Privacy policy
Effective 13 November 2026 · applies to Chaukdi and all other NoFuss Apps apps
NoFuss Apps is run by an independent developer in India. This page explains, in plain words, what our apps collect and why. The short version: no ads, no tracking, no selling of data, and we keep only what online play needs.
Playing offline
Games against the computer and Pass & Play run entirely on your phone. Your settings (like sound) stay on your phone.
While the app is open and your phone has internet, it sends a small ping every 5 minutes so the app can show how many people are playing. The ping contains a random ID created by the app (not linked to you or to your phone's hardware), which game you're in and whether you're playing. We keep only running totals per 5-minute window, not a record of who pinged.
Playing online (optional)
Online play needs a quick sign-in with Google. When you sign in:
- Google sends us a signed sign-in token. We check it and keep only a scrambled (keyed hash) form of your Google account ID, so we can recognise you next time.
- We do not store your email address, your Google name or your Google photo.
You then choose a user ID (unique, permanent), a display name, a picture from a fixed set and your gender (male or female; male unless you change it) inside the app. Your gender is never shown to other players. Other players can see these three things, and nothing else about you.
During an online game, the server keeps the game state (seats, dice rolls, moves and preset emotes) so everyone sees the same board. There is no free-text chat. A game room is deleted automatically shortly after the game ends or everyone leaves.
Friends
You can add friends by their user ID, accept or decline requests, remove friends and block players. Friends see each other's user ID, name, picture and online status: online, which game you're playing, or when you were last seen. To show this, the app tells our server when it's open (the same 5-minute ping as above) and when it closes, and we keep only the time and what you were doing at that moment. Blocked players can't send you friend requests or game invites. To stop spam, each player can send 5 friend requests a day; we keep the time of each request for 24 hours to count them.
Notifications
When you're signed in, the app can show a notification when a friend invites you to a game, when someone sends you a friend request, and when someone answers yours. For this, your phone gets a notification token from Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging, and the app sends it to our server. The token only lets us deliver a message to the Chaukdi app on that phone. The message itself carries the other player's name, user ID and picture choice, plus the game and room code for invites. We don't use Firebase Analytics or any tracking. You can turn game invites off in Settings, block notifications in Android settings, and signing out removes the token.
Reporting players
You can report a player for an offensive name, cheating, spam or rude behaviour, with an optional message. A report stores who reported whom, the reason, your message and where it happened (game and room code). Only the NoFuss team reads reports; the reported player never sees who reported them or what was written. We may rename or suspend accounts that break the terms.
What we store, and for how long
| Data | Where | Kept for |
|---|---|---|
| Scrambled Google account ID, user ID, display name, picture choice, gender, account dates | Our database (Cloudflare) | Until you delete your account |
| Your friends list, friend requests, players you blocked, your last-seen time and current activity | Our database (Cloudflare) | Until you remove them or delete your account |
| Notification tokens (up to 5 phones) | Our database (Cloudflare); messages pass through Google Firebase | Until you sign out, uninstall the app or delete your account |
| Reports you send or that are about you | Our database (Cloudflare) | Until reviewed, then up to 1 year; deleted with your account |
| Online game rooms | Our servers (Cloudflare) | About 10 minutes after the game ends; unstarted rooms 30 minutes |
| Player-count totals | Our servers (Cloudflare) | About 15 minutes |
| Technical request logs (time, network address, errors) | Cloudflare | A few days, to keep the service running and secure |
| Settings, sign-in session, a copy of your profile, the random app ID | Your phone | Until you sign out, clear the app's data or uninstall |
Who else is involved
- Google provides the sign-in.
- Cloudflare hosts our servers and database.
We don't use advertising, analytics or tracking tools, and we never sell or rent your data. We would only share information if the law required it.
Deleting your account
In the app, open Profile → Delete account. Your account is removed from our server immediately and can't be recovered. Other options are on the account deletion page.
Children
Our games are family-friendly, but online accounts are not meant for children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, email us and we'll delete it.
Security
All connections are encrypted (HTTPS). The server, not the app, rolls the dice and checks every move. We keep as little account data as possible.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. Questions? Email nofussapps.studio@gmail.com.