Ink Metro

Privacy Policy

Effective November 15, 2026

In short. Ink Metro Tycoon has no account and no server of its own: your progress stays on your phone. What leaves it: rewarded ads from Google AdMob, Google's consent form where the law asks for it, and, on iPhone, a check with the App Store for a newer version. We collect nothing about you ourselves and never sell data.

1. Who we are

Ink Metro Tycoon (the "game") is developed and published by Sergey Li ("we", "us"). Contact: support@alienminds.net.

2. What stays on your phone

The game saves on your device only: your progress (cities, stations, lines, landmarks, money, food cards, passport stamps), your settings (language, sound), when you last played (to count the income earned while you were away) and when the game last asked for a rating or showed an update notice. We never receive it. Deleting the game deletes it. Your phone's own backup (iCloud or Google) may include it, under your agreement with Apple or Google.

3. What leaves your phone

DataWho gets it and why
Advertising data: device identifiers (the advertising ID on Android), IP address, device and app information, ad interactionsGoogle AdMob, to show rewarded videos and measure them and to prevent fraud. See section 4.
Consent choice (EEA, UK, Switzerland)Google's User Messaging Platform keeps your answer to the consent form so ads respect it.
Version check (iPhone only): the game's App Store IDApple's public App Store lookup, at most once an hour, to tell you when a newer version is out. Like any web request, Apple sees your IP address.
RatingOn iPhone the game uses Apple's own rating prompt, handled by Apple. On Android our card opens Google Play only if you tap it.

We don't use analytics services, we don't run a server for the game, and we do not collect location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone data. We do not track you across other companies' apps or websites.

4. Ads (Google AdMob)

The game shows a video ad only when you tap to watch one, to double the income earned while you were away. The ads SDK starts with the game and keeps one video ready, so it may contact Google before you watch anything.

  • In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland we first ask for your consent through Google's form. You can change your choice any time: Settings → Ads and consent.
  • On iPhone the game does not ask for permission to track you, so your device's advertising identifier (IDFA) is not shared with ads.
  • On Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in the system settings.

How Google uses data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

5. Service providers

  • Google AdMob — rewarded ads and the consent form.
  • Apple App Store and Google Play — distribution, ratings and, on iPhone, the version check.
  • Vercel — hosting of this website (it sets no cookies and runs no analytics).

These providers may process data outside your country under their own safeguards. We do not sell personal data or share it for money.

6. Legal bases (EEA, UK)

Saving your progress on your device is needed to provide the game. Personalised ads rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time in Settings → Ads and consent without affecting earlier processing.

7. Deleting your data

Delete the game and your progress is gone: we hold no copy. To reset what ads know, use your system's advertising settings or Google's own tools.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or California law) you can ask to access, correct or delete your data, object to or restrict processing, and complain to your data protection authority. Since we keep nothing about you, most requests are answered by deleting the game; write to us with any question and we will answer within 30 days.

9. Children

The game is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them (or below the higher age set by local law).

10. Changes

If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the game.

11. Contact

Sergey Li · support@alienminds.net