Ova Animations built Carrom Bazaar, a carrom board game you can play solo, against the computer, with a friend on the same phone, or online with a friend. The app is free and supported by ads. This policy explains what information the app collects, how it is used, and the choices you have.
By using the app, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy. The developer does not sell your personal information. We have no analytics or crash reporting of our own, and the app does not ask for your location.
Information Stored on Your Device
Practice, pass and play, and games against the computer run entirely on your device and need no account. Your settings (look, sound, haptics and controls), your roms balance, your xp and level, your achievements, your wins and progress in the arenas, your saved shots, and the code of an online game you can rejoin are stored locally on your device.
Online Play with a Friend
Online play and sharing a saved shot need a Google account. When you tap "sign in with google", the app signs you in to Firebase Authentication with your Google account. We receive your Google account name, email address and profile photo link, and Firebase stores them with your account identifier and sign-in dates. You can play offline without an account. This sign-in system is shared with other Ova Animations apps, such as Arithmos Lite.
In an online game your opponent sees your first name and Google profile photo. We do not show your email address or full name to them.
An online game is a temporary room in the Firebase Realtime Database, found by a 4-character code or an invite link. For that room the following is stored:
- The 4-character game code, the game's status and the time it was created
- The account identifier, first name and photo link of the host and of the friend who joined
- Whether each player is currently connected, so the other player can see when a friend has dropped
- Each shot taken (where the striker was placed and how it was struck) and the resulting position of the coins and the score, so both phones show the same game
This information can be read only by players signed in to the app who know the game code, and it is used only to run the game. Anyone you share the code with can join the game, so share it only with the friend you want to play.
Sharing Saved Shots
You can save a shot and share it with a friend. If you share a saved shot, the board layout and the shot are stored in Cloud Firestore in a public document under a short code. The document holds no name, email address or account ID. Anyone with the code or link can open it, and we cannot link it to you.
Invite Links
When you share an invite or a saved shot, the app opens your phone's share sheet with a message containing the code and a link. The developer does not see who you send it to. Opening a link only passes the code to the app so it can join that game or open that shot.
Google Play Games
The game has achievements. They are kept on your device. If you are signed in to Google Play Games on your phone, the app also sends each achievement you unlock, and your progress towards step-by-step achievements, to Google Play Games Services, so they show in your Play Games profile. The app sends nothing else about your games to Play Games, and it does not read or store your Play Games gamer name or avatar. Play Games sign-in is separate from the Google sign-in used for online play.
Who can see your Play Games profile and achievements is set in your Play Games profile settings. Google Play Games Services may also collect analytics and diagnostics data to keep it working, under Google's privacy policy. If you are not signed in to Play Games, nothing is sent and your achievements stay in the app.
Advertising
The game shows ads from Google AdMob. AdMob may use your advertising ID, approximate location (from your IP address), app interactions and diagnostics to show and measure ads, and may also collect your device model and operating system version. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads in your device's Google settings.
In the EEA, UK and Switzerland we ask for your consent with Google's consent form before any ad is requested. You can change the choice later in settings → privacy choices.
Permissions
- Internet
- to load ads and to play online with a friend
- Network state
- to tell when your connection drops during an online game
- Notifications
- if you allow them, to tell you when a friend joins your online room while the app is in the background
Haptic feedback uses your phone's system touch feedback setting and needs no extra permission.
Third-Party Services
The app relies on the following services, which may collect information under their own privacy policies:
Data Retention and Deletion
Data stored on your device is removed when you uninstall the app or clear its storage.
You can delete your account and data in the app (settings → delete account) or on the web at Delete Your Carrom Bazaar Account. This removes your account and the online games you hosted or joined. Shared saved shots hold no account ID, so they cannot be linked to you and are not removed with your account.
Deleting your Carrom Bazaar account does not remove your achievements from Google Play Games. You can delete your Play Games data for this game, or your whole Play Games profile, in your Play Games profile or your Google Account.
To have the records of a single game deleted, email ova.anim@gmail.com with the subject "Delete my Carrom Bazaar game" and the game code, and they will be deleted within 30 days.
Security
Online game data is sent over encrypted connections, and only the two players in a game can write to it. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Age
The game is for people 13 and over. Personally identifiable information from children under 13 is not knowingly collected. If it is discovered that a child under 13 has provided personal information, it is promptly deleted. Parents or guardians aware of such situations should make contact for necessary action.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time, for example when new features are added. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. Updates will be posted on this page.