Effective date: September 18, 2026
Bucket Battalion is provided by Apex Infinity LLC, a Washington company operating under the ApexiGames brand. This policy explains how information is handled when you play the game or contact us about it. Contact us at support@apexigames.com or visit ApexiGames Support.
Bucket Battalion is currently in development. Some online features described below are available only in configured builds. Live advertising awaits provider approval and final verification; Game Center is configured for prerelease testing and awaits signed-device verification before public release. Development builds can show Google test ads; test ads still contact Google and are not an assurance that no data is processed. We will review this policy before the public release and when our practices change. Website browsing is covered separately by our website privacy policy.
Playing without a game account
You do not need an ApexiGames account or a separate Sign in with Apple login. Ordinary gameplay works offline. Optional Apple services use the Apple accounts configured on your device. The game does not ask for your real name, birth date, email address, contacts, photos, microphone, camera, or precise location to play. Choosing a character or uniform is a game preference, not a request for your identity.
Game progress stored on your device
The game saves the privacy-policy version you acknowledge and the acknowledgment date locally. This records notice acknowledgment, not permission for tracking or advertising. You can review the policy before playing and later in Settings.
The game saves scores, completed runs, catches, achievements, earned badges and Chief Medals, earned upgrades, character and equipment selections, and audio and haptic preferences on your device. It also keeps inventory caches, pending rewards, and purchase or synchronization records needed to complete interrupted operations reliably.
If you use Game Center or iCloud inventory, local records can include service-specific player or account identifiers so records stay associated with the correct Apple account. We do not operate a separate developer-hosted player database or add a separate gameplay analytics service. This does not mean that Apple or Google's optional services process no information.
Purchases and iCloud supplies
Apple processes in-app purchases. The game receives product and verified transaction information, including transaction identifiers and purchase entitlement status, to unlock purchases, deliver supplies, restore eligible permanent purchases, and prevent duplicate delivery. We do not receive your payment-card number or Apple Account password.
Unused consumable supplies, such as robot uses, are saved in your private iCloud database using Apple's CloudKit service. These records contain item types, quantities, transaction or operation identifiers, and delivery, use, cancellation, or refund records. The game uses an iCloud account identifier to prevent inventory from being mixed between accounts. Your inventory is not placed in a public player database.
Buying supplies with money or game currency, recovering them, and activating them requires iCloud and an internet connection. Ordinary play remains available offline. Unused supplies successfully saved to iCloud can be recovered with the same iCloud account while that cloud data is retained. Used supplies remain used. Scores, unspent badges and medals, preferences, and earned permanent upgrades are not backed up by this inventory feature. Apple device backups may separately include local app data, depending on your settings.
Restore Purchases restores eligible permanent Apple purchases; it does not recreate spent consumables. Apple handles payment records and refund requests under its own terms and privacy policy.
Game Center
When Game Center is enabled in your build and you sign in, the game uses your game-specific player identifier and sends eligible scores and achievement progress to Apple. Pending submissions may be saved locally for retry. Game Center can show your nickname, avatar, scores, and shared activity to other players according to Apple's service rules and your privacy settings. You can play without signing in. Manage Game Center sign-in and sharing in your device's settings. See Apple's Game Center privacy information.
Optional rewarded advertising
The game offers optional rewarded ads through Google AdMob, such as an extra starting bucket or additional badges. There are no automatic ads between waves. You can decline an ad and continue ordinary play. Brigade Pass provides the covered game benefits without watching ads.
Google's advertising software may process your IP address and approximate location, device or app identifiers, ad views and interactions, and diagnostic and performance information. These data support ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, and service operation. Google and advertising partners may process information under their own privacy terms. See Google's explanation of data use in partner apps and Google's Privacy Policy.
The game starts its advertising flow when you choose an ad-supported reward. In production, it checks Google's consent status and presents any required privacy message before initializing or requesting ads. Where Google requires ongoing privacy options, Advertising privacy choices appears in the game's Settings. Changing a choice affects future processing; it does not automatically erase information already held by a provider. We configure Google ads for G-rated content, disable ad personalization and Google's publisher first-party identifier, and apply child-protective treatment for every player without collecting an age or birthday. Our launch approach does not use cross-app tracking, so the game does not request Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission. Not seeing a tracking prompt does not mean an ad service receives no data.
Support and service providers
If you email us, we receive your email address, message, and any attachments or diagnostic information you choose to send. We use this information to answer questions, investigate problems, handle privacy requests, and keep necessary support records. Please send only what is needed; never send passwords or full payment-card details. Our support email uses Google Workspace.
Apple provides purchases, iCloud, and Game Center. Google provides advertising, consent tools, and support email services. We may disclose relevant support records when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect users, investigate fraud, or resolve a dispute. We do not sell support correspondence to data brokers. The advertising data flows described above remain subject to the applicable provider terms and your available choices.
These providers may process information in countries other than your own. Their privacy notices explain their handling and safeguards. See Apple's Privacy Policy and Google's Privacy Policy.
Retention, deletion, and your choices
Local progress remains on your device until removed or replaced. Deleting the app normally removes its local data; offloading it may preserve that data. A device backup may restore a previous copy.
Cloud inventory and operation records have no automatic expiry in the game. They remain to recover unused supplies and prevent purchases or uses from being counted twice. Deleting the app does not by itself delete these iCloud records. You can manage app storage through Apple's iCloud controls where available, or contact us for help identifying the appropriate deletion route. Deleting cloud inventory can permanently remove unused supplies and recovery records. Contact support before deleting it if you have purchases you want to preserve. We cannot access your private inventory through an email address or recreate deleted cloud data simply from a support request.
We normally retain resolved support correspondence for up to 12 months after resolution, unless it is needed longer for an ongoing issue, legal obligation, fraud investigation, or dispute. Backup copies may remain until the provider's backup cycle expires. Apple and Google control retention of records they hold independently, including payment and advertising records; deleting game data does not erase those records.
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or complain to your local privacy regulator. Email support@apexigames.com to make a request. We may need proportionate information to verify it and will explain if a request must be handled through Apple or Google because we cannot access that data. We will not ask for your Apple password.
Where applicable, we process information to provide requested game features, with consent for activities that require it, for legitimate interests such as responding to support requests and preventing duplicate transactions, and to meet legal obligations. You may decline optional online features; this can limit those features without preventing ordinary offline play.
Children and families
Bucket Battalion is intended to appeal broadly to families. It does not provide an ApexiGames registration form or in-game chat, and does not ask children to submit their names or contact details to play. Parents and guardians can use Apple's device and account controls for purchases and Game Center. Please have an adult handle support correspondence for a child and avoid sending unnecessary information about children.
Optional online services can process the identifiers and technical information described above. Broad family appeal does not mean those services are data-free. The game applies child-protective ad treatment for all players. Live advertising remains subject to provider approval and final verification of the advertising and privacy configuration before public release. A parent or guardian with a concern about information relating to a child can contact support@apexigames.com for help and deletion requests.
Security and policy updates
We use platform protections and limit information to the purposes described here, but no storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure. We will update this page and its effective date when our practices change, and provide additional notice or request consent where required. Questions about this policy can be sent to Apex Infinity LLC at support@apexigames.com.