Block Exploder Master KVKK Privacy Notice
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This notice informs people who play the Block Exploder Master game ("the game") in Türkiye about the processing of their personal data, as required by Article 10 of Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data ("KVKK" or the "Law") and the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles for Fulfilling the Obligation to Inform. It is an English translation of the KVKK Aydınlatma Metni; if the two differ, the Turkish text prevails.
The short notice shown when the game is first opened in Türkiye is a summary of this notice. Its "I have read and understood" button only confirms that you have been informed; it does not mean that you give consent ("explicit consent" under the Law).
1. Data controller
Yusuf GAMSIZ, the developer of the game (developer name on Google Play: GAMSIZ). Email: gamsizgames@gmail.com.
2. What personal data is processed, and how
The game does not ask you for identity or contact details such as your name, email or phone number. While you play, the following data is processed automatically through the Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google's ads library) built into the game and the consent library that comes with it (Google User Messaging Platform):
- device and connection information: IP address; the advertising ID, the app set ID and, where applicable, other identifiers related to accounts signed in on the device; cookies and similar records that the ads library writes to the game's storage; technical information such as device model, operating system version and language setting,
- approximate location: general location estimated from the IP address (for example the city),
- usage and ad interaction information: app launches, taps, video views and the ads shown,
- diagnostics: launch time, hang rate, energy usage and error logs of the ads library.
At every launch, the consent library asks Google whether a consent form must be shown for ads in your region; this sends your IP address to Google. This form is not shown in Türkiye.
The ads and consent libraries do not start, and send no data, until you tap "I have read and understood" on the first-launch notice.
Your game progress, settings and statistics are stored only on your device and are not sent to the developer. To decide whether the notice must be shown and whether to request only non-personalized ads from Google, the game checks, at every launch, the country of the SIM card in your device; if there is no SIM card, the country of the mobile network; if that is not available either, your device's region setting; and if that is not set either, its language setting. If this country is Türkiye (or, when only the language can be checked, the language is Turkish), the game treats you as a player in Türkiye. It reads this on your device only; it does not store it or send it to anyone. For a player in Türkiye, a "non-personalized ads" flag is added to ad requests.
If you email us (for example with a question or an application about your rights), your email address and your message are also processed.
3. Purposes and legal grounds
The data in section 2 is processed for the purposes below, on the legal grounds stated next to them:
| Purpose | Legal ground |
|---|---|
| Data processed by the ads and consent libraries: showing ads so that the game can be offered for free (a full-screen interstitial ad at the end of some games and the rewarded ads you choose to watch); measuring ads and limiting how often the same ad is shown; analyzing how the ads library works and performs (diagnostics); preventing abuse such as fake clicks and fake impressions; determining whether consent is needed for ads in your region | Law Art. 5(2)(f): processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of the controller (offering the game for free through ad revenue and preventing abuse), provided it does not harm your fundamental rights and freedoms |
| Replying to your email and concluding your request | For applications about your rights, Law Art. 5(2)(ç): processing is necessary for the controller to fulfil its legal obligation; for other correspondence, Law Art. 5(2)(f): the controller's legitimate interest (being able to reply to you) |
When you watch a rewarded ad, the piece you get in return is recorded only on your device; no additional personal data is processed for this.
No personalized ads. For everyone the game treats as a player in Türkiye (section 2), the game requests only non-personalized ads from Google: ads are not chosen based on your interests; they are shown based on the game's content and the general location estimated from the IP address. The advertising ID and IP address are still processed for these ads for the purposes in the table above (limiting how often an ad is shown, measurement, preventing abuse). You can reset or delete your Google advertising ID in your device settings (depending on the device, Settings > Google > All services > Ads or Settings > Privacy > Ads; on some phones the ID under Privacy belongs to the phone maker).
4. Who receives the data, and why
The data processed by the ads and consent libraries is transferred for the purposes above, on the legal ground stated in the table in section 3 (Law Art. 5(2)(f)), to Google (Google LLC and its affiliates), which provides the ad service. The data goes directly from the game to Google; because Google processes it on servers outside Türkiye, this counts as a transfer abroad. To show ads, Google may share some of this data with advertisers and ad partners. Google also processes this data for its own purposes as an independent controller, for example to provide, protect and improve its services; this processing is subject to Google's own privacy policy. Details: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.
The developer does not receive this data itself and does not share it with anyone other than Google; in AdMob the developer only sees aggregated ad reports that do not identify you.
Because our email address is a Gmail account, the emails you send us are stored on servers abroad by Google, which provides the email service.
5. Retention
The developer does not keep the data processed by the ads and consent libraries. Google's retention periods are set out in the Google Privacy Policy; according to Google, ad-serving logs are anonymized by removing part of the IP address after 9 months and cookie information after 18 months. We keep the emails you send us until your request is concluded and for one year after that, and then delete them. Game data on your device stays there until you uninstall the game or clear its app data.
6. Your rights
You can apply to the controller to exercise your rights under Article 11 of the Law; for example, you can find out whether your personal data is processed and to whom it is transferred, and ask for it to be corrected or erased.
7. How to apply
In line with the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles of Application to the Data Controller, you can sign your request with a secure electronic signature or a mobile signature and send it by email to gamsizgames@gmail.com. Your application must include your name and surname, your Turkish ID number (or, if you are not a Turkish citizen, your nationality and passport number or ID number, if any), your residential or business address for notifications, your email address and phone number if any, and your request.
We will conclude your request free of charge as soon as possible according to its nature, and within 30 days at the latest. Because ad data is held by Google, you can also send requests about that data to Google through the ways described in the Google Privacy Policy.
8. Complaint to the Personal Data Protection Board
If your application is rejected, you find the answer insufficient, or no answer is given in time, you can complain to the Personal Data Protection Board (Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurulu) within 30 days from the date you learn of the answer, and in any case within 60 days from the date of your application (Law Art. 14).
The game's general privacy practices are described in the Privacy Policy. Before we start processing your data for a new purpose, we will inform you by showing the first-launch notice again. If we update this notice, we will publish the new text on this page and change the "Last updated" date at the top.