Privacy policy
Last updated 16 October 2026 (approximate location for "Near you", the year of birth, usage counts in detail)
In short. Test by MOTUS is a cricket app: live scores, stats, news, a quiz and games. You can use most of it without an account. If you sign in with Google we keep your name, email address and Google account ID to run your account. We do not sell your information. Usage counts and personalised ads happen only if you agree, and nobody under 18 gets either. You can see, correct or delete your information at any time; write to support@bymotus.app.
1. Who we are
Test by MOTUS (the "app") is provided by MOTUS, operated by Gursimran Singh ("we", "us"). We decide why and how your information is used (in India's law, the "Data Fiduciary"; in the GDPR, the "controller"). Questions, requests and complaints: support@bymotus.app (see Contact).
2. What we collect, why, and for how long
| Information | When | Why | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your account: name, email address, Google account ID and the link to your Google profile picture | Only if you choose "Continue with Google" | To create and run your account, keep you signed in, protect it, and let us know that a new account was made (account management) | Until you delete the account; then within 30 days |
| Your second step (owner accounts only): an authenticator-app key held by our sign-in service | Only for the people who run the app | To protect the controls of the app | Until removed |
| Reports you send from the app: your message, the screen you were on, app version, Android version, phone model, the app's language, and a screenshot if you add one | Only when you send a report | To fix problems and answer you | 1 year |
| Reactions and "who will win" votes: your choice and a random number your app made (not linked to your account) | When you react or vote | To show everyone the totals | Until the match's page is removed |
| Usage counts: which screens, features and games are used and for how long, the app's language, app and Android version, phone size, the country of your phone network, and, only if you tick "Count my city and state", the city and state "Near you" found; sent once a day under a random label your phone makes and replaces every 90 days, never with your account | Only if you switch on "Help improve Test by MOTUS"; never for anyone under 18 | To see what to improve; we look only at totals of 5 or more people, never at one person | Raw counts 90 days, then only daily totals |
| Your approximate location ("Near you"): about 10 km, from your phone's network, never your exact spot | Only when you open "Near you" and allow it | To show the grounds, matches and weather near you; the spot itself stays on your phone (only the weather is asked for it, rounded to about 10 km) | On your phone until you tap "Forget my place" or turn location off for the app |
| Ads (see section 5): your phone's advertising ID, IP address, approximate location from the IP, how you interact with ads | Only while ads are shown; never to anyone under 18 | To show ads, measure them and stop fraud; personalised only with your consent | As set out in Google's policy |
What stays on your phone and is never sent to us
The details you type when you make your profile (name, phone number, email, country, area and gender), and the year of birth we ask before an account is made (to keep people under 18 safe), are kept on your phone, sealed with a key held by Android's secure key store. So are your game saves, coins, settings, the matches and players you follow, the fixtures you add to your calendar (only when you ask), the people you play with over Bluetooth at the same table, Qismat's answers (worked out on your phone) and the optional voice trigger (the microphone is used only if you switch it on, and the sound never leaves your phone). Match alerts are worked out on your phone.
What the app fetches for you
Live scores, news, weather, grounds and photos come from other services (a live cricket scores and news service, a weather service, an open map, a free photo library and an open ball-by-ball archive; each is named on the Credits & Licences page) and from our own servers. Your phone connects to them directly, so they see your IP address and what was asked for, under their own privacy policies. We never send them your account details.
What we never collect
Your precise location (the app asks only for approximate location, and only in "Near you"), your contacts, your messages or call logs, the list of apps on your phone, or hardware numbers such as the IMEI. Location is never used for ads. We never sell or rent your information.
3. Why we may use it (legal bases)
- To provide what you asked for: your account, reports you send, reactions and votes (India: legitimate use under section 7(a) of the DPDP Act; GDPR: performance of a contract, Art. 6(1)(b)).
- Your consent: usage counts and personalised ads (DPDP Act section 6; GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). You can withdraw it as easily as you gave it, in Settings › Privacy.
- Security and the law: protecting accounts, stopping fraud and abuse, keeping records the law requires (GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) and (f)).
4. Who we share it with
We share information only with services that work for us under contract, and only what they need:
- Supabase (our database and sign-in service; servers in Mumbai, India): your account, reports, reactions and votes, usage counts.
- Google: Sign in with Google (to confirm who you are), Google AdMob (ads, section 5), Google Play (downloads and, later, purchases; we never see your card or UPI details).
We may disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect people from harm. If MOTUS's business is transferred, this policy goes with it and we will tell you first.
5. Ads
Test by MOTUS may show ads to keep the app free. Our ad partner is Google AdMob. When ads are shown, AdMob receives your IP address, your phone's advertising ID, information about your phone and how you interact with ads, to show and measure ads and to prevent fraud (how Google uses information from apps that use its services). Ads are personalised (chosen by your interests) only if you agree; in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and US states that require it, Google's consent message asks you first, and you can change your answer in Settings › Privacy. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android Settings › Privacy › Ads. We never show ads to anyone under 18, never during a live over or a turn in a game, never ads for betting, gambling or real-money games, and never ads rated above "Teen".
6. Children
Test by MOTUS is for people aged 13 and over. In India the law treats everyone under 18 as a child. If you tell us you are under 18, you can use Test by MOTUS as a guest (scores, stats, news, the quiz and games against the app's own players) without an account: we do not create an account for you, we do not count your use of the app, and we never show you ads. Features that need an account wait until a parent or guardian has agreed. If you believe we hold information about a child without that agreement, write to us and we will delete it.
7. How long we keep it
As in the table in section 2. Server records of access (logs) are kept for one year, as India's DPDP Rules require, and then deleted. Information you delete is removed within 30 days, except what the law requires us to keep (for example records of purchases, for the period tax law sets).
8. Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask us to: give you a summary of the information we hold about you and a copy of it; correct or update it; delete it (see Delete your account); withdraw a consent you gave; and complain to us. We answer within 30 days, and never later than 90 days.
- India (Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023): you may also nominate someone to act for you if you die or cannot act, and complain to the Data Protection Board of India if our answer does not satisfy you.
- European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland (GDPR, UK GDPR): you also have the rights to restrict or object to our use, to data portability, and to complain to your data protection authority.
- United States (for example California): the rights to know, delete and correct, and to opt out of "sharing" for cross-context behavioural advertising (turn off personalised ads in Settings › Privacy). We do not sell personal information.
- Canada (PIPEDA) and Australia (Privacy Act): the rights to access and correct your information and to complain to the Privacy Commissioner.
Write to support@bymotus.app from the email on your account; we may ask you to confirm it is you.
9. Where your information is kept
Our database is in Mumbai, India. Google's services (sign-in, AdMob, Play) may process information in other countries; Google protects it under its own contracts and safeguards. Where the law of your country requires it, we use approved safeguards for transfers.
10. How we protect it
Everything sent between the app and our servers is encrypted (HTTPS). Our database lets each account read only its own records, and the controls of the app need a second step (an authenticator-app code). Profile details on your phone are sealed by Android's secure key store. If a breach ever puts your information at risk, we will tell you and the authorities as the law requires (in India, the Data Protection Board within 72 hours).
11. Changes to this policy
When we change this policy we update the date at the top, and for important changes we tell you in the app before they take effect.
12. Contact
Grievance and privacy contact: Gursimran Singh, MOTUS, support@bymotus.app. See Contact for how we handle complaints.