Privacy Policy
This privacy policy covers LockIn and any future apps operated by Party Games USA ("we", "us"), a brand of BLKQ LLC, a Texas limited liability company based in Houston, TX. It explains what we collect, why, and who we share it with.
What we collect
Account identifiers. When you open the app we create an anonymous Firebase Auth user ID. This ID is local to our backend and is not tied to your name, email, or phone number unless you later choose to link an account.
Display name and avatar. The nickname, color, and optional photo you pick in the lobby. Other players in your room see this — that's the point of a party game. Uploaded photos are deleted when the game ends.
Game content (ephemeral). The room code, your answers during a round, your votes, and your score are written to our Firestore database so the game state can be synced across devices in the room.
Purchase events. When you buy Remove Ads or a category pack, RevenueCat passes us a receipt confirming entitlement. We store which entitlements your anonymous user ID has — not your payment details. Apple and Google handle the actual transaction.
Ads identifiers. The Google AdMob SDK collects and transmits standard mobile advertising identifiers (Apple IDFA if you grant App Tracking Transparency permission; Android Advertising ID subject to your Google Play settings) and coarse device data for ad delivery and frequency capping.
Crash + performance telemetry. Standard Firebase / Expo crash logs. No message contents, no answers, no personal identifiers beyond your anonymous Firebase UID.
What we do not collect
- Real names, emails, or phone numbers (unless a future update adds optional account linking)
- Precise location
- Contacts, microphone, or camera
- Any data from players under 13
How long we keep it
- Rooms (room doc, players subcollection, rounds subcollection) are automatically deleted six (6) hours after the game ends, and any remaining traces are purged after seven (7) days.
- Uploaded photos are deleted immediately when the room ends.
- Reports submitted via the in-app report-content flow are retained for up to 12 months for moderation review, then deleted.
- User documents (entitlement state, settings) are retained until you request account deletion or uninstall for 18 months, whichever comes first.
- Ads and purchase processor logs are retained by those processors per their own policies.
Who we share it with
We use a small set of processors, each with their own privacy policies:
- Google Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Cloud Functions, Storage, Analytics) — hosts the backend
- RevenueCat — processes in-app purchase entitlements
- Google AdMob — serves and measures interstitial + rewarded ads
- Apple and Google — process payments for IAPs
- Expo — handles push notification delivery and runtime updates
We do not sell your data. We do not share data with advertisers beyond what the AdMob SDK passes for ad serving.
Children
Our apps are intended for players 13 and older. The Adults Only category pack is locked behind a 21+ age gate. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has used one of our apps, email support@partygamesusa.com and we will delete the associated anonymous ID.
Your choices
- Opt out of tracking — on iOS, decline the App Tracking Transparency prompt. Ads still show but are less personalized.
- Delete your data — email support@partygamesusa.com from any address and ask. We'll purge your anonymous UID and any associated records within 30 days.
- Restore purchases — Settings → Restore Purchases re-queries your store for your entitlements.
- Turn off notifications — Settings → Notifications toggle, or disable at the OS level.
Changes
If we meaningfully change this policy we'll update the date at the top and surface a notice in-app on next launch.
Contact
Party Games USA
(BLKQ LLC)
Houston, TX
support@partygamesusa.com