Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 19, 2026 · Last updated: November 14, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Seventh Anvil Games LLC ("Seventh Anvil Games," "we," "us") collects, uses and shares information when you play our games on phones, tablets, computers and in web browsers, including Polar Bears vs. Warthogs and our other titles (the "Games"), or visit seventhanvilgames.com (the "Site"). We're a small independent studio, and we try to collect as little information as possible.

1. Information we collect

Information you give us

If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you write, such as device details or screenshots. We use it only to answer you. We don't ask you to create an account to play.

Information stored on your device

Your game progress, settings, purchase status and on-device leaderboards are saved on your device. We can't see this data unless you send it to us.

Sign-in. None of our Android Games offer Google Play Games sign-in. On iPhone and iPad, Polar Bears vs. Warthogs works with Apple Game Center if the player is already signed in to Game Center on the device. Achievements and leaderboard scores are kept in the player's Apple account, and a copy of the game save is kept in their iCloud. This is Apple's own sign-in: there's no account with us, and we don't receive the player's Apple ID, name or email. Apple controls what other players can see, such as a Game Center nickname on a leaderboard, and parents can limit Game Center in Screen Time.

Age check (some Games). Some Games, currently Polar Bears vs. Warthogs, ask for a birth year in a neutral way when they first start. The answer stays on your device and isn't sent to us or to any partner. Our other Games don't ask, and treat every player as a child.

Information collected automatically by our partners

Some of our Games use the partners below, which may automatically collect limited information under their own privacy policies. Not every Game uses every partner; the table at the end of this section shows which Game uses which. The free browser versions on itch.io include none of them; itch.io hosts those pages under its own privacy policy.

Which Game uses which partner (store versions on phones and tablets):

Our Site is a simple static website hosted by Netlify, which may keep standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested) for security and reliability. We also use Netlify's built-in statistics to see totals for our Site, such as page views, approximate visitor numbers, popular pages and the sites that link to us. This adds nothing to our pages and uses no cookies. We see totals only, not individual visitors. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies on the Site. The Site's fonts are served from our own host, so a visit doesn't send your IP address to Google or any other font service.

When it starts, Polar Bears vs. Warthogs downloads a small settings file from our Site (for example, to switch a game mode off if it breaks). The request carries no player information; like any web request, Netlify's standard logs may record the IP address, which we don't link to players.

For example, ABC Tracing Snowy Letter Trail has no ads, no crash reporting, no age question and no settings download, and it sends nothing to us. Progress stays on your device. Its only partner is the app store (Google Play or the App Store), for the optional one-time Full Unlock (Section 4). It doesn't use the microphone or camera.

Read-aloud. Some Games read lines aloud using recordings built into the Game or your device's own text-to-speech, under your device's settings.

2. How we use information

• To run the Games, remember your progress and settings, show the grown-up check when needed, and deliver in-app purchases.
• To find and fix crashes and bugs.
• To offer optional rewarded videos a player can choose to watch for an in-game bonus, and to limit how often the same video appears.
• To respond to support and privacy requests.
• To prevent fraud and abuse, and to comply with law.

3. Ads in our Games

Because children may play our Games, we show only non-personalized, contextual ads to everyone. We don't use behavioral or interest-based advertising, don't build advertising profiles, don't retarget, and don't show Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt, because we don't track. Ad requests are tagged as child-directed under COPPA, so Google serves only non-personalized ads that follow its policies for children's and family apps.

Today, ads appear only in Polar Bears vs. Warthogs, Polar Pals: Ice Slide, Dune Putt, Tidepool Tales (Android only) and WildSwap.

In Games with ads, ads are optional: a player chooses to watch a short rewarded video for an in-game bonus, and nothing is lost by skipping it. The current versions of our Games have no interstitial or pop-up ads, and we design every ad button so it can't trick players into tapping. In Games that sell it, buying Remove Ads gives the bonus without the video.

4. Purchases

Some store versions of our Games offer an optional one-time purchase, such as Remove Ads, a Full Unlock or an extra level pack. You can play without buying anything.

• The store handles the payment. Purchases are processed by Google Play or Apple's App Store, depending on where you got the Game. We don't receive or store payment card details.
• What the Game receives. When a purchase or a Restore goes through, the store tells the Game which item was bought and gives it a purchase code to confirm it. The Game keeps an "owned" mark and that code on your device, only to unlock and restore the item. It doesn't send them to us.
• What we receive from the store. Google and Apple give us sales records for accounting, tax and refunds, such as the item, the price, the date and the buyer's general location (for example country, or postal code on Google Play); Google's records also include the order number. When we look up a Google Play order (for example, to issue a refund), Google may also show us the buyer's email address, which is usually the grown-up who owns the store account. Apple doesn't share buyers' names or email addresses with us. These records don't include card details, and we don't link them to anything in the Games. See our Data retention policy for how long we keep them.
• A grown-up check comes first. In Games that sell something, the Buy and Restore buttons sit behind a grown-up check. The store also asks the account holder to approve the purchase, so parents can use Google Play purchase approvals (or Apple's Ask to Buy and Screen Time) to control spending.
• Browser versions. The browser versions of our Games, such as those on itch.io, sell nothing in their current versions.
• Refunds go through the store. See our Support page.

