Budbrooke Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 1, 2026

This policy explains what happens to your information when you play Budbrooke: Garden Puzzle on Android. We have tried to keep it short and plain.

The short version

1. Who we are

Budbrooke is published by Richelle Hernandez Onda, an individual based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, under the studio name Onda Interactive Studios. We have not appointed a data protection officer; write to the address below for any privacy question.

Contact: support@onda.is. Postal address: Flat 416, Manazil Al Muraqqabat Building 1, Muraqqabat, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; P.O. Box 20164.

2. What is stored on your device

Budbrooke saves your progress inside the app, in the app's private storage on your phone or tablet, along with your settings, which purchases you own and your ad consent choices.

This data does not leave your device through us. We do not run a server that receives it. Deleting the app or clearing its data in your device settings removes it. See our Delete your data page.

3. Ads and the data the ads software collects

Budbrooke uses Google AdMob to show ads: rewarded videos (optional; a video plays only when you tap a "watch a video" button to earn a reward) and full-screen interstitial ads (shown occasionally when you move on to the next meadow). We do not use banner ads.

When ads are requested, Google's Mobile Ads software on your device automatically collects and sends information to Google. According to Google, this can include:

Google and its ad partners use this to deliver ads, to measure how ads perform, to prevent fraud and abuse, and, if you allow it, to show personalised ads. We do not receive this raw data. We receive only basic reports about ad performance and earnings. Google acts as an independent controller for its own use of this data. Under Google Play's Data safety rules, data that ad software in the app collects counts as data collected through the app and shared with Google, so we declare it in the store listing. See Google's privacy policy and how Google uses data from partner apps.

Who receives this data. The recipient is Google (AdMob) and the advertising partners Google works with. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google's consent screen lists the ad partners and lets you manage them. You can see the full list at Google's ad partners page. We use no other ad network.

Is giving this data optional? You do not have to give us any personal information to play. If you decline personalised ads, the game works the same.

4. Your choices about ads: consent and how to change it

Consent. Before ads start, the game shows Google's consent screen (Google's User Messaging Platform) where the law requires it. If you say no, the game works the same; you may still see ads, but they will be less relevant to you. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we ask for your consent before ads use your device identifiers or similar technologies for personalised ads.

Change your mind later.

5. Purchases

Budbrooke: Garden Puzzle offers optional one-time in-app purchases on Android: petal packs, bundles, the Petal Jar, packs such as the Heart Hamper and helper and supporter packs, No Ads, and the Meadow Pass. The Meadow Pass is a one-time purchase that unlocks premium rewards for one season of about 28 days; it is not a subscription and does not renew automatically. See our Terms for details. These are sold and processed through Google Play Billing, which handles your payment details, billing and receipts under its own privacy policy. We do not receive your card number or billing address. Your device tells the game which purchases you own so it can unlock them.

6. Links to this website

When you open this page, your browser loads it from our website, which is hosted by Hostinger. Like almost every web server, the host receives your IP address and basic request details (such as the time, the page and your browser type) and keeps ordinary server logs for security and operation. We do not run analytics, advertising, tracking scripts or cookies on these pages, and we do not use the logs to identify you.

7. Children

Budbrooke is not directed at children under 13, and it is meant for people aged 13 or older (or the higher age that applies in your country for agreeing to this kind of data processing). The game does not ask for your age, and it does not collect names, emails or other contact details from anyone. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Because the game has ads and optional purchases, we recommend that parents use the controls on their device (such as Google Family Link) to restrict purchases and ad personalisation. If we learn that a child under 13 has given us personal information, we will delete it; email support@onda.is.

8. What we do not do

9. Emails you send us

If you write to us (for example to support@onda.is), we receive your email address and whatever you tell us. We use it only to answer you and to keep a record of your request, and we keep it for up to 24 months after our last message. Emails reach our mail provider and may be handled outside your country.

10. Legal bases (for people in the EEA, UK and Switzerland)

11. International transfers and retention

Google operates worldwide. Information used for ads may be processed outside your country, including outside the EEA and UK, under Google's own transfer safeguards (see Google's Controller-Controller Data Protection Terms). We are based in the UAE. We do not transfer your game data ourselves, because we do not receive it. Game progress stays on your device until you delete the app or clear its data. Ad data and purchase records held by Google are kept under Google's rules and tax law.

12. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example the EEA, UK, Switzerland, the UAE, California and other places), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the use of your personal information, to receive a copy of it, to withdraw consent, and to complain to your local data protection authority (in the EEA, the authority in your country; in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office; in Switzerland, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner; in the UAE, the UAE Data Office). Because we do not hold your game data or build a profile of you, most ad and purchase information is held by Google, and you can use Google's privacy tools. For anything we hold (for example an email you sent us), write to support@onda.is and we will reply within 30 days. See also Delete your data.

California and other US states. We do not sell personal information. Google's ad software may "share" device data for advertising. You can opt out through the consent choices in section 4 and your device settings.

UAE. We handle personal information in line with Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data and other laws that apply to us in the United Arab Emirates.

EU and UK representative. We have not appointed a representative in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom. If you are there and want to exercise your rights, write to us at the contact details in section 15 and we will respond.

13. Security

Your game data stays on your device and is protected by your device's own security. Ad and payment data is sent over encrypted connections by Google. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy, for example if a future version adds accounts, cloud save or analytics. We will change the effective date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the game or on this website before they apply.

15. Contact

Richelle Hernandez Onda (individual) Postal address: Flat 416, Manazil Al Muraqqabat Building 1, Muraqqabat, Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; P.O. Box 20164 Email: support@onda.is