Ashen Keep Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 21, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Sean Lynch ("we", "us") handles information in connection with the mobile game Ashen Keep (the "App").
1. Summary
- Your game stays on your phone. Ashen Keep has no account and no Ashen Keep server. Your progress is stored only on your device.
- We do not ask for your name, email address, contacts, photos, or location.
- The App shows ads (Google AdMob), uses anonymous analytics (Google Firebase), and processes purchases through Apple and RevenueCat. What each of them receives is listed in section 4.
- The App does not track you across other companies' apps and websites, and does not ask for App Tracking Transparency permission. We do not sell your information.
- Reminders are scheduled on your phone and no server is involved.
2. Information the App stores on your device
Your resources, survivors, relics, buildings, research, quests, purchase flags, settings, and the time you last played. This is kept in the App's storage on your device and used to run the game, including the timers and the idle stores that keep filling while the App is closed. We cannot see it. It is removed when you delete the App.
3. Reminders
If you say yes when the game asks, the App schedules up to three local notifications on your phone (stores full, a build finished, Stamina full, or a daily gift). They are created by the App on your device. They are not push notifications, no token is sent to us or anyone else, and no server is involved. You can turn them off any time in iOS Settings, Notifications, Ashen Keep. They are never scheduled between 9 in the evening and 9 in the morning.
4. Information processed by third-party services
| Purpose | Data | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Showing ads (banner, pop-up after a defeat, and optional reward videos) and measuring them | IP address and the approximate region derived from it, device model and iOS version, a device identifier for vendors (not the advertising identifier), and ad interactions. Ads are not personalized to you across other apps. | Google AdMob |
| Understanding how the game is played, so we can fix problems and balance it (for example which night players get stuck on) | Anonymous gameplay events such as a night result or a purchase, a random app-instance identifier, device model, iOS version, and country. Not linked to your name or email, and not used for tracking. | Google Firebase Analytics |
| Processing and restoring purchases and subscriptions, and purchase reporting for the developer | Store transaction identifiers, purchase receipts, subscription status, a randomly generated app-install identifier, and the region derived from your IP address. Not linked to your name or email, and not used for tracking. | Apple App Store and RevenueCat |
None of these services receives your name, your Apple Account details, your payment card or your billing address from the App. Their own policies: Google, RevenueCat, Apple.
5. Purchases and subscriptions
The App sells optional in-app purchases: Embers, Stamina and other boosts, Beacon Flares, one-time upgrades such as Remove Ads, and auto-renewing subscriptions (the Monthly Card and the Weekly Ember Deal). Payment is charged to your Apple Account. You manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings, and Restore Purchases is in the Menu and the Shop. Beacon Flares and Ember purchases are random-draw currencies: the odds of every draw are shown in the App on the Beacon card.
6. Data retention and deletion
- Your game data: kept on your device until you delete the App.
- Analytics and ad data: retained by Google under its own retention settings. Because it is not tied to your name, we usually cannot look up one person's data. If you would like us to try, email us and include the date and your device model.
- Purchase records: retained by Apple and RevenueCat as required for tax, accounting and disputes. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription. After a reinstall, use Restore Purchases.
7. Children
The App is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided information, contact us and we will help remove it.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or port your personal information and to object to processing. Because your game is stored only on your device, you can remove it by deleting the App. For anything held by our providers, email us and we will pass on or act on the request within the time your law requires. California residents: we do not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA.
9. Security
Your game is protected by your device's security and the iOS app sandbox. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure.
10. Changes
We will update this policy when the App changes and revise the date above. If the App ever starts asking for tracking permission or sending your game data off the device, this policy will be updated before that release.
11. Contact
Sean Lynch, temveno@gmail.com. We aim to respond within 30 days.