Broadside Bay – Privacy policy

Last updated: 13 October 2026 (adverts and the Remove ads subscription added)

Broadside Bay is a pirate ship game made by Gary Falzon ("we"). This page explains what the game stores, why, and how to delete it. Contact: showfee.app@gmail.com.

Playing without signing in

Wave battle and Story mode work without an account. Your progress for them is kept only on your phone.

Online play

To sail the shared online sea you either sign in with Google or play as a guest with a captain name you choose. Online play uses Google Firebase (a Google service) in the European Union (Belgium) to store:

• Your sign-in: a Firebase account ID. If you sign in with Google we use your Google account's first name as your captain name. We do not receive your password, and we do not store your email address in the game's database.
• Game progress: gold, experience, ships, upgrades, ship colours, achievements, statistics, daily rewards, fleet membership, friends list and leaderboard scores.
• Live game data while you are at sea: your ship's position and state, cannon shots, quick-chat phrase numbers, and duel or co-op invitations. This is shown to other players and deleted when you leave the sea.
• Things you create: your ship's emblem drawing and fleet names. These are checked automatically for offensive content by Google's Gemini AI (on Google Cloud), and may be checked again if another player reports them.
• Notifications (only if you switch them on): a device token from Firebase Cloud Messaging, used to send you game alerts.

We use this data only to run the game, keep it fair (an automatic referee checks results to stop cheating) and keep it friendly. We do not sell it.

Adverts

The Android app shows adverts from Google AdMob: videos you choose to watch for a reward, and a short advert between some Wave battles. To show and measure adverts, Google AdMob collects your device's advertising ID, basic device and app information, your IP address (approximate location) and how you interact with adverts. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland the app asks for your consent first and you can refuse; you then see non-personalised adverts. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

Remove ads subscription

You can pay a monthly subscription through Google Play to remove adverts. Google Play handles the payment; we never see your card or bank details. To switch No ads on, we store the subscription's purchase token and the date it is paid until with your online save. You can cancel any time in Google Play → Payments & subscriptions.

Children

The game is not directed at children under 13. Players communicate only with set quick-chat phrases.

Deleting your data

In the game, open Menu → Delete my online data while signed in with Google. This deletes your online save, scores, friends, fleet membership, notification token and your game sign-in account. Guest accounts keep nothing between sessions. You can also email showfee.app@gmail.com from your Google account and ask us to delete it; we will do so within 30 days.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update this page and the date above.