CineClue Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 October 2026.

CineClue is operated by Kunal Katiyar in India under the brand Project X AI. For privacy questions, support, or a request about information you have sent us, email KunalKatiyar50@gmail.com. This policy describes the CineClue Android app.

Gameplay information on your device

CineClue is a single-player game. No CineClue account, email address, phone number, or date of birth is required to play. A neutral age screen stores only your chosen age bracket on this device, including the choice not to disclose it. The app does not send this bracket or gameplay records to a developer-operated server.

The older game stores active puzzles, guessed letters, results, scores, dates and selected packs. Journey stores XP, level progress, earned CineCoins, reward claims, earned pack access, mission progress, play streaks, achievements, cosmetics and equipped choices. Device clock observations help check date-based rewards. Preferences include appearance, sound, haptics, reduced motion and guide completion. These records support play, resume, rewards and statistics.

Gameplay and preference records use Android app-private storage. Paid-access records use a device-keystore integrity check; this is not a claim that all local records are encrypted. The app has no developer-operated cloud profile or gameplay analytics service. Its analytics event adapter does not transmit events. No Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics or Play Integrity integration is included. Google services and Android can process their own diagnostics.

Younger players and unknown age

Children under thirteen and players who do not disclose an age enter the separate free CineClue Junior route. Junior has no ads, purchases, paid Store or access to the older movie catalogue. The app does not initialize its older-game advertising, privacy-message or purchase services in this route. Junior keeps the current recognition clue and answer state for rotation and activity recreation, without writing it to the older game's match-history database.

Junior's optional Read aloud starts only after you tap it. The app selects an installed English text-to-speech voice marked as working without a network connection; it does not open a voice-download or installation flow. If no suitable voice is available, text play remains available. The separately installed speech engine has its own settings and privacy practices; offline voice selection does not guarantee that engine sends no telemetry.

A parent or carer can contact the privacy address above about information they or a child have sent us. Please do not send a child's full date of birth, identity documents or other information unnecessary for the request.

Advertising and Google's services

Eligible older free play can show Google AdMob banner ads and occasional interstitial ads between completed games. A Journey ad bonus, when available, is optional and awards earned CineCoins. Watching ads is not required for gameplay or progression. Remove Ads and the Complete Bundle stop banners, interstitials and rewarded ads in the app. Buying ad removal does not delete information previously processed by Google.

The app uses Google Mobile Ads with child-restricted treatment, maximum G-rated ad content and publisher first-party ID disabled before the app loads ads. Personalized advertising and remarketing are disabled by that treatment. The app removes Android Advertising ID and Android AdServices ID, attribution and Topics permissions. These restrictions do not mean that all device information or advertising processing is absent.

Google Mobile Ads collects and shares IP-derived approximate location, ad and app interactions, diagnostic information, and permitted device or account identifiers for advertising, measurement and fraud prevention. Google states that Mobile Ads data uses encrypted transport. See Google Mobile Ads data disclosure and Google's Privacy Policy for its processing and controls.

Google's User Messaging Platform checks which ad privacy options apply in the older route. The app sets its under-age flag separately from the Ads restriction. Where Google requires and provides an entry point, use Settings → Ad privacy choices. Privacy checks can also run for eligible older users who own ad removal. Google services can process connection, app and device information under Google's Privacy Policy when they contact Google's servers. Junior does not trigger app-owned privacy-message requests.

The app records an ad bonus's accepted date and claim identifier to prevent duplicate grants. If saving an earned bonus fails, it retries and offers Retry reward without another ad, while blocking another rewarded attempt. An unsaved claim is held in memory and can be lost if the app process closes before a successful write.

Google Play purchases

Google Play processes optional purchases and restoration. CineClue reads product identifiers and purchase status, uses purchase tokens transiently to acknowledge completed purchases, and keeps unlocked product identifiers locally for offline access. The app does not store raw purchase tokens or access payment-card details. Google processes purchase and payment information under its own policies.

New purchases and restoration need a Google Play connection. Settings → Restore purchases checks eligible items using the purchasing Play account. Clearing local app data does not cancel purchases or delete Play purchase history. Refunds or revocations can change access when the app reconciles with Play. See Google Play's terms, Google's Privacy Policy and Google Play's refund guidance.

Device permissions and external actions

CineClue uses network access for Google services and vibration for haptics. It does not ask for contacts, camera, microphone, device-media or precise-location access. Advertising can estimate approximate location from an IP address without a location permission. Android's backup, diagnostics and the Google Play app are separate platform services.

Contact support opens your email app. Sending a message is your choice and sends the address, message and attachments you provide to the operator's Gmail mailbox. We use support correspondence to respond to the request, investigate reported problems and handle related disputes or privacy requests. Gmail handles that correspondence under Google's Privacy Policy. Do not send passwords or card details. External policy, help and ad links open services with their own privacy practices; this app policy does not describe a separate website's access logs.

Retention, backup and deletion

Local older-game history, Journey and preferences have no general automatic expiry. Mission counters follow their configured calendar periods; permanent reward identifiers prevent repeat awards. A device clock change can pause date-based bonuses without removing ordinary game rewards or owned content. Purchase access is checked against Google Play when available.

Settings → Reset match history deletes the active puzzle and match history, resets history-derived statistics and the interstitial-ad cadence, and preserves Journey XP, CineCoins, reward claims, streak and achievement counters, earned unlocks, cosmetics, purchases and preferences. It is not a full app-data deletion control.

Android Settings → Apps → CineClue → Storage → Clear storage, or uninstalling, removes local app records. Android backup or device transfer may restore eligible older-game history, Journey and preferences depending on device settings. The paid-access cache and age bracket are excluded from those backups; a restored installation asks for age again and may need an online Play purchase restore. Clearing the app does not guarantee deletion of previous backups, Google orders or other provider records. There is no guaranteed CineClue cloud save.

We retain support correspondence while needed to handle the request and related security, dispute or legal obligations. Contact the privacy address to request access, correction or deletion of correspondence held by the operator. We may need enough information to identify the correspondence and may retain records needed for those obligations. We cannot remotely delete local gameplay records, Google accounts, Google Play orders or data held independently by Google. Do not send identity documents unless a specific request and reason are explained.

Google's retention varies by service, settings and purpose; financial, security and legal records can be kept longer, and deleting visible data may not immediately remove backup copies. Use Google Account controls, My Activity and the provider's support routes for data Google holds. Details are in Google's retention policy. A local reset or advertising-ID reset is not a promise to erase historical provider data.

Changes and privacy requests

Changes to app processing will be reflected here with an updated date. Contact KunalKatiyar50@gmail.com for questions or to exercise rights available under applicable law. CineClue does not require an app account, so there is no CineClue account-deletion step.