Metro Simulation

1 Introduction

Welcome to Metro Simulation (“we”, “our”, or “us”), developed and published by Winterfield Intelligence. This Privacy Policy explains how data is handled when you download, install, and play Metro Simulation (Package ID: com.winterfieldintelligence.minimetrosimulation).

The Android game is a fully offline subway-puzzle game: you draw lines, run trains, and manage a growing city. There are no accounts, no advertising SDKs, no analytics SDKs, and no Winterfield Intelligence servers receiving your gameplay — in full compliance with this Policy and Google Play Developer Program Policies, including the User Data policy.

2 No User Account & Offline Play

Metro Simulation does not require registration, login, or account creation on Android.

• You can play immediately without providing any personal information.
• We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or passwords.
• We do not create or maintain online user accounts or player profiles for this game.
• The game runs offline after install — no internet connection is needed to play.

3 Game Data Stored on Your Device

A. Saved game (local only). Your current run — day, week, stations, lines, trains, resources, city, difficulty, and progress counters — is stored in app-private local storage (metro_simulation_save_v1) so you can pause and resume. It never leaves your phone.

B. Settings & preferences. Choices such as sound, haptics/vibration, theme, and tutorial state live in on-device preferences / WebView local storage.

C. Nothing else. We do not record voice, contacts, photos, location history, or gameplay videos. There is no chat, no leaderboard upload, and no cloud save in the Android build.

4 Device Permissions

The Android manifest declares only the baseline permission needed to run the game WebView. The game does not request sensitive permissions.

• INTERNET — declared for the embedded WebView runtime; the offline game itself makes no network requests, sends no gameplay data, and loads no remote ads or trackers.
• Vibrate / haptics — used only on-device for touch feedback when drawing lines or completing actions (no permission prompt on most devices, no data collected).

The game does not request location, camera, microphone, contacts, SMS, call log, files/media harvesting, or Accessibility access.

5 No Ads, Analytics or Third-Party SDKs

Metro Simulation contains no behavioral tracking, advertising identifiers, analytics scripts, crash-reporting SDKs, attribution SDKs, or social SDKs that profile activity across apps or websites.

• No banner, interstitial, or rewarded ads.
• No in-app purchase billing library phoning home with personal data.
• No Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics, Facebook, or ad-mediation SDKs in the Android build.
• We do not track your IP address, advertising ID, or device identifiers.

6 Network Use

The Android game has no background network activity of its own and is fully playable in airplane mode. If you open a system link (for example a support email link), that action leaves the game and is handled by your own mail app or browser under that service's policy.

A separate web preview of the same game may use sign-in provided by its hosting platform; that web version is not the Play Store Android app covered by this page and its sign-in is never required in the Android game.

7 Data Sharing, Selling & Third-Party Access

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share any user data with third parties — because we collect none.

Since gameplay never leaves your device, there is no data sale, no data broker transfer, and no third-party processing of gameplay on our behalf.

8 Children's Privacy (COPPA & Google Play Families Policy)

Metro Simulation is a general-audience puzzle game suitable for all ages.

• We comply fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Google Play Families Policies.
• We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where applicable law requires).
• Because the game has no accounts, personal-data forms, analytics, or ads, no children's personal data is ever obtained.

9 Data Retention & User Control / Deletion

Because everything is stored locally on your device, you hold full control at all times:

• New game / delete save: starting a new game or quitting a run from inside the game overwrites or removes the local save.
• Clear App Data: Android Settings > Apps > Metro Simulation > Storage > Clear Data.
• Uninstall: uninstalling permanently removes all locally stored game data. No background service remains.

There is no server-side copy to delete, because none exists.

10 Security

Saves and settings live in app-private storage and the app sandbox, which no other app can read. By keeping everything on-device with no login servers, the attack surface is minimal.

No method of electronic storage is 100% secure, so please also protect your device with a screen lock and keep Android up to date.

11 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements or game features. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Effective Date” at the top of the policy. If the game ever adds online features, this policy will be updated before they ship.

12 Contact Us

If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Metro Simulation, please contact us: