Effective date: August 8, 2026 · Last updated: August 25, 2026
Riverside Files does not require an account to play, and we don't ask for your name or any other directly-identifying information in order to run the game.
Cloud save is the one exception, and it is entirely optional. If you choose to turn it on in Settings, you sign in with Google or Apple and we receive the email address associated with that account (Apple lets you hide it, and a hidden address works fine here). Nothing asks you to sign in — there is no prompt anywhere in the game — and everything works without it.
The following is collected automatically as part of normal operation:
We use the following third-party services. Each operates under its own privacy policy, linked below — we encourage you to review them.
| Service | Purpose | Data involved |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob | Advertising, and the EU/UK consent form (UMP) | Advertising ID, ad interaction events |
| Firebase Analytics | Gameplay/product analytics | App usage events, device identifiers |
| Firebase Crashlytics | Crash reporting | Device model, OS version, stack traces |
| Firebase Remote Config | Tuning game values without an app update | App instance identifier |
| Firebase Authentication | Signing in to cloud save, if you enable it | Email address, account identifier |
| Google Cloud Firestore | Storing your saved game, if you enable cloud save | Your game progress, account identifier |
| OneSignal | Push notifications (e.g. offline-earnings reminders) | Device push token |
| RevenueCat | In-app purchase handling and restoring purchases | Purchase receipts, anonymous purchase identifier |
| Apple App Store / Google Play | Purchase processing | Purchase receipts (no card data reaches us) |
On iOS, Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt lets you decline tracking used for ad personalization; declining doesn't prevent you from playing the game. Users in the EU/UK are shown a consent management platform on first launch to manage ad and analytics consent under GDPR.
We do not sell your personal information.
Your case fees, upgrades, hired detectives, and other progress are saved locally on your device, encrypted, under a key held in your device's own secure keystore. This is what allows cases to keep resolving — and offline earnings to keep accruing — even while the app is closed.
Cloud save is off unless you turn it on. With it off, nothing about your game leaves the device, and uninstalling the app or clearing app data erases it permanently.
If you turn it on in Settings and sign in with Google or Apple, we keep one copy of your saved game in Google Cloud Firestore, stored against your account identifier. Security rules restrict that copy so it can only be read or written by the signed-in account it belongs to. You can sign out at any time, which leaves the copy on your device untouched, and "Delete my data" in Settings erases both the copy in the cloud and the one on your device.
Riverside Files is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region) and is rated above the Kids category on both app stores. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us using the details in Section 9 and we'll remove it.
You can delete everything from inside the app, without contacting us. Settings → "Delete my data" erases your saved game on the device and, if cloud save is on, the stored copy and its account link as well.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export the information we hold about you, and to object to or restrict certain processing (for example, under the GDPR in the EU/UK, or the CCPA/CPRA in California). To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 9. Because most of what we hold is device-linked identifiers rather than named accounts, we may ask you for information that helps us locate the relevant records (such as your device's advertising ID).
Locally-stored gameplay data persists on your device until you uninstall the app or clear its data. Analytics and attribution data held by our third-party providers is retained according to each provider's own retention policy, typically [e.g., 14–26 months], after which it is deleted or anonymized.
If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update the effective date above and, where required by law, notify you through the app before the changes take effect.
Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to:
Contact
Mohammed Abdul Mubeen Khan
mamubeenkhan@gmail.com
16-8-131/3, Kaladera Colony, New Malakpet, Hyderabad 500036