ChatATC Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 3, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how mgobill (“we,” “us”) handles information in ChatATC and related support services. ChatATC is a voice-controlled air traffic control game for entertainment.
Release status: Store listings are not live yet. The current app uses local gameplay storage and speech recognition. Advertising and optional in-app purchases are planned for release, and an online leaderboard is planned for a future update. The sections below distinguish these planned services from current behavior. We will update this policy with the providers, data flows, and controls actually used before enabling those services.
1. Local gameplay and settings
ChatATC stores settings, saved game sessions, Career progress, and flight records on your device. The current app does not require a ChatATC account or automatically upload these records to a gameplay server. Device or operating-system backups may include app data under your backup settings.
The app does not request your contacts, camera, or precise device location for gameplay. The airport map represents the simulated game environment, not your physical location.
2. Microphone and speech recognition
Microphone access is used to recognize spoken game commands during push-to-talk capture, including a short interval after release to finish recognition. Depending on the speech engine and platform, Speech Recognition permission may also be requested. Recognized text is processed to interpret aircraft callsigns and commands.
- On-device recognition: When Vosk is used, speech recognition runs locally on your device without sending audio to a speech-recognition server.
- Phone speech services: Where a device speech service is used, audio and related recognition information may be processed by the platform or its speech provider, including on remote servers depending on the service, configuration, and device settings. That provider’s privacy policy and controls apply. See Apple’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Privacy Policy, as applicable.
ChatATC does not save audio recordings or send microphone audio to our own servers. This does not describe retention by a phone speech provider. Recognized command text and diagnostic information may be retained locally for transmission review and troubleshooting. Microphone audio and command transcripts are not provided by ChatATC for advertising or planned leaderboard display.
You can revoke microphone and speech permissions in system settings; voice-command features will then be unavailable.
3. Diagnostics and support
Transmission diagnostics can include recognized text, command interpretation, app/build details, speech-engine configuration, and lifecycle timing or error information. Developer builds may include Voice Lab, which saves local test sessions, recognized phrases, results, and notes and allows exports through the device’s sharing interface. These records are not automatically uploaded to us.
If you copy, export, or share diagnostics, review them first: transcripts and notes may include anything you said or entered. Sharing sends that information to the recipient or app you choose, under its own privacy practices.
If you email support, we receive your email address, message, and any screenshots, diagnostics, device details, or transaction references you provide. We use these to respond, troubleshoot, and improve the game. Please send only information needed for your request.
4. Advertising — planned
ChatATC will include ads. Advertising is not integrated in the current app. The ad provider and any participating partners will be identified here before advertising is enabled.
Depending on the provider and configuration, advertising services may process IP address, approximate location inferred from network information, advertising or device identifiers where permitted, app/device details, ad impressions and interactions, diagnostic information, consent preferences, and fraud-prevention signals. These support ad delivery, measurement, security, and personalization where permitted.
The released app will provide applicable consent and privacy choices where required. Device advertising and tracking controls may also apply. Declining personalized advertising may still allow contextual ads and associated processing. If Google advertising services are selected, see how Google uses information from partner apps; this link does not mean Google advertising is currently enabled in ChatATC.
5. In-app purchases — planned
Optional in-app purchases are planned and are not integrated in the current app. Products, prices, and benefits will be described before purchase. We have not announced specific products, subscriptions, or an ad-removal entitlement.
Purchases will be processed through the relevant app store, such as Apple’s App Store or Google Play. We do not receive your full payment card details. Purchase processing and restoration may involve product identifiers, transaction identifiers, receipts or purchase tokens, and entitlement status. If a verification server or another purchase provider is introduced, we will identify it and describe the information it receives before enabling it.
Stores handle their own payment records and refund processes under their policies. See Apple’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Privacy Policy.
6. Online leaderboard — future feature
There is no online leaderboard in the current app. Local scores and flight records are not currently uploaded for public rankings.
A future leaderboard may process a player-selected display name, submitted score or performance result, a player or entry identifier, submission time, and technical information needed to validate scores and prevent abuse. Display names, scores, and rankings would be public to other players. Avoid using your real name or other personal information as a public nickname.
Before launch, we will explain the actual data collected, service provider, submission choices, retention, and removal process here and in the app. We do not currently claim to use a particular leaderboard provider or account system.
7. Use and disclosure
We use the information described above to run gameplay and speech controls, preserve progress, investigate problems, answer support requests, and protect our services. When enabled, planned services will also use information to deliver ads, process purchases, and operate rankings as described in the updated policy.
Information may be processed by device speech providers, email providers, and services you choose when sharing diagnostics. Future advertising, purchase, leaderboard, and hosting providers will process information as disclosed when introduced. We may disclose information when required by law or necessary to address fraud, security issues, or threats to users.
We do not sell personal information for money. Future advertising-related disclosures may qualify as a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws; applicable consent and opt-out controls will be described when advertising is introduced.
8. Your choices and privacy requests
- Manage microphone, speech recognition, backup, and available advertising permissions through your device settings.
- Choose whether to share diagnostic exports or contact support.
- Remove ordinary local app data using device app-data controls where available or by uninstalling. This may permanently remove saved progress; backups and independently held provider records may persist.
- Contact moocbear@gmail.com for access, correction, deletion, or other applicable privacy requests. There is currently no ChatATC account to delete, and we cannot retrieve local-only saves from your device.
Depending on your location, you may also have rights to portability, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent, or a complaint to a data protection authority. We may need information to verify and locate a request. Requests concerning information independently held by a speech provider, store, or other service may need to be directed to that provider. Withdrawing consent does not affect prior lawful processing.
9. Retention and security
Local saves and diagnostic records remain until replaced or removed through the app or device controls. Support correspondence and attachments are retained as needed to resolve requests, investigate issues, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes. Providers apply their own retention policies. Planned online services will have their retention practices described before launch.
We take reasonable safeguards appropriate to the information we handle, but no device, transmission, or storage system is completely secure.
10. Children’s privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or the applicable minimum age in their region, without any consent required by law. If you believe a child has provided personal information through support or an enabled online service, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action. Parents and guardians can manage microphone access and purchases using device parental controls.
11. International processing
Speech, email, store, and other service providers may process information in the United States and other countries where they operate, with protections that may differ from those in your country. Where required, international transfers are subject to safeguards under applicable law.
12. Updates and contact
We will revise this policy as features and providers change, updating the date above and providing additional notice or consent where required.
For privacy questions or data requests, email moocbear@gmail.com with “ChatATC privacy” in the subject line. For gameplay help, visit ChatATC Support.