Privacy policy
Effective 10 November 2026
Chaat Waale is a cooking game for iPhone and Android: you run a pani puri thela on a Mumbai footpath and grow it into a chaat business. It is made by Renaissance Systems, the trading name of Varun Veerbhadra (“we”, “us”). This policy says what we keep about you, why, who else handles it, and what you can do about it. Questions: hello@accustom.app.
The short version
- You can play without an account. Your progress is kept on your phone.
- If you choose to sign in with Apple or Google, your progress is also kept with your account (Google's Cloud Firestore), so it follows you to another phone.
- The game shows ads from Google AdMob between some evenings, and when you choose to watch one for a reward. Where the law asks for it, Google's consent form lets you choose whether ads may be personalised. The Chaat Pass removes the ads between evenings.
- No analytics in the game, and we never sell your information.
- You can export your data, or delete it and your account, in the game at any time.
What we keep, and why
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Your progress: your savings, days played, the stops, dishes and upgrades you have, your customers' ratings, your logbook of money in and out, and your settings (sound, music, vibration, language). Kept on your phone, and in your account if you sign in. | To play the game, and to carry your progress to another phone if you sign in. | On your phone until you delete it or the game. In your account until you delete your account. |
| Your account, only if you sign in: a user ID, your email address (or the private relay address Apple gives us if you choose Hide My Email), and whether you signed in with Apple or Google. Kept by Google's Firebase Authentication. If you sign in with Google, Google also gives Firebase your name and photo; we never copy, use or show them. | So the game knows it is you, on any phone. | Until you delete your account. |
| Your Chaat Pass: RevenueCat keeps an ID (your account's, or a random one if you haven't signed in) and your purchase history from the App Store or Google Play (what you bought, when, its price and currency, and the store's receipt). | To check that your pass is active, and to restore it on another phone. Apple or Google handle payment; we never see your card. | Until you delete your account, when it is removed from RevenueCat. Apple and Google keep their own records. |
| Ads: Google AdMob receives your device's advertising identifier (if you allow it; on iPhone only if you say yes when asked), your internet address and information about your device, and records which ads were shown. | To show ads, to measure them, and, with your consent where needed, to show ads that suit you better. | Under Google's own policies (see below). |
| Your internet address, which Google's servers see when the game connects. | To deliver the service and keep it secure. We don't store it with your data. | Only in Google's request logs for our project, for about 30 days. |
The game also keeps a copy of your progress in your phone's own storage, so it survives if the phone clears the game's web storage. On Android that copy is included in your phone's Google backup and moves to a new phone with your apps; on iPhone it is part of your iCloud or computer backup. Signing in is the way to keep it across Apple and Android.
Ads
Ads come from Google AdMob. They show between some evenings (not before your third day, and not after an evening in which you chose to watch an ad) and when you tap to watch one for a reward. They never show while you are serving customers. Ads are limited to content suitable for teenagers (Google's PG rating).
- Consent. In the EU, UK, Switzerland and other places where the law requires it, Google's consent form appears the first time you play. You can change your choice any time: Settings, Account & privacy, Ad privacy choices.
- iPhone. Before the first ad, iOS asks whether the game may use your advertising identifier. If you say no, ads still show, but they are not personalised with it.
- Android. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings (Privacy, Ads).
Google's use of this information is described in its policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
What we don't do
- No analytics or tracking SDKs in the game besides AdMob, and no data brokers.
- We never sell or rent your information, and never use it to train AI.
- We don't read your contacts, photos, location or microphone.
This website
chaatwaala.renaiss.cc is served by Cloudflare. Like any web server, it sees your internet address and browser when you visit. It sets no cookies.
Who else handles it
| Company | What for | What they get |
|---|---|---|
| Google (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions, Remote Config), servers in India and the United States | Sign-in; keeping your progress in your account; deleting your account; ad settings. | Your account details and progress, only if you sign in. |
| Google (AdMob), United States | Showing ads. | The ad information above. |
| RevenueCat, United States | Checking your Chaat Pass. | An ID and your purchase history from the stores. |
| Apple | Sign in with Apple; selling the Chaat Pass in the App Store. | What its sign-in and store collect, under Apple's own policies. |
| Google Play | Selling the Chaat Pass on Android. | What its store collects, under Google's own policies. |
| Cloudflare, United States | Serving this website. | Your internet address and browser details when you visit the site. Nothing from the game. |
These companies act under contracts that limit what they may do with it. If you live outside these countries, information they handle may be processed there; for the EU, UK and Switzerland we rely on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses and their UK and Swiss equivalents.
Why we may use it
We keep your progress and, if you sign in, your account to give you the game you asked for. Your pass is checked for the same reason. Ads are how the free game is paid for; personalised ads are shown only with your consent where the law asks for it.
Your choices and rights
- See or export it: Settings, Account & privacy, Export my data.
- Ads: Settings, Account & privacy, Ad privacy choices. The Chaat Pass removes the ads between evenings.
- Delete everything: Settings, Account & privacy, Delete all data (with an account: Delete account and all data). See delete your account.
Depending on where you live (for example India, the EU, UK, California and other US states), you have rights to access, correct, delete and port your information, to object to how we use it, and to complain to your data protection authority. Write to hello@accustom.app and we will answer within 30 days. We will not treat you differently for using them. California residents: we do not sell personal information; to opt out of personalised ads, use Ad privacy choices or your phone's ad settings.
Children
Chaat Waale is for people 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13; if you believe a child under 13 has an account, write to us and we will delete it.
Security
Everything travels over encrypted connections. Google encrypts your data where it is stored, and Firestore's access rules let only your own signed-in account read or write it.
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date above and, for meaningful changes, tell you in the game before they take effect.