Privacy Policy

Welcome to Football Duel ("we", "our", or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any information associated with your use of our mobile trivia game.

This Privacy Policy governs your use of the mobile application Football Duel (Android Package: com.trivia.footballduel, iOS Bundle: com.trivia.footballduel). It explains our practices regarding data collection, usage, third-party advertising SDKs (specifically Google AdMob), multiplayer networking, and your privacy rights under regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and Google Play Store policies.

We believe in data minimization. The data processed through Football Duel falls into the following categories:

A. Information You Provide Voluntarily

• Player Nickname: A custom display name you choose to identify yourself in duel lobbies and during multiplayer matches. This is stored locally on your device using local storage (AsyncStorage) and transmitted temporarily to our game matchmaker.
• Game Choices & Answers: Trivia answers, round submissions, and room codes submitted during active game sessions.

B. Information Collected Automatically by Third-Party SDKs (Google AdMob)

• Device Identifiers: Google Advertising ID (GAID on Android), Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA on iOS), and general device hardware/OS specifications.
• Network & IP Address: Coarse IP address (used by Google to determine broad regional geography like country or city for ad serving and fraud detection).
• Ad Interaction & Analytics Data: Ad views, clicks, impressions, video completions (for rewarded ads), and app performance/crash diagnostics.

C. Data We NEVER Collect

• ❌ Real names, physical home addresses, or phone numbers
• ❌ Sensitive biometric, health, financial, or credit card data
• ❌ Precise real-time GPS location
• ❌ Access to camera, microphone, photos, or contact list

In accordance with Google Play's Data Safety requirements, the table below provides an exact breakdown of data types collected, shared, and their specific purposes:

All network communications between Football Duel, our game server, and third-party advertising partners utilize industry-standard cryptographic encryption protocols (HTTPS / WSS / TLS).

Football Duel is supported by advertising. We integrate the Google Mobile Ads SDK (react-native-google-mobile-ads) to serve advertisements, including banner ads, interstitial ads between games, and optional rewarded ads (which grant in-game bonuses upon completion).

Google AdMob and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, and web beacons to serve ads based on users' previous visits to our app or other websites and apps on the Internet.

Ad Content Rating: Our app is configured with a maximum ad content rating (MaxAdContentRating.T) to ensure that advertisements shown are suitable for general audiences.

When you join matchmaking or create a private lobby in Football Duel:

• A temporary, transient WebSocket connection is established with our game server.
• Your chosen nickname and selected round answers are broadcast only to the players present in your active game room.
• Match results and room states are kept strictly in server volatile memory (RAM) for the duration of the match and are not permanently archived or sold.

Football Duel utilizes on-device key-value storage (AsyncStorage) solely to store:

• Your chosen player nickname (so you don't need to re-type it every match)
• Audio, vibration, and language preferences (e.g., Turkish or English)
• Local match statistics and gameplay settings

You can delete this data at any time by clearing the application storage/cache from your device settings or by uninstalling the application.

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or California), you are entitled to specific statutory data privacy rights:

• Right of Access & Transparency: You have the right to know what personal data is processed and request a copy.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can delete all local data by clearing app storage or uninstalling. You may also contact us to request the purging of any diagnostic logs containing your Advertising ID.
• Right to Rectification: You can edit your nickname freely inside the game at any moment.
• Right to Opt-Out (CCPA/CPRA): We do not sell personal data for monetary value. You have the right to opt out of cross-context behavioral / personalized advertising at any time.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: Exercising your privacy rights will never result in denied service, degraded gameplay quality, or altered game rules.

You can control or reset how device advertising identifiers are used for personalized ads through your device settings:

Football Duel is a general audience sports trivia game designed for football enthusiasts. We do not intentionally target or knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain European jurisdictions).

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us immediately at our support email below, and we will promptly take steps to delete any such data.

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to safeguard your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data transmission between our clients and servers is protected using TLS/HTTPS encryption.

Retention: Real-time gameplay session records are discarded immediately upon match completion. Local preferences persist on your device until manually deleted or until the application is uninstalled. Third-party advertising logs are retained by Google according to their published data retention policies.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our legal obligations, platform requirements (Google Play / App Store), or new features within Football Duel.

Any modifications will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date" at the top of the document. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.

If you have any questions, concerns, feedback, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact our privacy and developer support team: