Privacy policy

This policy explains the optional Audience Play connection in Kennel Chaos and its viewer dog builder. Watashi Games Inc. operates the feature. It supplements our general privacy policy. You can play Kennel Chaos without connecting a streaming account.

What YouTube access does

Audience Play uses YouTube API Services. When a creator authorizes the connection through Google, the game identifies their YouTube channel, finds their owned live broadcasts, reads the selected broadcast's live chat, and can post limited command guidance and dog-status replies as that channel. The creator can turn replies and submissions off. We request youtube.force-ssl because chat replies require write access. Google's permission description covers more actions than the game performs. This feature does not upload, download or play videos, edit videos, manage subscriptions, or collect channel analytics.

Data processed and why

Information	Purpose and storage
Creator channel ID and name, broadcast title/ID and live-chat ID	Identify the authorized creator and route commands and replies to the chosen chat. Connection details are held in game memory. The last connected channel ID is also a local preference for matching saved requests.
Incoming message IDs, publication times, text, viewer channel IDs and display names	Recognize commands, reject stale or duplicate messages, limit spam and attribute each dog to its viewer. Chat data passes through bounded in-memory buffers. The game does not save a complete chat transcript.
Accepted dog submissions	Local daycare saves store the creator/viewer IDs, sanitized display name, submitted dog choices, receipt time and queue/booking status. These enable future visits and `!mydog`. They are not real animal or health records.
OAuth access and refresh tokens	Authorize direct requests from the game to Google. Held in session memory and cleared on disconnect or exit. Never included in daycare saves. Google receives the authorization request and API activity. The game never asks for your Google password.
Preferences and usage counters	Local storage holds feature switches, policy version accepted, last channel ID and daily/hourly API allowance counters. Anonymous allowance counts remain after identity deletion to prevent reconnects resetting usage limits.

Where data goes

The desktop connector communicates directly with Google. Watashi Games does not operate a server that receives the connector's live chat, viewer identity database or tokens. Dog names, viewer names and care information can appear in the game, in a co-op session, in replies sent to YouTube, and in the creator's broadcast or recordings. A viewer should treat a command as a public submission. The game creates the dog-care statistics; they are game information, not YouTube analytics.

Local saves may also be copied by Steam Cloud or another backup system where enabled. Steam, Google, Twitch, website hosting providers and creators operate their own services under their own policies. We do not sell YouTube data, use it for advertising or unrelated profiling, or use it to train generalized AI models. Human review by Watashi Games occurs only when needed for a support request you initiate, security or a legal obligation. Do not send passwords or tokens to support.

Retention and deletion

YouTube viewer links and submitted-name records expire 30 days after the latest accepted submission. While the game is running, expiry checks remove those records from local daycare saves and replace linked dog and owner names with generated game names. The existing game dog and normal gameplay progress remain. Saves loaded after an absence are checked before their data is used. Older pre-release records without a receipt time are treated as expired. The game cannot modify files while it is not running or independently erase copies held on other devices or backups.

As a viewer, type !dog forget in the connected creator's live chat to remove your stored viewer link from that creator's local daycare saves. This is processed even if new dog submissions are closed. As a creator, use Audience Play → YouTube → Revoke access and delete YouTube data to clear YouTube viewer records across local daycare saves and attempt to revoke the active Google grant. If the game reports a file-permission error or a failed revocation, follow its guidance and retry.

Disconnect stops the session and clears in-memory credentials. It is not the same as revoking Google's grant or deleting saved viewer records. At any time, review or revoke access in Google's security permissions. If the game detects invalid authorization, it disconnects and clears data associated with that creator. Each new session requires sign-in again.

Deleting local feature data does not delete YouTube messages, videos, recordings, screenshots, exported photos or independent copies another person has made. Use YouTube's controls to manage YouTube content. For help or a deletion request, email support@watashigames.com with the creator's channel URL and your channel URL. We will help locate the responsible local copy and handle requests for data in our possession as soon as possible, within seven calendar days. We may need to verify your request. We cannot remotely access a creator's computer.

The dog builder and website

The visual builder needs no streaming login. It generates a command in your browser; you choose whether to copy and post it in chat. It does not submit your recipe to a game server. Shareable recipes encode your choices in the URL fragment. A copied or shared link can expose those choices to its recipients. The page loads dog portraits and scripts from our website and does not include advertising or analytics scripts. Our hosting provider necessarily receives normal web request information, such as IP address, requested path and browser headers. Query parameters can identify the stream you are building a dog for. Our general website policy applies to hosting and other pages.

Your choices and contact

Connect only a channel you are authorized to operate. Do not include sensitive or private information in names or commands. Follow the age and account rules of the connected platform. Audience Play is not a service directed to children. You can decline connection, disable replies or submissions, disconnect, revoke access or request deletion.

Google's handling of information is described in the Google Privacy Policy. YouTube use is also subject to the YouTube Terms of Service. Questions or complaints about this feature: support@watashigames.com, Watashi Games Inc. Material changes to access or use will be explained before seeking renewed agreement.