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Ararat Acres: After the Flood: Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 27, 2026 · Studio H

The short version. Ararat Acres is a farming game for players of all ages. Your farm is saved only on your device. There are no accounts, no cloud save, no chat and no analytics. Purchases go through Apple or Google, and we never see your payment details. Ads are optional and provided by Google AdMob. Players under 13 get Kids Mode, which shows no ads at all, never asks for tracking, and needs a grown-up before any purchase. We do not sell your personal information.

1. Who we are

Ararat Acres: After the Flood ("Ararat Acres", "the game") is made by Studio H, a DBA of House Heath LLC ("Studio H", "we", "us"). Studio H is responsible for the personal information described here. Contact us at developer@studiohgames.com.

2. Information we handle

2.1 Stored only on your device

Game progress: your farm, crops, animals, items, quests, level and settings. It is saved in the app's own storage on your device and is never sent to us.
Age group: the birth year you enter the first time you play. We use it only to decide whether Kids Mode is on (see section 5). It stays on your device.
Ad and purchase settings: your Kids Mode and personalised-ads choices, and a list of purchases already delivered, so the game never gives an item twice.

Ararat Acres has no accounts, no sign-in, no cloud save, no friends or chat features, no push notifications, and no analytics or crash-reporting services. We do not collect your name, email address, contacts, photos or location.

2.2 Purchases

In-app purchases are processed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play). We never see your payment card or billing details. The game receives a confirmation of the purchase (product and transaction ID) so it can deliver your item, and it can restore purchases through the store. Purchase records are kept by Apple or Google under their own privacy policies.

2.3 Advertising

Ararat Acres has optional rewarded ads only: you choose to watch an ad in exchange for an in-game bonus. Ads are provided by Google AdMob.

Players 13 and over: AdMob may collect device identifiers (such as the advertising identifier on iPhone and iPad, only if you allow tracking when iOS asks, or the Android advertising ID), IP address, and ad interactions in order to show and measure ads. Where the law requires it (for example in the EU, UK and some US states), you are asked for consent first through Google's consent form. You can turn off Personalised ads in the game's settings at any time, and you can limit ad tracking in your device settings. Ads are limited to content suitable for all ages.
Players under 13 (Kids Mode): the game shows no ads at all. Ad requests are marked as directed to children and as from a user under the age of consent, and the game does not show the iOS tracking prompt.

See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

3. How we use information

We use the information above only to run the game on your device, deliver and restore purchases, show optional ads, and meet legal obligations. We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it for profiling beyond the ad settings described above.

Legal bases (EU/UK): performance of our agreement with you (running the game and delivering purchases), consent (personalised ads, which you can withdraw at any time), legitimate interests (showing non-personalised ads that keep the game free), and legal obligations.

4. Sharing

Because your progress stays on your device, we do not hold a copy of it to share. The game works with these providers: Google (AdMob, for ads) and Apple or Google (for purchases). We also share information when the law requires, or to protect the safety of players. If Studio H is ever involved in a merger or sale, this policy will continue to apply to your information.

5. Children

Ararat Acres is suitable for all ages. When you first play, the game asks for your birth year without indicating any preferred answer. If you are under 13, the game automatically turns on Kids Mode, which:

shows no ads, marks any ad request as directed to children, and never asks for tracking permission;
asks a grown-up to pass a parent check before any purchase;
asks a grown-up to pass the same check before Kids Mode can be turned off.

A parent or player of any age can also turn Kids Mode on at any time in Settings. The game has no accounts, chat or other ways for a child to share personal information. If we learn that we collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it.

6. How long we keep information

On-device data stays until you delete it: use Settings → Start over in the game, or uninstall the game.
Information collected by AdMob, Apple or Google is kept according to their own policies.
If you email us, we keep your message for as long as we need it to help you, then delete it.

7. Your choices and rights

Delete your data: use Settings → Start over in the game, or uninstall it. We do not hold a copy.
Ads: rewarded ads are always optional. Turn off Personalised ads in the game's settings, manage tracking in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, or reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings. Kids Mode shows no ads.
Access, correction, deletion, portability, objection: depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, the UK GDPR, or US state laws such as the CCPA/CPRA), you may have these rights. Email us to use them; we will respond within the time the law requires. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.
California: we do not sell personal information. Where AdMob's personalised ads may count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioural advertising, you can opt out by turning off Personalised ads, declining tracking, through the consent choices, or by contacting us. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16.

8. International transfers

Studio H is based in the United States. Google, Apple and other providers may process information in the United States and other countries, using safeguards recognised by law, such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

9. Security

Your progress stays inside the game's own storage on your device, and connections to ad and store services are encrypted. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

10. Changes

We will post any changes here and update the effective date. If a change is significant, for example if we add new services to the game, we will tell you in the game.

11. Contact

Studio H · developer@studiohgames.com · https://studiohgames.com