Privacy Policy
Last updated: 14 November 2026
Chai Empire: Idle Tea Tycoon ("the game", "we") is a single-player idle game for Android. This policy explains what data the game handles, who receives it, how long it is kept, and your choices. The game has no accounts of its own and no chat or user-generated content.
1. Data stored on your device
Your game progress (cash, stalls, Fame, rewards, settings) is saved on your phone. If you answer the optional age question, only an age group (under 18 or 18 and over) is stored on your phone; your birth year is not kept or sent anywhere. Uninstalling the game or clearing its data deletes all of this.
2. Data collected through services we use
| Data | Why | Received by |
|---|---|---|
| Advertising ID, device and app information, approximate location derived from your IP address, ad interactions | Showing ads (including optional rewarded videos), measuring them, and preventing ad fraud | Google AdMob and, if added later, the ad networks listed in section 3 |
| App interactions (for example tutorial steps, stalls unlocked, rewards claimed), app version, device model, Firebase installation ID | Understanding how the game is played so we can balance and improve it | Google Firebase Analytics |
| The promotional link you installed from, if any (its campaign tags, read through Google Play's Install Referrer service), and the value of purchases and ads shown in the game | Measuring which promotions bring players and revenue, including sharing revenue with partners who promote the game; no personal details are shared with partners | Google Firebase Analytics |
| Crash logs and diagnostics | Finding and fixing crashes | Google Firebase Crashlytics |
| Purchase history (if you buy something) | Giving you what you bought and restoring it on a new phone | Google Play Billing |
| Play Games profile (your Play Games name and player ID), your Fame stars and franchises completed, and a cloud copy of your save (only if you sign in to Play Games) | Showing your scores on the Fame stars and Franchises completed leaderboards, and keeping your progress when you change or reset your phone | Google Play Games Services |
We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos or precise location, and we do not sell your data.
3. Services and their policies
- Google AdMob, Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config), Google Play Billing and Google Play Games Services: see the Google Privacy Policy and how Google uses data from apps that use its services.
- If we add more ad networks to improve ad availability, we will list them here before they go live.
4. Ads and your choices
- In the EEA, the UK and some US states the game asks for your consent before personalised ads, and you can change your choice later from Settings > Privacy options.
- Players who tell us they are under 18 only receive non-personalised, family-appropriate ads, and analytics personalisation is turned off for them.
- You can reset or delete your Advertising ID in your phone's Google settings.
- Rewarded videos are always optional. Buying "Remove ads" removes the ads that appear between screens.
5. How long data is kept
- Data on your device: until you uninstall the game or clear its data.
- Firebase Analytics data: kept for up to 14 months, then deleted automatically.
- Crash reports: kept by Crashlytics for up to 90 days.
- Ad, purchase and Play Games data: kept by Google according to its own policies.
6. Your rights
You can ask us to delete analytics data linked to your device, or to explain what we hold, by writing to the contact below with the approximate date you installed the game. Where applicable law (for example India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, or the EU GDPR) gives you further rights such as access, correction and erasure, we will honour them.
7. Children
Chai Empire is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child under 13 has used the game, contact us and we will delete any data we can link to them.
8. Security
Data sent by the services above uses encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes
If we change this policy we will update the date above and, for material changes, tell you in the game.
10. Contact
Questions, requests or grievances: yadavnikhil@gmail.com (Nikhil Yadav, India).