Privacy Policy

Welcome to Party Social. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you use our application and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Party Social collects and processes your personal data through your use of our application, including any data you may provide when you create a profile, publish a card pack, or play games with others.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We only collect the data necessary to provide our services. We do not collect your email address, phone number, or passwords. Authentication is handled securely through Apple's iCloud.

• Identity & Profile Data: Includes your CloudKit user identifier, chosen display name, bio, and profile picture.
• User-Generated Content: Any Card Packs you create and publish to the public database, including pack names, descriptions, images, ratings, and card text.
• Gameplay & Communication Data: Information shared during games such as prompts, answers, votes, and chat messages. Please note that gameplay relies on WebRTC (Peer-to-Peer) technology. Your IP address may be exposed to other players in your game session, and gameplay data is transmitted between players and our signaling server.
• Blocked Users: Data stored locally on your device regarding users you have chosen to block.
• Advertising Data: If you are shown ads within the app, our advertising partner (Google AdMob) may collect your device's advertising identifier (IDFA, where permitted), IP address, general device information, and app usage data in order to serve and measure ads. See "Advertising" below for details.

3. How We Collect Your Data

• Direct interactions: Data you provide when setting up your profile or publishing Card Packs to the public CloudKit database.
• Authentication: We use Apple's CloudKit. Your identity is managed by Apple, and we only receive an anonymized identifier and the profile information you choose to provide.
• Gameplay: Data transmitted through our WebRTC signaling server when you join a lobby or participate in a game.

4. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data to:

• Provide and maintain the game features (e.g., matching you with players, sending your profile info to peers).
• Store and distribute the Card Packs you choose to publish publicly via CloudKit.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer gameplay and chat via our signaling server.

5. Data Storage and Security

Your profile and published Card Packs are securely stored using Apple's CloudKit public databases. By using Party Social, you are also subject to Apple's privacy policy regarding iCloud data.

While we implement measures to protect your data, please be aware that peer-to-peer (WebRTC) gameplay involves direct connections between devices, meaning your IP address may be visible to other players in your session.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services, such as GIPHY, to provide certain features (like searching for GIFs). When you use these features, your search queries may be sent to these third-party providers. We do not share your identity data with them.

7. Advertising

Party Social may display ads to support the free features of the app. We use Google AdMob to serve these ads. AdMob may work with a network of third-party ad technology companies to select and deliver ads that are relevant to you.

• Information collected for ads: To serve and measure ads, Google and its partners may collect your device's advertising identifier (the IDFA on iOS), IP address, coarse location, device type, and information about how you interact with ads and the app. This data is used to select ads and is not linked to your Party Social profile identity by us.
• App Tracking Transparency: On iOS, we request your permission via Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework before any tracking-related data is shared for advertising purposes. You can change your choice at any time in your device's Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking, or Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising.
• Consent (EEA/UK/Switzerland): If you are located in the European Economic Area, the UK, or Switzerland, we use Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to obtain your consent for personalized advertising and the use of cookies/identifiers before any such data is collected, in line with GDPR requirements.
• Opting out: You can limit ad personalization at the device level (iOS Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising > Personalized Ads, and by disabling app tracking as described above). Disabling tracking may still result in you seeing ads, but they will be less tailored to your interests.
• Learn more: For details on how Google uses information from apps that use its services, see Google's Partner Sites policy and the Google Privacy Policy.

Party Social is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from children for advertising purposes. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us using the details below.

8. Data Retention

Your public CloudKit data (like Profile Data and Card Packs) is retained until you delete the data through the app. Local data, such as your block list, remains on your device until you uninstall the app or clear its data.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: support@coolstone.dev