Defence Shot privacy policy
Last updated 19 October 2026
Defence Shot is a tower-defence game for Android. This page says what the game and its online service at virtuals.lt/defenceshot collect, why, where it is kept and how to delete it. The developer of Defence Shot, named on the game's Google Play page, is responsible for this data. Questions: info@virtualusstartas.lt.
Playing without an account
You can play without signing in. Your progress is then stored only on your phone, in the game's own storage, and nothing about you is sent to our server. Uninstalling the game removes it.
Playing with a Google account
Signing in with Google is optional. It keeps your progress with your account and puts you in the online ranking. We then store on our server:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your Google account id and the email address of that account | To recognise your account on another phone or after a reinstall, and to find it when you ask for deletion. The id and the email are never shown to other players. |
| Your nickname | Shown in the ranking to other players. It must be unique, so we keep a list of nicknames in use. |
| Your game progress: stars per level, gems, gold per stage, towers placed, hero name, look and upgrades, upgrades bought, whether the tutorial is done | To restore the game on sign-in and keep two phones in step. |
| Gameplay statistics that do not depend on the device: levels won, kills, gold earned, and per level the number of plays, wins and the fastest win | The ranking (levels cleared, then gold earned) and the fair-play check: results faster than the level allows or gold the play does not account for hide the account from the ranking or ban it. |
| When the account was created and last used, and the fair-play flags | Running the service and the ranking honestly. |
| A sign-in token | So the phone stays signed in; it is random, stored hashed, and expires after 90 days. |
To check your sign-in, the game's server passes the sign-in token Google gave the phone to Google once; Google answers whether it is genuine. We receive the account id, the email and the name on the account, and keep only the first two.
Other players see your nickname, your levels cleared and your gold earned in the ranking. Nothing else is shared, sold or used for advertising.
Technical data
Like every web server, ours writes an access log with the IP address, time and address of each request. An IP address gives an approximate country. The log is used only to keep the service running and secure; the hosting provider keeps it for a short time and then discards it. Sign-in attempts are counted per IP address for one minute, and saves and nickname changes per account, to stop abuse.
Ads
The game shows a banner through Google AdMob. The AdMob software built into the game collects the device's advertising id, the IP address and technical details about the device and the app to select, show and measure ads. This happens under Google's privacy policy; we do not receive this data. You can reset or delete the advertising id and switch off ad personalisation in your phone's Google settings (Ads).
Where the data is kept
The game's server and database run at Hostinger, in the European Union. Google processes the sign-in check and the ads under its own terms, which may involve servers outside the EU with the safeguards Google provides.
How long
Account data stays until you delete the account. Server logs are kept for a short time. A deletion request left on the web form is kept until the account is deleted, then removed. Progress stored on your phone stays until you reset it or uninstall the game.
Deleting your data
- In the game: Account screen, red Delete my account button. The server copy (profile, nickname, ranking entry, sessions) is deleted at once and the phone goes back to local play.
- Without the game: the form at virtuals.lt/defenceshot/delete-account.php. We find the account by its Google email and delete it within 30 days.
- Progress on the phone: Reset my progress on the Account screen, or uninstall the game.
- Signing out keeps the account on the server for a later sign-in; it deletes nothing.
You can also ask us what we hold about you, have it corrected or receive a copy, by writing to the address above. If you live in the EU you may complain to your data protection authority.
Children
The game is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly keep accounts for them. If you believe a child has signed in, write to us and the account is deleted.
Changes
When this policy changes, the new version appears here with a new date.