Privacy Policy — Shifting Gates

Last updated: 2 October 2026 · Applies to com.mhr.shiftinggates

Shifting Gates is a single-player puzzle game published by Mahir Yüksel. This policy explains, in plain terms, what the app does and does not do with information.

Short version

We do not collect any personal data ourselves. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics of our own and no server of ours. Your progress stays on your device.

The game shows ads, served by Google AdMob. To show and measure them, Google's ad software in the app collects some information from your device, described below. The game works without a network connection; with none, it simply shows no ads.

What is stored on your device

The game saves your progress locally so you can close it and come back. That save contains only:

• the level you have reached and how many levels you have completed;
• your in-game coin balance;
• your sound, vibration and language preferences.

This is written with Android's standard app-preferences storage, stays inside the app's own private storage area, and is never uploaded by us. It contains no name, no email address, no device identifier, and no location.

Advertising (Google AdMob)

Ads appear between some levels, and as optional videos you can choose to watch for in-game coins. They are provided by Google AdMob. When the app requests or shows an ad, Google's Mobile Ads SDK may collect and process:

• your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers;
• your IP address, and an approximate location derived from it;
• device and app information, such as model, operating system and language;
• interactions with ads (for example, which ads were shown or tapped);
• diagnostic information, such as crash and performance data from the SDK.

Google uses this to deliver ads, to measure them, to prevent fraud and to show ads based on your interests — unless you opt out (see below) or, where the law requires it, only with your consent. The information goes to Google, not to us; we see only aggregated reports. How Google uses it is explained in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and in Google's Privacy Policy.

Your choices

• In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland (and other places where the law requires it), the game asks for your consent through Google's consent form before any ad is requested. You can change your choice at any time: Settings → Privacy in the game.
• On any Android device you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads: Android Settings → Google → Ads (on some devices: Settings → Privacy → Ads).
• Without a network connection the game plays fully and no ad data is sent.

Deleting your data

• Your progress — Main menu → Reset Progress, or Android Settings → Apps → Shifting Gates → Storage → Clear data, or uninstall the app. Nothing of it is held anywhere else.
• Advertising data is held by Google. Resetting or deleting your advertising ID (see above) breaks its link to your device; Google's own tools are described in its Privacy Policy.

Permissions

The app requests no runtime permissions. It does not use the camera, microphone, contacts, location, or files. It uses the network permission to fetch ads, and Google's ad SDK declares the advertising ID permission (com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID).

Children

Shifting Gates is rated for general audiences. It is not directed at children under 13, and ads in it are limited to content suitable for general audiences.

Third parties

The app is built with the Unity engine; Unity's own analytics and reporting services are switched off in the build. The only third-party service in the app is Google AdMob, with Google's User Messaging Platform for consent. There is no analytics SDK, crash-reporting service or payment provider.

Changes to this policy

If a future version of the game changes what is collected or shared, this page will be updated before that version is published, and the date at the top will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy: mailmhr17@gmail.com