Privacy Policy

Joker: Card game

Last updated: October 13, 2026

This policy describes how information is handled when you play Joker: Card game (“the App”, Žolík in Slovak) on iPhone, iPad or Mac, use its advertising, purchase and Game Center features, or contact the developer. The iPhone and iPad version shows advertisements; the Mac version does not contain any advertising code. Where the versions differ, this policy says so.

1. Who is responsible

The developer responsible for the App is BABEL.SK (“we”, “us”). For privacy questions or requests, contact dev@babel.sk.

Apple and, on iPhone and iPad, Google also process information when providing the services described below. Their privacy notices explain their own responsibilities and practices.

2. Game data on your device

You can play without creating an account. The App saves the following on your device only:

• The player name you enter in Settings, and the names you type for other players in a game.
• The game in progress, so you can continue it later.
• Your match history: dates, players, scores, rounds and melds, used for the Statistics screen and achievements.
• Preferences such as sound, card sorting, computer speed and difficulty, and whether you have finished the tutorial.
• On iPhone and iPad: counts used to space out advertisements, the number of free hints left in a match, and your Remove Ads status.

This information is not sent to the developer. We do not operate a server for game data. Device backups managed by Apple may include it, depending on your backup settings.

3. Advertising on iPhone and iPad

On iPhone and iPad the App is free and uses Google AdMob to show advertisements: a banner on the menu screens (never on the card table), occasional full-screen ads between rounds, and optional rewarded ads that you can choose to watch for extra hints. A rewarded ad is shown only when you ask for it. The Mac version shows no advertisements and does not include the Google Mobile Ads software.

Personalized ads. Where permitted, ads may be personalized by Google and its advertising partners based on your activity, including activity in other apps and on websites:

• In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, ads are personalized only if you consent through the privacy message shown by Google's consent form.
• Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA) is made available to Google only if you allow tracking in Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you do not, ads may be less relevant or non-personalized.

Whether or not ads are personalized, Google and the advertising providers involved in delivering an ad may process, depending on the service, your device settings and your choices:

• IP address and approximate location inferred from it.
• Device and app identifiers, including the IDFA only if you allow tracking.
• Device model, operating system and technical information.
• Ad impressions, clicks, rewarded-ad completions and other advertising interactions.
• Information about your activity in other apps and on websites, where personalized ads are permitted.
• Crash reports, performance measurements and diagnostic data.

These services use this information to deliver ads, personalize them where permitted, limit how often you see them, measure their performance and detect fraud. Ads are limited to content suitable for a general audience. More information is in Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

4. Consent and privacy choices (iPhone and iPad)

The App uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to determine whether a privacy message is required in your region and to manage your advertising choices. UMP may process approximate location, technical information and your interactions with its forms, and stores your choices on your device.

The App requests ads only when UMP reports that this is permitted. Playing never requires you to accept advertising consent, allow tracking or create an account. Where it applies to you, you can review or change your choices in Settings → Ads → Privacy Choices (labels may appear in your language). Withdrawing consent applies to future processing.

5. App Tracking Transparency (iPhone and iPad)

After the privacy message (if one is shown for your region), the App may ask once, through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt, for permission to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites. If you allow it, the IDFA may be used by Google and its partners to personalize and measure ads. If you ask the App not to track, the game plays exactly the same. You can change your answer at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. The App does not ask if you have bought Remove Ads.

6. In-app purchase and Game Center

Remove Ads. On iPhone and iPad the App offers a one-time purchase that removes advertising and makes hints unlimited. Apple processes it through the App Store; the App receives only transaction and entitlement information from Apple's StoreKit to check whether the purchase is active and to restore it. We never receive your payment details. Removing ads does not delete information already processed by advertising services.

Game Center. If you are signed in to Apple's Game Center, the App reports your number of match wins to a leaderboard and your achievements, based on the matches played under the player name set in the App. Your Game Center nickname and leaderboard entries may be visible to other players according to your Game Center settings. Apple operates Game Center under its own terms and privacy policy. You can play without signing in.

7. Contacting the developer

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it only to answer your request. Please do not send passwords, payment details or other sensitive information.

8. Purposes and legal bases

Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, we process information as necessary to provide the features you use and to answer your enquiries (our legitimate interest in helping users). Personalized advertising, tracking across other companies' apps and websites, and other advertising processing that legally requires consent depend on your consent and your App Tracking Transparency choice. Google and Apple explain their own purposes and legal bases in their notices.

9. Sharing and international processing

The App uses Google for advertising and consent on iPhone and iPad, and Apple for purchases, Game Center and platform services. We do not sell your personal information. These providers may process information outside your country; their privacy notices describe the safeguards used for international transfers.

10. Retention and deletion

• Game data on your device: kept until you clear your match history in the App (Statistics → trash icon) or delete the App.
• Game Center data: kept by Apple under its own policies; you can manage it in Game Center settings.
• Advertising and consent information: kept by the relevant providers according to their purposes and policies.
• Purchase records: kept by Apple. Deleting the App does not erase your purchase history.
• Support email: kept as long as needed to handle your enquiry.

11. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to processing, or withdraw consent. Send requests about information handled by the developer to dev@babel.sk. For information controlled by Google or Apple, use their privacy controls; we can tell you which service is relevant. You may also lodge a complaint with your data-protection authority.

12. Children

The App is rated 4+ and does not knowingly collect personal information from children. Ads are limited to content suitable for a general audience.

13. Changes

We may update this policy when the App changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.