Last updated: 5 September 2026
This policy covers the games made by Dad Joke Games ("we", "us") and the website at dadjoke.games. It explains what we collect, why, who it is shared with, and what you can do about it.
Contact: sdadjokegames@gmail.com
The short version
We do not ask for your name, email address or phone number. We identify you by a random player ID and a nickname you choose. We store your game progress so it follows you to a new device. Our games may show ads, count gameplay events so we can balance levels, and send crash reports. Where the law requires it, we ask your permission first.
What every one of our games collects
Account and identity
When you sign in, Unity Gaming Services creates a player ID — a random string, not tied to your real name. You can sign in with:
- Sign in with Apple on iOS. We ask Apple only to confirm who you are. We do not request your name or your email address, not even Apple's private relay address, so we never receive them.
- Google Play Games on Android. We receive your Play Games player identifier, not your Google account email address.
You also choose a nickname. Where a game has leaderboards, it is visible to other players.
Game progress
Stored in Unity Cloud Save and Unity Economy against your player ID: your progress, scores, achievement counters, and which items you own. This is what lets you reinstall a game and keep everything.
Purchases
Purchases are handled by the Apple App Store or Google Play. We receive a transaction receipt so we can confirm the purchase and unlock the item. We never see your card details, billing address or any other payment information. Those stay with Apple or Google.
Analytics
We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand how a game is played, for example when a level starts and ends and whether it was completed. Alongside those events Firebase collects app version, device model, operating system, coarse country and a pseudonymous app instance identifier. We attach your player ID so a session can be followed across devices.
Crash reports
We use Google Firebase Crashlytics. When a game crashes we receive the crash trace, device model, operating system version, and a short trail of what the game was doing beforehand. This is used only to fix bugs.
Remote configuration
We use Firebase Remote Config to adjust settings such as reward amounts. It sends us no personal data about you.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your data. We use these providers, each with its own privacy policy:
| Provider | What for | Their policy |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Technologies | Sign-in, cloud save, in-game economy | https://unity.com/legal/game-player-and-app-user-privacy-policy |
| Ads, analytics, crash reports, Android sign-in, purchases | https://policies.google.com/privacy | |
| Apple | iOS sign-in, App Store purchases | https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/ |
Our own servers at api.dashblade.dadjoke.games handle leaderboards.
Why we are allowed to do this (EEA / UK / Switzerland)
- To provide the game — your player ID, progress and purchases. Necessary to perform our agreement with you.
- With your consent — personalised advertising, and analytics where consent is required. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Our legitimate interest — crash reports and basic abuse prevention, so the game works.
How long we keep it
Game progress is kept while your account exists. Analytics and crash data are kept for the retention period Google applies to those products, currently up to 14 months for analytics events. Ad data retention is governed by Google.
Your choices and rights
- Delete your data. Write to sdadjokegames@gmail.com and we will delete your player record, progress and any leaderboard entries. Tell us the game, your nickname, and if you can, your player ID from the in-game profile screen.
- Access, correction, portability, objection. Same address. We answer within 30 days.
- Ad choices are described in each game's section below, because not every game shows ads.
- If you are in the EEA or UK you may also complain to your national data protection authority.
Children
Our games are not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has provided us with data, contact us and we will remove it.
The website
dadjoke.games is a static site. It sets no advertising cookies, uses no analytics, and does not track you across other sites.
Changes
We update this page when our games change, and change the "last updated" date above. Significant changes are announced in the affected game.
Our games
Dashblade (Android, iOS)
Advertising. Dashblade shows optional rewarded ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may process your device's advertising identifier (the IDFA on iOS, the Advertising ID on Android), your IP address and the approximate location it implies, and which ads you were shown and interacted with.
On iOS, personalised advertising uses the IDFA only if you allow it in the App Tracking Transparency prompt shown on first launch. Decline and ads still work, but are not personalised. You can change this later in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, Google's consent form appears before any ads load and you can accept or decline. Declining does not remove ads, it makes them non-personalised.
On Android, you can reset or delete your Advertising ID in Settings → Google → Ads.
Leaderboards. Your nickname, your scores and your country are sent to our servers so leaderboards can be shown and grouped by region. Country is derived from your IP address at the time of the request. We do not keep your IP address as part of your profile.
Purchases. Dashblade sells ad removal and cosmetic skins. Nothing else is sold, and there is no subscription.
Contact
Dad Joke Games — general enquiries dadjokegames@gmail.com — privacy and data requests sdadjokegames@gmail.com — https://dadjoke.games