Privacy policy

Scope and developer

This policy explains how the native iOS and Android versions of The Parking King and this support website handle information. The developer and data controller is JiaWen Xu, based in mainland China. Contact for support and privacy requests: xjw7624@gmail.com.

The iOS version integrates Google AdMob advertising, Google User Messaging Platform (UMP) privacy choices, and Apple StoreKit in-app purchases. The current Android version provides local gameplay and anonymous online leaderboards, but does not integrate AdMob or Google Play Billing. The advertising and purchase sections below apply to the iOS version offering those features. Available features depend on your installed version.

This policy does not cover the WeChat mini-game, which uses separate platform services and privacy information.

Game data on your device

The game stores level progress, stars, coins, hearts, settings, and language preferences on your device so you can continue playing. Cross-device cloud saves for ordinary level progress and settings are not provided. Operating system backups may retain or restore this data.

When you use online leaderboards, the device also stores anonymous sign-in and refresh credentials to access your cloud records. Here, “anonymous” means you do not need to supply a real name or email. An optional public nickname, a persistent identity, and scores may still be personal data; this does not mean records cannot be linked to the same player. Names you choose to hide are recorded in a list on this device.

The game does not request access to contacts, photos, the microphone, or precise location, or require a real name, email address, or avatar to play.

Anonymous online leaderboards

The driving-test time and Endless streak leaderboards on iOS and Android use Supabase. Accessing online ranking features, such as reading a leaderboard, submitting an eligible score, or starting an online Endless run, automatically creates an anonymous identity without an email address or password.

The device sends authentication credentials, board/level/rules versions, times, streaks, run state, and completion information. The server stores an anonymous user ID, a random public code, best times, highest streaks, current online runs, and request deduplication and rate-limit information. Public rankings show other players the random code, score, and rank, not the internal user ID or sign-in credentials.

In versions offering nickname editing, opening the nickname feature in Settings also accesses the cloud service. The default name is a localized Driver label and a five-digit code. You may choose a public nickname of 2–12 letters or numbers; duplicate names are allowed. The nickname is linked to your current anonymous identity and shown to other players with your rank and score. Do not enter real names, contact details, impersonations, abusive language, or discriminatory content. Names are validated and subjected to basic filtering when saved; filtering cannot detect every inappropriate expression in every language.

Tap another player’s custom nickname on a leaderboard to report and hide that name on this device. The service stores reporter and reported identities, a snapshot of the reported name, timestamps, and review status to review concerns and address abuse. The developer can hide a name and restrict further renaming. There is no private messaging, chat, or free-text report input. Reports and contact email addresses are not shown to other players.

We use this information to display rankings, identify your records, validate results, continue online runs, and prevent abuse. The game does not provide this ranking information to advertising services for ad targeting. Local Endless scores are not uploaded. Network services also receive IP addresses and request metadata for connectivity, security, and operational logs. See the Supabase privacy policy.

iOS advertising and third-party data

The iOS app uses Google AdMob for rewarded video and interstitial ads. The Google Mobile Ads SDK may process IP addresses and inferred approximate location, device or app identifiers, ad impressions and video views, clicks and other interactions, and crash/performance diagnostics. Purposes include serving and measuring ads, advertising analytics, and fraud prevention. Serving or interacting with ads may also involve Google’s advertising technology partners, as described in the privacy message and its choices.

Access to Apple’s advertising identifier (IDFA) is subject to iOS tracking permission. Personalized advertising and related processing also depend on applicable regional requirements and your privacy choices. The game does not itself collect precise GPS location. Development builds use test ads; advertising in release builds is subject to the same consent controls.

The game does not separately integrate Firebase Analytics or Crashlytics. This does not mean the ad SDK performs no analytics or diagnostic processing. See Google’s privacy policy, how Google uses information from partners, and advertising and choices.

Privacy choices and withdrawing consent

On iOS, Google UMP retrieves your privacy-choice status and presents applicable messages when required by the service. The game requests ads only after UMP indicates ads may be requested. That does not necessarily mean you consented to every personalized advertising purpose.

When Google requires a privacy-options entry point, “Privacy options” appears in the game’s Settings. Use it to review or change applicable choices, including refusal, withdrawal, or opt-out choices offered by the form. iOS tracking permission is separate and can be changed in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

Refusing iOS tracking permission does not turn off all ads or necessary network processing. Depending on your choices and service availability, non-personalized/limited ads or no ads may be available. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing based on that consent. Contact xjw7624@gmail.com for applicable targeted-advertising opt-out or other privacy requests.

An active Lifetime Premium entitlement stops the game’s ad requests and displays. It does not erase data already lawfully received by advertising providers, or prevent necessary connections for restoring purchases and online ranking features you use.

iOS purchases and restoring access

Lifetime Premium is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase through Apple StoreKit. Apple handles system-account authentication, payment, and refunds. The game does not receive your Apple Account password or full payment-card details.

