactions with the ad. With your consent, Google may additionally use an advertising identifier (iOS: IDFA, Android: advertising ID) for personalized ads.
Consent
Before the first ad is loaded we ask for your consent through Google’s consent form (“User Messaging Platform”) where the law requires it (in particular in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland). The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, section 25(1) TDDDG). If you do not consent, no personalized ads are served; Google may then process only the data technically necessary for delivery, fraud prevention and measurement (non-personalized or limited ads).
Withdrawal and settings
You can change your decision at any time: in the app under Settings → Privacy → Change ad consent (where your region provides a form). On iPhone you can also control tracking under Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, on Android the advertising ID under Settings → Privacy → Ads. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out until then.
Recipients and third countries
Google may transfer data to the USA as well. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework; Google additionally uses standard contractual clauses. More information: policies.google.com/privacy and policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Ad settings in the app
In Settings you choose whether a video or only an image appears at the end of a game, and you can earn 24 hours without ads with an optional video. The app only stores locally until when you are ad-free.
5. App Tracking Transparency (iOS)
On iPhone, Apple asks for your permission before an app may link data across apps and websites for advertising. If you decline, Stichling does not use an advertising identifier (IDFA).
6. Feedback and game requests
If you use the feedback form, the app opens your email program with a prepared message. You see everything before sending and can change it. The message contains your text and technical details (app version, platform and system version, language, country, selected game, ad-free yes/no) and optionally a screenshot you choose. Your sender address is visible to us. We use the details only to answer your request (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR) and delete them on request. We never attach player names or scores.
7. App Store and Google Play
When you download the app, Apple or Google process account, payment and device data under their own responsibility. We have no influence on that and only receive aggregated statistics.
8. Website
This website consists of static pages, sets no cookies and includes no tracking or analytics services. Fonts are served from our own server. When you visit, the hosting provider processes technically necessary access data (e.g. IP address, time) in server log files. The site is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. (Cloudflare Pages), 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Cloudflare is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Your browser stores the “light/dark” choice locally.
9. Retention
Local app data stays until you delete it or uninstall the app. We delete feedback emails once the request is handled unless a retention obligation applies. Retention at Google follows Google’s privacy policy.
10. Your rights
You have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection (Art. 15–21 GDPR) and the right to withdraw consent. You may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, for example the one responsible for your place of residence. Simply write to us at the address above.
11. Children
Stichling is not directed at children under 16.
12. Changes
We update this policy when the app or the legal situation changes. The version published here applies.