Last updated: 30 September 2026
In short
Who is responsible
Alex Churkin (ChurkinApps), the individual developer of GeoQuest. I decide why and how the statistics and crash reports are processed. Contact: churkinapps@gmail.com.
1. What stays on the phone
Settings (music, sounds, vibration, theme, number of players), the record and hints in Cities, and the statistics of wins and losses. They are kept in the app's storage and are never sent anywhere. You can clear the statistics on the Statistics screen.
2. Game statistics and crash reports
To see which modes people play and what breaks, the app sends to Yandex AppMetrica (Yandex LLC, servers in Russia):
Your answers, the cities you type and other moves in the game are not sent. Location and the advertising identifier are not collected: the AppMetrica modules for them are not in the app. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in keeping the game working and making it better.
3. Ads
After some games the app shows full-screen ads from Yandex (Yandex Mobile Ads, Yandex LLC). GeoQuest tells the ad service that there is no consent to personalisation or to location, so the ads are not personalised. The app has no access to the advertising identifier: its permission is removed. To show an ad, the service still needs the IP address, the device model, the system and app versions and what was shown. Yandex processes that under its own policy; I do not receive it.
4. Photos and links
The photos of capitals come from Wikimedia Commons and are stored inside the app, so showing them needs no internet. The link to a photo's page, the VK community and the Share button open in a browser or in the app you choose; from there the rules of those services apply.
Permissions
Internet and network state (ads and statistics), vibration (feedback on a wrong answer) and the Google Play install referrer (statistics and ads). The app has no access to your files, contacts, camera or location.
Backups
If backup is on in Android, Android may save the settings, record and statistics to your Google account to move them to a new phone; that is done by Android and Google.
Children
GeoQuest suits any age but is not made specifically for children. I do not knowingly collect children's personal data. If you are a parent and think your child's data has reached me, write to me and I will delete it.
How long data is kept
On the phone: until you delete the app or its data. Statistics and crash reports: in Yandex AppMetrica, for as long as Yandex's terms set. Everything is sent over encrypted connections.
Your rights
You can ask what data I hold about you, ask me to correct or delete it, and object to its processing. The statistics carry no name, so I can find yours by the approximate time of play and the device model. Deleting the app stops the sending. You also have the right to complain to the data protection authority of your country: in Russia, Roskomnadzor; in Belarus, the National Centre for Personal Data Protection; in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights; in Kazakhstan, the authorised body at the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry; in the EU, the supervisory authority of your country.
Policies of the services
Changes
A new version of this policy is published on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions, requests to see or delete data, complaints: churkinapps@gmail.com.