Privacy Policy
Breaking News: The Game · Effective October 12, 2026
The short version: Breaking News has no accounts, ads, analytics or tracking. Solo games stay on your device. If you play online, our server stores a random anonymous ID, the display name you type and the moves of that game. That information is used only to run the game. We never sell it or share it for advertising.
This policy covers Breaking News: The Game. It applies to the website at maykingsoftware.com/breakingnews, the Android and iOS apps, and the TV scoreboard apps (Android TV, Google TV, Fire TV and Roku). The game is made by Mayking Software (“we”, “us”).
What stays on your device
The game saves a few things in your browser’s or app’s local storage so you don’t lose your place:
- your solo game in progress and today’s unsent choices
- whether you’ve seen the tutorial and tips, and whether sound is on
- the display name you last used for online play
- the room you’re playing in or watching, so you can rejoin after a reload
- a sign-in token for online play (see below)
This information isn’t sent to us. You can delete it by clearing the site’s data in your browser or the app’s storage in your phone’s settings, or by uninstalling the app. On Android, your phone’s own backup feature may include it in your device backup, which is handled by Google under your Google account settings.
What we collect when you play online
Solo play needs no internet connection and sends us nothing. When you host, join or watch an online game, the app connects to our game server and creates the following:
- An anonymous ID. This is a random identifier made the first time you play online. It isn’t linked to your name, email, phone number or any account, and we don’t collect any of those.
- Your display name. This is whatever you type when you join a room, up to 20 characters. Other players in that room see it, and so does the room’s scoreboard screen. Please don’t use your full real name; a nickname works just as well.
- Game data. This includes the six-digit room code, your seat, the moves you make, the scores, and when you were last active in the game.
Our hosting provider also processes your device’s IP address. It uses that address to deliver the connection and to limit how often new anonymous IDs can be created, and the address may appear in the provider’s standard server logs. The game itself doesn’t store IP addresses.
What we don’t collect
We don’t collect location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone access, advertising IDs or device identifiers, and we don’t ask for payment information. The game contains no advertising, analytics or crash-reporting tools, and no third-party tracking. The Android app asks for one permission, internet access, which it uses only for online play.
The QR codes on the scoreboard screen are only displayed. The game never uses your camera; if you scan one, your phone’s own camera app reads it.
How we use it
We use online game data only to run the game. That means matching players into a room, keeping everyone’s board in sync, showing scores, letting you rejoin after a dropped connection, and fixing bugs. We don’t use it for advertising or profiling, we don’t sell it, and we don’t share it with anyone except the service provider below.
Who else handles it
- Supabase hosts our game server and database in the United States (supabase.com/privacy).
- Google Fonts. When you play on the website, your browser loads the typefaces from Google Fonts, and Google receives your IP address as part of that request (policies.google.com/privacy). The phone and TV apps come with the fonts built in and don’t make this request.
We may disclose information if the law requires us to.
How long we keep it
Online game records (the room, display names and moves) are kept on the server after a game ends so we can investigate problems. We may delete old games at any time. If you want a game you played in deleted sooner, contact us with its room code and the date you played, and we will delete it. Anything stored on your device stays there until you clear it.
Your choices
- You can play solo and send us nothing at all.
- Online, you can choose any display name; it doesn’t have to identify you.
- You can ask us to access or delete online game data that includes you. Because we have no accounts, tell us the room code, roughly when you played and the display name you used so we can find it.
- Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California), you may have further rights over your personal information. Contact us and we will honor them.
Children
Breaking News is a strategy game about running a local TV newsroom. It isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has entered personal information as a display name, contact us and we will delete it.
Security
All connections to our server are encrypted (HTTPS). Database rules let each player read only the games they’re in, and only their own private view of the game, so other players never see your hand or your unaired choices.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the game handles data, we will update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Mayking Software
Email: support@maykingsoftware.com
Web: maykingsoftware.com