Privacy Policy

Last updated: 16 November 2026 • Controller: Matterward Labs

1. Website Visits

playbambaiya.com is a static website served via Firebase Hosting and Cloudflare. We do not run third-party advertising trackers, behavioural profiling scripts or cross-site cookies on this website. Standard network access logs (IP address, user agent and requested path) are processed transiently by our hosting infrastructure for security and abuse prevention.

2. Founding Residents (@playbambaiya on Instagram)

When you comment on an official @playbambaiya Founding Residents campaign post on Instagram and tap the confirmation reply in Instagram Direct Messages, our edge service receives via Meta's Instagram Graph API:

• Your Instagram-scoped user identifier (IGSID), public @username and profile name;
• Whether your account follows @playbambaiya; and
• The comment text you submitted to request your in-game resident name.

We use this data solely to verify one claim per person, filter inappropriate or duplicate names, assign your fictional in-game apartment or chawl address, send your personalised Founding Resident greeting banner in Instagram DM, and publish your approved resident display name, avatar seed and fictional building unit in Bambaiya and on the public playbambaiya.com map. Your raw Instagram-scoped user ID is never exposed in public map files.

3. Data Deletion & Name Removal

You may request immediate removal or correction of your Founding Resident entry and associated Instagram identifiers at any time by messaging @playbambaiya on Instagram with the keyword DELETE RESIDENT or emailing support@matterwardlabs.com from a verifiable contact referencing your Instagram @username. Validated deletion requests are purged from our database and next published resident pack within 7 days.