Privacy Policy
Last updated: 26 October 2026
Poker Chips Royale is built to collect as little as possible. There are no accounts and no tracking in the app. The free version shows ads from Google, which you can remove with a one-time purchase, and the browser companion shows ads from Google too. This policy explains, in plain language, what little data does move and why, across the iOS app, the coming Android app, the browser companion at pokerchipsroyale.com/join, and this website.
Who we are
Poker Chips Royale is developed and operated by Nodux Media AB, Swedish company registration number 559575-8052, with its registered seat in Nyköping municipality, Sweden. Nodux Media AB is the data controller for the processing described here. For anything in this policy, contact us at support@pokerchipsroyale.com or through the support page.
The app on your device
The app stores your games, player names, stacks, statistics and settings only on your own device. We cannot see them, and they are never uploaded to us.
When you host a table over the local connection, game data travels directly between the devices sitting at your table. It does not pass through our servers.
Online tables and the browser companion
When you choose to host or join an online table, the table needs a relay to carry messages between devices that are not on the same network. In that case the following data passes through our relay service (hosted in the European Union by Supabase):
- the room code of the table,
- the display name each player types in, and
- the game state itself (stacks, bets, pots).
This data is used only to run your table while you play. It is transient: we do not build profiles from it, and we do not keep game content after the session is over. Display names are whatever you choose to type; a nickname works fine.
The browser companion stores a small amount of data in your browser (such as your seat and display name) so you can reconnect if you drop out. That data stays in your browser and can be cleared at any time. See the cookie policy for details.
Ads in the app
The free version of the iOS app shows ads from Google AdMob on some non-playing screens (for example home and menus). Ads are provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google LLC outside the EU).
To choose and deliver an ad, measure it and prevent fraud, Google's ad software in the app receives your IP address (from which an approximate location can be estimated), device and app identifiers that are limited to apps from the same company, information about the ads you see and tap, and technical data such as performance and crash information. Google processes this under its own Privacy Policy and How Google uses data from sites or apps. Google may process this ad-related data outside the EU and the EEA. Nothing from your games, player names or stacks is sent to Google.
We do not track you. The app never asks for permission to track you across other companies' apps and websites, so your device's advertising identifier is never available to the app or to Google, and the ads you see are not based on your activity elsewhere.
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent message asks for your choices the first time the app shows ads, as required by the GDPR and Google's EU user consent policy. You can change them at any time under Settings → Privacy choices in the app.
If you buy Remove Ads, the ad software is never started on that device again, so no ad requests and no data for ads leave it.
Ads in the browser companion
The browser companion at pokerchipsroyale.com/join shows ads from Google AdSense in three places: the waiting room before the table opens, the scoreboard every fifth hand and the final standings. Never while a hand is being played, and nowhere else on this website. Remove Ads is bought in the app and applies to the app only; the browser companion always shows ads.
To choose and deliver an ad, measure it and prevent fraud, Google's ad code in your browser receives your IP address (from which an approximate location can be estimated), information about your browser and device, the page the ad appears on and the ads you see and click, and it may set and read cookies or similar storage in your browser (listed in the cookie policy). Google processes this under its own Privacy Policy and How Google uses data from sites or apps. Nothing from your games, player names or stacks is sent to Google.
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent message asks for your choices the first time the companion shows an ad. If you do not consent, Google shows only limited ads that use no cookies for advertising. To change your choice, clear the site data for pokerchipsroyale.com and the message appears again. Elsewhere, you can control ad personalization in Google's My Ad Center.
Purchases
Remove Ads is an optional one-time purchase. The payment itself is handled entirely by Apple's App Store, and by Google Play once the Android version is available. Apple or Google processes the payment; we never see your card details, billing address or identity.
To check whether you own Remove Ads, and to let you restore it after reinstalling or on a new device, the app uses RevenueCat as its purchase provider. When the app starts, and when you open the paywall or make a purchase, RevenueCat receives the purchase receipt from Apple or Google, an anonymous identifier it generates for your installation, and basic technical information such as your device type, app version and country. RevenueCat is a processor acting on our behalf and stores this data on servers in the United States. It is used only to confirm that a purchase is valid, to keep Remove Ads working across your devices, for anonymous purchase statistics (for example which price works best) and to measure our own Apple Ads campaigns (see below). It is not linked to your name, your email address or anything you do at the table: your game data never reaches RevenueCat.
On iPhone and iPad, the app also passes a token from Apple to RevenueCat, which asks Apple whether the app was installed from one of our own Apple Ads campaigns on the App Store, and if so which one. This uses Apple's AdServices framework: it needs no permission to track, never involves your advertising identifier and is not tracking under Apple's rules. We use it only to see which of our campaigns work, never to show you ads or to build a profile of you.
You do not need an account for any of this, and the anonymous identifier is not used for advertising or shared with advertisers.
This website
pokerchipsroyale.com is a static site served by Cloudflare. Like nearly every website, the hosting infrastructure (Cloudflare) processes IP addresses in server logs to deliver pages and protect against abuse; we do not use those logs to identify visitors.
The site uses Google Analytics to understand how it is used, but only if you allow it. All analytics is denied by default under Google Consent Mode v2: no analytics cookie is set and no measurement is stored until you press Accept in the cookie banner, and IP addresses are anonymized when you do. You can decline, or change your mind at any time via the Cookie settings link in the footer. Details are in the cookie policy. If you accept, Google processes the measurement data on our behalf.
The support form
If you contact us through the support form, we receive the name, email address and message you enter. The message is delivered to our support inbox by our email provider (MailerSend) and is used only to answer you. We keep support conversations for as long as needed to resolve your question, then they are deleted. Nothing from the form is used for marketing, and nothing is shared with anyone else.
Children
The app contains no real-money gambling and no chat with strangers, and it does not knowingly collect personal data from children. Chips in the app have no monetary value. The app is not directed at children; the ads in the free version are general ads from Google, not ads aimed at children.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct, export and erase personal data we hold about you, and to object to or restrict processing. In practice we hold very little: typically only a support email thread, if you have written to us. For data Google processes for ads, you can change your consent under Settings → Privacy choices in the app (in the browser companion: clear the site data and choose again), and use the tools Google describes in its privacy policy. Email support@pokerchipsroyale.com and we will sort it out. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority; in Sweden that is IMY (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten).
Changes to this policy
If we change how the app or site handles data, we will update this page and the date at the top. Material changes will be noted in the app's release notes.