15 Words // 30 Seconds is operated by NEURAL CRAFT LIMITED ("we", "us", or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled when you use the game, which runs as a TikTok Mini Game.
TikTok may collect, use, and share information under its own policies, including TikTok's Privacy Policy. This policy explains only how we handle information for the game itself.
Summary
The game is designed to work without account registration and without a separate backend account from us. Current progress and settings are stored through the TikTok Mini Game local storage environment where available.
Information the Game Handles
- Gameplay input, including words typed during a round, prompts shown, word validity, and round score.
- Local progress and settings, including high scores, recent result summaries, sound, haptic, tutorial, and local ad frequency state.
- Result data, including score, completed word count, game mode, grade, date seed, and round timestamp.
- Optional share data, including a result image, share title, score summary, game mode, and seed.
- Basic runtime data made available by the TikTok Mini Game environment, such as screen size and API availability.
- In-session gameplay events used during the current session for debugging and game behavior.
How Information Is Stored
The game stores progress and settings locally where the TikTok Mini Game environment supports it.
- Sound, haptic, and tutorial settings.
- High scores by mode.
- Up to 10 recent result summaries.
- Local ad frequency state.
Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect
- Name.
- Email address.
- Phone number.
- Contacts.
- Precise location.
- Photos or videos from your device.
- Microphone audio.
- Payment information.
- TikTok login credentials.
How We Use Information
- Run the core word challenge.
- Validate typed words and prevent repeated words during a round.
- Calculate scores, grades, and result summaries.
- Save local high scores, recent results, and settings.
- Display tutorials, results, feedback, sounds, and haptics.
- Support TikTok sharing if you choose to share.
- Load or show ads if ads are enabled.
- Debug, maintain, and improve the game.
Sharing and TikTok Features
If you tap the share button, the game uses TikTok's sharing features to create a share payload. The payload may include a result image, title, score summary, game mode, and seed. Sharing is optional. Once you share through TikTok, TikTok controls delivery, visibility, and processing under TikTok's policies and your TikTok settings.
Ads
The game may use TikTok Mini Game advertising features if ad placements are enabled. TikTok or its advertising partners may process information for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, frequency capping, and compliance according to their own policies.
When We Share Information
We do not sell personal information. We do not currently operate a separate backend that receives your game progress or gameplay events. Information may be processed with TikTok when the game runs inside TikTok, uses TikTok Mini Game APIs, displays ads, or uses TikTok sharing. Information may also be processed if required for legal, safety, security, platform compliance, service provider, or business transfer reasons.
Your Choices
- Choose not to share results.
- Turn sound and haptics on or off in the game where controls are available.
- Clear local game data through TikTok app storage, device storage controls, or platform-supported game removal.
- Control TikTok account, privacy, ad, and sharing settings through TikTok.
Data Retention
Local settings, high scores, recent result summaries, and ad frequency state remain stored until overwritten, cleared by the game, cleared by TikTok or your device, or otherwise removed by platform storage behavior. In-session events are temporary and are not intended to persist after the game session ends.
Children
The game is not intended for children under 13. If you are under the age required to use TikTok or TikTok Mini Games in your region, do not use the game.
Security
We use reasonable measures designed to protect information handled by the game. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above or provide notice where required. Continued use of the game after changes become effective means the updated policy applies.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact NEURAL CRAFT LIMITED at ewan@neuralcraft.art.