Privacy Policy
This policy explains what data the Dockside app for iOS and Android collects, how it is used and shared, and how to delete it. The app is operated by Dockside (“we”). You can use the app without signing in, and you can choose to back up your account with Apple or Google.
Data we collect and how we use it
On first launch the app creates an account for you: a random ID, with no name, email address or password. If you back up your account, you sign in with Apple or Google, and Apple or Google confirms it’s you.
| Data | How it is collected | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| Account ID, creation date, month last used, whether the account is backed up | Created on first launch | Keeping your data with your install; removing unused accounts |
| Backup sign-in. With Apple: an ID from Apple, with no name or email address. With Google: an ID from Google, and your Google Account’s email address, name and profile photo link | When you back up your account with Apple or Google | Getting your account back on a new phone; finding your account if you ask us by email to delete it |
| Games you own, wishlist and target prices, Premium deal alert settings and delivery status | You add them | The app's lists and alerts |
| Push notification token, and notifications waiting to be sent | When you allow notifications | Sending the notifications you turn on |
| Premium status: product, store, expiry date | When you buy or restore Premium, via Apple or Google Play and RevenueCat | Unlocking Premium |
| Problem reports: your text, optionally the game | When you send one | Fixing wrong data |
| Usage data: screens opened; games viewed, wishlisted or marked owned; filter and sort changes; notification and Premium actions; list sizes; device model, OS and app version; approximate country | Automatically, by Google Firebase Analytics | Improving the app |
| Crash and error reports: device model, OS and app version, technical details | Automatically, by Firebase Crashlytics | Fixing bugs |
| App installation ID, app integrity result, IP address | Automatically, through Apple App Attest or Google Play Integrity | Keeping the service secure and stopping abuse |
| Free version only: ad requests and interactions; device model, OS and app version; IP address (approximate location) | Automatically, by Google AdMob | Showing ads |
Ads are not personalized on iOS or Android, and the app does not collect your advertising ID or track you across other apps. Usage data is not linked to your account ID and never includes search text, problem reports or target prices.
We never ask Apple for your name or email address. For a Google backup, your email address, name and photo link stay in the sign-in record that Google Firebase keeps for us; they are never part of your lists, usage data or crash reports. We never share your email address or send you marketing. Apart from that sign-in record, we do not collect your name, contacts, photos or precise location.
Who we share it with
We share data only with these providers, and only to run the app:
- Our cloud hosting provider: stores your account, lists, alert settings, notification token, Premium status and problem reports.
- Google Firebase (Authentication, App Check, Cloud Messaging, Analytics, Crashlytics): the sign-in record for your account and its Apple or Google backup, app integrity checks, notification delivery, usage analytics and crash reports.
- Apple and Google (including Google Play): Sign in with Apple and Sign in with Google for backups, app integrity checks, notification delivery and payments. We never see payment details.
- Google AdMob: ads in the free version.
- RevenueCat: confirms purchases, using your account ID.
Each of these providers protects user data to the same or an equal standard as this policy.
Security
Data is encrypted in transit, and access to it is limited to what running the service needs.
Retention and deletion
- How long we keep it. Your data is kept until you delete it. We delete accounts that have not been used for 12 months (24 months for an account backed up with Apple or Google) and have no notifications registered with us. Accounts with an active purchase are kept. Problem reports are deleted after 90 days, crash reports after 90 days and usage data after 14 months. Deleted data leaves our backups within about five weeks.
- Delete your account. Profile → “Delete account” deletes your account and its data from our servers straight away, along with its sign-in record with Firebase. If your account is backed up, the app asks you to confirm it’s you with Apple or Google first, then removes the backup and ends Dockside’s Sign in with Apple or Google access. If you have active Premium, we keep only the record of that purchase while it is active (a Lifetime purchase always); your purchase history stays with Apple or Google Play and with RevenueCat. Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription.
- Revoke consent. Turn notifications off in Profile, or in your device settings and then open the app (this deletes your notification token). Where the app asked for ad consent, change it in Profile → “Ad privacy options”.
- Uninstall. Uninstalling stops all collection. Delete your account first if you want it deleted at once, as your account can survive a reinstall.
- By email. Email contact@docksidegames.com with the Account ID shown in Profile (tap to copy), or, if you backed up with Google, from that Google email address, and we will delete your account within 30 days. The steps, and how to remove Dockside from your Apple ID or Google Account yourself, are on Delete your account.
Contact
Dockside: contact@docksidegames.com