We do not collect your address or phone number. The App is free to use; it may display advertising, and it offers an optional one-time in-app purchase (as of September 2026, "Plus," which removes ads). See Section 9 for details.
We do not share data with third parties except: with your consent, when required by law, or to protect life, body, or property.
Google Analytics for Firebase (GA4) collects events such as screen views and feature use, plus your country code and app language setting. It does not receive your name, email address, or nickname. Collected events are exported to Google BigQuery, which the operator uses for aggregate analytics (in a form that does not identify individuals) to improve the App.
To check that push notifications arrive, Firebase Cloud Messaging delivery records (a per-notification ID, the stage such as accepted by the server or delivered to the device and its time, the OS type, and a per-installation identifier) are also exported to Google BigQuery, which the operator uses only to count deliveries (in a form that does not identify individuals). These records do not include the notification text, your name, email address, or nickname.
For stability improvements, when the app crashes Firebase Crashlytics sends technical information (stack trace, OS version, device model) to Google. No personally identifiable data is included. This feature is only enabled in release builds.
Your information is primarily processed and stored in the following locations.
As a result, some of the information we collect is sent to and stored on servers outside Japan (e.g. in the United States and Singapore).
Room data (a match in progress) is automatically deleted within 6 hours of creation (the deadline is extended while a match is in progress). Persistent, account-linked content such as daily submissions, friendships, and Hall of Fame entries is kept until you delete your account.
Report records (reporter, reported party, reason) are kept indefinitely as a moderation history. In-app-purchase confirmation results (product ID, price, currency, storefront, etc. — see Section 9) are account-linked data that is deleted when you delete your account. A minimal record used only to prevent the same purchase from being redeemed twice — the receipt's transaction ID, the identifier of the account that bought it, and the timestamp it was recorded — is kept separately, indefinitely, even after account deletion. This minimal record contains no price, currency, name, email address, or payment details. See Section 6, and the Delete your account and data page, for details.
You may request access, correction, or deletion of your data at any time. From Settings > Delete account inside the App you can immediately delete your account, profile, posted drawings/text, likes, friendships, challenges, Hall of Fame/archive entries, blocks, and entitlements to purchased items. See the Delete your account and data page for the exact steps.
The report records described in Section 5, and the minimal record kept to prevent duplicate redemption of a purchase (transaction ID, the buying account's identifier, and the timestamp only), are kept after account deletion for moderation and fraud-prevention purposes, but they contain no name, email address, or payment details. If you would like these records deleted as well, contact us at the address below (note that after that, the same receipt can no longer restore your items).
Because authentication is anonymous, please include your nickname, friend code, or the Apple ID / Google account you sign in with, so we can verify and locate your data. Contact com.yy.app@gmail.com.
The App is not directed at children under 13. Children under 13 should not use the App without parental consent.
The App may display advertising via Google AdMob. For users in the EU/EEA and UK, Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) checks your advertising-personalization consent status and serves ads accordingly. Elsewhere, whether ads are personalized is determined by Google based on your device/OS advertising settings (such as your tracking-permission status). The App itself does not force every ad request to be non-personalized.
The App does not show its own iOS App Tracking Transparency (ATT) permission prompt. As a result, under Apple's policy, no cross-app tracking via the advertising identifier (IDFA) occurs on iOS. On Android, the Google Mobile Ads SDK uses the Advertising ID for ad delivery and measurement. You can delete or reset the Advertising ID in your device settings.
The main SDKs integrated are Google AdMob (advertising), Google Analytics for Firebase (usage analytics), Firebase (authentication, database, storage, push notifications, crash reporting), and the Google Cloud Vision API and Cloud Translation API (content-safety screening and automatic translation).
The App may offer one-time (non-consumable) in-app purchases. As of September 2026, the only product on sale is "Plus," which removes ads (available on the App Store; the App does not currently sell any paid in-app purchase on Google Play). We previously sold products that unlocked extra game modes, but these are no longer for sale. For users who purchased them in the past, we continue to honor the purchase record and entitlement under this policy. Prices are as shown by each store (App Store / Google Play), and payment is made through the payment method each store provides. We do not handle your credit card number or other payment details. If we begin selling paid in-app purchases on Google Play, payment and purchase-confirmation handling will follow this same section.
To confirm that a purchase is genuine, our server checks it with the store and records the result — the product ID, transaction ID, price/currency/storefront, and the confirmation timestamp — linked to your account. We do not store the raw receipt or the payment details themselves. This record is deleted together with your account when you delete it. A minimal record used only to prevent the same purchase from being redeemed twice (the receipt's transaction ID, the buying account's identifier, and the timestamp — no price or payment details) is kept separately, indefinitely, even after account deletion (see the Delete your account and data page for details). As of September 2026, server-side purchase confirmation is implemented only for the App Store (iOS).
We may update this policy. Material changes will be announced in-app or on the support site.