Privacy Policy — Panic Express: Runaway Multitasker

1. Introduction & Scope

Mesa Games ("we," "our," or "us") developed Panic Express: Runaway Multitasker ("the Game") as an ad-supported arcade mobile game with an optional one-time in-app upgrade. This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected, stored, or processed when you install and play the Game on Android devices, how that information is used, and the choices and privacy rights available to you.

2. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

The Game does not require user registration, account creation, or sign-in, and Mesa Games does not operate proprietary backend servers that store your personal information.

All gameplay progress and preferences are saved exclusively locally on your device using Android SharedPreferences, including:

• High scores (bestScore) and lifetime micro-games cleared (totalMicroGamesClearedLifetime)
• In-game currency balance (totalCoinsWallet — Golden Fare Coins)
• Permanent locomotive upgrade levels (hullLevel, coolingLevel, switchSpeedLevel)
• Executive Conductor VIP Pass unlock status (panic_express_vip_unlocked)

How to Delete Local Gameplay Data: You can permanently delete all locally stored gameplay data at any time via your Android device's Settings → Apps → Panic Express → Storage & cache → Clear storage, or by uninstalling the Game.

3. Information Collected by Third-Party SDKs

While Mesa Games does not directly collect or store personal data on our own servers, the Game integrates official Google software development kits (SDKs) for advertising and in-app billing:

A. Google AdMob (com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads)

Unless you purchase the optional Executive Conductor VIP Pass (which permanently disables banner and forced interstitial advertisements), the Game displays banner, interstitial, and optional rewarded video advertisements served by Google AdMob (App ID: ca-app-pub-5346842571076759~1438232335).

To provide, measure, cap frequency, and prevent fraud in advertisements, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may automatically collect and transmit:

• Device & Advertising Identifiers: Your Android Advertising ID (com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID), app set ID, and instance identifiers.
• Coarse / Approximate Location: Approximate geographical location derived from your device's IP address (the Game never requests GPS or precise location permissions).
• Device & Network Information: Device make, model, OS version, screen dimensions, language setting, mobile carrier, and network connection type.
• Ad Interaction & Diagnostic Data: Ad impressions, clicks, rewarded video completions, app launch events, crash logs, and performance diagnostics.

Learn more at Google Privacy Policy and How Google Uses Information from Sites or Apps That Use Our Services.

B. Google Play Billing (in_app_purchase)

When you purchase or restore the optional Executive Conductor VIP Pass (SKU: panic_express_vip_5), the transaction is processed directly and securely by Google Play Billing. Mesa Games never receives, accesses, processes, or stores your credit card number, bank account information, or billing address.

4. Legal Bases & Purposes of Processing

• App Functionality & Entitlement Verification: Verifying and restoring your Executive Conductor VIP Pass via Google Play Billing.
• Advertising & Monetization: Serving banner, interstitial, and optional rewarded video ads via Google AdMob, enforcing ad frequency caps, and crediting in-game Overtime Perks when you complete a rewarded video ad.
• Analytics, Diagnostics & Fraud Prevention: Detecting invalid ad traffic, diagnosing crashes, and ensuring app stability across Android devices.

5. Data Sharing, Transfers & Security

• No Sale of Personal Data by Mesa Games: Mesa Games does not sell, rent, or trade user lists or personal information to third parties.
• Encryption in Transit: All network communications initiated by the Google Mobile Ads SDK and Google Play Billing SDK are encrypted in transit using HTTPS / TLS.

6. Your Privacy Rights & Opt-Out Choices

• Reset or Delete Your Android Advertising ID: Open your Android device's Settings → Google → All services → Ads (or Privacy → Ads) and select Reset advertising ID or Delete advertising ID.
• Disable Ads In-Game: Unlock the one-time Executive Conductor VIP Pass (panic_express_vip_5) to permanently remove all banner and forced interstitial ads.
• GDPR (EEA/UK/Switzerland) & US State Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA/VCDPA): You may manage personalized ad preferences at myadcenter.google.com or opt out of targeted advertising at the OS level by deleting your Advertising ID.

7. Children's Privacy

Panic Express: Runaway Multitasker is intended for a general audience (ages 13+) and is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updated version will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact Mesa Games at support@mesagames.com or via the developer support email listed on the Google Play Store page for Panic Express: Runaway Multitasker.