Secret Sentence Privacy Policy
Secret Sentence (called Tebak Kalimat on phones set to Indonesian) is a word puzzle game for Android: you crack secret sentences letter by letter. This policy explains what information the game uses and why. In short: you never create an account with us, and your guesses never leave your phone.
What stays on your phone
- Your progress. Your level, points, win streak, lives, hints, the puzzles you have finished, your daily puzzle calendar and your settings (such as the puzzle language and sound).
- Your guesses. The letters you try are checked on your phone and are never sent to us or to anyone else.
- Puzzle packs the game has downloaded (see "New puzzles" below).
This data sits in the game's own storage on your phone. If backup is turned on in your phone's settings, Android may include it in your phone's backup to your Google account, so your progress can come back on a new phone; that backup is handled by Google, not by us. Uninstalling the game deletes the data from your phone.
We do not collect your name, email, contacts, photos, files or location. Secret Sentence has no account of its own.
New puzzles
The game comes with hundreds of puzzles built in. From level 20, when you open the game, it checks our server, sentence.vorb.id, for new puzzle packs and quietly downloads any it doesn't have yet, through Cloudflare. These requests carry no account, name or identifier: only what every internet request carries, which is your IP address, plus basic technical details that the game engine adds (such as its version). Our server keeps no record of these requests. Cloudflare handles them only to deliver the files, under its own privacy policy.
Google Play Games
If you use Google Play Games on your phone, the game signs in to it so it can put your total points on the "Points" leaderboard. The game sends Google only your points. Other players can see your Play Games name, picture and score on the leaderboard, as your Play Games settings allow. Google Play Games is a Google service under Google's Privacy Policy, and you can manage or turn it off in the Google Play Games settings on your phone. The game works the same without it.
Game statistics and crash reports
We use Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics to see how the game is played and to fix problems. Besides what Google Analytics measures by itself (for example how many people play, sessions, the device model, Android version and country), the game sends only these game events: a level or daily puzzle was finished (with the level number, the puzzle language, its theme, how many wrong letters and how many hints it took), you ran out of tries, what a video ad was watched for and whether its reward was earned, and how many new puzzle packs were downloaded. These events never include the sentences you solve, your guesses or anything you type. When the game crashes, Crashlytics sends the technical details of the crash and of the device.
For this, Google collects an app instance ID, an installation ID and, where allowed, your device's advertising ID. Like any internet service, Google receives your IP address and may use it to estimate a general region such as your country or city. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, this follows your choice in Google's consent form: without your consent, crash reports are not sent and Google Analytics sends only anonymous measurements without identifiers. Google processes this data for us under the Firebase privacy and security terms.
Advertising
Secret Sentence is free and shows ads from Google AdMob: a banner at the bottom of the screen, a full-screen ad after every second level you finish, and video ads that you can choose to watch for extra hints, an extra life or extra tries. Ads are limited to content rated for general audiences, and some may play sound. Ads never receive your guesses or anything you type. To show and measure ads, Google may collect your device's advertising ID, your IP address (which may be used to estimate a general location), information about the ads you see and tap, and app performance information. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, the game asks for your consent first with Google's consent form, and you can change your choice at any time in the game's settings ("Privacy choices for ads"). You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in Android's settings. Learn more in how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Remove ads
"Remove ads" is a single purchase through Google Play that removes all ads for good; the rewards that used to come with a video ad are then free. Google Play handles the payment, and we never see your payment details. Google Play tells the game only whether you have bought it, so it comes back after a reinstall. Google Analytics may record the purchase (product and price) as an event.
Measuring our own ads on Facebook, Instagram and Google
We advertise Secret Sentence on Facebook and Instagram, and may also advertise it on Google. To learn which of the Facebook and Instagram ads lead people to install the game and keep playing, the game includes the Meta (Facebook) SDK. Outside the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, it tells Meta Platforms when the game is installed and opened, together with your device's advertising ID, your IP address and basic device information (such as the device model, Android version, language, time zone and mobile carrier). It also tells Meta when you reach level 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 or 200, and it may tell Meta that the "Remove ads" purchase was made. It never sends your guesses, the sentences you solve or anything you type, and you do not need a Facebook account. Meta receives this data with its Limited Data Use option, which applies where US state privacy laws require it. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland the Meta SDK is never started. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android's settings. For any Google ads of ours, Google uses the Google Analytics for Firebase data described above (for example that the game was opened for the first time). Learn more in Meta's Privacy Policy.
Permissions
- Internet and network state: for new puzzles, Google Play Games, ads and the measurements above.
- Advertising ID: for ads and the measurements above, as described in those sections.
Secret Sentence never asks for the camera, microphone, your location, contacts, photos or files.
Sharing
We do not sell your information. We share it only with the service providers named above (Google, Cloudflare and Meta), for the purposes described, or when the law requires it.
Children
Secret Sentence is made for teens and adults. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy: apps@vorb.id
This policy covers the Secret Sentence Android app. For this website, see our website privacy policy.