Privacy Policy — Patang
Last updated: 24 September 2026
Patang is a kite-flying game made by Yatin Chaudhry, an individual developer in India. This page explains exactly what the game stores, what it sends, and what it never touches. It is short because the game collects very little.
The short version
- There are no accounts. You never sign in.
- There are no ads and no analytics or tracking SDKs of any kind.
- Nothing is sold or shared with anyone. There are no third-party advertisers or data brokers.
- If you only play solo and never open the leaderboard or an online match, nothing leaves your phone at all.
What the game stores on your phone
A single small settings file in the app's own private storage:
| Item | Why |
|---|---|
| The display name you choose | Shown on your own screen, and to the friends you play with |
| Best score, best level, spools, number of runs | So your record survives between sessions |
| Sound on/off, and your online connection choice | Settings |
| A random player id (16 random bytes, generated once on first launch) | Ties your leaderboard entry to this installation |
That player id is generated randomly by the app. It is not your advertising id, not your device id, not your phone number, and it is not derived from anything about your phone. Uninstalling the game deletes it, and a fresh install creates a brand new one.
What is sent off your phone, and when
Only when you use a feature that needs the internet:
| When | What is sent | Where |
|---|---|---|
| You finish a run and a score is submitted, or you open the leaderboard | Your display name, your random player id, and the run's score, distance, level and length in seconds | The game's own server |
| You play an online match (ONLINE PECH) | Your display name, your random player id, and while the match runs: your kite's height, distance, score, lives, kite design, and which of the six fixed taunt lines you tapped | The game's own server, and from there to the other players in your room |
The server is operated by the developer and runs at
patang.videofreebanao.site. It keeps your display name, your
random player id, your best score and your online win/loss record, so the
leaderboards can be shown. Nothing else is stored.
What the game never collects
- No email address, phone number, contacts, or real name
- No location, of any precision
- No photos, files, microphone or camera. The game requests none of these permissions.
- No advertising id, no device identifiers, no installed-app list
- No free-text chat. Taunts are six fixed lines built into the app — only a number from 0 to 5 is ever sent, never text that a player typed.
Permissions
The app asks for one Android permission: internet access, used only for online matches and the leaderboard. Solo play works with it switched off.
Security
All traffic between the app and the server is encrypted with HTTPS/WSS (TLS). There is no unencrypted path in the published app.
Reporting another player
The only thing another player can put on your screen is their display name. Taunts are six fixed lines built into the app, so no typed text ever travels between players.
If a name is offensive, tap REPORT A NAME — it is in the room screen while you wait, and again on the result screen after a match. It opens an email with the room code and the names already filled in. You can also write to yatin.chaudhry@gmail.com directly. Reported names are reviewed and blocked where warranted.
Children
Patang is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them. The only thing a player can type is a display name, which is limited to 12 characters and stripped of anything other than letters, digits, spaces, hyphens and underscores.
Deleting your data
- On your phone: uninstalling the game removes every setting, your name and your player id.
- On the server: email yatin.chaudhry@gmail.com from any address with your in-game display name, and your leaderboard rows will be deleted within 30 days. You do not need an account to ask.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it, and the new version appears on this page.
Contact
Yatin Chaudhry — yatin.chaudhry@gmail.com