PRIVACY POLICY

The Gelesen app is provided by Doppeltilde and is intended for use as is.

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy is used to inform visitors, users, and customers regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of (Personal) Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

If you choose to use Gelesen, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information, if any, that we collect is used for providing and improving Gelesen. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at Terms of Service unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide a safe, engaging, and personalized gaming experience.

1.1. Information You Provide

• Account Data: When you sign up, we may collect your username, email address, password (encrypted), profile picture, or other optional profile information.
• Social Features: Posts, messages, comments, or shared content you create within the app.
• In-Game Data: Progress, achievements, stats, and preferences associated with your account.
• Support Requests: Information you provide when contacting our support team.

1.2. Automatically Collected Information

• Device Information: Device type, operating system, app version, unique identifiers (e.g., IDFA, Android Ad ID).
• Usage Data: Logins, interactions, session duration, crashes, and performance data.
• Cookies and Analytics: To measure usage and improve performance.

1.3. Third-Party Data If you connect your account with third-party platforms, we may receive limited profile data such as name, email, or profile picture, in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data to:

• Operate and improve the Service.
• Personalize gameplay, recommendations, and social features.
• Provide customer support.
• Prevent fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms of Service.
• Send service-related updates and optional marketing communications (only with your consent).
• Analyze aggregated usage trends to improve performance.

3. Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information only in the following cases:

• Service Providers: Trusted partners who help us operate and improve the Service (e.g., hosting, analytics, push notifications, ad networks).
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or government request.
• Business Transfers: If we merge, sell, or reorganize parts of our business, user data may be transferred as part of that transaction.

4. Advertising and Analytics

We may show contextual or personalized ads using third-party networks. You can opt out of personalized ads in your device settings (Limit Ad Tracking on iOS or Ads Personalization on Android).

Analytics tools may collect anonymous usage data to help us understand engagement and improve performance.

5. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate our Service;
• To provide the Service on our behalf;
• To perform Service-related services; or
• To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties do not have access to their personal information. The only reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use any information you give us for any other purpose.

Links to the privacy policy of third party service providers used by the application:

• Appwrite
• Better Stack
• Google Services
• OpenAI
• RevenueCat
• xAI

Links to the privacy policy of single sign-on providers:

• Apple [Scopes: Email]
• Discord [Scopes: Email]
• Facebook [Scopes: Email]
• Google [Scopes: Email]
• Twitch [Scopes: Email]
• Microsoft [Scopes: Email]
• X [Scopes: Email]

6. Security

We value your trust in providing us with your information, if any, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not directed toward children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU). If we become aware that a child has provided personal data without parental consent, we will remove it promptly.

9. Age Assurance

This section outlines our approach to age assurance to provide appropriate experiences, restrict access to certain content or functionalities where necessary, and comply with applicable laws and platform requirements, including the Google Play Age Signals API and Apple’s Declared Age Range framework.

How We Approach Age Assurance:

Where our service, or specific parts of it, may present content or functionalities that could be harmful or inappropriate for children, we implement age assurance mechanisms. These mechanisms help determine user age ranges to ensure compliance and deliver suitable experiences.

Our age assurance methods may include (but are not limited to):

• Self-declaration: Users may be asked to declare their age upon registration or when attempting to access age-restricted content.
• Platform-Provided Signals: On Android devices, we may utilize the Google Play Age Signals API to receive age-related signals directly from Google Play where available and legally permitted. On iOS devices, we may use Apple’s Declared Age Range API to request and receive broad age range information shared by users or their parents/guardians.
• Verification Tools: When legally required to conduct more stringent age verification, we will only use our in-house developed machine learning (ML) age estimation system, no third-party will have access to your data.
• Supplementary verification (where necessary): In cases where our machine learning evaluation is uncertain, or if required for specific high-risk functionalities, we may, if legally permissible and necessary, request additional verification methods. This could potentially involve, for example, requesting a user to confirm their age through manual verification by our team.

We use these signals and methods solely to tailor content, restrict access where appropriate, and fulfill legal obligations. Data obtained via platform APIs is handled in accordance with the respective platform’s terms and our strict purpose limitations.

Data We Process for Age Assurance and Estimation:

We may receive age range information through platform APIs (Google Play Age Signals or Apple Declared Age Range) without collecting or storing precise dates of birth from these sources. When you provide a selfie for our in-house facial age estimation, our ML system processes the image solely to analyze facial features for age estimation purposes.

We want to be clear:

• No Selfie Storage: The selfie image itself is deleted once the age estimation process has concluded.
• No Direct Identification: The ML system estimates age only and does not identify you or create a permanent biometric profile for re-identification. Processing focuses exclusively on age-indicative patterns.
• Minimal Data: We process only the data necessary for age estimation or to act on platform-provided age signals.
• No training: The selfie you provide us will not be used to train our ML systems.
• Purpose Limitation and Retention: Age-related data is used exclusively for age assurance, content appropriateness, and legal compliance. We do not use it for advertising, profiling, or unrelated purposes. We retain such data only as long as necessary and in accordance with platform policies (e.g., no long-term storage of Google Play Age Signals where prohibited).

For details on data sharing with platform providers (Google or Apple), please refer to their respective privacy policies, as they process certain information independently when providing these age signals. This approach ensures we respect user privacy while maintaining a safe and compliant environment. If you have questions about our age assurance practices, please contact us using the details provided in this Privacy Policy.

10. Your Rights

Depending on your region (e.g., EU/EEA, UK, or US States), you may have the following rights:

• Access and receive a copy of your data.
• Request correction or removal.
• Object to processing or withdraw consent.
• Request data portability.

11. Data Retention

• We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above or as required by law.
• Inactive accounts may be deleted after a certain period of time (e.g., 12 months).

12. International Transfers

Your data may be processed on servers located outside your country of residence. We ensure such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws (e.g., EU Standard Contractual Clauses, or EU-US Data Privacy Framework).

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of significant changes through the app. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page, unless stated otherwise.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at hello(at)doppeltilde.com

Last Updated: 04/27/2026