Privacy Policy
Hometown FC (“the game”, “we”) is a single-player football management game for iOS and Android. This policy explains what data the game handles and what leaves your device.
The short version
Your game lives on your device, we don't know who you are, and nothing you do in the game is sold or shared. There are no accounts, no registration, and no server of ours holding your data.
Anonymous gameplay analytics (optional)
We use PostHog (hosted in the European Union) to count anonymous events such as “a session started”, “a new career was created”, or “a season was completed”. This tells us which parts of the game are used and helps us improve it.
- These events contain no name, email, account, or device contacts — we cannot identify you from them.
- Club names, player names, owner names, and town names from your save are not included in analytics events.
- You can turn analytics off at any time in Menu → Settings → Privacy → “Anonymous analytics”. The game works identically with it off, and disabling it stops all future events.
Crash diagnostics (on-device only)
If the game crashes, a sanitized technical report (error message and stack trace, no personal data) is stored locally on your device to help diagnose the problem. At most 20 reports are kept. They are not uploaded anywhere automatically.
Your save data (on-device only)
Careers are saved on your device. If you use Export save, the game creates a file that you control — sharing it (for example to cloud storage or email) is your action, through your device's standard share sheet. We never upload your saves.
What we do NOT collect
- No accounts, registration, names, or email addresses.
- No location data.
- No contacts, photos, or files beyond the save file you explicitly pick when importing.
- No tracking of you across other apps or websites.
Advertising (only if enabled in your version)
The game may offer optional ads (for example, a rewarded ad you choose to watch) served by Google AdMob. If your version of the game includes ads:
- Google may process your device's advertising identifier to serve and measure ads, under Google's privacy policy.
- Where required by law or platform rules (such as Apple's App Tracking Transparency), you will be asked for consent before any personalized advertising, and you can decline.
- Versions without the advertising module contain no ad SDK and process no advertising identifiers at all.
In-app purchases (only if enabled in your version)
The game may offer optional purchases (such as convenience packs or a head-start). They are never required to progress, and there is no pay-to-win. Payments are processed entirely by the App Store or Google Play — we never see your payment details. Purchase entitlements are stored on your device and with the store, not on any server of ours.
Children
The game contains no chat, no user-generated content sharing, and no data collection beyond the anonymous analytics described above. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Data retention & deletion
- Analytics events are anonymous and aggregated; they cannot be traced back to you to delete individually. Disabling the analytics toggle stops all future events.
- Save data and crash reports live only on your device — deleting the app (or the saves from the in-game menu) removes them.
This website
This website sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and loads no third-party resources — fonts and images are served from this site itself. Our hosting provider may keep standard, short-lived server logs (such as IP addresses) to operate and secure the service.
Changes to this policy
Material changes (for example, enabling optional ads or purchases) will be published at this URL before they take effect, with the “last updated” date above revised.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@hometownfc.app