Privacy Policy for Ayo Game

Developer: BONAKO
Last updated: March 26, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how BONAKO ("BONAKO," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you use Ayo Game and related BONAKO-operated services, including online play, notifications, leaderboards, friend features, ads, support, and website resources connected to the game.

Account or data deletion request: If you want us to delete your Ayo Game account or associated personal data, email info@bonako.com. Please include your player ID, friend code, Apple Sign In identifier, or other details that help us identify your account.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to Ayo Game on mobile devices and to BONAKO services used to support the game, such as matchmaking, multiplayer, social features, notifications, leaderboards, screenshot sharing, ads, and support requests.

It does not apply to third-party services that have their own privacy policies, including app stores, device operating systems, Apple Sign In, ad providers, and other third-party SDKs or websites linked from the game.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Ayo Game, we may collect the following categories of information:

Profile and account data: your nickname or display name, internal player ID, friend code, selected language, and account-related settings.
Anonymous account data: for anonymous play, the game may create and store an app-scoped install identifier on your device to help maintain your local or backend-linked player profile.
Apple Sign In data: if you choose Sign in with Apple, we may receive your Apple user identifier and, depending on Apple's flow and what you share, your name and email. Our current game flow uses your Apple identifier and may use your name to register or restore your account.
Gameplay and progression data: selected game mode, wins, losses, draws, points, level, coins, seeds, leaderboard records, chat purchases, matchmaking state, room/session data, and challenge or invite status.
Social and friend data: friend relationships, invite records, friend codes, display names, optional profile photo URLs associated with a profile, and information needed to show other players in social or challenge screens.
Notification data: push notification token, device platform, language, timestamps, and notification-related challenge metadata when notifications are enabled.
Ad-related and device data: advertising identifiers where available, device/platform information, app version, operating system details, ad interaction events, and other diagnostic or anti-fraud signals used by our ad and infrastructure providers.
Crash and diagnostics data: crash logs, fatal error reports, technical diagnostics, and identifiers needed to investigate reliability and service issues.
Multiplayer network data: network and connection information such as public IP address checks, ping measurements, host preference, room information, and other data needed to establish or evaluate multiplayer connectivity, including peer-to-peer connection scenarios where applicable.
Screenshot and share data: if you use in-game screenshot or share features, the game may capture the current game screen and upload that image to BONAKO-operated services to generate or return a shareable asset.
Gameplay AI or telemetry data: board states, heuristic values, move/evaluation data, and related gameplay telemetry that may be uploaded to improve gameplay services, bot behavior, or game balancing.
Support communications: any information you send when you contact us about support, privacy, or account matters.

We do not intentionally request your contacts, microphone, camera, or precise GPS location for Ayo Game. If you use the screenshot feature, the app captures only the game screen generated inside the app at the time you choose to share.

3. How We Collect Information

Directly from you when you choose a nickname, use Apple Sign In, enable notifications, contact us, or use sharing/social features.
Automatically when you play the game, view ads, connect to multiplayer, use leaderboards or friend features, or interact with online services.
From our infrastructure and service providers, such as authentication, crash reporting, notifications, ad mediation, multiplayer, and cloud database services.
From other players when they invite you, add you by friend code, or interact with you through multiplayer and social systems.

4. How We Use Information

We may use collected information to:

Create and maintain player profiles, anonymous accounts, and account-linked game services.
Save or sync progression, coins, seeds, language settings, leaderboard entries, and multiplayer state.
Operate matchmaking, online games, direct challenges, friend-code features, and social profile displays.
Send or process push notifications and invitation-related messages when you enable notifications.
Provide ads, reward ads, and ad measurement, and to prevent abuse or invalid traffic.
Generate and return screenshot/share assets when you choose to use sharing tools.
Monitor crashes, diagnose bugs, improve stability, and protect the security and integrity of the game and backend systems.
Analyze gameplay, heuristics, and AI-related telemetry to improve bot behavior, game balancing, and related services.
Comply with legal obligations, enforce our rules, and respond to user requests, disputes, or fraud concerns.

