Last Updated: July 11, 2014
We take privacy seriously here at Cromulent Labs. And we know that you don't want to wade through a bunch of legalese, so here is our privacy policy in plain English.
We are not spammers and we will never sell your information to any third party ever. All information that we obtain from you through the use of our service is used in order to provide basic functionality or enhance your experience of our product.
When you sign in, we ask for you to sign-in through Facebook or directly using your email address. Through either method we collect your email address in order to create an account with a unique identifier that is easy for you to remember and which makes it easy for friends to connect to you. We also use this email to occasionally send you useful email messages such as a welcome email when you start playing that let's you know how to opt out of receiving any more email communication from us.
If you sign-up directly, we ask you to provide a username which we store with your account. This username is used to refer to you to your friends when you are playing a game. You can change this username at any time in the Account page which is located under Settings. Note that doing so can make it more difficult for your partners to find you.
If you sign-up directly, you are asked to provide a password so that your account is protected from other people attempting to act as you within our application. We never store your password in plain-text, we only store a one-way hash of your password, for your protection.
If you sign-in through Facebook, we store your unique Facebook ID to associate it with your account. It is then used to connect you when your Facebook friends attempt to start a new game with you.
If you sign-in through Facebook, we store your first and last name to associate it with your account. Your first name and last initial can be used to refer to you to your friends when you are playing a game in lieu of a username.
If you sign-in through Facebook or provide a photo in the Account screen, we store the image with your account and will display it to any partners you start a game with.
If you attempt to start a new multi-player game with one of your contacts, we only send one-way hashes of your contact email addresses to our servers in order to highlight which of your friends already has Crossword Connect installed. This means that we do not see your friend's email addresses and therefore we cannot and would not use those email addresses to contact your friends without your knowledge or consent. We do not store this information or use it in any other way.
If you choose to start a game with one of your friends who is not yet registered with Crossword Connect, we will send them an email invitation to download the game in order to play with you and their email address is associated with the game so that you will be properly partnered up with them when they join. We do not use your friend's email address in any other way.
If you attempt to start a new multi-player game with one of your Facebook friends, we send one-way hashes of your Facebook friend's Facebook IDs to our servers in order to highlight which of your friends already has Crossword Connect installed. This means that we do not see your friend's Facebook IDs and therefore we cannot and would not use those IDs to contact your friends without your knowledge or consent. We do not store this information or use it in any other way.
If you choose to start a game with one of your Facebook friends who is not yet registered with Crossword Connect, we will send them an invitation to download the game on Facebook in order to play with you and their Facebook ID is associated with the game so that you will be properly partnered up with them when they join. We do not use your friend's Facebook ID in any other way.
We send several unique identifiers for your device to our servers and store them so that we can associate your Crossword Connect account with all of the devices that you play it on. The identifiers we use are: 1) A unique identifier generated for the app, 2) The IdentifierForVendor which is a unique ID generated by IOS for all Cromulent Labs applications, 3) The IdentifierForAdvertiser which is a unique, resettable identifier generated by IOS to identify your device for advertising purposes, 4) A push notification token for sending you push notifications if you opt in to them.
If you sign-in through Facebook, then our application communicates with Facebook via their SDK in order to log you into your Facebook account and obtain access to your friends list so that you can easily start new games with your Facebook friends. Facebook may collect information about your use of our application when you sign-in or play games with your Facebook friends. We do not send any of the information we collect from you to Facebook, but they may collect information via their SDK or from you directly when you interact with their dialog screens in our application.
You can view Facebook's privacy policy here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
We use the Flurry SDK for analytics and advertising. Flurry may collect information about your device and activities within our application in order to provide us with aggregate information that we can use to enhance your experience and also to help us monetize your use of our application. We do not send any of the information we collect from you to Flurry, but they may collect information via their SDK.
You can view Flurry's privacy policy here: http://www.flurry.com/privacy-policy.html
We may or may not display advertising from the following companies via their respective SDKs. Again, we do not send any of the information we collect from you to any of these partners, but they may collect information via their SDKs.
Cromulent Labs uses reasonable efforts to help protect your personal information against unauthorized access and unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. However, we cannot guarantee that your personal information will be absolutely protected. For example, your personal information may be affected by actions outside of our control, such as computer "hacking" and physical theft. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post all changes to this Privacy Policy on this page and will indicate at the top of the page the modified policy's effective date.
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