Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 20, 2026

Small Tech LLC ("Small Tech", "we", "our") is dedicated to safeguarding your personal data. This comprehensive Privacy Statement elaborates on our methodologies regarding the collection, handling, protection, and distribution of your data when you engage with Egypt Cat Scratch and its affiliated digital properties (collectively referred to as the "Service").

By initiating access, downloading, or engaging with the Service, you signify your absolute agreement to the data practices described herein. Abstain from using the Service if any provision is unacceptable to you.

1. Information We Accumulate

We gather specific categories of information to deliver and optimize our digital experiences:

1.1 Willingly Supplied Details

• Should you initiate contact with our support framework, we will capture your email address, name, and any contextual information you provide.
• This data is provided strictly at your discretion to facilitate customer service. No mandatory account registration is enforced to utilize the Service.

1.2 Automatically Logged Telemetry

Upon launching and interacting with the Service, our systems passively record specific technical parameters, including:

• Hardware specifications: device model, operating system architecture, and localized language preferences.
• Application version and baseline engagement metrics.
• IP address (utilized strictly for security monitoring, broad demographic analytics, and regional regulatory compliance).
• Standard Advertising Identifiers (such as the Google Advertising ID for Android/GP platforms or IDFA on iOS) to attribute marketing campaigns, deliver relevant advertisements, and deter fraudulent activity.

You can reset or opt-out of personalized advertising tracking directly through your device's native OS privacy settings.

1.3 External Service Providers and SDKs

To maintain and elevate the Service's quality, Egypt Cat Scratch integrates specialized Third-Party Software Development Kits (SDKs). These include:

• Analytics SDKs for crash diagnostics and engagement evaluation.
• Advertising SDKs to present in-app promotions and measure ad performance.
• Attribution SDKs to gauge user acquisition channels.
• Customer Support integrations for managing feedback.

These entities may process device fingerprints and interaction data in alignment with their own distinct privacy protocols. Small Tech does not broker or auction your personal data.

1.4 Legal Processing Justifications (GDPR)

For users within applicable jurisdictions, our data processing is legally grounded upon:

• Your explicit consent (e.g., when sending us a direct inquiry).
• Our legitimate corporate interests (such as enhancing the Service's stability and protecting against unauthorized intrusions), where permitted by law.

2. Utilization of Acquired Information

We deploy the collected intelligence for several core operational objectives:

• Ensuring the seamless functionality, operation, and maintenance of Egypt Cat Scratch.
• Refining gameplay mechanics, performance, and features based on aggregated trends.
• Resolving user-reported technical dilemmas and providing customer support.
• Identifying, neutralizing, and addressing abusive, fraudulent, or unauthorized behavior.
• Evaluating the efficacy of our marketing initiatives and advertising attribution.
• Satisfying stringent legal and regulatory mandates.

We strictly abstain from utilizing your data for automated, legally binding decision-making processes.

3. Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Our digital infrastructure may employ functional and analytical tracking mechanisms (such as cookies or localized storage). Functional trackers are indispensable for baseline operations, whereas analytical variants help us decipher user flow and improve performance. You retain the autonomy to restrict non-essential tracking via your browser or device's native configuration menus, though this may sporadically impede certain features. Continued use implies consent to these technologies.

4. Promotional Communications

In accordance with local legislation, we might dispatch service-critical notifications or promotional materials. You possess the unencumbered right to opt out of non-essential marketing broadcasts at any juncture by utilizing the embedded "unsubscribe" functionality in emails or by reaching out to our support address. Opting out does not affect mandatory service-related communications.

5. Information Sharing & Disclosure

Small Tech adamantly refuses to sell your personal information. Disclosure is restricted solely to the following scenarios:

• With vetted operational partners and SDK providers who assist us in operating the Service, bound by strict confidentiality pacts.
• When complying with lawful subpoenas, legal processes, court orders, or governmental decrees.
• To protect the intellectual property, physical safety, and legal rights of Small Tech, our user base, or the general public.

