Backpack Acres

Privacy policy

Last updated: 4 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the Backpack Acres Android application (package com.backpackacres.game, "the app", "we", "us") handles information. By using the app you agree to the practices described here.

Summary

Backpack Acres is a farm tycoon game. You grow, carry and sell goods to build up a farm, then move on to the next one. The app does not require an account, and it does not send your game data to us or to any server of ours. Your game is saved locally on your device.

The app shows ads from Google AdMob. Google's ad software in the app collects some information from your device to show and measure ads, as described under Advertising below.

Game data

As you play, the app saves your progress: your farms, money, upgrades, settings such as sound on or off, and the name you give your Buddy. This data is:

  • used only to run the game and keep your progress between sessions;
  • stored on your device;
  • not transmitted to us, not uploaded to any server of ours, and not shared with third parties.

We do not keep a copy of your game data on our systems.

Device backup

If backup is turned on in your Android settings, Android includes your saved game in your device backup, so your progress can come back when you reinstall the app or move to a new phone. Only the saved game is included. The backup is handled by Google under Google's own policies, and we cannot see it.

Permissions

The app requests the following permissions, all of which Android grants without asking. Apart from Internet, they are added by Google's ad software and the libraries it depends on:

  • Internet: to load ads. The game does not use it to send your data to us.
  • Network state: lets the ad software check whether the device is online.
  • Advertising ID and Android's ad services (advertising ID, attribution and topics): let Google's ad software use your device's advertising ID and Android's privacy-preserving advertising features, as described under Advertising.
  • Wake lock and foreground service: used by those libraries for their own background tasks.

The app does not ask for your location, contacts, camera, microphone or files.

App updates

When a new version of the app is available on Google Play, the app may offer to update using Google Play's in-app update feature. This is handled by Google Play; we do not receive any information from it.

Advertising

The app shows ads from Google AdMob, Google's mobile advertising service, through Google's Mobile Ads SDK. No ad shows while you play a farm. One ad may show after a farm is complete, and on the farm-complete card you can choose to watch an ad in return for a reward in the game.

When ads are requested and shown, the Mobile Ads SDK collects information from your device and sends it to Google, which uses it for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention. According to Google, this includes:

  • device and account identifiers, such as your device's Android advertising ID and app set ID;
  • your device's IP address, which may be used to estimate its general location;
  • your interactions with the app and its ads, such as app launches, taps and video views;
  • diagnostic information about how the app and the SDK perform, such as app launch time, hang rate and energy usage.

Google encrypts this information in transit. It goes to Google, not to us. Google's use of it is described in the Google Privacy Policy and on Google's page How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Ad consent in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the app uses Google's User Messaging Platform to ask for your consent before any ad is requested. Where the rules require it, a consent form appears when you open the app, and you choose whether Google may use your information for personalised ads. If you do not consent, Google may still show non-personalised or limited ads. Google says non-personalised ads use contextual information, including approximate location, and still use identifiers for frequency capping and aggregated ad reporting.

You can change your choice at any time: open the game's menu and tap Privacy choices. The link is shown wherever the rules require a way to change consent.

Your advertising ID

Outside those regions, ads may be personalised using your advertising ID. You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or limit personalised ads, in your Android device settings.

Analytics and tracking

The app does not include our own analytics or user-tracking system, and we do not build advertising or marketing profiles about you. Google's ad software collects the information described under Advertising, which Google may use for personalised ads where you allow it.

Children

Backpack Acres is a game for a general adult audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your choices

Because your game data stays on your device, you remain in control of it. You can start over from the game's menu, which clears your progress, and uninstalling the app removes its saved game from your device. A copy in your Android device backup is kept and removed by Google under its own backup rules, and you can turn backup off in your Android settings.

For ads, you can change your consent from Privacy choices in the game's menu where it is shown, and reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings, as described under Advertising.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how the app handles data, contact us at hei@smett.no.