Privacy policy

1. Who is responsible

Couch Stop is provided by Maandrik, Lda, Portuguese company number 519 463 625, with registered office at Rua Cimeira, n.º 11, Olalhas, Aboboreira Cimeira, 2300-061 Tomar, Portugal.

Privacy questions can be sent to geral@maandrik.com.

2. Where this policy applies

This policy covers the Couch Stop app for Android TV, the game page opened in a phone browser, this public website and the Maandrik services used to distribute voice packs.

3. Game data

Local network

During a match, Couch Stop may handle a chosen name, optional photo, answers, drafts, votes, ready status and scores. This data travels between the phones and the TV over the local network. The TV is the room's technical host.

A photo is reduced on the phone to a 160 × 160 pixel JPEG. The TV keeps room data in memory only while the room or app process is active. Opening a new room removes the previous room from app memory.

On the phone and TV

The browser may store the chosen name and photo, a temporary player identifier and unsent answers locally. The TV stores the selected language, sound and music preferences, downloaded voice packs and the start time of the last free match. The timestamp is used only for the four-hour ad-free window.

4. Voice packs

When a language must be downloaded, the TV contacts couch-stop-service.maandrik.com. The request includes the IP address, requested language or file and technical data needed for delivery and abuse prevention. The service uses short-lived security challenges and no account.

Technical data may appear temporarily in size-limited, rotating security and operational logs used to keep the service available, investigate faults and prevent abuse.

5. Advertising on Android TV

When production advertising is enabled, Couch Stop uses Google Interactive Media Ads and Google Ad Manager to show video on the TV only. Player browsers do not show ads.

According to Google, the SDK may collect and share IP address, inferred general location, app and video interactions, diagnostics, and device or account identifiers for advertising, measurement and fraud prevention. Data is encrypted in transit.

• Couch Stop removes Android advertising ID permissions.
• It requests limited ads with child-directed treatment.
• It does not create its own advertising profiles.
• It never shows ads during answers, timers or voting.

Read the Google Privacy Policy and Google's IMA Data safety guidance.

6. This website

This website creates no accounts, has no form, uses no analytics and sets no advertising cookies. Hosting infrastructure may temporarily process the IP address, date, requested path and technical request data to deliver and secure the site and diagnose faults.

7. Purposes and legal basis

We handle data only to run the requested game, store device preferences, deliver voice packs, prevent abuse, show and measure advertising when enabled and lawful, and keep the site and services secure.

Depending on the processing, the legal grounds are performance of the requested service, Maandrik's legitimate interests, legal obligations and consent where required.

8. Children and families

Couch Stop is made for families and friends, including children aged 7 and over who can write. A responsible adult should supervise children.

No child account is created, no date of birth is requested and game data stays on the local network. All ad inventory is treated as child-directed and family-appropriate without inferring the age of people in front of the TV.

9. Sharing and international transfers

Local game data is shared only with devices in the same room. Technical requests may be handled by Maandrik's hosting and security providers. When advertising is active, Google may process data outside the European Economic Area under the safeguards described in its policy.

Maandrik does not sell personal data.

10. Retention and security

Game data on the TV lasts only while the room or app process is active. Preferences, the free-match timestamp and voice packs remain until replaced or app data is cleared. Browser data remains until the player clears site data. Google defines advertising-data retention.

We use data minimisation, local game connections, HTTPS/TLS, rate limits and access controls. Players should use a home or otherwise trusted network.

11. Your rights

Where applicable, you may ask to access, correct, erase, restrict, port or object to personal data held by Maandrik. Because game data stays on local devices, Maandrik may not hold an accessible copy.

Email geral@maandrik.com. You may also complain to Portugal's National Data Protection Commission.

12. Changes

We will update this policy if data handling, providers or legal requirements change. The date at the top identifies the version in effect.