Privacy Policy
Section 01
Overview
PokerSharp is a mobile poker training application (“the App”) designed to help players develop Game Theory Optimal (GTO) intuition for No-Limit Texas Hold’em. The App is developed and published by Brett (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
We built PokerSharp to work entirely on your device. The App does not require an internet connection, does not create or manage user accounts, and does not transmit any data to external servers — ours or anyone else’s. This Privacy Policy explains precisely what data is stored by the App, where it lives, and what we do (and do not do) with it.
By installing and using PokerSharp, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of the App.
Section 02
Data We Collect and Store
The App stores the following data locally on your device only, using Android’s and iOS’s standard on-device storage APIs (specifically React Native AsyncStorage). None of this data ever leaves your device.
| Data Type | Purpose | Location | Transmitted? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand history records Scenario type, position, hole cards, decision made, correct action, EV values, timestamp |
Powers the analytics dashboard, accuracy tracking, weakness identification, and EV leakage metrics | Local only | Never |
| App preferences & settings Sound volume, speed mode, four-color deck, text scale, reduce-motion, fold skip rate |
Persists your in-app configuration between sessions | Local only | Never |
| Session accuracy state Correct/incorrect counts, streak counters, per-scenario type accuracy |
Drives the weakness-mode weighting and analytics trend displays | Local only | Never |
The data listed above contains no personally identifiable information (PII). No name, email address, phone number, device identifier, location, or any other information that could identify you as an individual is collected, inferred, or stored.
Section 03
Data We Do Not Collect
The following categories of data are not collected, stored, transmitted, or processed by PokerSharp under any circumstances:
Personal & Identity Information
The App does not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, profile photos, dates of birth, or any other personal identifiers. No account registration of any kind is required or available.
Device & Hardware Identifiers
The App does not access, read, or transmit device identifiers such as IMEI, IMSI, MAC address, advertising ID (IDFA/GAID), Android ID, or any other hardware or software identifier that could be used to track your device across apps or over time.
Location Data
The App does not request, access, or store your precise or approximate geographic location. No location permissions are requested at installation or during use.
Usage Analytics & Telemetry
The App does not include any third-party analytics SDK (such as Firebase Analytics, Mixpanel, Amplitude, Segment, or similar). No crash reporting service, performance monitoring tool, or behavioral analytics platform is integrated. No telemetry data is transmitted to us or any third party.
Advertising Data
The App contains no advertising of any kind. No advertising network SDK is present. No advertising identifiers are accessed or shared. The App does not display ads and does not participate in any ad network.
Financial & Payment Information
No payment, billing, or financial information is collected or handled by the App directly. If a purchase is made through the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, that transaction is handled entirely by the respective platform’s payment infrastructure. We do not receive, store, or process your payment details.
Network Communications
The App makes no outbound network requests during normal operation. It does not contact any server, API endpoint, content delivery network, or remote service. The App functions entirely offline.
Section 04
How Local Storage Works
PokerSharp uses React Native AsyncStorage, which maps directly to the platform’s native key-value storage: SharedPreferences on Android and NSUserDefaults / SQLite on iOS. Data written to these stores is sandboxed to the App by the operating system.
This means:
Other apps on your device cannot read PokerSharp’s stored data. The operating system enforces this isolation. Data stored by the App is not included in any cloud backup service unless you have explicitly enabled full-device encrypted backup through your platform’s backup settings (Google One on Android; iCloud Backup on iOS) — and even in that case, the data is encrypted and controlled by you, not by us.
We have no access to any data stored locally on your device, regardless of how it is backed up. If you restore a device from a backup that includes PokerSharp’s data, that data will reappear on your device, but it was never transmitted to us and we remain unable to access it.
Section 05
No Third-Party Sharing
We do not share, sell, license, rent, trade, disclose, or otherwise make available any data related to your use of PokerSharp to any third party — because we do not possess any such data.
Because all data remains on your device and no data is ever transmitted to us, the conventional question of “third-party data sharing” does not apply to this App in its standard sense. There is no data in our possession to share. There are no data broker relationships, no joint-venture data arrangements, and no service providers who receive data derived from your use of the App.
The App does not integrate with any social platform, does not provide sharing features that transmit data to external services, and does not embed third-party SDKs that independently collect or transmit data.
Section 06
No Accounts or Authentication
PokerSharp does not require you to create an account, log in, or authenticate with any service to use any feature of the App. There is no registration flow, no email verification, no password, and no third-party sign-in (such as Sign in with Google or Sign in with Apple).
Because there are no accounts, there is no profile data associated with you. Your training history, preferences, and progress are stored anonymously on your device and are associated with the App installation — not with any named identity.
If you uninstall and reinstall the App, your local data will be cleared. There is no mechanism to recover it, as it was never stored outside your device.
Section 07
Children’s Privacy
PokerSharp is rated for users aged 18 and older, consistent with its classification as a simulated gambling application under Apple App Store Guideline 5.3 and the Google Play IARC rating system. The App is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area).
The App includes an age gate on first launch. By proceeding past this gate, users confirm they meet the minimum age requirement.
Because the App does not collect any personal information from any user, no special data-handling provisions for minors are triggered in practice. However, if you believe a person under the applicable minimum age is using the App, please contact us at the address below and we will investigate.
Section 08
Your Rights and Data Deletion
Accessing Your Data
All data generated by your use of the App is accessible to you directly within the App. Your hand history, session analytics, and settings are visible in the Hand History screen and Settings panel at any time.
Deleting Your Data
Because all data is stored locally on your device, you have complete control over it. Data can be deleted by:
Clearing the App’s storage through your device’s system settings (Settings → Apps → PokerSharp → Storage → Clear Data on Android; or equivalent on iOS), or by uninstalling the App entirely. Either action permanently removes all locally stored data. There is no remote copy to request deletion of, as none was ever created.
GDPR, CCPA, and Other Regulations
Because PokerSharp does not collect, process, or store any personally identifiable information — and because no data is ever transmitted outside your device — the formal data subject rights frameworks established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and similar legislation do not generate material obligations for us beyond what is described in this policy.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, California, or another jurisdiction with applicable data protection legislation and have questions about how this App interacts with your rights under those frameworks, please contact us at the address below.
Section 09
Security
The strongest security guarantee we can make is structural: data that is never transmitted cannot be intercepted in transit, and data that is never stored on a server cannot be exposed by a server breach. PokerSharp’s offline-first, no-network architecture eliminates the most common categories of data security risk entirely.
Data stored locally by the App is protected by the operating system’s application sandbox. On devices where full-disk encryption is enabled (the default on modern Android and iOS devices), the App’s stored data is encrypted at rest by the OS.
We do not operate servers, databases, or any infrastructure that stores user data, and therefore there is no remote infrastructure to secure or compromise.
Section 10
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date at the top of this document and, where the changes are material, provide notice through the App or the App Store listing.
Any future version of PokerSharp that introduces features requiring data collection beyond what is described here — such as cloud sync, user accounts, or multiplayer functionality — will be accompanied by a materially updated Privacy Policy presented to users before the new features become active. No such features currently exist in the App.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the App following any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Section 11
Contact
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or PokerSharp’s data practices, please contact us:
PokerSharp
Email: [YOUR_EMAIL_HERE]
Website / Support: [YOUR_SUPPORT_URL]
We will respond to all privacy-related inquiries within a reasonable timeframe. As no personal data is collected or stored by the App, most inquiries can be resolved quickly.