Sprout Guard Merge privacy policy

Effective date: 8 November 2026

Sprout Guard Merge is a merge-and-defend / tower defense HTML5 game published by Matheus Mello, an individual developer based in Portugal (contact: matheus.mello.developer@gmail.com). The game is played on third-party game platforms (“platforms”), such as CrazyGames and YouTube Playables.

Summary

• The game itself does not collect personal data. There is no game account, chat, user-generated content or purchase system.
• The game has no analytics or tracking of its own and loads no remote fonts, images or audio.
• Your progress is saved on your device or through the platform’s save feature.
• Ads, if shown, are served by the platform, not by the game.

Save data

To let you continue, the game saves a small versioned progress record: best wave, best score, endless-mode best, discovered bug cards, music and sound-effect settings, and an optional run checkpoint (wave, coins, hearts, seed-purchase count, score, whether the one-time revive has been used, and twenty garden beds containing each plant’s level and family). Mid-wave enemies and projectiles are not saved; a resumed run restarts its saved wave. Depending on the platform, this record is stored in your browser’s local storage or through the platform’s save service (for example the CrazyGames Data module or YouTube Playables’ cloud save). Local and Poki builds use browser local storage. The game may also send a numeric best score through the host’s score interface where supported. It does not contain your name, contact details or other identifying information, and I cannot see it.

To delete local progress, clear the site data for the game in your browser. Progress held by a platform can be removed using that platform’s own data controls or support.

Platforms and ads

The platform you play on provides the game page, its software development kit (SDK) and any ads (interstitial ads at natural breaks and optional rewarded ads). The platform and its advertising partners may process data such as device information, identifiers, IP address and ad interactions, and handle any consent required for ads, under their own privacy policies — for example CrazyGames and Google/YouTube. I do not receive personal data from these ads. Platforms may share aggregated, non-identifying statistics with me (such as number of plays or play time).

Permissions

The game does not ask for camera, microphone, location, contacts, notifications or any other device permission. Sounds are generated in your browser.

Children

Sprout Guard Merge is intended for a general audience aged 13 and over and is not directed at children.

Your rights and contact

If you email me, I use your email only to answer you and keep the conversation only as long as needed. You can ask for access, correction or deletion of personal data I hold by writing to matheus.mello.developer@gmail.com. You may complain to the Portuguese data protection authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (cnpd.pt), or the authority in your country.

Changes

Updates to this policy will be published on this page with a new effective date.