6. Data Retention Horizons

Your personal data is preserved exclusively for the duration requisite to fulfill the objectives delineated within this Privacy Statement, barring scenarios where an extended retention period is legally dictated or permitted. Upon a valid user deletion request, identifiable information is destroyed or thoroughly anonymized within a 30-day window, except where retention is legally mandated (e.g., tax records).

7. Data Deletion Mechanisms

Egypt Cat Scratch functions without a centralized account infrastructure, meaning it does not store persistent, personally identifiable profiles on our servers.

Local Deletion: All progression data and personalized settings reside locally on your hardware. Uninstalling the application intrinsically obliterates this local data cache. No separate in-app deletion button is required or provided.

Third-Party Data: Regarding anonymous or aggregated data held by third-party analytics or advertising networks, we obligate these partners to adhere to global privacy laws. To initiate inquiries regarding your privacy rights or data handling, please contact us directly at [email protected].

8. Security Infrastructure

We deploy commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational barricades to insulate your data from unauthorized access, exploitation, alteration, or destruction. Nevertheless, recognizing the inherent vulnerabilities of digital transmission and storage, we cannot warrant absolute, impenetrable security.

9. Minors and Age Constraints

The Service is unequivocally restricted to individuals who have achieved 18 years of age (or the requisite age of digital consent in your locale, whichever is higher). We purposefully avoid knowingly harvesting personal data from children.

We strictly prohibit underage access and do not deploy behavioral advertising targeting children. If you are a legal guardian and suspect unauthorized data submission by a minor without consent, please contact us promptly to initiate immediate review and expungement protocols (e.g., COPPA compliance).

10. Transnational Data Migrations

Your information may be transmitted to, stored, and processed within the United States or other global data centers where our servers operate.

For residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, we rely upon Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, alongside other lawful transfer mechanisms, to ensure your privacy rights remain robust and protected across international borders.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Governed by your local regulatory framework (such as GDPR or CCPA/CPRA), you may assert the right to:

• Request access to, rectification of, or the deletion of your personal records.
• Request a portable, structured copy of your data.
• Object to or restrict specific processing activities.
• Retract previously granted consent at any time.
• Opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, submit a verifiable request to our contact email. We will address and process your request within 30 days. Identity verification may be required.

12. California Consumer Privacy Directives (CCPA/CPRA)

If you reside in California, you possess additional statutory rights. Due to the lightweight and localized nature of our Service, we maintain a strictly minimized data footprint. Over the preceding twelve months, our data collection practices are strictly limited to the following:

We absolutely do not "sell" personal information for direct monetary compensation. Furthermore, because we do not mandate account creation, we hold no persistent profiles of our users. Any sharing of data is strictly confined to anonymized telemetry passed to our analytics and advertising partners to maintain the free Service.

To exercise your right to opt-out of potential ad-related "sharing", you may disable personalized ads via your device's native OS privacy settings, or explicitly email us. We guarantee non-discrimination for exercising any CCPA/CPRA rights.

13. Do Not Track Signals

A variety of web browsers incorporate "Do Not Track" (DNT) broadcasting capabilities. Currently, our Service framework does not actively respond to or alter its behavior based on DNT signals. We recommend utilizing OS-level ad-tracking toggles for definitive privacy management.

14. Policy Evolution

Small Tech may revise this Privacy Statement periodically to reflect operational or legal changes. The authoritative, most recent iteration will invariably reside at:
https://smalltechgame.com/egyptcatscratch/privacy.html

Your sustained interaction with the Service following modifications denotes your binding acceptance of the updated Privacy Statement.

15. Corporate Contact Information

For privacy-centric inquiries, concerns, or data requests, please correspond with:

Small Tech LLC
Address: 458 E Arbor Ave Sunnyvale, CA, 94085-3667 United States
Email: [email protected]