Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how PS Console Store (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, shares, retains, and protects information when you use the PS Console Store Android and iOS apps, website, and related services. Some information is processed only when you use the corresponding feature, such as signing in, syncing favorites, enabling notifications, creating a shared link, or viewing ads.

PS Console Store is an independent app by Store DNA Apps. Your PS Console Store account is separate from your PlayStation account. Features and sign-in options may vary by platform and app version.

Information We Collect

• Account and authentication data: if you register or sign in, Firebase Authentication processes your email address, Firebase user ID, authentication provider and provider identifier, and profile information supplied by the provider, such as a name or profile image. Supported sign-in methods are email/password, Google, and Sign in with Apple on iOS and the account-deletion website. Apple users may share their email address or use a Hide My Email relay address. Native Apple sign-in requests email only. Website Apple sign-in may also provide a name, which Firebase Authentication may retain on the account profile. Firebase Authentication manages password credentials; we do not store passwords in our app database.
• Synced account data: favorites and legacy wishes, custom collection names, product identifiers, collection cover image URLs, library product identifiers, update timestamps, wishlist capacity, and the related policy version.
• Advertising and consent data: advertising is currently disabled on both Android and iOS. Android advertising is planned for after the initial public release. When enabled, Google Mobile Ads may process device and advertising identifiers, IP-derived approximate location, ad requests, ads shown, interactions, reward completion, diagnostic and fraud-prevention signals, and your applicable advertising-consent choices. When enabled, the Android app may display interstitial ads when you open eligible collections and optional rewarded ads that you choose to view for an in-app benefit. This planned advertising applies to Android only.
• Notification data: when notifications are enabled, Firebase Cloud Messaging processes a Firebase installation identifier and push token. On iOS, delivery also uses Apple Push Notification service (APNs) and an APNs device token. The app also manages topic subscriptions based on your selected store language, notification preferences, and rounded UTC offset so it can deliver announcements and deal updates. We do not use precise device location for notification topics.
• Diagnostics: Firebase Crashlytics may receive crash and non-fatal error reports, crash traces, installation identifiers, timestamps, app version and state, device model, operating-system version, memory and storage information, and related technical data. A signed-in Firebase user ID may be attached to diagnostics.
• Shared-link and website data: shared links can contain an app route, game or collection identifiers, collection name, preview title, description and image, a generated link code, and creation time. Firebase Hosting and Cloud Functions also receive ordinary web request data such as IP address, user agent, requested URL, request time, and abuse-prevention signals. The account-deletion page uses browser session storage to keep you signed in. Apple authorization tokens used for deletion are held temporarily in page memory, not saved to browser storage. Pages using Google Fonts also request font resources from Google, which receives ordinary network request information.
• Information stored on your device: app settings, selected store region, cached account ID and email, favorites and library state, search history, notification preferences, ad-related state when applicable, and the date of birth entered for local content-rating decisions. The date of birth is stored locally and is used to decide whether age-restricted media can be shown.
• Catalog request data: when the app requests public game and store information from PlayStation Store or Sony services, those services receive ordinary network request information such as IP address, request headers, requested products, selected store locale, and request time under their own terms and privacy practices. Loading game images and videos also sends requests to the servers hosting that media.

How We Use Information

• To create and authenticate accounts.
• To sync favorites, collections, library entries, and account limits.
• To provide game catalog, price, collection, and shared-link features.
• To deliver notifications according to your language and preference choices.
• When enabled, to deliver, measure, and control advertising on Android, including optional rewarded ads.
• To diagnose crashes, improve reliability, and protect the service from abuse.
• To respond to support, privacy, and legal requests.

Service Providers and Sharing

We disclose information as needed to operate the service:

• Google and Firebase: Firebase Authentication, Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging, and Hosting; Google Sign-In, Google Fonts, Google Play distribution services, and Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) when advertising is enabled.
• Apple: Sign in with Apple, its private email relay, Apple Push Notification service, and iOS distribution through TestFlight and the App Store when available.
• Sony Interactive Entertainment: PlayStation services used to retrieve public catalog, product, availability, and pricing information.
• Legal and safety reasons: when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect users or the public, investigate abuse, or enforce our rights.
• Business changes: as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or transfer of the service, subject to appropriate safeguards.

We do not sell personal information for money. When advertising is enabled, advertising providers may process identifiers and activity information for ad delivery, measurement, personalization where permitted, and fraud prevention. Some privacy laws may describe certain advertising-related disclosures as “sharing”.

Learn more in Firebase Privacy and Security, Google’s Privacy Policy, How Google uses data from partners’ apps, Apple’s Privacy Policy, and PlayStation’s Privacy Policy.

When you create a shared link, anyone with that link can view the shared game or collection information, including its name and preview. Avoid including personal or sensitive information in collection names you share publicly.

Data Retention

• Synced account data is generally retained while the account exists. When an account is deleted, an automated cleanup removes its primary cloud account record. Provider logs, backups, security records, and information required by law may remain for their applicable retention periods.
• Firebase Authentication retains logged IP addresses for a few weeks. After account deletion is initiated, Firebase states that other authentication information is removed from live and backup systems within 180 days.
• Firebase Crashlytics retains crash traces and associated installation identifiers for 90 days before beginning removal from live and backup systems.
• Firebase Hosting retains IP data for a few months. Firebase Cloud Messaging retains a Firebase installation identifier until deletion is requested through its API, then removes it from live and backup systems within 180 days.
• Shared-link records are retained until we remove them. Information stored locally on your device remains until it is overwritten, app data is cleared, or the app is uninstalled.

Account Deletion

You can permanently delete a registered account inside the app or through our account-deletion page using email/password, Google, or Apple authentication. Deletion removes the Firebase Authentication account and triggers removal of the primary cloud account record containing synced favorites, collections, library data, and limits. For accounts linked to Apple, we revoke Apple authorization before deleting the account. You may be asked to sign in with Apple again to complete this step.

Account deletion does not automatically clear information stored on a device. On Android, clear the app’s storage or uninstall it. On iOS, delete the app rather than offloading it to remove its local app data. Device backups and credentials managed by the operating system may be retained separately. Provider logs, backups, Crashlytics records, and installation identifiers may remain for the retention periods described above. If you cannot sign in, email ps.store.dna@gmail.com and identify the email address shown in your app account, including an Apple relay address if you use Hide My Email. We may need to verify account ownership. Do not send passwords or sign-in codes.

Your Choices and Rights

• You can change store region, notification, and other app preferences in the app.
• You can change notification permission in Android or iOS system settings.
• When advertising is enabled on Android, you can review applicable advertising privacy choices through the in-app consent flow and device settings.
• You can reset the password for an email/password account from the app sign-in flow.
• You can delete a registered account in the app or on the account-deletion page.
• Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection concerning personal information. Contact us to exercise an applicable right.

Security and International Processing

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information, including HTTPS in transit and Firebase access controls. No system is completely secure. Google, Firebase, Apple, Sony, and their service providers may process information in countries other than your own, subject to their terms and applicable safeguards.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when the app, providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top identifies the current version. Material changes may also be communicated in the app where appropriate.

Contact

Developer: Store DNA Apps
Email: ps.store.dna@gmail.com