This Privacy Policy explains how the game Sands — The First Kingdom ("Sands", "we", "us", or "the app") collects, uses and protects your information. Sands shares one account system and one game world with the Sands game inside our PulseCalls app: if you sign in with the same phone number or email in both, it is the same account, village and coin balance.
1. Information We Collect
Phone number or email address. Used to create your account and sign you in (a one-time SMS code, or an email address and password with a confirmation link). Sands does not use your phone number to let other people find or contact you.
Chief name. The name you choose. Other players see it on your village, in raid reports and on the leaderboard.
Game data. Your village, buildings, troops, resources, trophies, raid history and game settings, stored on our servers so you can play on any device.
Purchases. When you buy coins, the store (Google Play or the App Store) gives us a receipt. We check it with the store and record the order id, the pack and the number of coins. We never receive your card or bank details.
Technical data. Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) and app-integrity checks (Firebase App Check, Play Integrity / App Attest) that help keep the game working and protect it from abuse.
Sands does not ask for access to your contacts, camera, microphone, photos or location, and it does not show advertising.
2. How We Use Your Information
To create your account and sign you in securely.
To save your kingdom and run the game: building, training, raids between players, the leaderboard.
To credit the coins you buy, exactly once per purchase.
To fix crashes, prevent cheating and fraud, and keep the service reliable.
We do not sell your personal information and we do not use it for advertising or tracking.
3. How Your Information Is Stored and Shared
Sands runs on Google Firebase (authentication, database, cloud functions, crash reporting), which processes and stores data on our behalf. We share information only:
With other players, limited to your chief name, your village as it appears in raids, and your trophies.
With service providers such as Google Firebase, Google Play and Apple, who operate the service and payments on our behalf.
Where required by law, or to protect the rights, safety and security of our players and the service.
4. Data Retention
Your account and game data are kept while your account exists. Purchase records are kept as required for accounting and fraud prevention.
5. Deleting Your Account
In the app, open the gear on the home screen, then Delete my account. This permanently deletes your account, your village and your coins. Because Sands and PulseCalls share accounts, the same account is deleted in PulseCalls too. You can also ask us by email; see delete-account.html.
6. Children
Sands is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age.
7. Security
We use encrypted connections and access-controlled cloud storage. Game actions are checked on our servers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your information.
8. Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal information. Contact info@korekproduction.com.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy. Material changes are shown by a new effective date at the top of this page.