KaaraPrivacy policy
Last updated: 20 October 2026
This policy explains what information Kaara collects when you play, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. Kaara is an independent game made in Nigeria and published at kaaragame.com, on the Solana dApp Store and on other game sites ("Kaara", "we", "us"). If you have questions, write to kaaragame@gmail.com.
1. What we collect
| Information | Examples | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Email address and password (stored only in scrambled form by our login provider), an anonymous guest ID if you play as a guest, or the public address of a Solana wallet you sign in with or link | You, when you sign up, start as a guest or connect a wallet |
| Purchases | Which Shell pack you bought, the price in SOL and US dollars, the paying wallet's public address and the transaction signature | You and the Solana blockchain, when you buy Shells |
| Game profile and progress | Character name, appearance, clan, Shells, bank savings, items, homes and decorations, skills, XP, quests and badges | Created as you play |
| Messages and content | Public chat, letters to other players, stories you tell, suggestions and bug reports, messages you send to AI residents | You |
| Live presence | Your character's position, outfit, name and status while you're online | Created as you play |
| Activity and safety records | When you were last online, how many visits, purchases and rewards in the game, reports, court records and moderation actions | Created as you play |
| Technical data | IP address, browser and device type, and error logs | Your device, through our hosting providers |
| On your device | Game settings, tutorial progress and cached game files kept in your browser's storage | Stored on your own device |
We do not collect your contacts, photos, precise location or microphone. We do not use advertising trackers or sell your information. Kaara shows a few partner adverts inside the game world; we only count how often each advert is seen or tapped, and we don't build advertising profiles of players.
2. How we use it
- To run the game: sign you in, save your progress, show you to other players and deliver messages.
- To keep the game fair and safe: stop cheating, protect the in-game economy, handle reports and enforce our terms.
- To improve Kaara: understand which features are used, fix bugs and plan new content.
- To contact you about your account, important changes or support requests. We'll only send marketing emails if you agree.
Our legal bases are providing the service you asked for (our contract with you), our legitimate interest in keeping Kaara safe, fair and working well, your consent where we ask for it, and complying with the law.
3. Who we share it with
We share information only with service providers who help us run Kaara, under agreements that limit what they can do with it:
| Provider | What they do |
|---|---|
| Supabase | Login, database, real-time multiplayer and server functions |
| Vercel | Hosts the website and game files |
| OpenRouter and the AI model providers it routes to | Generate replies for AI residents (see section 4) |
| Google Fonts and jsDelivr | Deliver fonts and code libraries to your browser; they receive your IP address when they do |
| Solana network providers (RPC services) | Read the public blockchain to confirm payments and send transactions you approve. They see your wallet address and transaction |
| Price services (Jupiter, CoinGecko or Binance) | Give us the current SOL price so packs can be priced. We send them no player information |
We may also share information if the law requires it, to protect players or the public from harm, or as part of a sale or merger of Kaara (in which case this policy will still apply to your information).
4. AI residents
Some villagers in Kaara are residents run by AI. When you chat near a resident or send one a message, the text of that message, your character name and the land you're in are sent to an AI service to write the resident's reply. Please don't share personal details such as your phone number, address or passwords with residents or other players. AI replies can be wrong, and residents will tell you they are not human if you ask.
5. What other players can see
Your character name, appearance, clan, title, level, location in the world, public chat, shop goods and home are visible to other players. Letters are visible to the people you send them to. Leaderboards and stats show character names, levels and lands. Choose a character name that doesn't reveal your real identity if you prefer to stay private.
6. How long we keep it
- Account and game progress: while your account exists. Guest progress may be removed after long inactivity.
- Recent copies of your save: a small number of recent backups (up to 48), used to recover lost progress.
- Messages: letters and stored chat while your account exists, unless removed earlier for moderation. Live chat that isn't stored disappears when you leave.
- Purchase records: kept for as long as tax and accounting law requires, even after you delete your account.
- Technical logs: kept by our hosting providers for their standard periods, usually days to weeks.
When you delete your account, we delete or anonymise your information within 30 days, except where we must keep it for legal or safety reasons.
7. Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live (including under Nigeria's Data Protection Act 2023 and, for players in Europe, the GDPR), you can ask us to:
- show you the information we hold about you, or give you a copy;
- correct it;
- delete your account and information;
- stop or limit some uses of it, or object to them;
- withdraw consent you have given.
Email kaaragame@gmail.com from the address on your account, and we'll reply within 30 days. You can also complain to your data protection authority; in Nigeria this is the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
8. Children
Kaara is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. Players aged 13 to 17 should have a parent's or guardian's permission. If you believe a child under 13 is playing, contact us and we'll delete the account.
9. Security
We use encrypted connections, access rules on our database, and server-side checks on the in-game economy. No online service is perfectly secure, so please use a strong password that you don't use elsewhere.
10. International transfers
Our providers may store and process information on servers outside Nigeria, for example in Europe or the United States. When that happens, we rely on the providers' safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect it.
11. Payments, wallets and Cowrie
You can sign in with a Solana wallet (such as Phantom or Solflare) or link one to your account. To prove the wallet is yours, your wallet signs a short message; this is free and gives us no access to your funds. We store only your wallet's public address, linked to your account. We never ask for or receive your recovery phrase or private keys, and Kaara never holds crypto for players.
When you buy Shells with SOL, your wallet sends the payment directly to Kaara's wallet on the Solana blockchain. We record the order and the transaction signature so we can add your Shells and help if something goes wrong. Transactions on a public blockchain, including your wallet address and the amount, are visible to anyone and can't be changed or deleted by us or by you.
Wallet-only accounts are given a private internal sign-in address ending in @wallet.kaaragame.com. It is never used to send email.
12. Changes
We'll update this page when our practices change and change the date at the top. For important changes, we'll tell you in the game or by email before they take effect.