Privacy Policy
52Challenges | Version 1.0
1. Who is responsible for your data
Connectz Digital Services, based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, is responsible for the personal data handled through 52Challenges (the “App”). Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the “DPDP Act”) we are the “Data Fiduciary”, and under the UK and EU General Data Protection Regulation we are the “controller”.
2. The short version
- You do not create an account and do not give a name. Other players see you only as an animal or vehicle picture.
- We keep your game results (time or score) against an anonymous identifier so duels and rankings work.
- The App has no chat and cannot store any text you write.
- The App does not read your contacts or location.
- There are no advertisements and no purchases in this version of the App.
3. What we collect, why, and where it is kept
| Data | Why we need it | Where it is kept | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous identifier | So your results and groups stay yours | Google Firebase Authentication; also kept on your phone | Deleted once it has not been used for 30 days |
| Game results (time or score, identity picture number, date) | Duels, rankings and percentiles | Google Firebase (Firestore), India (Mumbai region) | Deleted once more than 7 days old |
| Group invites (game, puzzle, dates — not who created or joined) | Private groups | Google Firebase (Firestore) | Deleted once more than 7 days old |
| Daily play counts (a number only) | “Played today” badge | Google Firebase (Firestore) | Deleted once more than 7 days old |
| Settings, identity pictures owned, puzzles solved | To run the App | On your phone only | Until you remove the App |
We do not collect any personal data that is not listed above.
4. The legal basis for using your data
We use your data because it is necessary to provide the games you chose to play.
5. Who else handles your data
We use the service providers below to run the App. They handle data only to provide their service to us, under their own terms and security measures:
| Provider | What it does for the App | Data it handles |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase (Authentication, Firestore) | Anonymous sign-in, results, groups | Anonymous identifier and game results |
| Cloudflare (Workers) | Runs the hourly deletion of old records and unused identifiers | Anonymous identifiers and references to old records, only while deleting them |
We do not sell personal data. We do not share personal data with advertisers or data brokers. We may disclose personal data if required by law, court order or a lawful request by a government authority, or where needed to protect the rights, safety or property of any person — and only the data that we actually hold and can read.
6. Security
Access to stored results is controlled by security rules, and the database is designed so that it cannot store any name or text written by a player.
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest by our cloud provider.
No method of storing or sending data is completely secure, and we cannot promise that data will never be accessed without authorisation. If a personal-data breach occurs, we will notify affected users and the authorities as the law requires.
7. Children
52Challenges is for people aged 18 and over and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If we learn that a child is using the App, we will delete the data linked to that identifier.
8. Your rights
Subject to the law that applies to you, you have the right to:
- get a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how we use it;
- have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected or completed;
- have your data erased;
- withdraw any consent you have given, as easily as you gave it — withdrawing does not affect what was lawfully done before, but some features may stop working;
- nominate another person to exercise your rights if you die or become unable to;
- have your grievance addressed by our Grievance Officer.
The App has no accounts and no names, and does not show you its anonymous identifier, so we cannot tell which results on our server are yours and cannot find them on request. They are deleted automatically once they are more than 7 days old, and removing the App deletes everything on your phone. For any other question or grievance, email info@connectzz.com with the subject “52Challenges — Privacy”.
If you are not satisfied with our response to a grievance, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
9. If you are in the UK or the European Economic Area
You also have the rights to object to processing, to restrict processing and to data portability. Your data is processed in India and in the countries where our service providers operate; where data leaves the UK or EEA, we rely on the safeguards those providers offer, such as standard contractual clauses.
You may complain to the data protection authority in the country where you live or work.
10. Deleting your data
Removing the App deletes everything kept on your phone. The App does not use your phone’s backup, so nothing is restored if you install it again.
Results, group invites and daily play counts on our server are deleted once they are more than 7 days old, and the anonymous identifier once it has not been used for 30 days. The deletion runs every hour, so a record can occasionally stay a little longer.
Because the App cannot link server data to you, we cannot delete it sooner on request.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. Each version carries a version number. The version in force is the one published at connectzz.com/52challenges-privacy-policy/, which the App links to. If a change affects how your data is used, the new version is published there before the change reaches the App.
12. Contact and Grievance Officer
Connectz Digital Services, based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Connectz Digital Services is the business that provides 52Challenges and is the party to this agreement. “Connectzz”, as used in our email address and website, is a brand name of Connectz Digital Services and is not a separate company.
Address: Sahidnagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Email: info@connectzz.com
Grievance Officer: Ravi Venkat — info@connectzz.com