Information accessed by games in Google+

Information accessed by games in Google+

Many games in Google+ need access to some information about you in order to work. When you click Playto start playing a game for the first time, you will be told what information a game is requesting from your Google account. Please read the request carefully. If you choose not to grant the game permission, your information will not be shared and you will not be able to play the game.

All the information shared with a game developer can only be used by the developer to improve your experience within a game. It cannot be used for any other purposes such as advertising or attracting other users.

Below are a few examples of how games may use the information that they request:

• Name, profile URL, and photo: Typically used to create your game profile, personalize the game for you, and help your friends find you.
• Country, language, and timezone: Typically used to tailor the game you’re playing to your location and language.
• Gender and birthdate: Typically used to customize text that refers to you.
• E-mail address: A game may want to directly send you game notifications, updates and special offers.
• Ordered list of your people in your circles Google gives the developer an ordered list of people from your circles. This tells the game developer the people you are most likely to want to engage with in the game. The order is based on your interactions across Google. This information could be used by the game to present you with people to play the game with, including to invite to the game, and to send gifts and messages.

If you choose to play the game and later decide you're not comfortable with the permissions you’ve granted, you can remove the game's access to your account. Any future updates you make to your account won't be accessible to the game developer.

You can review a short summary of the permissions you have granted the game on the page linked above. To review in full information that a game is accessing, you'd need to remove the game's permissions, then attempt to play the game again so that the permission dialog re-appears.