All Karnataka Exams – Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy – All Karnataka Exams
Effective date: 3 November 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Android app All Karnataka Exams (package name com.kensify.ake), published by The RPB Company ("we", "us"), handles information. By using the app you agree to this policy.
1. The short version
- You do not need an account to study. Signing in with Google is optional and only used for the mock test Rank List (see section 6).
- All questions, mock tests and study material are stored inside the app on your phone.
- Your progress, scores, notebook, streaks and settings are stored only on your phone. The only exception is the Rank List: if you choose to join it, your nickname and your first-attempt mock test scores are stored in Google Firebase.
- Free users see ads served by Google AdMob. Purchases are handled by Google Play.
2. Information stored on your device
The app saves the following on your phone so it can work: quiz and mock test results, answers you marked or saved, your chosen exam, language and theme, reminder settings, study streaks and badges, and which products you have bought. This information never leaves your phone through us. It is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear the app's data in Android Settings.
PDF report cards you choose to create are saved to your phone's Downloads folder. You control these files.
3. Advertising (Google AdMob)
If you use the free version, the app shows ads from Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, Google may collect and process information such as your device's advertising ID, device type and operating system, IP address, approximate location derived from the IP address, and how you interact with ads. Google uses this information as described in its own policies:
Where required by law, the app asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown (Google User Messaging Platform). You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your phone's Settings → Google → Ads (or Privacy → Ads). Users with an active Pro subscription see no ads.
4. Purchases (Google Play)
Subscriptions (Pro) and one-time purchases (mock test series) are processed entirely by Google Play. We do not see or store your card, UPI or bank details. Google Play tells the app which products your Google account owns, so the app can unlock them and restore them on a new phone. See the Google Payments Privacy Notice.
5. Internet connection
The app needs an internet connection for ads and for Google Play purchases. Free users are asked to connect to the internet to use the app; Pro subscribers and anyone who has bought a mock test can study offline. Checking whether you are online happens on your phone and nothing is sent to us.
6. Rank List (optional)
Mock test series have a Rank List that shows how students scored. Viewing it needs no account. To appear on it you sign in with your Google account through Google Firebase Authentication and choose a public nickname. We then store, in Google Cloud Firestore (run by Google):
- a user ID created by Firebase for your account, and your nickname;
- for each mock exam you finish: the marks, the number of correct, wrong and unanswered questions and the time taken on your first attempt of each paper.
Firebase Authentication also keeps your Google account's email address, name and profile picture link in its sign-in record. Other users see only your nickname, rank and marks; your email and Google name are never shown. We use this data only to run the Rank List and to remove abusive nicknames. See Firebase privacy and security.
You can sign out, change your nickname or delete your Rank List account at any time from the menu on the Rank List screen; deleting removes your nickname, all your Rank List entries and your sign-in record. You can also ask us to delete it by emailing the address below.
7. Reporting a question
If you use "Report a question", the app opens your own email app with a message addressed to us. If you choose to send it, we receive your email address and whatever you wrote. We use it only to fix the question and, if needed, reply to you, and we do not share it.
8. Notifications
Study and revision reminders are scheduled on your phone. They are not sent from a server. You can turn them off in the app's Settings or in Android Settings.
9. Permissions the app uses
- Internet and network state – ads, purchases, the Rank List, and checking whether you are online.
- Notifications – daily study and revision reminders (you can refuse).
- Run at startup – to re-schedule your reminders after the phone restarts.
- Vibration – feedback when answering.
- Google Play billing – purchases.
10. Children
The app is meant for students preparing for Karnataka government recruitment exams and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
11. Data sharing and selling
We do not sell your personal information. Apart from the optional Rank List, we do not collect your study data. Rank List data is stored with Google Firebase and is not shared with anyone else. Information collected by Google for ads and purchases is governed by Google's policies linked above.
12. Deleting your data
Because your data is stored on your phone, you can delete all of it at any time by clearing the app's data (Android Settings → Apps → All Karnataka Exams → Storage → Clear data) or by uninstalling the app. Purchases stay linked to your Google account and can be restored after reinstalling. To cancel a subscription, use Google Play → Payments & subscriptions. To delete your Rank List account, use "Delete my Rank List account" in the Rank List menu, or email us.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the app changes. The new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
14. Contact
The RPB Company
Email: therpbcompany@gmail.com