How Accretion handles your data. Short version: the game runs locally on your device. The data that leaves your device goes to Google for ads (AdMob), anonymous analytics (Firebase Analytics), crash reporting (Firebase Crashlytics), and game-balance tuning (Firebase Remote Config).
Accretion is an idle game made by Laitent Space. It runs locally on your phone. There is no account, no login, and no Laitent Space server receiving your game data. Your save file stays on your device.
Three Google services send data off your device: Google AdMob serves rewarded video ads, Firebase Analytics collects anonymous gameplay events so we can improve the game, and Firebase Crashlytics sends automatic crash reports. We also use Firebase Remote Config to tune game-balance settings without requiring an app update. That is the full scope of data that leaves the device.
laitentspace.com is covered separately.Accretion saves your game state and preferences locally using your phone's standard app storage. This includes:
None of this is transmitted off your device by Accretion. Uninstalling the app deletes it. Resetting your device deletes it. Laitent Space has no copy and cannot recover it.
Accretion uses Google AdMob (via the google_mobile_ads SDK) to serve optional rewarded video ads for in-game boosts. When an ad loads or plays, Google receives information needed to serve and measure that ad. Per Google's documentation this typically includes:
Google processes this data as an independent controller under its own privacy policy. See policies.google.com/privacy and AdMob's data handling notice.
Accretion uses Firebase Analytics (provided by Google) to understand how players interact with the game. This helps us improve game balance and identify issues. Firebase Analytics collects:
Firebase Analytics does not collect names, email addresses, or other personally identifying information. Data is associated with an anonymous app instance identifier, not with your identity. Google processes this data under its own Firebase privacy documentation.
Accretion uses Firebase Crashlytics to receive automatic crash and error reports. When the app encounters an unexpected error, Crashlytics sends a report that includes:
Crash reports do not include game progress, personal information, or advertising identifiers. Crashlytics is only active in release builds, not during development.
Accretion uses Firebase Remote Config to tune game-balance parameters (such as boost multipliers, reward timing, and progression rates) without requiring an app update. Remote Config fetches configuration values from Firebase servers. This involves:
No gameplay data or personal information is sent to Firebase as part of Remote Config requests.
On iOS, the first time Accretion attempts to load an ad, iOS displays an App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you decline, AdMob serves non-personalized ads. You can change this choice any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, or reset your IDFA entirely in Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising.
On Android, you can reset or delete your Advertising ID in Settings → Privacy → Ads. When you delete it, AdMob receives a string of zeros instead and must serve non-personalized ads.
Because Accretion stores game data only on your device, uninstalling the app deletes everything we would otherwise hold. There is no account to close and no server-side copy to request.
For data that Google holds about your advertising identifier, use Google's controls at myadcenter.google.com.
Accretion uses only local notifications, scheduled by the app on your own device. No push service is involved. You can disable them at any time in your phone's notification settings for Accretion, or inside the app's Options tab.
Accretion is rated for general audiences (Everyone on Google Play, 4+ on the App Store) but is not designed for or directed at children under 13. Laitent Space does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 in jurisdictions that apply that threshold). If you believe a child has used Accretion and you want any associated advertising identifier disassociated from Google's systems, contact Google through the links above. You may also contact us at privacy@laitentspace.com.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as Canada's PIPEDA, Quebec's Law 25, the EU and UK GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA). These rights can include: knowing what personal information is processed about you, requesting access or a copy, requesting correction or deletion, objecting to certain processing, and withdrawing consent.
Because Accretion holds no server-side data tied to you, the most effective way to exercise those rights is to use your device's advertising controls (above) and uninstall the app. For anything else, email privacy@laitentspace.com and we will respond within 30 days.
California residents have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. Laitent Space does not sell personal information, and does not share personal information with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising outside of the standard AdMob relationship described above.
Canadian users can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca. Quebec users can contact the Commission d'accès à l'information at cai.gouv.qc.ca.
Google AdMob, Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, and Firebase Remote Config operate globally and may process data in the United States and other countries. Laitent Space relies on Google's own safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable, as set out in Google's Firebase privacy documentation.
Laitent Space itself retains no personal data about Accretion players on any server. Analytics and crash data are stored in Google's Firebase infrastructure under Google's retention policies. Data held on your device is retained until you delete it by uninstalling or resetting app storage.
We take reasonable technical steps to protect the data Accretion handles, but no mobile app or advertising platform can be guaranteed fully secure. On-device encryption is managed by iOS and Android and is outside our control.
If this policy changes, the new version replaces this page and the Effective date at the top of the overview is updated. Material changes that affect what data is collected will be flagged in the app's release notes.
Questions, requests, or reports: privacy@laitentspace.com.
Publisher: Laitent Space, a software studio based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.