Privacy policy — Short Circuit

Last updated: 16 October 2026

Short Circuit is an offline puzzle game by Puzzle Jay. It does not collect, store on any server, share or sell any personal data. The one exception is Google Play Games (the online ranking, achievements and the cloud save), which is optional, off until you turn it on, and run by Google (below).

What the game stores

• Your progress and settings (map position, stars, credits, themes, WATT's decorations, volume and similar options) are saved only on your device, in the app's own storage. They never leave it. Uninstalling the game, or clearing its data, deletes them.
• The save carries a random identifier created on your device so a save file can be recognised. It is not linked to you and is never sent anywhere.
• The game reads your phone's date and time to know which Daily and Weekly board to play and when a seasonal item can be won. The date stays on your device.
• The full-game purchase is made through Google Play. Google handles the payment and your account; the game only asks Google Play whether this account owns the full game, and keeps a yes/no copy in its save so it also opens unlocked offline. The game receives no payment or personal details. Google's own privacy policy covers the payment.
• Google Play Games: ranking, achievements and cloud save (optional, off by default). Only if you sign in when the game first asks, or turn the ranking on in Challenges, the game signs in to Google Play Games, sends your Daily and Weekly scores to Google's leaderboards unlocks the achievements you have earned and keeps a copy of your progress in Play Games, so it comes back on a new phone. Google then holds your Play Games name, your player ID, those scores, your achievements and that copy of your progress, and other players see your name and scores on the leaderboards. Nothing else is sent. You can turn this off at any time; what Google already holds is managed by Google (Play Games settings, or by deleting your Play Games profile). Google's privacy policy covers this data.
• Rating the game. Now and then - at most three times, at least a month apart, after you clear a sector - the game asks Google Play to show its own rating window. Google decides whether it appears. Your rating and any review go straight to Google Play under your Google account; the game is not told whether you rated it or what you wrote.

What the game does not do

• No accounts of its own. Signing in to Google Play Games happens only if you turn the ranking on.
• No advertising and no advertising identifiers.
• No analytics, crash reporting or tracking of any kind.
• No cookies. The web version uses the browser's local storage for the save only.
• No internet connection is needed: every image and sound ships with the game. The only connections the game makes are to Google Play, for the full-game purchase and the rating window, and - only if you turned the ranking on - to Google Play Games.
• No access to your contacts, location, camera, microphone or files. Vibration is used for haptic feedback only, and can be switched off in Settings.

Children

The game is suitable for all ages and collects no data from anyone, children included. The optional ranking and achievements follow Google Play Games' own rules for younger players.

Changes

If this ever changes, this page will be updated before the new version is released, and the date above will change with it.

Contact

Questions about this policy: Puzzle Jay, jakub@stodulski.net. More about the game: about Short Circuit.