StoreKit provides the app with product IDs, local prices, and signed transaction/entitlement information, such as transaction identifiers, product type, and refund/revocation status. The app uses this information to validate and grant access, prevent duplicate delivery, restore purchases, and respond to revocations. The current implementation does not upload purchase transactions to Supabase leaderboards.

Deleting local game data or a ranking identity does not cancel an Apple purchase. Use “Restore purchases” on the purchase page. Refunds and purchase records held by Apple are managed through Apple. See App Store & Privacy.

Support email and website visits

If you email xjw7624@gmail.com, the address, name (if included), issue description, device/OS/game versions, and screenshots you choose to provide are used to reply, troubleshoot, and handle privacy requests. Support correspondence is processed using Google’s Gmail email service. The website has no feedback form; email links open your email app. Do not send passwords, sign-in tokens, or full payment-card numbers.

Google Firebase Hosting hosts this website. Its pages contain no advertising, Google Analytics, or other analytics scripts, and set no website tracking cookies. Firebase Hosting processes request IP addresses for abuse prevention and usage analysis; its documentation states that IP data is retained for a few months. See Firebase privacy and security information. In-game advertising and website hosting are separate processing contexts.

Recipients, locations, and security

Relevant information is processed by Supabase (identity and rankings), Google (iOS advertising, privacy messages, website hosting, and support email), Apple (iOS purchases and store services), and their necessary infrastructure providers for the purposes above. Public rankings also show other players the limited public information described earlier. We may disclose limited information where necessary to comply with law, address disputes, or protect service security.

The Supabase project’s core database, authentication service, and backups are in US East (us-east-1). Operational logs, technical support, and other providers’ processing may involve other countries. The developer is based in mainland China and may access necessary information from there when handling support or administering services. Excluding mainland China storefronts does not mean all processing occurs outside mainland China.

Applicable data-protection obligations and transfer arrangements depend on the recipient, service terms, and local requirements. We use providers’ data-processing terms and applicable transfer mechanisms, including standard contractual clauses where required. Contact us for information about applicable safeguards. See Supabase’s data residency and transfers information.

Connections to services use HTTPS, with authentication and access controls to protect data. Access is limited to operational and support needs. No storage or transmission method can guarantee absolute security.

Retention and deletion

• Local data: Retained until app data is deleted or reset. Uninstalling or clearing data may remove local progress; operating system backups may restore it.
• Ranking identity and records: Currently retained until you request in-app cloud deletion or we discontinue the relevant service. Use “Delete cloud data” in the driving-test level-selection leaderboard or the Endless entry leaderboard. It deletes the current anonymous identity, nickname, both boards’ scores, online runs, and reports associated with that identity, without changing local progress or Apple purchases. Reports are retained until deletion to allow review and follow-up. Deletion is not offered within an active online run’s leaderboard; return to the entry screen. Using rankings again creates a new identity.
• Changing devices or uninstalling: Does not automatically delete server records. Losing local anonymous credentials may prevent access to the former identity. Use in-app deletion first where possible.
• Support email: Kept for the time needed to handle the request and reasonable follow-up, then deleted or de-identified when no longer needed. Legal obligations, security incidents, or disputes may require retaining necessary records.
• Provider records: Advertising/consent records, store transactions, technical logs, and backups follow each provider’s retention policies and applicable law, and may be removed later than live game records. Firebase Hosting retains IP data for a few months. In-app cloud deletion cannot erase records independently processed by Apple or Google.

Legal bases and privacy rights

Where a legal basis is required, we process information necessary to provide the game, rankings, and purchases you request; use proportionate information for legitimate interests such as security, fraud prevention, and support while considering your rights; obtain consent for personalized advertising, tracking, or device access where required; and process necessary information to meet legal obligations.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to know about, access, correct, delete, receive a copy of or port your data, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, and opt out of applicable targeted advertising, sale, or sharing. Some jurisdictions may treat targeted-advertising disclosures as a “sale” or “sharing.” Use the privacy choices and system controls above, or email xjw7624@gmail.com with requests, including any applicable appeal of a denied request. We respond within applicable time limits and do not discriminate for exercising privacy rights.

Reasonable verification may be needed to locate records and avoid deleting another person’s data. Prefer in-app deletion for anonymous rankings; do not email sign-in tokens. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

Audience and distribution

The game is intended for a general audience, is not in the App Store Kids Category, and is not directed to children under 13 or children requiring special parental consent under local law. Store content ratings are distinct from the age for privacy consent; local requirements apply. If a parent or guardian believes a child supplied personal information without required authorization, contact xjw7624@gmail.com. We will investigate and handle or delete the information as applicable.

Distribution is planned for available overseas storefronts, excluding mainland China. Actual availability follows the store listing. We update this policy when features, recipients, or data practices change.

Policy updates and contact

The effective and last-updated dates appear at the top of this page. Material changes are published here and, where appropriate or legally required, communicated in the app. We seek fresh consent where required. Contact for privacy and support: xjw7624@gmail.com.