Privacy Policy
In short: Punch Mine has no accounts and doesn’t collect your name, email or contacts. Your game is saved on your device and, if you allow it, in your own iCloud. The game shows ads from Google AdMob, and Google collects some device data to serve them. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple.
Who we are
Punch Mine (“the app”, “we”) is an idle mining game for iPhone and iPad. This policy explains what data the app uses, why, and the choices you have. Questions: asar.innovations@gmail.com.
Data stored by the game
- Your save game and settings (progress, items, upgrades, sound and display options) are stored on your device.
- iCloud backup. If iCloud is on, a copy of your save is kept in your iCloud account through Apple’s iCloud key-value storage, so a new or reinstalled device can continue your game. Only you can access it; we can’t. You can turn this off in the game’s Settings under Save.
- We don’t run our own servers, and the game doesn’t send your save or gameplay to us.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
Punch Mine is free and shows ads through Google AdMob: optional reward ads you choose to watch, and occasional ads at natural breaks (for example after a prestige). To deliver and measure ads, Google’s software in the app may collect:
| Data | Used for |
|---|---|
| Device and advertising identifiers (where allowed), IP address, coarse location derived from IP | Showing ads, limiting how often you see them, fraud prevention |
| Ad interactions (views, taps, completions) | Rewarding you for reward ads, measuring ad performance |
| Diagnostics (crash and performance data from the ad software) | Keeping ads working |
- Punch Mine doesn’t ask for permission to track you across other companies’ apps and websites (Apple’s App Tracking Transparency), so the advertising identifier isn’t available to ads in the app.
- EEA, UK and Switzerland: you’re asked for consent through Google’s consent form before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice any time in Settings under Ad privacy choices.
- Google’s use of this data is described in Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).
- Buying Remove Ads stops the ads between runs. Reward ads stay available only when you choose to watch one.
In-app purchases
Purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details. The game only receives a confirmation from Apple that a purchase happened, so it can give you the item and restore it on your other devices.
Children
Punch Mine is a general-audience game and isn’t directed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, contact us and we’ll help remove it.
Your choices and rights
- Delete your data: deleting the app removes the save from your device. To remove the iCloud copy, turn off iCloud backup in the game before deleting it, or remove Punch Mine’s data in iOS Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Storage.
- Ads: change ad consent in the game’s Settings (where shown), or limit ad tracking in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data. Since we don’t hold personal data ourselves, requests about ad data are best sent to Google; we’re happy to help, just contact us.
Data retention and security
Save data stays on your device and in your iCloud until you delete it. Data collected by Google is kept according to Google’s policies. Communication between the app, Apple and Google uses encrypted connections.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date at the top. Significant changes will also be mentioned in the app’s update notes.
Contact
Email asar.innovations@gmail.com. See also the Support page: asar-official.com/en/punch-mine/support