Poker Tournament Timer: Home — Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-09-26
This privacy policy applies to the mobile app "Poker Tournament Timer: Home"
(listed on Google Play as "Poker Tournament Timer: Blinds") on Android and iOS:
- Google Play: package com.simonj.pokertimer, developer "Global Utility App Maker"
- Apple App Store: bundle ID com.simonj.pokertimer, seller "Kyu-Hee Jang"
The app is developed and operated by Kyu-Hee Jang (Google Play developer name:
Global Utility App Maker), referred to as "we" or "us".
Contact: wkdrb2100@gmail.com
OVERVIEW
Poker Tournament Timer: Home runs a blind clock for home poker games and
calculates blind schedules, prize pools, payouts and deal splits. These
calculations run on your device from the numbers you enter. The app does not
require an account, does not ask for player names, and we do not sell personal
data.
NOTIFICATIONS AND VOICE CALLS
- Level alerts are off by default. When you turn them on, the app asks for
notification permission and schedules local notifications on your device for
upcoming level changes (and, if you turn it on, a one-minute warning). The
text shows the next blinds or a break. These notifications are created by the
app on your device; they are not sent from a server.
- On Android 12 and later, the app declares "Alarms & reminders" access so that
alerts can arrive on time. If that access is off, alerts may be late.
- Alerts for a tournament are cancelled when it is finished or reset, or when
you turn alerts off.
- Voice calls are off by default. When on, blind levels are read aloud using
your device's text-to-speech engine.
- While the Clock screen is open, the app keeps the screen awake.
LOCAL DATA
The following are stored in the app's storage on your device:
- The tournament you are setting up: structure settings (players, starting
stack, target length, level length, blinds, antes, breaks and any levels you
edit), prize-pool numbers (entries, buy-in, rebuys, add-ons, fees and chips
per rebuy or add-on), payout mode and custom percentages, deal chip counts,
and your voice, alert and warning settings.
- The running tournament: its start and pause times, players left, the last
bust, rebuy and add-on taps (for undo) and the IDs of its scheduled alerts.
- Recent results (up to 50; the oldest is removed first): start and end time,
duration, the structure and prize-pool numbers used, the final blind level,
and whether a review request or ad was shown at the end.
- Saved structures (up to 20): the name you give them (up to 40 characters),
the structure settings and when they were saved.
- App state such as cached ad and "more apps" configuration.
Your tournament data is not uploaded to our servers and is not included in
analytics events.
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
- Google Firebase Analytics: app usage events (for example app launch, screens
viewed, clock start, pause, reset and finish, structure saved, loaded or
deleted, payout mode chosen, alert, warning and voice switched on or off,
menu actions and review-request results), consent and tracking-prompt status
events, ad revenue events, device and technical information and an
app-instance identifier, used to understand how the app is used. Amounts,
chip counts, structure names and results are not sent as event data.
- Google Firebase Crashlytics: crash reports and technical diagnostics, used to
keep the app stable.
- Google Firebase Firestore: the app downloads app configuration (such as ad
settings and a list of our other apps). It does not upload your data.
- Google AdMob: the advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID or iOS IDFA,
where permitted), device and network information, ad interaction data and IP
address (which may be used to estimate approximate location), plus SDK
diagnostics described in Google's disclosures, used to show and measure ads,
prevent fraud and diagnose ad delivery.
- Ad mediation partner: the app includes the InMobi adapter for Google AdMob
mediation. When AdMob selects InMobi to serve an ad, InMobi may receive similar
ad-request data (advertising identifier where permitted, device, network and IP
information, and consent signals) to show and measure that ad.
Apart from device backups, the app sends data automatically only to the
services above, for the purposes above. We use these services under their
applicable terms, and we ensure that third-party service providers with whom we
share user data provide the same or equal protection of that data as stated in
this policy. See:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy/play-data-disclosure
https://www.inmobi.com/privacy-policy
ADS CONSENT & TRACKING
Where required (for example in the EEA and UK), the app first uses Google's User
Messaging Platform (UMP) to ask for your consent for personalized ads. If you do
not allow personalized ads, ads are non-personalized. If the consent check
cannot be completed, the app may still show non-personalized ads.
On iOS, after that step, the app shows the App Tracking Transparency (ATT)
prompt if you have not answered it yet, unless you already declined
personalized ads on Google's consent form. If tracking is not allowed, the IDFA
is not available to the app or its ad partners, whichever ads are shown.
Where a consent choice is required, you can change it later from the app menu
("Privacy choices"). Analytics and crash reporting are not controlled by these
ad choices.
PERMISSIONS
- Notifications, only after you turn on level alerts.
- Android: "Alarms & reminders" (exact alarms) for on-time level alerts.
- Internet access for ads, analytics and app configuration.
The app does not ask for location, camera, microphone, contacts or photo
library access.
DATA RETENTION & DELETION
- Local data: you can delete saved structures in the app, and Reset clears the
running tournament without saving a result. Recent results are limited to 50
and cannot be deleted one by one; clearing the app's data (Android) or
uninstalling the app removes local data from this device. Existing device or
cloud backups are handled separately (see below).
- Data processed by Google Firebase, AdMob and InMobi is kept according to those
services' retention settings and policies. Uninstalling the app does not
delete data that was already sent to them.
- To request deletion of data associated with your use of the app, email us at
the address below. Because we do not ask for your name, email or account, we
may only be able to act on data we can link to you from the information you
provide, and we will explain any limits in our reply.
STORAGE & CONTROL
- Android: if device backup is enabled, app data may be included in your Google
backup and restored on reinstall.
- iOS: app data may be included in your iCloud or device backups according to
your device settings.
- You can turn notifications off at any time in the app or in device Settings.
- Android: you can reset or delete your Advertising ID in Settings > Google (or
Privacy) > Ads.
- iOS: you can change tracking permission in Settings > Privacy & Security >
Tracking.
SECURITY
Data sent to Google Firebase and AdMob is transmitted over encrypted (HTTPS/TLS)
connections. Local data is kept in the app's private storage area and is
protected by your device's operating system; it is not separately encrypted by
the app. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The app is a timer and math tool for home games. It does not offer real-money
betting or gambling. Blind schedules are estimates, and payout, chip-chop and
ICM figures are calculations from the numbers you enter; the players and
organizer decide how prizes are paid.
CHILDREN
This app is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect
personal information from children.
CHANGES
We may update this policy. The "Last updated" date above will change accordingly.
CONTACT
Developer: Kyu-Hee Jang (Google Play: Global Utility App Maker)
Email: wkdrb2100@gmail.com