Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon

Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: September 27, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon (“Game”), developed and published by Michael Asaraf (“we”, “us”, or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use the Game.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you may contact us at:

Michael Asaraf
Email: michael.asaraf@gmail.com

1. Information We Collect

Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon does not require players to create an account.

We do not ask you to provide:

The Game requests internet access in order to provide features including advertising, analytics, purchases, configuration updates, and Google Maps functionality.

Some technical and usage information is automatically processed by third-party services used by the Game, as explained below.

2. Firebase Analytics

We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand how players interact with the Game, improve gameplay, identify technical issues, evaluate features, and balance the Game.

Gameplay events that may be collected include:

Firebase Analytics may also automatically process information such as:

We do not intentionally send your name, email address, precise GPS location, or other direct personal identifiers to Firebase Analytics.

Where required by applicable law, analytics processing is based on your consent.

3. Firebase Remote Config

We use Google Firebase Remote Config to remotely manage Game settings and configurations.

This may include:

Firebase Remote Config may use a Firebase installation identifier to provide configuration data to your device.

4. Advertising

Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon displays advertisements, including rewarded advertisements and interstitial advertisements.

We use Google AdMob and may use third-party advertising partners through AdMob mediation.

Advertising providers may process information such as:

Depending on your location, applicable law, device settings, and privacy choices, advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized.

Advertising Partners

Our advertising providers may include:

Each advertising provider processes information according to its own privacy policy.

This list will be updated when advertising partners are added or removed.

5. Privacy Choices and Consent

Where required, we use Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to request and manage privacy choices.

Players can review or change available advertising and privacy choices from:

Settings → Privacy Choices

Depending on your region, these choices may include whether information may be used for personalized advertising, analytics, or other purposes.

For users in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions where similar rules apply, we generally rely on:

You may withdraw your consent through the Privacy Choices option where available. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

6. Google Play Billing

In-app purchases are processed through Google Play Billing.

Google handles your payment information directly.

We do not receive or store your:

We may receive information necessary to validate or provide a purchase, such as:

This information is used for purchase verification, delivering purchased content, preventing fraud, and restoring eligible purchases.

7. Google Maps

Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon uses Google Maps as part of its main gameplay experience.

When Google Maps content is loaded, Google may receive information such as:

The Game does not request your device's precise GPS location for Google Maps gameplay.

Google processes information associated with Google Maps according to Google's own privacy terms and policies.

8. Game Progress and Local Save Data

Your gameplay progress is stored locally on your device.

This may include information such as:

We currently do not provide cloud save functionality.

Because progress is stored locally:

Eligible purchases may be restored through Google Play where supported.

Locally stored Game progress is not transmitted to us as a cloud save.

9. How We Use Information

Information processed through the Game and its service providers may be used to:

We do not sell your name, email address, or other direct personal identifiers.

10. Sharing of Information

Information may be processed by service providers required to operate the Game, including:

These providers may process information on our behalf or as independent data controllers depending on the service and applicable law.

We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, or a valid request from a competent authority.

11. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers, including Google, may process information in the United States and other countries outside the country where you live.

As a result, information may be transferred to jurisdictions with different data-protection laws.

Where required, service providers use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.

12. Data Retention

Firebase Analytics data is retained according to the retention setting configured for the Game's Firebase/Google Analytics property.

Our current Firebase Analytics retention setting is:

2 months

Some aggregated reporting information may be retained for longer periods in accordance with Google's policies.

Advertising providers retain advertising and device information according to their own retention policies.

Purchase information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to verify purchases, prevent fraud, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes.

Local Game progress remains on your device until the Game or its application data is deleted.

13. Security

We use established third-party platforms and SDKs to operate analytics, advertising, purchases, and map services.

Data transmitted between the Game and supported services is handled using the security mechanisms provided by those services and the operating system.

No electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Children's Privacy

Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon is not directed specifically at children under the age of 13, or a higher minimum age where required by local law.

We do not knowingly ask children to provide names, email addresses, or other direct personal identifiers.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information through the Game, please contact:

michael.asaraf@gmail.com

We will review the request and take appropriate steps where required by applicable law.

If the Game is later intentionally offered to children as part of its target audience, our advertising configuration and privacy practices may be changed to comply with applicable child-directed advertising requirements and Google Play policies.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding information associated with your use of the Game.

These rights may include:

To exercise a privacy right, contact:

michael.asaraf@gmail.com

Because the Game does not use player accounts, we may need technical information such as your Firebase App Instance ID or similar identifier to identify data associated with your installation.

We may ask you to provide information reasonably necessary to locate the relevant records.

You may also change supported advertising and privacy choices directly from:

Settings → Privacy Choices

16. Deleting Your Data

Game progress stored locally can be deleted by clearing the Game's application data or uninstalling the Game.

For information stored by third-party services such as Firebase, you may contact us at:

michael.asaraf@gmail.com

Where technically possible and legally required, we can submit or facilitate deletion requests for data associated with an identifiable Game installation.

Some information may be retained where necessary for legal compliance, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, security, or other lawful purposes.

17. United States Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Depending on the law and the data involved, these rights may include access, deletion, correction, and the ability to opt out of certain advertising-related processing.

Available privacy and advertising choices can be accessed through:

Settings → Privacy Choices

You may also contact us at:

michael.asaraf@gmail.com

18. Third-Party Services

The Game relies on third-party services whose privacy practices are governed by their own policies, including:

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those providers.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the Game, third-party services, legal requirements, or our data practices change.

When we make material changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Policy and may provide additional notice where required by law.

Continued use of the Game after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means the updated policy applies to future use, subject to any consent requirements imposed by applicable law.

20. Contact

For questions, privacy requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Trade Empire: Cargo Tycoon, contact:

Michael Asaraf
Email: michael.asaraf@gmail.com