Tapen

Tapen Privacy Policy

Version: 1.0
Effective date: 8 November 2026

Summary

• Controller: AHMET TUNA YAŞAROĞLU, support@tapengame.com
• Game save: The game has no server of its own and you don't need an account. Your game save stays on your device; if iCloud is on, a copy is kept in your iCloud account with Apple.
• Personal data that reaches us: Only the emails you choose to send us.
• Ads: Ads in the game are shown by Google AdMob. We do not show you personalized ads and we do not track you across apps. Google collects its own data to show and measure ads (section 2.5).
• Legal bases: Performance of a contract, legitimate interest and, where required, your consent. Each section names its basis.
• Transfers: Data goes to Apple, Google and our email provider so they can provide these services. Their servers may be outside your country.
• Your rights: Write to support@tapengame.com to use your rights under the GDPR or Turkish law (section 9).

This policy informs you under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Turkey's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). It covers the iOS version; it will be updated if an Android version is added.

1. Controller

AHMET TUNA YAŞAROĞLU (on the App Store: AHMET TUNA YASAROGLU)
Email: support@tapengame.com

2. What data, why, and on what legal basis

2.1. Game save on your device

Data: Your progress, costumes, Hint and ad counters, purchase entitlements, discoveries and settings.
Purpose: To run the game and let you continue where you left off.
This save is kept on your device and is not sent to us. If iCloud Backup or a computer backup is on, iOS may back it up together with other app data; Apple and you manage those backups.

2.2. iCloud save

The game keeps a copy of your save in Apple's key-value storage, in your own iCloud account. This brings your progress back on another device or after you delete and reinstall the game.

• Data: Completed levels and best results, Hint records (including unused Hints), parcels and owned costumes, cards seen, Apple transaction numbers of applied purchases and randomly generated device numbers. No settings (language, sound) and no personal details.
• Purpose: To carry and protect your progress across your devices.
• Legal basis: Performance of a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b), KVKK Art. 5(2)(c)).
• Apple keeps this data under your Apple Account terms; we cannot see it. Purchase entitlements are always verified with the App Store, never from this copy.

2.3. Game Center

If you sign in to Game Center, the game sends Apple two things: the number of levels you have completed (leaderboard) and the achievements you earn.

• Purpose: Leaderboard and achievements.
• Legal basis: Performance of a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b), KVKK Art. 5(2)(c)).
• Apple shows and stores your nickname, profile and place on the leaderboard; other players may see them. The game does not store your Game Center identity. Signing in is optional; the game is fully playable without it.

2.4. Apple's crash reports and app analytics

The game contains no analytics or crash reporting tool of our own.

If "Share With App Developers" is on, Apple collects crash reports and usage information. Apple shares them with us in aggregate or in a form that does not identify you: downloads, sessions, country, device model, version, technical logs from a crash.

• Purpose: To fix bugs and improve the game.
• Legal basis: The permission Apple asks you for, and our legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f), KVKK Art. 5(2)(f)).
• You can turn this off in Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.

If you play a test version of the game through TestFlight, TestFlight also collects crash and usage information; this is Apple's data, and Apple passes it on to us.

2.5. Ads (Google AdMob)

Ads in the game are shown by Google AdMob.

We do not show you personalized ads. We don't ask for your advertising identifier and we don't show iOS's tracking permission prompt.

Even for non-personalized ads, Google's ad software collects its own data to show and measure ads. According to Google's documentation this can include:

• IP address and approximate location derived from it
• Device and app information, app-specific technical identifiers
• Performance data such as launch time, and crash logs
• The ads you see and your interactions with them

Purpose: To show ads, limit how often they appear, measure them and prevent fraud.

Legal basis: In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the consent needed to store and read information on your device is asked in the in-game consent window (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). Elsewhere, our legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f), KVKK Art. 5(2)(f)).

For this data Google is an independent controller and applies its own policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Your choices:

• If you are in Europe, you can change your consent choice in the game's Settings screen.
• The game has no forced ads; all ads are rewarded and optional, and you never have to watch them. With Play Ad-Free you get the rewards without watching ads, and no ads are shown to you.

