Privacy Policy
Pinpoint Ipswich · Last updated 9 September 2026
This policy explains how Pinpoint Ipswich handles information when you use the Pinpoint Ipswich mobile application or this website.
Information the app handles
- Anonymous account information: the app uses Firebase Authentication to create an anonymous account identifier. You do not need to provide a name, email address or password to play.
- Gameplay information: when you submit a guess, the app sends the challenge identifier and the latitude and longitude of the pin you placed. The service calculates and stores information such as your distance, score, completion, lifetime points, status and ranking data.
- Product analytics: the service records limited gameplay and product events associated with the anonymous account, including the event type, challenge and date information, session or operation identifiers, device platform, sharing type and sponsor interactions when applicable. Precise guess coordinates are not included in these product analytics events.
- Notification information: if you grant notification permission, Firebase Cloud Messaging provides a device notification token. The token and your anonymous account identifier are stored so the service can send the daily incomplete-challenge reminder. The app does not register a notification token unless notifications are enabled.
- Technical information: Firebase and Google services may process standard technical information needed to provide, secure and diagnose their services, such as device, application, network and log information.
A pin placed on the game map is your gameplay guess. Pinpoint Ipswich does not request access to your device's physical location for player gameplay.
How information is used
Information is used to:
- provide the daily challenge and calculate results;
- maintain progress, lifetime status, daily participation and City Rank;
- prevent duplicate submissions and protect game integrity;
- understand app usage and improve reliability;
- measure sharing and sponsor interactions in aggregate; and
- send reminders when you have enabled notifications and have not completed the daily challenge.
Pinpoint Ipswich does not sell personal information.
Firebase and other service providers
The app uses Google Firebase services, including Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions, Cloud Storage and Firebase Cloud Messaging. These services process information on behalf of Pinpoint Ipswich to operate the app. The game map is provided using Google Maps. Your device platform and app store may also process information under their own privacy terms.
Website
This temporary website does not use analytics, advertising trackers, cookies, forms or user accounts. Firebase Hosting and ordinary internet infrastructure may process standard request and security logs when the pages are accessed.
Retention and deletion
Gameplay and anonymous account records are retained while reasonably needed to provide lifetime progress, rankings, service integrity and the operation of Pinpoint Ipswich. Detailed product analytics event records carry an expiry timestamp 90 days after creation; aggregated statistics may be retained for longer. Notification tokens are retained while needed to provide enabled reminders and may be removed when disabled, invalid or no longer required.
You may request deletion of information associated with your anonymous account by emailing the address below. Because the player account is anonymous, we may need the anonymous account identifier from your device to locate the relevant records. Some information may be retained where reasonably necessary for security, legal obligations or records that can no longer reasonably be linked to an individual account.
Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect the information handled by the service. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when the service or its information practices change. The current version will be published on this page with its last updated date.
Contact
For privacy questions or deletion requests, contact Pinpoint Ipswich at pinpointipswich@gmail.com.