Night Plow

Panu Automation · Last updated: 2026-11-06 · Applies to version: 1.0

Night Plow shows ads, and Google’s advertising SDK collects data for them (see Ads). The game itself sends nothing anywhere: your progress stays on your phone. There is no account and no sign-in.

What the app stores

The app keeps your progress in your phone’s own app-private storage:

your money, upgrades, paint jobs and the number of nights played
your best stars and scores for each place
your settings: difficulty, sound, camera and whether the tips have been shown
which radio lines the dispatcher has already said, so she does not repeat herself

None of this includes a name, an email address, a location, contacts or anything else that could identify you. The data lives only on your device, and uninstalling the app removes it.

What the game itself does not do

does not send your progress or any other game data anywhere
uses no analytics or tracking of its own
does not ask for a name, an email address or any other contact details
does not sell data to anyone

For the ads, Google’s advertising SDK collects and shares with Google the data described under Ads.

Permissions

The game itself asks for no permissions. Google’s advertising SDK adds its own:

INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID,
ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS,
WAKE_LOCK, FOREGROUND_SERVICE

The game plays offline; the network is used for the ads only. You can check the permissions yourself on the app’s Play Store page under “App permissions”.

The game shows ads from Google’s ad network (Google AdMob). There are two kinds:

A rewarded ad you choose to watch after a night, to double that night’s pay. Closing it early costs nothing.
A break between nights: now and then a full-screen ad when you start the next night from the garage, at most once every three minutes, never after your first night, never while you drive.

No ad is ever the only way forward in the game.

Consent. In the EU, the EEA and the UK the app shows Google’s consent form (UMP) before the first ad request. Your answer is stored on the device. If you do not consent, ads may still be shown but not personalised. You can change your choice at any time: Pause menu → Privacy options.

What the ad SDK collects. According to Google’s own disclosure, the ad SDK collects and shares with Google, for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention:

the device’s IP address, from which a general location can be estimated
how the app is used: launch, taps and ad video views
diagnostics: launch time, hangs and energy use
device identifiers: the advertising ID and the app set ID

It is encrypted in transit (TLS). The advertising ID can be reset or deleted in the phone’s settings. How Google uses this data: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Children

The game is intended for ages 13 and over and is not directed at children. No data is knowingly collected from anyone under 13.

If this changes

If the app starts collecting or sending anything this page does not mention, this page will be updated before that version is published, and the Play Store Data safety declaration with it.

Contact

Panu Automation
nightplow@panu-automation.com