5. Ads, Identifiers, and Similar Technologies

Ayo Game includes advertising and ad-reward features. The current game integrates Unity LevelPlay and Unity Ads mediation, and the app may also rely on device or platform advertising identifiers where those identifiers are available.

On iOS, the game may request App Tracking Transparency permission before certain advertising features are initialized. On Android, ad providers may use the Android Advertising ID or other permitted technical signals to deliver, measure, and protect advertising services.

Advertising, analytics, and similar SDKs may collect technical information such as app version, device type, operating system, language, general network information, ad request/response events, impressions, clicks, and approximate location inferred from IP address.

6. Third-Party Services and Providers

Ayo Game currently uses or includes integrations and SDKs such as:

Google Firebase for services such as Realtime Database, Cloud Messaging, Crashlytics, Cloud Functions, installations/integrity support, and related mobile infrastructure. Some Firebase modules may be included in the app build even if a specific feature is not active in every session.
Unity LevelPlay / Unity Ads for ad delivery, reward ads, interstitials, and ad mediation.
Apple Sign In if you choose to authenticate using your Apple account on supported iOS devices.
SmartFoxServer, relay, or peer-to-peer multiplayer services to support online play and multiplayer connections.
Public IP detection services such as api.ipify.org to test multiplayer connectivity or direct-connection capability.
BONAKO-operated web and game services hosted through our own or contracted infrastructure for account, screenshot, update, invite, social, and gameplay features.

These providers process data under their own terms and privacy policies. We encourage you to review their notices where relevant.

7. When We Share Information

We may share information in the following situations:

With service providers that host, secure, monitor, notify, monetize, or otherwise operate game features for us.
With other players when needed to provide multiplayer, leaderboards, friend codes, display names, challenge requests, social profiles, or other player-facing features.
With ad providers and mediation partners to deliver and measure ads and reduce fraud.
With infrastructure providers and cloud services for storage, notifications, crash reporting, and backend functionality.
With authorities or other parties when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, users, or the integrity of the game and our services.
In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of all or part of our business or assets, subject to applicable law.

We do not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of the word "sell." Some ad-related processing by third-party providers may still involve data collection or sharing necessary to operate ads within the game.

8. Multiplayer and Social Features

If you use online, challenge, or friend features, other players may see information such as your display name, friend code, leaderboard presence, and gameplay-related status needed to operate those features.

Some multiplayer modes may use relay or direct peer-to-peer networking. In those cases, network providers and, where technically necessary, the other player may be able to receive connection details such as public IP address, ping, session information, host/guest role, or routing data required to establish the match.

9. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate Ayo Game, maintain player accounts and progression, run multiplayer and social features, send notifications, support ads, investigate bugs or abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

Local data stored on your device, such as preferences, cached multiplayer capability data, and anonymous install identifiers, may remain until you clear app data or uninstall the game unless that information is also stored on our backend services.

10. Account Deletion and Your Choices

You can control certain data practices through your device and account settings, including:

Changing notification permissions in your device settings.
Managing advertising and tracking permissions through your platform settings, including iOS App Tracking Transparency where available.
Clearing local app data or uninstalling the game, which may remove some local-only preferences and anonymous identifiers from your device.
Contacting us to request access, correction, or deletion of account-linked or backend data.

To request deletion of your account or associated data, email info@bonako.com. Please include enough information for us to locate your data, such as your player ID, friend code, Apple Sign In identifier, or the nickname used in the game. We may ask for additional information to verify your request before acting on it.

11. Children's Privacy

Ayo Game is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or under the equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction, without appropriate permission where required by law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us in a way that is not allowed, contact us and we will review the request.

12. Security and International Processing

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, and disclosure. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Because Ayo Game uses online services and third-party providers that may operate in multiple regions, your information may be processed outside your country of residence.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the game, our services, legal requirements, or data practices. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, Ayo Game, or our privacy practices, contact us at:

BONAKO
Palmarejo, Predio Imperio I, piso 2
PO BOX-231A, Praia, Cabo Verde
Email: info@bonako.com