Checkers With Friends Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 20, 2026 · Android package: com.paynl.checkers

This policy explains how the developer of Checkers With Friends handles information for the game and its related support services. For privacy questions, contact JAHKNOPLAY@GMAIL.COM.

Information used by the game

Why information is used

Information is used to operate and secure accounts, restore progress, provide multiplayer and social features, show public profiles and rankings, verify purchases and rewards, moderate uploaded content, investigate reports, provide support and meet applicable legal obligations. Optional features may be unavailable when offline or when the required permission or consent is not provided.

What other players can see

Your public Game ID, username, published avatar, selected public cosmetics, country, rank, public game statistics and relevant online activity can appear in profiles, friends, matchmaking, games and leaderboards. Chat content is shared with its intended recipients or room participants. Do not put sensitive personal information in your username, avatar or messages. The game may include computer-controlled opponents; bot administration is private to authorized administrators.

Service providers and sharing

The game uses Google Firebase and Google Cloud for authentication, databases, hosting, security and related backend services. Google Play handles purchases where billing is enabled. The developer receives the purchase information needed to verify the product and entitlement, rather than your payment-card details.

When advertising is enabled, Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK process information needed to deliver, measure and protect advertisements. This can include IP address and approximate location inferred from it, advertising or app identifiers, ad interactions and diagnostic data. This policy covers those features even while live ad serving is awaiting configuration or approval. We do not start an optional rewarded video without your action.

Ad preferences and consent are requested where required. Use Ad privacy choices in About when additional choices are available, and Android's advertising privacy controls. Declining personalized advertising does not necessarily remove all advertising. Active Game Pass and valid referral ad-free periods suppress supported automatic ads; optional rewarded videos remain available.

Automatic picture screening and upload review are currently suspended, and paid moderation services remain disabled. New technically validated uploads publish without screening or an approval decision. Players can report pictures, and authorized administrators can remove them or restrict uploads. If the private moderation workflow is enabled in the future, new submissions will remain private until permitted by that workflow; unavailable or uncertain scans will not count as approval. Suspected illegal child-safety material must be restricted to the appropriate specialist handling and reporting process rather than ordinary public or administrative display.

Information may also be disclosed when necessary to comply with law, protect users, investigate fraud or respond to valid legal requests. We do not sell player account records or virtual-currency balances as a separate product.

Provider information: Google Privacy Policy, Firebase privacy and security, Google Mobile Ads data disclosure, and Google ad controls.

Referrals

Referral eligibility uses the original Firebase account creation time and server time. A successful redemption is associated with stable account identifiers and stored to prevent repeated redemptions. Referral counts, reward milestones, review flags and entitlement dates are processed to provide the program and investigate abuse. Firebase authentication alone does not establish that each account belongs to a different real person. The referral system does not require invasive device fingerprinting.

Storage, security and retention

Cloud services may process information in countries different from your own. Supported network requests use encrypted connections, and access controls restrict private account and administrative records. No security method can guarantee absolute protection.

Account and gameplay information is retained while needed to provide the account and services. Transaction, moderation, security and referral records may be retained when reasonably needed to investigate abuse, prevent duplicate grants, resolve disputes, or satisfy legal and accounting obligations. These records are not a reason to keep an active public profile after a valid deletion request. Where retention is required, we limit its purpose and access and explain relevant exceptions when responding to a request.

Your choices and account deletion

You can update supported profile fields, select a different avatar or cosmetic, change local sound and music preferences and control supported notifications. To request access, correction or deletion of account information, email JAHKNOPLAY@GMAIL.COM. We may need to verify that you control the account before processing a request.

Use our account-deletion request page for instructions, including which account data is removed and which records may need to be retained. Uninstalling the app does not itself delete your Firebase account. Deleting an account does not automatically cancel a Google Play subscription; manage cancellation in Google Play.

Age audience

Checkers With Friends is intended for players aged 13 and older. It is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action. Additional parental permission or age-related protections may apply under local rules.

Changes and contact

We update this page when the game's data practices materially change and revise the effective date above. Privacy, moderation-review and account-deletion requests may be sent to JAHKNOPLAY@GMAIL.COM. Include your public Game ID when available; never send your password, verification codes, full payment-card details or private purchase tokens.