Privacy policies, like patent medicines and almanacs, have a tendency to grow long without growing more honest. This one is an attempt at the opposite: a short, plainly-set account of what Element-ary records about you, why, for how long, and to whom we hand it over. The headings below correspond to the numerals in the margin; each is meant to be read on its own.
In brief.
Element-ary is a small daily puzzle. We have built it to be quiet company on the way to work, not a data-collection apparatus. The principles that govern this page reduce to four sentences.
- 01We do not collect names, email addresses, postal addresses, or any account credentials. There is no Element-ary account.
- 02We do not sell or rent your data. Element-ary itself ships no analytics SDK and no first-party telemetry.
- 03Free Play shows ads from Google AdMob. Daily is ad-free. The one-time Remove Ads purchase silences ads entirely.
- 04Your game state, settings, and stats live on your device. They never leave unless your device backs them up to Google Drive on your behalf.
Who we are.
Element-ary is published by Ink & Warren Digital LLC, a Florida-registered software studio operating out of Sunrise, FL. Where this policy uses we, our, or the editors, it means the same small team.
You can write to us at the postal address below, or by email at hello@inkandwarrendigital.com. Requests related to your data should go to hello@inkandwarrendigital.com with “privacy” in the subject line; they reach an actual person.
What we collect.
Element-ary collects the smallest amount of information required to give you a working daily puzzle. The app itself does not ship any analytics SDK, telemetry library, or crash-reporting service that we control. The data below is collected on our behalf by Google as part of running the Free Play ad and in-app purchase flows.
Element-ary does not request the contacts, location, microphone, camera, calendar, or health permissions. The app holds INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE for ad requests, POST_NOTIFICATIONS for the optional Daily reminder, VIBRATE for haptic feedback, and BILLING for in-app purchases.
How we use it.
The data above is used for four narrow purposes:
- To run the puzzle. Saving your guesses, tracking your streak, remembering whether the color-blind palette is on.
- To keep the lights on. Crash reports help us fix bugs. We never see them tied to an identity — they arrive as anonymous stack traces through Google Play Console.
- To support the app. Free Play shows Google AdMob banners and the occasional interstitial. The Daily is ad-free. A one-time Remove Ads purchase silences ads in Free Play too.
- To meet our legal obligations. Responding to lawful requests, resolving disputes, enforcing our terms. We push back on overbroad requests.
How long we keep it.
Element-ary stores no personal information on servers we control. Game state and settings live on your device for as long as the app is installed. Uninstalling the app removes all of that local state.
Google retains AdMob and Play Console data according to its own policies, which Google publishes at policies.google.com/privacy. Element-ary cannot delete that data on your behalf, but you can reset your Android Advertising ID at any time from your device's system settings.
Your rights.
Wherever you are reading from, you have at minimum the following rights over your information. Since Element-ary itself collects almost nothing, most of these resolve to controls inside the app or your device's system settings.
Younger readers.
Element-ary is suitable for any reader who can hold a phone, and the chemistry mostly finds its level. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 (or the equivalent age in your jurisdiction). If a child has somehow ended up with the app and you wish to discuss it, write to hello@inkandwarrendigital.com.
Security.
Game state on-device is stored via Android's SharedPreferences and local files. Data in transit between the app and Google (for ad requests, purchase verification, etc.) uses TLS, per Google's SDKs. Element-ary operates no servers of its own that hold personal data, so there is no production server for a breach to affect; if Google publishes a security disclosure that touches Element-ary's users, we will surface it here.
Changes to this policy.
We update this page when our practice changes. Material changes will be announced inside the app at least 14 days before they take effect. The “last updated” date at the top of the page is the authoritative one; the general policy at /privacy covers any Ink & Warren Digital product not listed in §V above.
Write to us.
8364 NW 37th Pl
Sunrise, FL 33351
United States