Privacy Policy
Chai Tycoon is an idle game. It is built to run on your device with as little of your data as possible: your game progress is saved on your phone, we run no accounts of our own, and we do not use analytics or tracking SDKs. This page explains what the app does touch, why, and what choices you have.
1. What the app stores on your device
Your game save (levels, staff, cash, gems, achievements, settings such as music and graphics) is stored locally on your phone in the app's private storage. It is not sent to us. Uninstalling the app deletes it. "Reset progress" in Settings deletes it too.
2. Rewarded ads (optional)
Chai Tycoon shows ads only when you choose to watch one for an in-game reward (for example to double a bonus). There are no banner or forced ads. Ads are served by Google AdMob. When an ad is requested, Google receives information such as your device's advertising ID, device model and operating system, IP address (used for approximate location and fraud prevention), and how you interact with the ad. Google's use of this data is described in Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
- If you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland, the app asks for your consent before any ad is loaded (Google's consent form); you can change your choice at any time from Settings → Privacy options.
- You can reset or delete your advertising ID, and opt out of ad personalisation, in Android Settings → Google → Ads.
- Players who buy the ad-free option never have the ads SDK initialised at all.
3. Purchases
In-app purchases and subscriptions are handled entirely by Google Play Billing. We never see your card or bank details. The app receives only a purchase token and product ID from Google Play to unlock what you bought; purchases are restored through your Google account. Refunds are handled by Google Play under its policies.
4. Google Play Games sign-in (optional, where available)
If you choose to sign in with Google Play Games (for achievements, leaderboards or saving progress to your Google account), the app receives your Play Games player ID and display name from Google. Any progress saved to the cloud is stored in your own Google account's app data through Play Games, not on our servers. You can sign out at any time, and you can ask us to delete anything linked to your player ID by emailing the address below.
5. Reminders
Reminders ("your staff have stopped working") are off by default. If you turn them on, the app schedules local notifications on your device; nothing is sent to a server. Turn them off in Settings or in Android's notification settings.
6. Update check
On launch the app fetches a small file from masalaplay.in to learn whether a version is too old to keep running, and uses Google Play's in-app update service to offer updates. Our hosting provider (Amazon Web Services) may log the IP address of that request for a short time for operational purposes. No other data is sent.
7. Permissions
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| Internet / network state | Ads, purchases, the update check |
| Advertising ID | Required by Google AdMob to serve ads |
| Notifications | Reminders, only if you turn them on |
| Vibrate | Haptic feedback when tapping (can be turned off) |
| Billing | Google Play in-app purchases |
The app does not access your contacts, camera, microphone, photos, precise location or files.
8. Children
Chai Tycoon is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Ads are requested with Google's standard settings for a general audience.
9. Data sharing
We do not sell personal data. The only third parties that receive data are the Google services above (AdMob, Play Billing, Play Games), each under its own privacy policy, and only for the purposes described.
10. Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data, or to object to its processing. Because we hold no account data ourselves, most of this is in your hands: uninstalling the app deletes your local save, and the ad and Play Games choices above are controlled from Android and Google settings. For anything else, email us and we will help within 30 days.
11. Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Material changes will also be noted in the app's update notes.
12. Contact
Masala Play · India · masalaplaystudio@gmail.com