Privacy Policy

Effective date: 12 November 2026

This policy explains what information the app Base Vault (“the app”), made by Artem Kurtiak, an individual developer (“we”), handles and why. The short version: there is no account and nothing to sign in to, we never ask for your name or email, the bases you save stay on your iPhone, we use no analytics of our own, and we never sell your data. Ads are provided by Google AdMob, as described below.

Information stored on your iPhone

The bases you save with ♥, the bases you have copied and when, your votes on how a base holds, the bases you reported as not working, and a few counters that space out ads are saved in the app’s storage on your iPhone. They are not sent to us or to anyone else. Deleting the app deletes them.

Base pictures

The town hall, troop, spell and hero pictures are built into the app. The screenshots of the bases are loaded over the internet from the website that hosts them (currently clashofclans-layouts.com). Like any website you open, that server receives your IP address and basic technical details of the request, such as the app version and iOS version. No personal information is added to these requests.

Copying a base or an army

When you tap Copy, the app opens Clash of Clans with Supercell’s own layout or army link (or Supercell’s web page for that link if the game is not installed). The link contains only the base layout or the army, nothing about you. What happens in the game is covered by Supercell’s privacy policy.

Copy link places the link on your clipboard so you can paste it. The app never reads your clipboard.

Ads (Google AdMob)

Base Vault is free and is paid for by ads: a banner on the lists, an ad card between bases, and now and then a short full-screen ad after you copy or open bases. These ads are provided by Google AdMob (Google LLC). To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google receives:

• a device identifier: your advertising identifier (IDFA) only if you allow tracking, otherwise an identifier that is limited to this app;
• your IP address, used to estimate your general location (country or city, never your exact location);
• which ads you saw and how you interacted with them;
• device and app information and crash or performance data.

The app asks Google only for ads rated G or PG (suitable for general audiences, or with parental guidance). Google’s use of this data is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Your ad choices

iOS asks whether the app may track you (App Tracking Transparency). If you say no, ads are still shown, but your advertising identifier is not shared. You can change this at any time in iPhone Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, Google’s consent form asks for your choice before any ad is requested. You can change it later in the app: More › Ad privacy choices.

What the app does not do

• It has no account, sign-in or profile.
• It contains no analytics or tracking service of our own. We do not receive your activity in the app and do not build a profile of you.
• It does not access your contacts, exact location, camera, microphone or photos.
• It does not connect to your Clash of Clans account and never asks for your player tag or Supercell ID.

Apple

If you have allowed it in iOS settings, Apple may share anonymous crash reports and usage statistics with developers. This is controlled by Apple and covered by Apple’s privacy policy.

Children

Base Vault is made for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. The app does not ask anyone, including children, for personal information, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Ads in the app are limited to content rated G or PG.

Your rights

Because we do not know who you are, we hold no data that names you. You can still ask any question about your privacy by writing to us. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK or the CCPA in California), you have the right to access, correct or delete your data and to complain to your local data protection authority. To delete everything the app keeps, delete the app from your iPhone.

Data retention and security

We keep no data about you on our side. Google keeps ad data as described in its privacy policy. Data is sent over encrypted (HTTPS) connections.

Changes

If we change this policy, for example before votes start being shared between players, we will publish the new version on this page and update the date above.

Contact

Artem Kurtiak · contact@arktik.tech