Privacy Policy
Who we are
RangeFinder LLC makes Stack the House. RangeFinder LLC is a Wyoming limited liability company, based in Casper, Wyoming. In this policy, "RangeFinder", "we", "us", and "our" mean RangeFinder LLC, and "the game" means the Stack the House apps for iPhone, iPad and Android and the services we run for them. RangeFinder LLC is the controller of the personal information described here.
Contact: admin@rangefinderwyoming.com
The short version
- You can play without an account. Your progress is saved on your device.
- The game shows ads from Google AdMob. Reward ads are optional; you choose to watch one for an undo, a revive or extra moves. Some runs end with an ad, which Remove Ads turns off.
- Ads are personalized only for players 18 and over who allow it. You can change this at any time in Settings, Ad privacy.
- The app sends us a log of gameplay steps, such as opening the game or finishing a board, tagged with a random ID made only for this. We use it to find where players get stuck and fix problems. It is not linked to your account or advertising ID, and it stops if you tell us you are under 13.
- We do not sell your personal information. We use no third-party analytics tools.
- Players under 13 play a version that sends us no personal information and shows only non-personalized, general-audience ads.
- You can delete your account in the game at any time (Settings, Account, Delete account) or from our deletion page.
What we collect
| Information | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Age range (under 13, 13 to 17, or 18 and over). We do not keep your birth date. | After your first board or before your first purchase, from the age screen, or from the age range your app store shares with the game | To turn features on or off for your age. Stored on your device only. |
| Account identifier from Apple or Google, the email address they share (Apple may give a private relay address), and the account ID we create (for example STH-1A2B3C4D5E) | Only if you choose Sign in with Apple or Sign in with Google | To run your account and keep your progress across devices |
| Cloud save: your game progress, items and settings | Only while you are signed in | To restore your progress on another device |
| Leaderboard name, score and run details (seed, buy-in and moves, so the server can replay the run and check the score), with your account ID or a random install ID | When you finish a run that qualifies for the global leaderboard (13 and over) | To rank and display scores and stop cheating. Leaderboard names and scores are public. |
| Purchase records: transaction ID, product, date and store, with your account ID or install ID. Apple and Google handle payment; we never see your card or bank details. | When you buy Gems | To confirm the purchase with the store and deliver what you bought |
| Name reports: the reported name, the reason, and a scrambled (hashed) form of the reporter's install ID | When you report a leaderboard name | To review and remove offensive names |
| Gameplay steps: a random ID created for this purpose only; app version, operating system and WebView version, device memory, processor count and screen size; the country of your app store account; steps such as opening the game, the game finishing loading, starting a run, the first move, finishing or losing a board, the end of a run, seeing or skipping an ad, opening the shop and buying an item; the age range you choose (13 and over only); and error messages from the game | While you use the app, until you tell us you are under 13 | To see where players get stuck or the game fails to load, and to fix it. Not linked to your account, your advertising ID or other apps. We do not store your IP address with it. |
| Technical data: IP address, device and app version, time of request | Whenever the game contacts our server | Security, rate limits and fixing problems |
For a Sign in with Apple account we also keep a token Apple issues, used only to cancel the link between your Apple ID and the game when you delete your account.
We do not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, microphone or browsing history. Our server never receives your advertising identifier.
Ads
The game uses Google AdMob, run by Google LLC, to show ads. When the game asks for an ad, Google's software in the app sends Google information it needs to show and measure the ad, and Google may use cookies or similar identifiers. This can include:
- your device's advertising identifier (IDFA on iPhone and iPad, only if you allow tracking; the advertising ID on Android), or an app-specific identifier when no advertising identifier is available
- your IP address, which can show your general area (such as city or country), but not your precise location
- device and app details, such as model, operating system, language and app version
- ad activity, such as which ads you saw, tapped or watched to the end
- crash and performance data from the ad software
Google uses this to show ads, limit how often you see them, measure them, prevent fraud and, when allowed, personalize them. Google handles this information as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.
Your choices:
- 18 and over: ads are personalized only if you allow it. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the game asks for your consent first. On iPhone and iPad, the game asks for permission to track first. In US states with privacy laws, you can opt out at any time.
- 13 to 17: ads are never personalized.
- Under 13: ad requests are marked as directed to children, use no advertising identifier, and show only general-audience ads.
