Last updated: 22 July 2026
Aangan (આંગણ) is a free website for playing traditional Indian card and board games with your family and friends. This page explains what information we handle, why, and what control you have over it. We have tried to write it in plain language rather than legalese.
Aangan is operated by the owner of theaangan.in. For any privacy question or request, see Contact.
| Data | Why | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|
| Email address | To create and secure your account | Google Firebase Authentication |
| Display name | So your group can see who is playing | Firebase Realtime Database |
| Profile photo (optional) | Shown on your seat at the table, if you upload one | Firebase Realtime Database |
| Groups you join, and your group's name and code | To put you at the right table | Firebase Realtime Database |
| Game results, stats, achievements, marble balance | To show the leaderboard and your progress | Firebase Realtime Database |
| Online/last-seen status | To show who is available to play right now | Firebase Realtime Database |
| Preferences (language, deck, sound, tutorial progress) | To remember your settings | Your device (localStorage) |
If you sign in with Google, we receive your email address, name and profile picture from Google. We do not receive your Google password.
We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand how the game is used — for example how many people who open Aangan go on to start a game, whether players come back the next day, and which games are popular. This is how a small project decides what to fix next.
These events carry no personal information: no names, email addresses, photos, group names, group codes or table codes are ever included. What we send is limited to things like "a game was started", which game it was, the interface language, and a count of how many separate days this device has been active. Google may set identifiers for this measurement.
There is no Facebook pixel and no third-party behavioural advertising tracker in Aangan beyond the Google services described on this page.
Aangan is a social game, so some information is visible to other players in groups you join: your display name, your profile photo if you set one, whether you are online, and your game results, stats and achievements within that group. Please only join groups with people you know, and only upload a photo you are happy for them to see.
Aangan uses Google AdSense to show advertising. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
When you share an invite, your device's own share sheet (for example WhatsApp) handles the message. We never receive your contacts or your chats.
Aangan is a family game and is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it. Parents: the game contains no real-money gambling, but it does show advertising and lets players chat through reactions within a group.
We keep your account and game data for as long as your account exists, and delete it on request. Data is stored on Google Firebase infrastructure and transmitted over HTTPS. Access is restricted by database security rules so that, in general, you can write only your own data. No online service can promise perfect security, but we keep what we collect deliberately small.
Google's infrastructure means your data may be processed on servers outside your country.
If we change how we handle data, we will update this page and the date at the top.
Questions, deletion requests, or anything else: see Contact.