Bodge Job privacy policy

Last updated: 25 October 2026

Bodge Job is a puzzle game made by Insomniac’s Dream ("we"). This page explains what information the game uses, why, and what you can do about it.

Playing without an account

You can play the built-in jobs, the Shed and the level editor without signing in. Your progress and the jobs you make are then stored only on your device.

Your Google Play Games account

If you sign in with Google Play Games, the game receives your Play Games player ID and display name from Google. We use them to:

• save your progress and your unpublished jobs to your Play Games account, using Google's Saved Games, so they follow you to other devices;
• create an account for you in Google Firebase, which runs The Car Boot (below).

Google's own handling of your Play Games account is covered by Google's privacy policy.

The Car Boot (player-made jobs)

When you use The Car Boot, we store the following in Google Firebase:

• Jobs you publish: the job itself, its title, brief and hints, a picture of it, and your Play Games display name. These are public: every player can see them.
• Your activity: which jobs you've played and finished, your star ratings, your favourites, the makers you've hidden, and any reports you make. Other players see only totals (for example "120 plays", "4 stars"), never who did what.
• Your account record: your display name, when you joined, whether you've accepted the Car Boot rules, and whether you've bought the unlock.

We use this only to run The Car Boot: showing jobs, counting plays and ratings, and keeping it free of rude or broken jobs. Reports are read by us to decide whether a job breaks the rules.

Firebase data is held by Google in data centres in the United Kingdom (London) and the United States, under Firebase's privacy and security terms.

Advertising

Unless you've bought No Adverts (or the Car Boot maker, which includes it), the game shows a short advert from Google AdMob between jobs, no more than once every few minutes. Buying No Adverts in the Shop turns adverts off for good.

AdMob may use your device's advertising ID, your approximate location (from your IP address) and information about how adverts are shown to you, to choose adverts, count them and stop fraud. In the UK, the EU and other places where the law asks for it, the game asks for your consent first using Google's consent form, and you can change your answer at any time from Options, then Privacy choices. Adverts are limited to ones suitable for a general audience. AdMob's handling of this information is covered by how Google uses information in advertising and Google's privacy policy. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings.

Purchases

Worlds, bundles and the Car Boot maker unlock are bought through Google Play, which handles the payment. We receive a confirmation of what you've bought, which we keep with your account so it follows you to other devices, never your payment details.

What we don't do

• We don't sell your information or share it with anyone except the Google services named above (including AdMob, as described under Advertising).
• We don't collect your real name, email address, location or contacts.

Deleting your information

In the game, open The Car Boot, then Account, then Delete my Car Boot account. This takes down your published jobs and deletes your ratings, favourites and everything else The Car Boot stores about you. Progress saved in your Play Games account can be removed from your Google account settings. You can also email us at contact@insomniacsdream.co.uk and we'll delete it for you.

Children

Bodge Job is made for players aged 13 and over and isn't directed at children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has used The Car Boot, email us at contact@insomniacsdream.co.uk and we'll delete their information.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. Questions: contact@insomniacsdream.co.uk.