Moon Valley Privacy Policy

Effective: November 3, 2026

This policy explains what information the Moon Valley game ("Moon Valley", "the game", "we") collects, how it's used and shared, and the choices you have. It covers the Moon Valley app on Android and the Moon Valley web game.

Short version: you can play as a guest. If you sign in with Google, we store what's needed to save your game and let you play with friends. We don't show ads and we don't sell your data.

Information we collect

Your account

• Guest play: when you start playing, the game creates a guest player with a random ID so your progress and social features work. No personal details are needed.
• Google sign-in (optional): if you link a Google account, we receive your Google account ID and email address from Google. We use them only to sign you in and restore your game on another device. We never receive your Google password.
• Display name and avatar: the name and look you choose are shown to other players.

Game information

• Your game progress: your house, furniture, moons, suns, items, level, quests, garden and settings. This is saved on your device and on our server ("cloud save"), along with a few recent backups so we can recover lost progress.
• Social features: your friends list and friend requests, private messages and gifts you send to friends, chat messages in shared rooms, posts, comments and likes in MoonBook, and pictures you take with the in-game camera and choose to post. A copy of your house is kept so other players can visit it.
• Streets and events: the street you join, its name and members, and what you contribute to street projects, the community garden and events.
• Games and leaderboards: your moves in games with other players (such as Moon Four, Moon Words and Goopslide), your ranking and scores. Your display name and scores appear on public leaderboards.
• Moonder: rooms you enter into the design contest, your votes on other players' rooms, and reports you send about entries.

Information collected automatically

• Push notification token: if you allow notifications, your device gets a token from Google Firebase Cloud Messaging. We store it with your player ID so we can tell you about messages, gifts, friend requests, game turns and results. Notifications are sent through our notification server.
• Purchase information: if you buy suns, Google Play processes the payment. We receive a purchase record (product, transaction ID and your player ID) through RevenueCat so we can deliver your suns. We never receive your payment card details.
• Technical information: like any internet service, our servers and our providers' servers receive your IP address and basic request information when the game connects. We use it only to deliver the service and to prevent abuse, and we don't use it to identify you or build a profile.
• On-device data: your settings and offline progress are stored on your device.

We do not collect your precise location, contacts or microphone data, we do not access your photo library, and we do not use advertising IDs. Pictures you post are taken inside the game.

How we use information

• To run the game: save your progress, sync it between devices, and restore it.
• To provide social features: friends, messages, gifts, visits, chat, MoonBook, streets, games with other players, leaderboards and Moonder.
• To send notifications you've allowed.
• To process and deliver in-game purchases and gifts from the team.
• To keep the game safe: preventing cheating and abuse, and reviewing reports.
• To fix problems and improve the game.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.

Who we share information with

We share information only with the service providers that run parts of the game, and only for the purposes above:

• Railway (our hosting provider): runs our game server and database.
• Google: sign-in (if you choose it) and Google Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications.
• Google Play: processing purchases.
• RevenueCat: verifying purchases.

Other players can see what you choose to share in the game: your display name, avatar, house, posts, comments, chat messages, street, leaderboard scores and Moonder entries. Private messages and gifts are seen only by the friend you send them to.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the safety of our players or the game.

How long we keep information

• Account and game data: for as long as your player account exists, then deleted within 30 days of a deletion request.
• Chat: only recent messages in each room are kept; older ones are removed automatically.
• Save backups: only a few recent backups per player are kept.
• Posts: until you delete them or your account is deleted.
• Purchase records: kept as long as needed to deliver purchases and meet legal and accounting requirements.
• Data on your device stays until you uninstall the app or clear its data.

Your choices and rights

• Play as a guest: signing in with Google is optional, and you can unlink it in the Account screen.
• Notifications: you can turn them off at any time in the game or in your device settings.
• Delete your posts: you can delete your own posts in MoonBook.
• Delete your account: email us from the address linked to your account, or include your display name, and we'll delete your account and the data linked to it within 30 days. Messages you already sent to friends may stay in their chat history.
• Access or correct your data: you can change your display name in the game, or email us for a copy of your data.

Depending on where you live (for example, the EU, UK or California), you may have additional rights, such as to access, correct, delete or move your data, or to object to some uses of it. Email us to use them; we'll respond within 30 days.

Children

Moon Valley is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Security

Connections to our servers and our providers use encryption (HTTPS/TLS). No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll change the "Effective" date above, and for significant changes we'll let you know in the game.

Contact us

If you have questions or requests about this policy or your data:

Email: support@sodastudios.com