Privacy Policy — Pedal Empire: Bike Shop Tycoon
Pedal Empire is a single-player idle tycoon game: fix bikes, hire a crew and grow Grandpa's garage into a cycling empire across twelve locations.
This policy explains what information the Android app Pedal Empire: Bike Shop Tycoon (package com.ianskaitis.harbour, "the App") handles, who receives it and why. Earlier versions of this package were a home inventory app (Haven); that app has been replaced by this game.
Summary
Your shop, progress and settings are saved on your device and are never sent to the developer. There are no accounts and no sign-in. The App shows optional rewarded videos (Google AdMob) only when you choose to watch one for an in-game bonus. Optional purchases are processed by Google Play. The App sends anonymous usage statistics and crash reports (Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics) so the developer can see how the game is played and fix problems. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland you are asked for consent first, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings → Ad privacy → Review choices.
1. Game progress (stored on your device)
Your shop name, stations, managers, Crew Cards, cosmetics, decorations, quests, achievements, settings and your Gear balance are stored in the App's private storage on your device. Nothing of this is sent to the developer. It is removed when you uninstall the App or reset your progress in Settings (purchases are kept by Google Play and can be restored from Settings).
2. Advertising — Google AdMob
The App offers rewarded videos that you choose to watch in exchange for an in-game bonus (for example doubled offline earnings, Rush Hour, a free crate or a quest reroll). Ads are served by Google AdMob, which may collect and process:
- your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers;
- approximate location derived from your IP address;
- interactions with ads, and diagnostics of the ad SDK;
in order to show, measure and personalise ads and to prevent fraud. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland the App shows Google's consent form (User Messaging Platform) before any ad is requested; without consent no personalised ads are shown. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalisation in your device settings (Settings → Google → Ads). Players with the VIP pass get the rewards without watching ads. More: how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
3. Usage statistics and crash reports — Firebase
To understand how the game is played and where it is too hard, too slow or broken, the App uses Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics. They send Google:
- a random identifier for this installation of the App (the app instance ID and a random in-game install ID) and, if you allow it, the advertising ID;
- the device model, operating system, language, App version and approximate location derived from the IP address (country or region);
- game events: the App opening, tutorial steps, stations unlocked and levelled, managers hired, goals and stars, Rebrands and new locations, crates opened, quests and achievements, events joined, settings changes, the shop being opened, ads offered, watched or skipped, and purchases made through Google Play (the product and its price);
- crash reports and error messages: the state of the App when it crashed or hit an error.
None of this contains your name, e-mail address, contacts or anything you type (your shop name stays on your device), and the developer cannot tell who you are from it. It is looked at only as totals and trends. Google processes it as described in Privacy and Security in Firebase and keeps it for a limited time (at most 14 months). In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland the statistics follow your answer in Google's consent form: without consent, analytics storage and advertising signals are switched off and only aggregate, cookieless signals are sent.
4. Purchases
Optional purchases (Gear packs, the Starter and Grand Opening packs, No Ads, VIP, the Pedal Pass and the Time Warp bundle) are processed entirely by Google Play. The App never sees your payment details. It receives from Google Play only the confirmation that a purchase was made, so that it can deliver it, and keeps a record of what you bought on your device. Supply Crates are random items; their odds are always shown in the game. Refunds and order history are handled by Google Play under Google's privacy policy.
5. Notifications and permissions
If you allow them, the App schedules local reminders on your device (for example when your registers are full or a free crate is ready). They are created on the device and no data is sent anywhere. The App uses the network only to show ads and the consent form, to process purchases and to send the statistics and crash reports described above. It does not access your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos or files. It can vibrate (you can turn vibration off in Settings).
6. Children
Pedal Empire is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them. Ads are limited to teen-appropriate content.
7. Your choices and rights
- Consent to personalised ads and to usage statistics can be changed in Settings → Ad privacy → Review choices where the law requires it to be offered.
- Notifications can be switched off in Settings or in your device settings.
- Uninstalling the App deletes the game data on your device and stops all statistics.
- Because the developer holds no personal data about you, there is usually nothing to export or delete, but every request sent to the contact below is answered.
8. Data security
Data sent to Google is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). Game data on your device is protected by your device's own security.
9. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a new effective date.
10. Contact the developer
Ignas Anskaitis
Email: ianskaitis@gmail.com
This policy applies to the Android app Pedal Empire: Bike Shop Tycoon (package name com.ianskaitis.harbour) and was last updated on 17 October 2026.