Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 8, 2026
This policy explains how personal data is processed in the Amerikano mobile app, provided by the data controller Harun Burak Çoban (trading as Hegion Soft, “we”). For privacy requests, contact info@hegionsoft.com.
This English version is a translation of the Turkish policy. If the two versions differ, the Turkish version prevails.
1. Data we process
| Data | When | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Account and authentication data | When you create an account with email/password, Google or Apple | To create the account, provide secure sign-in and recover the account |
| Anonymous user ID | When you continue as a guest | To run the guest session, your profile and online features |
| Profile data | When you create or edit your profile | To show your unique username, avatar, experience, games played and wins |
| Social data | When you search for players, add friends or send invitations | To provide search results, friend requests, your friends list, online status and short-lived room invitations |
| Game and room data | When you play online | To run multiplayer games: room membership, card and move state, scores, ready and connection status |
| Data stored on your device | When you use the app | To remember single-player saves, card arrangement, tutorial progress, sound, language and game preferences |
| Diagnostic data | When an app error occurs while you are signed in | To diagnose the error using your user ID, error message and stack trace, platform, app version and timestamp |
| Technical logs | When you connect to our servers | To protect the service and prevent abuse using IP address, request time, security records and short-lived per-account request counters |
| Advertising and diagnostic identifiers | When ads are shown in the app | To serve ads through Google AdMob, measure ad performance and, with your permission, show personalized ads |
| Purchase data | When you buy or restore “Play ad-free” | To verify the purchase, enable ad-free play and restore it on another device (anonymous RevenueCat app ID, product and transaction details, store receipt, device and app version) |
| Quick reactions | When you send an emoji or preset phrase at an online table | To deliver the reaction you picked to the players at the table. Reactions come only from a predefined list, contain no free text and are not stored by us |
2. Purposes and legal bases
We process data to provide the service and the features you request, keep your account secure, fix errors, prevent abuse and meet legal obligations. Where applicable, processing relies on entering into or performing a contract, our legitimate interests, legal obligations and, where required, your consent.
3. Data we do not collect
The app does not access your location, camera, microphone, contacts or photos. We do not collect your device’s precise GPS location or share it with advertising partners. We do not collect payment card or bank details; purchases are processed by the Apple App Store and Google Play, and this information never reaches us or RevenueCat.
4. Advertising
To keep the app free, we show ads through Google AdMob on some screens (the main menu and between rounds and matches). AdMob may process data such as the advertising ID (Android advertising ID / iOS IDFA), approximate IP-based location, and device and app information to serve ads, limit ad frequency, prevent fraud and measure ad performance.
- iOS: On first launch, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency permission is requested. If you decline, non-personalized ads are shown; ads still appear but are not targeted to your interests.
- Users in the EU/EEA, the UK and Switzerland: Separate consent for personalized ads is requested through Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP); you can change your choice at any time.
- You can reset your advertising ID or turn off interest-based ads in your operating system settings.
For more on how AdMob processes data, see Google’s partner sites policy.
Play ad-free: If you make the one-time “Play ad-free” purchase, we stop showing banner and interstitial ads. Your purchase status is tied to your store account and an anonymous RevenueCat ID on your device, not to your Amerikano account; restore it on a new device with “Restore purchases” in Settings.
5. Service providers and sharing
We do not sell your data. Data is shared only with the parties needed to provide the service:
- Supabase: authentication, database, Edge Functions, realtime connections and technical logging infrastructure.
- Apple and Google: authentication, only when you choose that sign-in method.
- Google AdMob (Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC): serving and measuring in-app ads and, with your permission, personalizing them.
- RevenueCat, Inc.: verifying and managing in-app purchases. An anonymous app ID, purchase and receipt details, device and app version information and IP address may be processed.
- Apple App Store and Google Play: under their own policies, for distributing the app, processing payments and store security.
Our providers’ infrastructure may process data outside your country. In that case, applicable data protection rules and provider agreements apply. We may share data with competent authorities when required by law or to protect our rights and user safety.
6. Visibility and retention
- Your username, avatar and game statistics may be shown to other players. The real name and email address from your sign-in provider are not shown to other players.
- Your online status and joinable room are shown only to accepted friends.
- Account and profile data are kept while your account is open. Time-limited invitations and active game data are kept only as long as needed to run the service.
- Diagnostic and security logs are kept for the limited time needed for troubleshooting, security and legal obligations.
- Single-player saves and preferences on your device may remain until you clear the app data or uninstall the app.
7. Account deletion and your rights
You have the right to access your account, correct your profile, delete your account and exercise other rights under applicable law. You can delete your account directly in the app with “Delete my account” at the bottom of Settings. To request deletion on the web, use the Account Deletion page.
Deletion covers your authentication account, profile, username, statistics, friendships, invitations and active room records linked to your account. Limited records that must be kept for fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution or legal requirements may be retained for the required period.
Purchase records (transaction, receipt and anonymous RevenueCat ID) may be kept by Apple, Google and RevenueCat for accounting and legal obligations. Deleting your account does not cancel or refund a store purchase; refunds are requested through the relevant store’s own process.
8. Children’s privacy
Amerikano is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. We do not mark our ads as child-directed and do not knowingly show personalized ads to users under 13. If you believe such data has been processed, contact us and we will delete it after appropriate verification.
9. Security and changes
We protect data with access controls, encrypted connections and authorized server operations; no transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. When we change this policy, we update the date on this page and may announce significant changes in the app or through another appropriate channel.
10. Contact
For privacy requests and questions: info@hegionsoft.com