Last updated: August 31, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to our Platform. This Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions, and End User License Agreement document governs your use of our chess application and describes how we collect, use, and protect your information.
By creating an account and using this app, you (the user) and I (the app developer, owner, and maintainer) agree that any terms we agree on, are between the two of us; Apple is not a part of this agreement in any way. The license granted to the end-user for use of the Licensed Application (access of this app) is limited to a non-transferable license to use the Licensed Application on any Apple-branded Products that the end-user owns or controls and as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that such Licensed Application may be accessed, acquired, and used by other accounts associated with the purchaser via Family Sharing, volume purchasing, or Legacy Contacts. We are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services with respect to the Licensed Application (our app). In the event of any failure of the Licensed Application to conform to any applicable warranty, the end-user (you) may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Licensed Application (our app) to that end-user; and that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Licensed Application, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be our sole responsibility. By using our service and downloading this app you and I (the developer) acknowledge that we are responsible for addressing any claims of the end-user or any third party relating to the Licensed Application or the end-user’s possession and/or use of that Licensed Application, including, but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the Licensed Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection. Any infringing on Intellectual Property will be dealt with by us, not Apple. By using our service, you, the end-user agree: (i) the end-user is not located in a region that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” region; and (ii) the end-user is not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. The end-user must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using our platform. Lucky for the end-user, there are none. We and the end-user acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of the EULA, and that, upon the end-user’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the EULA, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce the EULA against the end-user as a third-party beneficiary thereof.
2. Information We Collect
Our platform includes Text Message functionality. Inside Text Message you may use our app to send a chess game invitation to someone in your contacts. We do not have access to your phone number, messages, or any personal data associated with Text Message. The ONLY thing we do inside Text Message is build the User Interface to play chess, and build and read the chess messages when Text Message sends and recieves them. For the main App excluding the Text Message piece:
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, including your username and password (all sensitive information is encrypted before storage so we never see it). We may also collect information about your gameplay and app usage.
In totality we collect: usernames, hashed passwords, account creation time, time last logged in, hashed security question answers, money value (in-game currency quantity), email address (for account recovery), ELO rating (skill level), one authentication token when logging in that expires in 1 hour, one game-id-token per game is created and stored if authentication token creates or joins a game (game tokens delete after 24 hours), game move-histories are stored with their game token and deleted at the same time, and skins (sprites) acquired.
Data Deletion: All data associated with a user may be deleted at any time by pressing the Delete Account button found in the User Profile section. It deletes all user data from the server.
Inactive Users: Users who have not signed in for the last 365 days will have their accounts deleted (wiping all data).
Data is collected when you, the user, enter it and supply it. THE ONLY data collected behind the scenes is the GMT-7 time you created your account, GMT-7 time of when you last played, your authentication token and associated game tokens. The username, password, security question answers, email, money amount, skins unlocked, and ELO rating are all up-front and require your permission and explicit action. Blocked users are stored and handled locally; we (the server) do not store who you personally block.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including to facilitate gameplay, track progress, and enhance user experience.
We DO NOT profit from user data. We DO NOT want to store your data, we just have to so the app can function and change UI and settings based on the user.
We use your data to generate game rooms for you to play chess in, and to track your progress in those rooms. We save the chess piece skins data so you get what you spent time unlocking. ELO rating is so you can compare yourself in chess skill against others. Everything else is for account recovery.
4. Information Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All passwords and security question data is stored in a SHA256 hashed format, making it unreadable to anyone looking (even us).
6. Terms of Use
By using our platform, you agree to use the app in accordance with these terms. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.
Our in-game currency (moneys) is not and will never be monetized. It is rewarded through in-game accomplishments and is only used to buy specific cosmetic items. Users cannot use real money to buy in-game currency or these specific cosmetic items. These cosmetic items may only be obtained through regular gameplay. In this way 'moneys' acts as another form of score for the player to accumulate.
All Guest Accounts are deleted within 24 hours after creation; any data the user provides will be deleted as well. By playing the app, the data necessary for it to function will be collected and stored on our side. If you create an acount starting with "HmnGst" then it will be treated as a guest account by the server. Do not be surprised when it is deleted. App store purchases are restorable; Purchases using the in-game currency are not.
If creating an account, the only mandatory data is the username, password (we only see and store the SHA256 hashed password, which is fully encrypted and private), registration date, last time you logged in, money amount, ELO rating, authentication token, game ID tokens, and game histories (for the last 24 hours). ALL other data submission is OPTIONAL.
If using a Guest Account, the username and password are also optional. The data collected for if-and-what skins are owned by the player is optional if the player avoids purchasing cosmetics. Email and Account Recovery Questions data is used for account recovery and is optional.
WE WILL NEVER EMAIL YOU. WE WILL NEVER SELL YOUR EMAIL. WE WILL NEVER SHARE, SELL, or USE ANY ACCOUNT RECOVERY or EMAIL data for anything other than account recovery.
If you do not supply this data, the app will function perfectly except, forgetting your password means account deletion.
Our only form of monetization is through In-App-Purchases for specific cosmetic non-consumable items. All In-App-Purchases go through Apple and are handled between your client app and Apple servers. The 'Restore Purchases' button seen in the In-App-Purchase store will restore any purchases your AppleID has made on other devices. Purchases made with real money through Apple will be available for Purchase Restoration, but purchases using in-game currency are tied to the account and cannot be restored if the account is lost.
Purchases made with real money are completely seperate from the content accessable through in-game currency. One will never unlock the other. The use of real-world currency to buy, sell, or trade in-game currency (moneys) is strictly prohibited and against our policies.
7. Prohibited Conduct
You agree not to use the app for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the service.
8. Account Termination
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account at our discretion if you violate these terms.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy within the app.