Privacy Policy

Effective date: 27 April 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how the mobile application Zero Katta: Tic Tac Toe (the “App”), available on Google Play (Android package com.varshaverma.tictactoe) and on the Apple App Store (iOS bundle com.varshaverma.tictactoe), published by Varsha Verma (the “Developer”, “we”, “us”), handles information. The same policy applies to both the Android and iOS versions of the App. By using the App, you agree to the practices described below.

1. Information we collect

The App is a simple offline Tic Tac Toe game. We do not collect, store, or transmit any personally identifiable information from you. The App does not require sign-in, does not have user accounts, does not include chat or user-generated content, and does not request access to your contacts, photos, location, microphone, or camera.

2. Information stored on your device

The App saves a small set of game preferences locally on your device (using Android SharedPreferences on Android, and UserDefaults on iOS), including:

• Game mode preference (2 Players or Vs Computer)
• Sound on/off setting
• Haptic feedback on/off setting

These preferences never leave your device and are not transmitted to us or any third party. Uninstalling the App removes them.

3. Advertising

The App displays a banner ad served by Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK on both Android and iOS). To comply with Google Play’s Families Policy and Apple’s App Store guidelines for kids-appealing apps, AdMob in this App is configured with:

• Maximum ad content rating set to G (General audiences)
• tagForChildDirectedTreatment set to true
• tagForUnderAgeOfConsent set to true

With these settings, Google does not use the device’s advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID or iOS IDFA) to build user profiles or to serve personalized advertising for users of this App. AdMob may still process a limited set of technical information (such as IP address, coarse device information, and approximate location) to deliver, frequency-cap, and report on contextual ads, and to detect invalid traffic. On iOS, the App does not present an App Tracking Transparency (ATT) prompt because it does not track users across apps or websites owned by other companies. You can review Google’s practices here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads .

4. Permissions used

The App requests only the permissions required to show ads:

• Android: INTERNET — required to load banner ads; ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE — required by the Google Mobile Ads SDK to check connectivity before requesting an ad.
• iOS: standard network access only; no microphone, camera, location, contacts, photos, Bluetooth, or notification permissions are requested. No App Tracking Transparency permission is requested.

5. Children’s privacy

Tic Tac Toe is a game that may appeal to children. The App is designed to be safe for all ages: it does not collect personal information, does not include in-app purchases, does not contain user-to-user communication, and only displays family-friendly (G-rated) ads as described above. We comply with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Google Play’s Families Policy, and Apple App Store Review Guideline 1.3 (Kids Category).

6. Data we do not collect

• We do not collect names, email addresses, or phone numbers.
• We do not collect precise or approximate location.
• We do not collect contacts, photos, files, or microphone/camera data.
• We do not use third-party analytics SDKs.
• We do not sell or share any user data.

7. Security

Because the App does not collect personal data, there is no personal data on our side to secure. Network traffic between the App and Google AdMob is transmitted over HTTPS.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available at this URL with an updated effective date.

9. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Varsha Verma
Email: varshaverma.dev@gmail.com