Carrom Club: Pocket Pals is developed by Peng Lin. The game is designed for offline play and optional direct play with a nearby device. We do not operate a game server or require an account. Versions through 1.3.0 (including the original App Store 1.0.0 release) do not include advertising or analytics SDKs. The advertising section below applies only to eligible users of the upcoming free version 1.4.0 and later when installed; verified purchases from the earlier paid release retain ad-free access; it does not change how the earlier app works.
Data kept on your device
Your language, sound, haptic and visual-effect preferences and unfinished offline match are stored on your device. The game does not send these records to the developer. Device backups are controlled by your Apple settings. Deleting the app removes its local app data; any device backups are managed separately through Apple.
Optional nearby play
If you choose Nearby Play and allow Local Network access, the game discovers other players and exchanges a randomly generated player label, room information, ready status, shots, scores and board state directly between the two participating devices. Apple networking frameworks handle connection metadata necessary to establish the connection. The player label is generated by the game, rather than taken from your personal device name. Connections require encryption. We do not receive, store or analyze the match traffic. Nearby play stops when you leave the room or disconnect.
Purchase verification
Version 1.4.0 checks an Apple-verified app transaction to preserve the ad-free benefit for users who originally purchased the earlier paid release. It reads the original build number and verification environment locally, and stores a verified ad-free entitlement on the device. These transaction details are not sent to the developer or Google. Apple may process purchase verification or restoration under its own privacy policy. If verification is unavailable, ads remain disabled for that session; this does not establish a permanent paid entitlement.
Advertising in version 1.4.0 and later
The upcoming advertising version integrates Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK) and Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP). It may show an app-open ad during startup, banners on menu and room screens, and an optional rewarded video when creating a room. Declining a rewarded video or having no available ad does not prevent room creation. A reward is local, non-transferable, and has no cash value.
Google may process your IP address (which can indicate approximate location), device or app-scoped identifiers, ads shown, ad interactions, app interactions, crash logs and performance information for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention and diagnostics. This processing can occur even for non-personalized ads. We do not send your saved board state, player label, local match traffic, language selection, personal contact details, photos, microphone or camera data to Google.
The app requests non-personalized ads, disables Google's publisher first-party identifier setting, and does not request App Tracking Transparency authorization or access the IDFA. There is no separate Firebase Analytics integration or advertising mediation SDK. UMP obtains any required choices before ad requests are allowed. Where available, use Settings → Privacy choices to review or change your advertising privacy choices. Advertising requires an internet connection; the core offline and local-network game modes remain available without it.
See Google's Privacy Policy, how Google uses information from apps that use its services, and Google Mobile Ads data disclosure. Google operates its own retention and processing controls; the developer does not operate an advertising data server or receive a copy of these raw SDK records.
Earlier versions without advertising
Versions through 1.3.0 do not integrate third-party advertising, tracking, or analytics SDKs, and do not collect location, photos, microphone or camera data, advertising identifiers, browsing history, or usage analytics through the game.
App Store purchases and diagnostics
Apple processes App Store purchases under its own terms and privacy policy. We do not receive your payment card information. Apple may provide aggregate sales information and, depending on your system sharing settings, crash or diagnostic information through its developer services. The game does not include a separate analytics or crash-reporting service.
If you contact support
If you voluntarily email support, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to provide. We use that information only to respond and resolve your request, retaining it only as needed for support or applicable legal obligations. You can ask us to delete support correspondence. Do not include passwords, payment details or unnecessary personal information.
Children
The game has no accounts, chat or user-generated content. It is a general-audience game, not an app specifically directed at children; App Store age ratings vary by region. Earlier versions have no advertising; version 1.4.0 and later use the advertising services described above. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the game. If you believe a child has sent personal information to support, please contact us so we can delete it.
This website
This support site is hosted by GitHub Pages. GitHub may process technical request information, such as IP addresses, to deliver and secure the site according to GitHub's Privacy Statement. We add no cookies, advertising or analytics scripts to these pages. Opening an external link is subject to that site's privacy policy.
Your choices
Play solo or on a shared device without Local Network permission. You may revoke that permission in iOS Settings at any time. Delete the app to remove its local stored data. For privacy questions or support-data requests, contact 540933120@qq.com.
Updates
We may update this policy if the game or its data practices change. The effective date above identifies the current policy.
中文隐私说明
《Carrom Club: Pocket Pals》由 Peng Lin 开发。游戏无需账号，不运营游戏服务器。1.3.0 及之前版本（包括最初商店 1.0.0 版本）不含广告、跟踪或分析 SDK。语言、音效、触感及单机进度仅保存在本机。
选择附近对战并允许本地网络后，游戏会在两台设备间直接交换随机玩家名称、房间状态、击球和棋盘数据；连接要求加密，开发者不会接收或保存这些对战数据。随机名称不使用您的个人设备名称。您可随时关闭本地网络权限并继续单机游玩。
Apple 负责处理商店购买，并可能依据您的系统共享设置提供开发者服务中的诊断信息。主动发送支持邮件时，我们会收到您提供的邮箱、消息及附件，仅用于处理支持请求；您可要求删除。请勿发送密码、支付信息或不必要的个人资料。
准备中的 1.4.0 及后续广告版本使用 Google AdMob 和 UMP，可在启动、菜单和房间页展示广告，建房时提供自愿激励视频。不观看或无广告仍可建房。Google 可能处理 IP 地址及推断的大致位置、设备或应用范围标识、广告和交互、崩溃及性能数据，用于广告投放、衡量、反作弊和诊断；非个性化广告也可能处理这些数据。应用请求非个性化广告，关闭发布商第一方标识，不请求 ATT 或读取 IDFA，无独立 Firebase Analytics 或广告中介 SDK。必要的隐私选择由 UMP 处理，可用时在设置的“隐私选项”中更改。广告数据由 Google 按其隐私政策处理，开发者没有广告数据服务器；棋盘存档和局域网对局流量不发送给 Google。应用通过 Apple 验证的购买记录在本机确认旧付费版本权益，验证后的无广告权益缓存在设备上，不向开发者或 Google 发送交易记录；无法验证时本次保持不请求广告，可在设置中恢复。
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