Privacy Policy: Watermelon Game: Fruit Drop & Merge
This policy covers the game published by Ginger Cat (Ginger Cat Works, the Netherlands; “we”, “us”) as Watermelon Game: Fruit Drop & Merge on Windows, in the Microsoft Store, and in its web and Android versions (“the game”). Inside the game it is called Watermelon Game, or the name in your language.
The short version
The game does not collect personal information, and we receive nothing from it. It has no account, no sign-in, no server of its own, no analytics or tracking services, no crash-reporting service and no advertising. Your progress stays on your device. The game itself does not connect to the internet. Its share buttons open your own app or browser with text only, and nothing is posted until you send it yourself.
What the game stores, and where
The game saves your progress (your best score, your scores and streak, your boosters and daily rewards, the game you have in progress so you can continue it, and your choices for the background and the music) and your settings (language, theme, sound, haptics, drop guide, danger line and scenic background) on your device. The save file has one local backup copy: the file from before the latest save. The game reads the backup only if the main file is damaged. This data never leaves your device through the game, and we cannot see it.
- Windows (Microsoft Store): the data stays in the game's data folder in your user profile, normally
%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\Fruit Merge\. Uninstalling the game may not remove that folder; you can delete it yourself. - Web version: the data stays in your browser's own storage for this website, on your device. Clearing the site data in your browser deletes it.
- Android: the data stays in the game's private app storage. Clearing the game's storage in Android Settings, or uninstalling the game, deletes it.
Information we collect
None from the game itself. The game does not collect or send your name, e-mail address, contacts, location, photos, advertising identifiers or usage statistics. It contains no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking code, and no remote crash-reporting service. The only personal information we receive is what you choose to send us by e-mail (see Contact).
The Windows game makes no network connection of its own. Its package declares one capability, runFullTrust (the full-trust desktop capability), and requests no internet or network capability. The web version is loaded from this website, which is hosted by Vercel. Like any website, the host processes standard connection data such as your IP address to deliver the page; see https://gingercatworks.com/privacy. The game itself sends nothing from the web version either.
Sharing your results
The game-over screen has share buttons. Nothing is shared unless you tap one, and you can play without ever sharing. The share text holds only your score and the game's name. The game does not share or save pictures.
- Share on X and Share on WhatsApp open that site's share page in your browser with the text already filled in. Nothing is posted until you send it there.
- Share on Instagram copies the text to your clipboard and opens instagram.com. Instagram has no text share link, so you paste the text yourself.
- Copy text and More sharing options put the same text on your clipboard.
Once you send the text in another app or site, that app or site's own privacy policy applies to what it does with it.
Haptics
On Android, and in the web version on a phone, the game can vibrate when a larger fruit is made or two Watermelons vanish, if the Haptics setting is on. The vibration is not data and is not stored or sent.
Other links
The game opens a link only when you tap one, for example Contact or a share button. The site or app that opens has its own privacy policy.
Purchases
This version of the game has no in-app purchases, and it records no purchase. If a later version offers a purchase, the platform store (the Microsoft Store, Google Play or the web host of that version) handles it under its own privacy policy; we would receive no payment details. This policy will be updated before that happens.
Children
The game collects no personal information from anyone, children included.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is published at this address with a new “Last updated” date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the game: contact@gingercatworks.com. Tapping Contact in the game opens your e-mail app with a new message to that address. Nothing is sent until you send the e-mail. If you e-mail us, we receive your e-mail address and what you write, and we use them only to reply to you. We keep that e-mail and our reply only as long as needed to answer and follow up on your request. We delete them once your request is resolved, and in any case no later than 90 days after our last message in the exchange, unless the law requires us to keep them longer. Anyone can ask us to delete their messages, or to tell them what we hold, by writing to contact@gingercatworks.com. Ginger Cat (Ginger Cat Works), the Netherlands. Our postal address, Chamber of Commerce (KvK) number and e-mail provider are listed at https://gingercatworks.com/privacy.