- You can change your choice at any time in Settings, Ad privacy. You can also reset or delete your advertising identifier, or turn off tracking, in your device settings.
- Remove Ads, a one-time purchase, turns off the ads between runs. Reward ads stay optional.
Google Play Games
On Android, if you are signed in to Google Play Games, the game sends your achievement progress and the results of each run (score, boards cleared, boss boards beaten, whether you won, your best chain and combo, the mode and buy-in, and how many places you have cleared) to Google Play Games. Google shows them on your Play Games profile and uses them for Play features such as quests. Google handles this under the Google Privacy Policy, and you can manage your Play Games profile in the Play Games app. Nothing is sent if you are not signed in to Play Games, on iPhone, or in the under-13 mode.
How we use it
We use this information to run the game, your account and cloud save; to understand how the game is played and fix problems; to confirm and deliver purchases; to run the leaderboard; to prevent cheating, fraud and abuse; to moderate leaderboard names; to answer your requests; and to meet legal, tax and accounting obligations. We do not use this information for advertising or profiling, and we make no automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects about you.
Age information from Apple or Google is used only to give you age-appropriate features and to meet the law. We do not share it.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, our legal bases are: performing our contract with you (running the game, your account and purchases), our legitimate interests (security, fair play, moderation, improving the game from the gameplay step log, and showing non-personalized ads that keep the game free), legal obligations (tax and accounting records), and your consent for personalized ads and anything else where the law requires it.
Who we share it with
- Apple and Google, which handle sign-in and payments under their own privacy policies.
- Google AdMob, which shows ads and receives the information described under Ads.
- Google Play Games on Android, which receives the achievement progress and run results described under Google Play Games.
- Our hosting provider, which runs our server and stores data on our behalf under contract.
- Other players, who see leaderboard names and scores.
- Authorities, where the law requires it, or to protect players, the public or our rights.
- A buyer or successor, if RangeFinder LLC or the game is sold or reorganized, under this policy.
We do not sell personal information for money. If you are 18 or over and allow personalized ads, letting Google use your advertising identifier may count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California and some other state laws. You can opt out in Settings, Ad privacy, and we honor your device's limit ad tracking setting. We never do this for players under 18.
Children
The game asks for age with a neutral age screen after the first board, or before the first purchase. Until then the game shows no ads, offers no sign-in, leaderboard or random draws, and sends only the gameplay step log described above, which carries no name, contact details or account. When a player says they are under 13, the game stops that log and deletes its random ID from the device. Players under 13 get a version that sends no personal information to us: no sign-in, no global leaderboard, no purchases, no name reports, and their progress stays on the device. Ads for them are marked as directed to children, so Google does not use them for personalized ads or to build profiles, and only general-audience ads are shown. If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13 without verified parental consent, we delete it. Parents and guardians can contact us at admin@rangefinderwyoming.com to ask what we hold or to have it deleted.
Some game items come from random draws. Players under 13, and players in Brazil unless their app store confirms they are adults, cannot buy or open these draws with Gems.
How long we keep it
- Account and cloud save: until you delete your account. In-app deletion takes effect immediately; requests from our deletion page are completed within 30 days.
- Leaderboard scores: deleted with your account. Scores sent without an account stay on the leaderboard; email us the name and date to have them removed.
- Purchase records: up to 7 years for tax, accounting and refund purposes. When you delete your account they are unlinked from it.
- Name reports: up to 1 year. Server logs: up to 30 days. Gameplay steps: 90 days.
- Ad information: kept by Google under its own policies; see the links under Ads.
- Data on your device stays until you reset your profile, delete your account, or remove the app.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (including the EEA and UK under the GDPR, California and other US states, and Brazil under the LGPD), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or get a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict some uses, and to withdraw consent. Email admin@rangefinderwyoming.com from the address on your account, or include your account ID. We answer within 30 days (45 days where California law allows). If we turn down a request you can appeal by replying to our answer with "Appeal". You can also complain to your local data protection authority. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.
Security and transfers
Connections to our server are encrypted, sign-in sessions are stored only in hashed form, and access to the server is restricted. No system is perfectly secure. Our server is in the United States, so your information is processed there.
Changes
We may update this policy. We will change the date above and, for important changes, tell you in the game.