Privacy Policy
The short version
- The website has no accounts, no ads and no tracking tools, and sets no cookies for visitors.
- Our mobile games show ads from Google AdMob and use Google Firebase to count usage and fix crashes.
- Multiplayer games sign you in with Google Play Games. Other players see your Play Games name, avatar and scores. There is no chat.
- We never sell your personal data.
- You can ask us to delete your data at any time: see Delete your data.
Who we are
Madishan Games is an independent game studio based in India. We make games for Android and iOS and run this website, madishangames.com. On the Apple App Store our games are published under the developer name Aman Tiwari.
We are responsible for the personal data described here (the “data controller” or “data fiduciary”). Contact: madishangames@gmail.com.
What this policy covers
This policy covers:
- the website madishangames.com and its game host play.madishangames.com;
- every game published by Madishan Games on Google Play or the Apple App Store, whether it is live or in closed, open or internal testing.
GameRoch has its own privacy policy at gameroch.com/privacy. Google Play, the App Store, Google Play Games and the other services named below also have their own policies, which apply when you use them.
This website
The website lists our games and links to Google Play. There are no accounts, no sign-up, no payments and no ads. We use no third-party analytics or tracking tools, and we don't set cookies for visitors.
What we count. When you tap a Google Play button, your browser tells our server which game you tapped and we add one to that game's total for the day (UTC). We store only the game, the date and the count, not your IP address, device details or any identifier. These totals show interest, not installs, and are kept for 90 days.
Hosting. The site runs on Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes technical request data (such as IP address, browser type and the page requested) to deliver the site and protect it from abuse, under Cloudflare's privacy policy. Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie if it detects suspicious traffic.
Icons, screenshots and fonts are served from this site; your browser does not contact other services to show them. Store links take you to Google Play or the App Store, where their own policies apply. The owner-only admin area uses a Cloudflare Access sign-in; it doesn't affect visitors.
Games in your browser
Some games can be played right on this site. They load from play.madishangames.com, our own game host, only after you tap “Play now”. A game may save your progress and settings in your browser's storage on your device, so you can pick up where you left off; nothing from it is sent to us. The browser versions show no ads, use no tracking tools and have no sign-in. Clearing your browser's site data for play.madishangames.com removes that saved progress.
Our mobile games
What a game collects depends on its features. Each game's Data safety section on Google Play (and its App Privacy section on the App Store) lists the details for that game.
Saved on your device
Your progress, settings, coins and unlocked items are stored on your phone. They stay there until you clear the app's data or uninstall it.
Ads (Google AdMob)
Our games are funded by ads from Google AdMob. To show ads, measure them and prevent ad fraud, the AdMob software in the game collects your device's advertising ID, information about your device and the app (such as model, operating system, language and app version), your IP address (from which an approximate location such as country or city is worked out) and how you interact with ads. Google uses this as described in How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Where the law requires consent (for example in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland), you see Google's consent message before personalised ads are shown. Without consent, Google shows only non-personalised or limited ads.
- On iPhone and iPad, the game asks your permission (App Tracking Transparency) before your device's advertising identifier is used for tracking.
- Rewarded ads are always optional: you choose to watch one in exchange for an in-game reward.
- Some games have a “Report an ad” button. It opens a Google Form; what you type there is sent to us through Google Forms.
Usage statistics and crash reports (Google Firebase)
We use Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics to see how the games are used and to fix problems. They collect an app instance ID (a random number for that install of the app), device and app information (model, operating system, app version, language), your approximate location (country, from your IP address), gameplay events (such as sessions, levels started and completed, and which features are used) and, when the app crashes, a crash report with the error and the state of the device. This information is not linked to your name, and we use it only in summary to improve the games.
Multiplayer and online play
Some of our games, live or in testing, let you play against other real players in real time. They run on Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore and Firebase Realtime Database).
Signing in
To play online you sign in with Google Play Games. From Google Play Games we receive your Play Games player ID, your gamer name and your avatar. We don't ask Google for your email address, contacts or password. Firebase Authentication then gives you a user ID in our game and briefly records the IP address of each sign-in for security.
What we store
- your player profile: player ID, gamer name, avatar and the Firebase user ID;
- what happens in a match while it runs, such as your moves, actions and positions, with timestamps, so that every player sees the same game;
- results, scores, ranks or ratings, leaderboard entries and a short history of your matches.
What other players see
Your gamer name, avatar, scores, results and rank, during matches and on leaderboards. If you don't want your real name shown, use a different gamer name in Google Play Games. You can change it, and your profile visibility, in the Google Play Games settings.
What we don't do
There is no text or voice chat, no friend list and no sharing of your contacts, and we don't use your precise location. We may review match records to keep games fair, for example to spot cheating, and we may remove results or block players who cheat.
