Privacy policy Nepali Games by Amarnepal

About this policy

This policy is for Nepali Games by Amarnepal, a free games app for iPhone and Android (app ID com.amarnepal.nepaligames). The app is published by Amarnepal (amarnepal.com). Here, “we” and “us” mean Amarnepal.

It covers the app only. The website has its own privacy policy.

What the app does not do

• There is no account and no sign-in.
• There are no ads.
• There are no analytics, tracking or crash-reporting tools in the app.
• There is nothing to buy in the app.
• The app does not access your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone.

What stays on your phone

To remember you between games, the app saves a few things in its own storage on your phone:

• the nickname and avatar you pick
• your settings: sound, vibration, game speed, table colours and card backs
• your game statistics
• unfinished games, so you can carry on later
• table codes you used recently

Amarnepal never receives any of this. It is removed when you delete the app, or when you tap “Clear my data” in the app’s settings. When you play online, the other players at your table see your nickname and avatar.

When you play online with friends

Playing the computer, or passing one phone around, uses none of the services below. They are only used when you host or join a table to play with friends.

1. Finding each other. The app connects to public Nostr relays, which are message servers run by independent third parties, and posts short connection messages for your table. The connection details inside are encrypted with a key that comes from the table code. The relays can see your device’s IP address (its address on the internet) and when it connects.
2. Finding a route. STUN servers run by Google and Cloudflare help the phones find a route to each other. They see IP addresses.
3. Playing. The phones then connect directly to each other over WebRTC. Game messages are encrypted end to end between the players’ devices. The host’s phone runs the game. There is no Amarnepal game server.
4. If a direct connection is not possible. Some networks block direct connections. Then the game traffic may be relayed through Cloudflare’s TURN service, which sees IP addresses and encrypted traffic only. So the relay is ready if needed, the app asks amarnepal.com for short-lived relay credentials when you host or join a table. The website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages, and Cloudflare may log that request, including your IP address, under its own privacy policy.

The Nostr relays are run by their own operators, not by Amarnepal. Google and Cloudflare handle what their servers see under their own policies: read Google’s privacy policy and Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

What other players see

The other players at your table see your nickname and avatar, and your device’s IP address, which their devices need to connect directly to yours. Players can only send preset phrases, like “Namaste!” or “Good game”. There is no free-text chat.

Anyone with the table code can find the table, so share it only with the people you want to play with.

Nothing is kept

A table exists only while its host keeps it open. Nothing about your game is kept on any server.

Links to our website

Some links in the app, like “Full rules on amarnepal.com”, open the website in your browser. The website’s own privacy policy applies there. It explains the cookies, Google Analytics and Google AdSense that the website uses.

The App Store and Google Play

Downloads go through Apple’s App Store or Google Play, under their own privacy policies (read Apple’s and Google’s). If you allowed it in your phone’s settings, Apple or Google may share crash and usage statistics with us, as the app’s developer.

Play chips are not money

Teen Patti, Poker, Andar Bahar, In Between, Kitti, Langur Burja and Kauda are betting-style games. In the app they use play chips, which have no money value. Chips cannot be bought, and they cannot be cashed out. There is no real-money gambling in the app.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13. It collects no personal data from anyone, of any age.

Selling and advertising

We do not sell any data, and we do not share any data for advertising.

Deleting your data

There is no data about you on Amarnepal’s servers to delete. Everything the app keeps is on your phone. To remove all of it, tap “Clear my data” in the app’s settings, or delete the app.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will post the new version on this page with a new date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy in the app? Email [email protected]. For help with the app itself, see help and support.