Ads & data notice

Sunburnt Santa is free to play. Ads help pay for it.

Where you'll see ads

• iPhone and Android: a banner under the calendar, and a full-screen ad after every few finished rounds. Never during a round.
• Web game: no ads.
• Remove Ads (A$3.99, one-off) turns them all off for good on your account. It doesn't change scores, points or prizes.

Who shows them

Ads come from Google AdMob. We ask for family-friendly (PG) ads and block categories such as alcohol, gambling and dating. If you see an ad that seems wrong for a family game, tell us from Me → Report a problem → Payments / ads.

What the ads use

Google's ad software collects information to show and measure ads: a device advertising id (on Android), your IP address and approximate location from it, your device type, and whether you saw or tapped an ad.

• Non-personalised by default. Ads are based on the game and your rough location, not on a profile of you.
• UK and EEA: Google's consent form asks whether you agree to personalised ads; change your answer any time from Ad privacy choices on the Me tab.
• iPhone: we don't ask to track you across apps, and we don't use your advertising id (IDFA), so ads stay non-personalised.
• Android: you can reset or delete your advertising id in your phone's Settings → Privacy → Ads.

What we collect ourselves

In short: your scores and how you play, your device type, a random id for this install, and, if you sign in, your email and @handle. We never sell it or share it for anyone else's marketing. Full details are in the Privacy Policy.

Google's policy: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites