Privacy Policy

Last update: Tuesday, Feb 27th 2024

Shawkat "شوكت" is a simple online Balut (cards game) score calculator targeting Middle East Balut players.

We care about your privacy and security of your personal information

Collecting and using your personal data

• Login/Sign up: Our app does not have log in/sign up functionality

• Profile/Room Pictures: Profile and room pictures are optional for the user and stored in Google Firebase databases and not shared with any other third parties. We have the right to delete a room or profile picture if we found it inappropriate.

• Room Passwords: Room passwords are collected in a secure manner and are only visible to room members. Room members have the responsibility to remember the room code and password to be able to rejoin to the room if anything unusual cause to lose the room (deleting the app, existing the room).

• Player name/Room name: Player and room names are collected only to identify each player and each room for the user.

• We use AdMob from google to show ads in our app. AdMob collects data and uses the device's advertising Id to serve personalized ads based on the user's interest. For more details about AdMob and how they collect information please check this link https://policies.google.com/privacy  and to opt out the Google AdMob personalized ads read the instructions here https://myadcenter.google.com/u/0/customize .

Permissions:

• When creating a room or a player inside a room, the user can optionally press a gallery icon to add a profile/room picture. The user will be asked if the app can reach all pictures or selected pictures from the gallery. These pictures are stored only in Google Firebase databases.

Age restrictions:

• Our app does not have any age restrictions or inappropriate children content. However, we strongly recommend that users under the age of 18 to use the application under their parents supervision.

The privacy policy may be updated from time to time. Users will be notified about the changes.