Privacy Policy
In short: Tambola Adda has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no server of its own. The app does not send your game or prize information to us or to anyone else. It saves that information on your device so a game can continue after the app is closed.
Who we are
Tambola Adda is published by Shreyas Sonwane (“we”, “us”). It helps the host of an in-person Tambola or Housie game call numbers and keep track of prizes. Questions about this policy can be sent to tambolaadda.support@proton.me.
Information the app stores on your device
The app saves the following in its own storage on your device:
- the current game: numbers called so far and the order they were called;
- the prizes you set up: each prize’s name, amount and whether it has been claimed;
- your theme choice (system, light or dark), whether announcements are muted, and the currency used to display prize amounts;
- whether you have finished or skipped the how-to-use guide, so it does not open again by itself;
- a temporary marker that lets an interrupted reset finish the next time the app starts.
The app does not ask for your name, email address, contacts, location, photos, microphone or camera. Prize names are whatever you type, so please avoid entering personal details in them.
This information is not sent to us. We cannot see it, and we cannot recover it for you.
Spoken announcements
When announcements are on, the app passes the text to be spoken (for example, “Two little ducks. 2 2, 22.”) to your device’s text-to-speech service. On iPhone this is Apple’s built-in speech service. On Android it is the speech engine set on your device, which may come from Google, your device maker or another provider you chose. That service is part of your device, not part of Tambola Adda, and it handles the text under its own provider’s terms. The text contains only the called number and its phrase.
Internet use
The app’s fonts are included in the app, so it does not download them. The app does not contact any server of its own or any analytics or advertising service. The Android app does not request internet access.
When you choose to open the privacy policy, the support page or an email to us from inside the app, the app hands the link to your browser or email app. What happens next is handled by that app and by the website or email service involved.
Device backups and transfers
Your device’s own backup or transfer features may include the app’s saved information, depending on your settings. For example, iPhone backups to iCloud or a computer, and Android backup or device-to-device transfer, can include app data. Whether a backup is made, where it is kept and whether it is encrypted depend on your device, its operating system version, your settings and the backup provider, not on Tambola Adda. We do not receive or have access to these backups.
Deleting your information
- Reset Game clears the called numbers and marks every prize as unclaimed. It keeps your prize list, theme, mute and currency settings. It also keeps the record of whether you have seen the how-to-use guide.
- You can delete a prize from the Prizes screen.
- Uninstalling the app removes its saved information from the device. On Android you can also clear the app’s storage in your device settings.
- Copies in device backups stay until those backups are replaced or deleted through your device or backup provider.
When you contact us
If you email us, we receive your email address, your message and anything you attach. We use it only to reply and to help with your question. Our email is provided by Proton, and your email provider also handles the message. We do not sell this information or use it for advertising.
We keep your correspondence only as long as needed to resolve your enquiry and any related follow-up. You can ask us to delete it at any time by writing to the same address.
This website
These pages are hosted on GitHub Pages. They use no cookies, analytics or tracking of their own. GitHub, as the host, logs visitors’ IP addresses for security purposes, as described in the GitHub General Privacy Statement.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell, rent or share information from the app, because the app does not send it to us.
Children
Tambola Adda is made for hosts of in-person Tambola and Housie games. It is not directed at children.
Changes to this policy
If the app’s handling of information changes, we will update this page and its effective date before or when the change is released.
Contact
Shreyas Sonwane
tambolaadda.support@proton.me