Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 13, 2026
1. Introduction & who we are
This Privacy Policy explains how DrawBattle ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use DrawBattle (the "App"). We are based in Israel and the App is used by players worldwide. For data-protection purposes, DrawBattle is the controller of your personal data, and you can reach us at any time at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com.
By using the App you agree to this Policy.
2. Information we collect
• Account information: your display name, your email address, and the sign-in provider you use (email, Google, or Apple).
• Age information: at sign-up you must confirm that you are at least 13 years old and that, if you are under 18, you have your parent or guardian's permission to use the App. We do not ask for a date of birth and we do not store one, nor an exact age — we record only that the confirmation was given. The App is not available to children under 13.
• Consent records: when you accept these terms, we record when and how you accepted (including the document version and app language), so we can evidence consent.
• Gameplay content: the drawings you create, match results, words drawn, reports you submit, and similar in-game activity.
• Progress & economy: stats, wins/losses, coins, XP, and customization choices.
• Device & usage data: app version, device type, language, IP address, and basic diagnostics needed to run, secure, and improve the App.
We do not ask for sensitive personal information, and you should not include personal details in your drawings.
3. What we do NOT collect or do
We think it is as important to tell you what we don't do:
• No advertising. The App contains no third-party advertising and no advertising SDKs.
• No ad identifiers or cross-app tracking. We do not collect your advertising ID (IDFA/GAID), we do not build advertising or behavioural profiles, we do not track you across other apps and websites, and we will not ask you to allow tracking.
• No third-party analytics or tracking cookies. The App does not use cookies for advertising, and our published Terms and Privacy pages set no tracking cookies.
• No selling or sharing. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not "share" it for cross-context behavioural advertising, as those terms are used in US state privacy laws.
• No precise location. We do not collect GPS or precise location data.
• No contacts, photos, or microphone. We do not access your contact list, photo library, or microphone.
4. How we use your information
We use information to: create and manage your account; run matches and decide results (including automated AI judging); show your drawings to your opponent; maintain leaderboards, stats, and rewards; moderate content and handle reports; keep the App secure, fair, and free of cheating and abuse; respond to your support requests; and fix problems and improve the App.
5. AI judging & automated decisions
To score matches, the drawings you submit are sent to a third-party artificial-intelligence service (Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service) that evaluates them and returns a result and reasoning. Drawings are sent only for the purpose of judging and operating the game, and we limit what is shared to what the service needs to judge a round. Under the provider's terms, content sent to this service is not used to train its AI models.
This means some decisions in the App are made automatically, without a human involved — in particular the outcome of a match and, in some cases, automated moderation of content. Match outcomes are part of gameplay and are final for gameplay purposes, but they have no legal or similarly significant effect on you.
If an automated decision does affect your account — for example a suspension or removal of your content — you have the right to ask us to look at it again with a human, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision. Write to us at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com and a person will review it.
6. Legal bases (EU/UK users)
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process your information based on: performance of our contract with you (to create your account, run matches, and provide the App); our legitimate interests (to keep the App secure and fair, prevent cheating and abuse, moderate content, and improve the App); your consent (where we ask for it); and compliance with legal obligations.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object — see "Your rights & choices" below.
7. Who can see your information
Other players. DrawBattle is a multiplayer game, so some of your information is visible to other people by design: your display name, your drawings, and your match results are shown to the opponent you are matched with, and your display name together with your stats may appear on leaderboards. Please treat anything you draw or type as public, and never include personal details in a drawing.
Our service providers. We share information with the vendors that run the App on our behalf — our hosting, database, and authentication provider (Google Firebase) and our AI judging provider (Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service) — under agreements that limit their use of the data to providing the service to us.
App stores and platform providers. For sign-in and, if we ever offer them, purchases.
Authorities and others. Where required by law, or where necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our players, or others — for example when investigating fraud, abuse, or illegal activity.
We do not sell your personal information and we do not share it with advertising networks.
8. Data retention
We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the App, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
You can delete your account at any time from the App's Settings ("Delete Account"), which permanently erases your profile, progress, match history, and drawings, or you can ask us to delete it for you (see "Your rights & choices"). After deletion we may keep a minimal record that does not identify you, and we may retain limited information where we are legally required to, or where it is necessary to resolve a dispute, enforce our Terms, or prevent a banned player from simply signing up again.
9. Children's privacy
The App is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. At sign-up every user must tick a separate box confirming they are at least 13 and that, if under 18, they have a parent or guardian's permission; we do not allow accounts for users under 13. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it and close the account.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 13 has provided us information, contact us at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
For all users we apply data minimisation: we never ask for or store a date of birth or an exact age — only your confirmation that you are 13 or older. The App contains no third-party advertising, and we do not use players' data for advertising of any kind or sell it.
10. Your rights & choices
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to: access the personal information we hold about you and get a copy of it; correct it if it is wrong; delete it; export it in a portable format; object to or restrict how we use it; and withdraw any consent you gave us (which does not affect what we did before you withdrew it).
The quickest way to delete everything is the App itself: Settings → Delete Account. For anything else, write to us at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com. We will respond within the time applicable law allows. To protect your account, we may first need to verify that the request really comes from you — for example by asking you to write from the email address on the account.
If you are in the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland and you think we have handled your data badly, you also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority. We would appreciate the chance to address it first.
11. US state privacy rights
If you live in California, or in another US state with a comprehensive privacy law (such as Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, or Texas), you have the rights described above — to know, access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of your personal information, and to be free from discrimination for exercising them.
In the past 12 months we have collected the categories of personal information listed in "Information we collect" (identifiers such as a display name, email address, IP address, and account ID; internet and device activity; and the content you create in the game), for the purposes listed in "How we use your information".
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes that would give you a right to limit it. Because we do not sell or share data, there is no opt-out to offer — but you may still exercise any of the other rights by contacting us at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com. You may use an authorised agent, and we may ask for proof that the agent acts for you.
12. Data security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including access rules on our database and encrypted connections between the App and our servers. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a breach affects your personal data, we will notify you and the relevant authorities where the law requires it.
13. International transfers
We operate globally and use service providers that may process your information in countries other than your own, including outside the EU/EEA and outside Israel. Different countries have different data-protection laws; where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses, or transfers to countries recognised as providing adequate protection) for these transfers.
14. Third-party services
The App relies on third-party services: Google Firebase (authentication, database, storage, hosting, and serverless functions), Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service (AI judging), and the app store you install from (sign-in and, if offered, purchases). These providers process data on our behalf or under their own policies as applicable, and their handling of data is governed by their own privacy policies. We do not integrate advertising or analytics SDKs.
15. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, we will notify you in the App and, where the law requires it, ask you to accept the new version before you continue playing.
16. Contact us
For privacy questions or requests — including access, correction, deletion, or a complaint — contact us at drawbattlesupport@gmail.com. We are the controller of your personal data.