Games in testing
Games in closed, open or internal testing on Google Play (or TestFlight on iOS) follow this same policy. If you join a test, we receive the email address you used to join the tester list and anything you choose to send us as feedback. Test versions may send more detailed crash reports so we can fix problems before launch, and progress or scores from a test may be reset when the game launches.
How we use information
We use the information above only to:
- run the games and their online features: sign-in, matchmaking, real-time matches, scores and leaderboards;
- show ads that pay for the games, and measure them;
- understand how the games are played and fix crashes and bugs;
- keep games fair and secure, and prevent cheating, fraud and abuse;
- answer you when you contact us;
- meet our legal obligations.
We don't sell your personal data, and we don't use it to make decisions about you that have legal or similarly significant effects.
Legal bases (EEA, UK and similar laws). We process data to provide the game and its online features you choose to use (contract); to measure usage, fix problems and keep games fair and secure (our legitimate interests); for personalised ads where consent is required (your consent, which you can withdraw); and where the law requires it (legal obligation).
Who we share it with
We share data only with these service providers, which process it for us or as described in their own policies:
- Google AdMob: ads. How Google uses this data.
- Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database): usage statistics, crash reports, sign-in and multiplayer data. Privacy and security in Firebase.
- Google Play Games: sign-in and your gamer profile. Google Privacy Policy.
- Google Play and the Apple App Store: downloads, updates and testing programs. Google · Apple.
- Cloudflare: hosting this website and the browser games. Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Other players see your gamer name, avatar and scores, as explained above. We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect players or our games, or as part of a sale or merger of the studio (the buyer would have to keep this policy's promises).
US state privacy laws. We don't sell personal data for money. Google may use your device's advertising identifier to show personalised ads, which some US state laws call “sharing” or “targeted advertising”. You can opt out by turning off ad personalisation or deleting your advertising ID on your device, as described below.
How long we keep it
- On your device: until you clear the app's data or uninstall the game.
- Multiplayer profile, scores, leaderboard entries and match history: while you keep playing; deleted within 30 days after you ask us to delete them.
- Sign-in IP addresses (Firebase Authentication): a few weeks.
- Crash reports (Crashlytics): 90 days.
- Usage statistics (Google Analytics for Firebase): up to 14 months, then deleted automatically.
- Website tap counts: 90 days, and they never contain personal data.
- Emails to us and tester lists: as long as needed to help you or to run the test.
We may keep a minimal record longer where the law requires it or to stop someone we blocked for cheating from coming back.
Your choices and rights
Ads
On Android, go to Settings › Privacy › Ads (or Settings › Google › Ads) to delete or reset your advertising ID; you can also manage ad personalisation in Google's My Ad Center. On iPhone and iPad, go to Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. Where a game shows a privacy or consent settings option, you can change your ad choice there at any time.
Google Play Games
You can sign out, change your gamer name and avatar, and control your profile visibility in the Google Play Games settings.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the EU and UK GDPR, India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, or US state laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act), you can ask us to tell you what personal data we hold about you, give you a copy, correct it, delete it, or stop or limit how we use it, and you can withdraw consent you gave. We won't treat you differently for using these rights.
Email madishangames@gmail.com with the game's name and your gamer name (or the player ID shown in the game), so we can find your data. We may ask for more details to confirm it's you. We reply within 30 days. If you're unhappy with our answer, you can complain to your local data protection authority (in India, the Data Protection Board of India).
Delete your data
You can ask us to delete your data from any Madishan Games game at any time, without reinstalling or opening the game.
- Email madishangames@gmail.com with the subject “Delete my data”.
- Tell us the game's name and your Google Play Games gamer name (or the player ID shown in the game's settings).
- We delete your multiplayer profile, your sign-in record (Firebase user ID), your scores, leaderboard entries and match history, within 30 days, and email you when it's done.
Data stored only on your device is removed when you clear the app's data or uninstall the game. Usage statistics and crash reports aren't linked to your name; they are deleted automatically (see How long we keep it). Your Google Play Games profile belongs to your Google Account; you can delete it in the Google Play Games settings or from your Google Account.
Children
Our games are made for a general audience and are not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children under 13, or from anyone below the age at which their country requires a parent's consent. Online play needs a Google Play Games profile, which Google manages for younger users through Family Link. If you're a parent and believe your child has given us personal data, email madishangames@gmail.com and we'll delete it.
Security and where data is stored
Data travels between the games and our services over encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). Our Firebase databases use access rules so that each player can only change their own data, and access to our developer consoles is limited to us. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your data and will tell you, and the authorities where required, if a breach affects you.
Google, Cloudflare and Apple run their services on servers in many countries, including the United States, so your data may be processed outside your country. These providers use safeguards required by law for such transfers, such as standard contractual clauses.
Changes and contact
If we change this policy, for example when a new game adds a feature, we update this page and its date. For important changes we'll also let you know in the game or on this site.
Questions or requests: madishangames@gmail.com. Madishan Games, India.