2.6. Purchases

Apple processes purchases. We never see your card or payment details.

• Data: Purchase entitlements verified on your device and aggregate sales reports from Apple.
• Purpose: To deliver what you bought, restore permanent items and keep accounting records.
• Legal basis: Performance of a contract and legal obligation (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) and (c), KVKK Art. 5(2)(c) and (ç)).

2.7. Support emails

The Contact Us button opens an editable draft in your email app. It is never sent automatically.

• Data: Your email address, the name shown in your email account, what you write, and the app version, operating system and device model added to the draft. You can delete these before sending.
• Purpose: To answer you.
• Legal basis: Handling your request and our legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) and (f), KVKK Art. 5(2)(c) and (f)).
• Service provider: Zoho Mail.
• Retention: 2 years after the matter is closed, then deleted.

2.8. Consent records

The version of the terms and policy you accepted at first launch, and your ad consent choice in Europe, are stored on your device so you are not asked again.

2.9. Game engine

The game is made with Unity. Unity's analytics and diagnostics reporting is turned off in the game.

3. What we don't collect

We don't collect:

• Your name or email address (unless you write to us)
• Card details, contacts, photos
• Camera or microphone data
• Precise location, health data
• Your advertising identifier

The game does not ask for location, camera, microphone or tracking permission.

We don't sell your data. We don't make automated decisions that have legal effects on you.

4. Who receives data

Data may go only to these recipients, only for the purposes above:

• Apple: iCloud save, Game Center, purchases, crash reports and app analytics. https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
• Google: ads. https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Zoho: support email. https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html
• Authorities: where the law requires it.

5. International transfers

These providers' servers may be outside Turkey and the European Economic Area, for example in the United States. Because the controller is in Turkey, data from Europe may also be processed in Turkey. Transfers rely on the safeguards of Chapter V of the GDPR and Art. 9 of the KVKK, such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses. Write to us for details.

6. Age

Tapen is for players aged 13 and over and is not directed at children. We don't knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you are a parent and think your child has sent us data, write to us and we will delete it.

We show no one personalized ads. In Europe the age of digital consent is between 13 and 16 depending on the country. If you are below it, talk to a parent before giving consent.

7. Retention and deletion

• Save on your device: Deleted when you delete the game.
• Copy in iCloud: Deleting the game does not delete it; your progress comes back when you reinstall. To delete it: in the game, Settings > Delete cloud save. This deletes the iCloud copy and the save on this device together; it cannot be undone. Unused Hints are lost too. If another device with iCloud on uses the same Apple Account, its save may be uploaded again; to delete everywhere, delete on those devices too or first turn off iCloud for this app.
• Support emails: Kept for 2 years after the matter is closed, then deleted. You can ask for earlier deletion.
• Data held by Apple and Google: Kept under their own policies.

Because the game has no account, we don't hold the data on your device. We can't view or delete it for you; you can delete it yourself by deleting the game.

8. Withdrawing consent

• Ad consent in Europe: In the game's Settings screen.
• Apple's analytics sharing: Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.
• iCloud save: Turn it off for this app in the iCloud section of your Apple Account in iPhone Settings; the save then stays only on the device.
• Game Center: You can sign out of Game Center; the game plays without it.

Withdrawing consent doesn't stop you from playing and doesn't affect what happened before.

9. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection.

Under Article 11 of the KVKK you may:

• Learn whether your data is processed and request information about it
• Learn the purpose of processing and whether data is used for it
• Know the third parties it is transferred to
• Request correction, deletion or destruction, and that third parties be notified of this
• Object to a result against you arising solely from automated analysis
• Claim compensation for damage

To use your rights, write to support@tapengame.com. We answer free of charge within 30 days.

You can also complain:

• Your national data protection authority: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en
• In Turkey: the Personal Data Protection Board, https://www.kvkk.gov.tr

10. Security

We keep the data we receive to a minimum, store nothing on servers of our own, and limit access to our provider accounts. No method gives absolute security.

11. Changes

We may update this policy. For important changes we show the new text in the game. The version and effective date are at the top.

12. Contact

AHMET TUNA YAŞAROĞLU
support@tapengame.com