Privacy policy
1. What stays on your device
To work offline-friendly and never repeat a card in a night, Bawaal saves a few things in your browser's local storage (or the app's on-device storage):
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Settings: spice level, Daaru Mode on/off, timer, sound and haptics | So the game opens the way you left it | Until you clear it |
| Player names you type | For turns, teams and "{p1}" cards | Until you clear it |
| Cards played tonight and your last deck | No repeats, plus "Phir se" (replay) | About 12 hours for the no-repeat list |
| Age confirmations for Besharam and Daaru Mode | So we don't nag you every round | Until you clear it |
None of this is sent to us or anyone else. To erase it, clear site data for bawaal-party.vercel.app in your browser settings, or uninstall the app.
2. What we don't do
- No sign-up, account, email or phone number.
- No analytics SDKs, ad networks, tracking pixels or fingerprinting.
- No sale or sharing of personal data, because we don't have any.
- No microphone, camera, contacts or location access.
3. Motion sensors (Sar Pe Phone)
Sar Pe Phone (forehead guessing) uses your phone's motion sensors to detect "tilt down = sahi, tilt up = pass". Sensor readings are processed instantly on the device and are never stored or transmitted. On iPhone, Safari asks your permission first. You can always play with on-screen buttons instead.
4. Hosting
The website and web game are static files served by Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel may process basic technical request data (such as IP address, browser type and time of request) to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. We don't use this to identify you, and we don't combine it with anything else. Fonts and images are self-hosted, so loading Bawaal doesn't call Google Fonts or any other third party.
5. Age and content
Bawaal is made for adults hosting parties. Besharam (NSFW) and Daaru Mode (drinking games) are 18+ and legal-drinking-age only, off by default and behind a confirmation. Sanskari mode is family-friendly and is meant to be played with an adult hosting. We don't knowingly collect personal data from anyone, including children, because we don't collect personal data at all.
6. What will change when accounts arrive
Later we plan to add optional sign-in (using Google Firebase Authentication) for things like multi-phone rooms and saving custom decks. When that ships:
- Accounts will stay optional. Single-phone play will keep working without one.
- We'd collect only what sign-in needs: an account ID, the email address or phone number you sign in with, and a display name you choose. Room and deck data you create would be stored so the feature works.
- Google (Firebase) would process this on our behalf as a service provider. We'll name any other provider here.
- You'll be able to delete your account and its data in the app or through /delete-account.
- We'll update this page with a new effective date and show a notice in the app before any collection starts.
7. Your rights (India)
Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to access, correct and erase personal data and to have grievances addressed. Today there is no personal data on our side to act on. Once accounts exist, write to us and we'll respond within 30 days.
8. Contact and grievances
Questions or complaints: contact.techfusionlab@gmail.com (subject "Bawaal privacy").
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