Introduction
This privacy notice explains how Yarn Stylist (referred to throughout this document as "Yarn Stylist," "we," "us," or "our") gathers, holds, utilizes, and discloses information about individuals who download, launch, or otherwise interact with our mobile puzzle application and any associated services we provide (collectively, the "App"). By installing or continuing to use the App, you acknowledge the practices laid out below.
Information We Collect During Your Use
When you engage with the App, certain details reach us either directly from your actions or automatically through the technical environment your device provides.
Details you provide on purpose cover the nickname you choose for your profile, any supplementary profile fields you decide to complete, and the contents of messages or support tickets you send toward our help desk. If you initiate contact with our team outside the App—for instance, through email—we likewise retain the contact details you volunteer in that exchange.
Technical and gameplay-related facts arrive without any extra input on your part. These include advertising identifiers and, where the operating system permits, device identifiers such as IMEI values; the numeric address assigned to your connection along with surrounding network configuration data; the make and model of your handset, the operating system version running on it, and the display language you have selected; records of which stages you have cleared, how far you have progressed, and aggregate playtime figures; and a rough geographic indicator identifying which country or broad region you appear to be connecting from, rather than a precise map coordinate.
We also accept limited datasets that arrive through outside collaborators. These consist of profile information attached to social media accounts you choose to link with the App, aggregate usage and performance metrics shared by our technical partners, and security-oriented records used to detect fraud and abusive behavior before it reaches other players.
How We Put Collected Information to Work
The information above supports every aspect of running the App. Specifically, we rely on it to keep game servers online, deliver customer replies, and resolve technical issues you report. It also lets us adjust what you see inside the game so that on-screen content lines up more closely with your tastes and habits. Whenever a purchase, reward unlock, or other transaction takes place, the same data trail makes that exchange possible and traceable.
Beyond day-to-day operation, the data feeds our ability to send you important notices—service outages, version upgrades, account-related alerts—and to spot, block, and investigate fraud attempts or other security incidents. It also powers internal analytics that help us judge which features players enjoy, where friction occurs, and how the App performs across different device models. Where advertising is part of the App experience, the information helps us choose which promotional materials are most likely to be relevant to you. Finally, processing this data keeps us aligned with statutory and regulatory duties that apply to us as a service provider.
When Information Is Shared
We disclose user information only in narrowly defined situations. Outside service vendors host, maintain, and scale our backend infrastructure, and they receive the minimal subset of data required to perform those jobs. Advertising partners and measurement firms obtain aggregated or pseudonymized figures used to evaluate campaign performance. If a court order, regulatory directive, or other binding legal demand requires disclosure, we share the specified records with law enforcement or supervisory bodies. In addition, a limited slice of your identity—chiefly your chosen nickname and public gameplay milestones—may appear to other players inside leaderboards or social features.
Transfers Across Borders
Because our infrastructure and partner ecosystem may span multiple jurisdictions, the details described above can be processed in a country or territory different from the one where you live. Whenever such cross-border transfer takes place and a safeguard is required by applicable law, we put appropriate contractual mechanisms in place; for users in the European Economic Area, this includes reliance on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
How Long Information Is Retained
Records are erased or de-identified once the reason they were collected no longer applies. In practice, that means we keep data while an account is active and needed to deliver game functionality, for as long as a legal or regulatory obligation requires us to hold it, and as necessary to defend the App and its broader user base against misuse. Accounts that show no activity over a stretch of 180 days are generally flagged for removal, after which associated personal records are deleted.
Your Rights and the Choices Available to You
Depending on where you reside, applicable data-protection law grants you a set of entitlements over the personal records we hold. You may ask to review what we have on file, request corrections to anything that is inaccurate, or ask us to erase your data entirely. You can also ask that we stop processing particular categories of information, request a machine-readable export of your records for use elsewhere, or take back a consent you previously gave. To exercise any of these options, open the in-app contact screen and send us a request; we will respond within the timeframe required by your local law.
Protecting Your Information
We treat data security as an ongoing engineering priority. Our stack uses encryption in transit and at rest, enforces role-based access controls so that only authorized staff can reach sensitive records, and subjects the system to regular internal and external security reviews. That said, no method of storing or transmitting digital information is completely immune to attack, and we cannot guarantee absolute safety.
Information About Younger Users
The App is built for a general audience and is not intended for anyone below the age of 13. We do not design any feature that knowingly collects personal data from children under that threshold, and if we learn that such data has reached us inadvertently, we remove it promptly.
Acceptance of These Terms
Opening the App, creating a profile, or continuing to play Yarn Stylist indicates that you have read and agreed to the following terms, together with our privacy notice above. If you do not wish to be bound by them, please uninstall the App and refrain from further use.
What the App Offers
Yarn Stylist is a casual puzzle experience built around yarn-themed mechanical challenges. Players manipulate colored strands, plan how pieces will slide across the board, and satisfy the objective set for each stage in order to advance.
Creating and Maintaining an Account
Some features ask you to register an account before they unlock. If you choose to do so, keep in mind that each individual person may operate only one account at a time. You are fully responsible for protecting the sign-in credentials tied to that account. We also reserve the right to take back nicknames that have gone dormant, that are misleading, that use offensive language, or that otherwise violate reasonable community standards.
Permission to Use the App
What we give you is a narrow, personal, non-commercial, non-transferable license to run and interact with the App. That license remains valid only while you comply with every clause in this document, and it may be withdrawn if you do not.
Rules of Conduct While Playing
We expect all players to treat one another respectfully and to play the game as it was designed. To that end, you agree not to use cheat tools, inject unauthorized code, deliberately exploit software defects, or otherwise interfere with the normal experience of others. You will not harass, threaten, or direct abusive language at fellow players, and you will not run automated bots, macros, or scripts that take actions on your behalf. You will not attempt to reverse engineer the App, decompile its executable files, or dig out its underlying source code. You will not upload or circulate material that is unlawful, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate, and you will not use the App in any way that breaks a law in the place where you are located.
Virtual Currency and Digital Items
Every coin, booster, ticket, costume, and other digital good that appears inside Yarn Stylist belongs to us. When you unlock, earn, or purchase one of these items, what you actually receive is a limited right to use it within the App only. These items have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for real money or exchanged outside the game.
Updates and Changes to the App
We may adjust, add features to, temporarily pause, or permanently retire any part of the App at our own discretion and at any time. Certain releases are distributed as mandatory updates, meaning you will need to install them before you can keep playing.
Suspending or Closing Accounts
If we determine that you have broken one or more of the rules in these terms, we may restrict access to your account or shut it down entirely. Once an account is closed, any saved progress, balance, or digital items tied to it may become unrecoverable.
No Warranties Are Offered
The App arrives on an "as is" and "as available" footing. We make no express or implied promises about its fitness for a particular purpose, its uninterrupted availability, or the accuracy of any content inside it.
Limit on Our Financial Responsibility
To the extent allowed by the law that governs this agreement, the most we will ever owe you in total for any claim is the sum you have actually paid us during the six months leading up to the incident that gave rise to the claim.
You Agree to Cover Certain Losses
If your use of the App or your breach of these terms leads a third party to bring a claim against us, you agree to reimburse us for the losses, legal fees, settlements, and other reasonable expenses that come out of defending that claim.
Which Law Applies
These terms, and every dispute that arises from them, are interpreted and decided under the laws of Finland.
Other Provisions
We are allowed to hand our rights and duties under this document over to another company should a reorganization, merger, or similar event require it. If a court or competent authority decides that any single clause here is invalid or cannot be enforced, the rest of the document still stands. Together with our privacy notice, this document is the full set of terms that governs your relationship with us regarding the App.