Delete My Data (Delete Data in some Games) clears the "owned" mark on your device. What was bought isn't lost: sign in with the same store account and tap Restore Purchases.

5. How we share information

We don't sell your personal information for money. We share information only:

• with the service providers and partners listed above, so they can provide their services;
• if required by law, or to protect the rights, safety or property of our players, us or others; and
• with a buyer or successor if our business or a game is sold or transferred, subject to this policy.

We don't sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral (targeted) advertising, as those terms are defined under U.S. state privacy laws.

6. How long we keep information

Support emails are kept as long as needed to help you and for our records, generally no more than 24 months. Data stored on your device stays there until you delete the game. Our partners keep information according to their own policies. See our Data retention policy for the full schedule.

7. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect the limited information we hold, including two-factor authentication on our accounts. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

8. Children's privacy

Children's data retention. The Games send us no personal information about children. A support email from a child is used once to reply (or to reach a parent) and then deleted within 30 days. Crash reports, which contain no name, account, advertising ID or birth year, aren't linked to a player and are deleted automatically after 30 days. Device information handled by our ad partner is kept under that partner's policy and used only for the internal operations listed below. We review this schedule when the Games change. The full schedule is in our Data retention policy.

How we protect identifiers used for internal operations. The only identifiers our Games handle are an IP address (seen by our web host Netlify when Polar Bears vs. Warthogs downloads its settings file, and by Google AdMob when it delivers an ad), an app-specific ID used by AdMob to count ads and prevent fraud, and, in crash reports, a random ID created each time the Game starts, which isn't linked to you or your device. We use them only to deliver and count ads, prevent fraud, limit how often an ad repeats, keep Polar Bears vs. Warthogs' settings current, and fix crashes. We don't use them to contact anyone, to build a profile, or for behavioral advertising. We don't combine them with each other or with any other information. Netlify keeps its standard server logs for about 30 days, and crash reports are deleted automatically after 30 days. Access to these services is limited to our team and protected by two-factor authentication.

Our Games are made for players of all ages, including children under 13. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and design the Games to collect as little as possible:

• No accounts of our own, chat, user profiles or sharing of user content. None of our Android Games offer Google Play Games sign-in today; on iPhone and iPad, Polar Bears vs. Warthogs uses Apple Game Center as described in Section 1. The "Share" button in Polar Bears vs. Warthogs only copies a line of text to your clipboard, and it's hidden for players under 13.
• We don't ask players for their name, email, phone number, photos, contacts or precise location.
• Only non-personalized, contextual ads served under Google's policies for children's apps (Section 3).
• For every player, a grown-up check before any purchase and before any link that leaves the Game.
• Any device information collected by our partners is used only for "support for internal operations" as COPPA defines it, such as delivering ads, preventing fraud, limiting how often an ad appears, and keeping the Game working. It isn't used for behavioral advertising or profiling.

We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 beyond what COPPA allows without verifiable parental consent. If a child emails us, we use the email only to reply once (or to reach the parent) and then delete it. Parents and guardians can contact privacy@seventhanvilgames.com to ask what information we have about their child, to have it deleted, or to stop further collection.

9. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live (for example, in the EU, UK, California or other U.S. states with privacy laws), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or get a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain uses, to withdraw consent, and to opt out of targeted advertising or "sales" (which we don't do). To make a request, email privacy@seventhanvilgames.com. We'll respond within the time the law requires and won't discriminate against you for exercising your rights. Because we don't run player accounts, you can delete your data yourself: Settings → Delete My Data (Delete Data in some Games) erases your game data on your device. None of our Android Games keep a cloud copy today. Crash reports aren't linked to a player, so we can't find one person's reports; they're deleted automatically after 30 days. For other data held by our partners, email us and we'll delete it or help you contact them. Step-by-step instructions are on our Delete your data page.

If you're in the EU or UK, we rely on our legitimate interests to run and secure the Games, show non-personalized ads, and answer your messages, and on consent where the law requires it. We follow applicable rules for children's data, including the UK Age Appropriate Design Code. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

10. International users

We're based in the United States. Information may be processed in the U.S. and other countries where our partners operate, which may have different data protection rules than your country.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the Games change. We'll post the new version here with a new "Last updated" date and, for significant changes, give notice in the Games or on the Site.

12. Contact us

Seventh Anvil Games LLC
7901 4th St N, STE 300
St. Petersburg, FL 33702, USA
Email: privacy@seventhanvilgames.com