Neon TacticsThis policy explains how Neon Tactics, published by RuiCodex, handles your personal data. The same text is available inside the app on the Privacy screen.
Data We Collect
The game does not require personal details: there is no account, and it never asks for your email address or location. You may optionally enter a display name that appears on the leaderboard; if you leave it empty you appear as “Player”. Do not use your real name — the name you enter is shown to other players. To stay free the game shows advertising through Google AdMob, and when an ad is served Google processes your device’s advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID / iOS IDFA) together with approximate location and device information. Where the law requires it, an option to change your advertising choice appears under Settings > Privacy options.
Where Your Data Lives
Your game progress is kept on your device. Records you send to the leaderboard — your display name, your score and the time of the submission — are also stored on our servers. “Reset Progress” in Settings erases the data on your device and removes your leaderboard entry; the submission record we keep for abuse review is retained with your name and IP address removed, under a random player identifier that is not linked to you. Uninstalling the app erases the data on your device but does not delete the record on our servers. For any further request, write to info@ruicodex.com.
Game Analytics
To learn which parts of the game work and which need fixing, the game sends usage events to our own analytics server (PostHog, run by RuiCodex on its own infrastructure and not shared with third parties): for example which screens and tabs you open, when a battle starts and ends — with its mode, mission or wave number, score, result and duration —, your visits to the shop with the items you tap and buy there, and whether you open the rating or feedback prompts, together with basic technical details such as device model, operating-system and app version and language; from version 2.0 also the ads you watch. These events are linked to a random identifier created on your device, not to your email address or advertising ID. We do not store your IP address. Events sent before 4 October 2026 also carry the approximate location (country and city) our server estimated from it; since that date no location is estimated. The data is used only to improve the game.
The game does not record your screen. Versions before 2.0 include a screen-recording feature (session replay) that captured images of the game's own screens while you played — these could show your leaderboard display name, never anything outside the game. This recording has been switched off on our server since 4 October 2026, and from version 2.0 it is also switched off in the app itself. From version 2.0 you can also switch analytics off at any time under Settings > Usage analytics. To have your analytics data or earlier recordings deleted, write to info@ruicodex.com.
Crash Reports
To find and fix crashes and freezes, the game sends error reports to Sentry (Functional Software, Inc.), which processes them on our behalf as a data processor in its EU data region (Germany). A report contains the error type, the stack trace and the technical steps the game logged just before it, the game version and technical device information: device model and manufacturer, operating system and version, screen size, memory and storage, battery and charging state, network type, language setting, time zone and a random installation ID created by the Sentry SDK to count affected installations. Reports never contain your display name, email address, scores or advertising ID; IP addresses are neither stored nor used to locate you, and no screenshots are taken. Where consent is required (EEA, UK, Switzerland), crash reports are sent only if you allow “Store and/or access information on a device” and “Measure content performance” in the consent form shown before the first ad; you can change this at any time under Settings > Privacy options. Reports are kept for up to 90 days.
Advertising
The game is free and funded by advertising. Ads are served by Google AdMob. To deliver them, AdMob processes your device's advertising identifier, an approximate location derived from your IP address, device and operating-system information, and your interaction with the ad (impression, click, whether a rewarded ad was watched). None of this reaches us in a form that identifies you — we see aggregated performance reports only. Buying the "Remove Ads" item in the shop disables banner, interstitial and app-open ads; optional rewarded ads remain available if you choose to watch them.
Purchases
In-app purchases, such as “Remove Ads”, are processed by Google Play under your Google account; we never see your card or other payment details. The app only receives from Google Play which product was bought and whether it has been paid, so that it can deliver it. Which items you tap and buy in the shop is also sent to the game analytics described above; from version 2.0 also the price and currency of a purchase.
Third Parties
Our only advertising partner is Google (Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC), through the AdMob service. You can review how Google uses this data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and https://support.google.com/admob/answer/6128543. Apart from AdMob, the app also talks to Google Play (in-app purchases and the rating prompt) and to our own servers: the game analytics and the leaderboard described in this policy. We do not share that data with anyone else. Crash reports go to Sentry, which processes them only on our behalf as a data processor (see Crash Reports).
Consent and Your Choices
Users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent form through Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) before the first ad is displayed. You may refuse personalised advertising; ads then continue to be shown without personalisation. You can change your choice at any time in the game under Settings > Privacy options.
Resetting or Deleting Your Advertising ID
On Android you can reset or completely delete your advertising ID under Settings > Google > Ads. On iOS you can withhold tracking permission under Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking; if you do not grant it, the IDFA is not shared. To erase your in-game data, use Settings > Reset Progress; uninstalling the app also removes everything stored on the device.
Leaderboard
The game has an online leaderboard. Every battle you finish with a score above zero, won or lost, is sent to it automatically: your display name (“Player” if you have not set one), your score, the mode you played, the mission or wave number and whether you won, how long the battle lasted, the time of the submission, and a random installation identifier the app generates for itself on first launch. For abuse review, our server also records the IP address the submission came from. The identifier only ties scores from the same device together; it is not linked to your name, your email, any account or your advertising ID, and it is not matched against anything else. Without a connection nothing is sent at that moment; the result waits on your device and is sent the next time you are online. Score records are kept for as long as the board is running. “Reset Progress” in Settings removes your leaderboard entry and strips your name and IP address from the submission records; you can also ask for deletion by writing to info@ruicodex.com.
Your Display Name Is Public
The display name you choose is shown to every other player on the leaderboard. For that reason, do not use your real name, email address, phone number or anything else that identifies you. You can change the name at any time in Settings. If you see a name that is offensive, abusive or contains personal information, report it to info@ruicodex.com — we remove reported names.
Children's Privacy
The game is intended for players aged 13 and over and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect data from children. Ads shown in the game are limited to the "G" (general audiences) content rating.
Your Rights
Under the GDPR, the Turkish KVKK and comparable laws you may request access to, correction of or deletion of your data, or object to its processing. Write to info@ruicodex.com; we answer within 30 days.
Contact
For privacy questions, write to: info@ruicodex.com