BFY Games
Privacy policy
Updated: 18 October 2026
Who is responsible
BFY Digital Bilgi Teknoloji Ltd Sti, operating as BFY Games, Kadıköy, İstanbul, Türkiye, is responsible for the personal data it processes for I Am the Detective (Dedektif Benim). For privacy requests, contact [email protected].
Playing without an account
You can play without an account. Your preferences, detective profile and case progress are then stored only on your device. To run an interview, the text of your questions and the relevant case context are sent to our server.
Account information
If you create an account, we process your email address, the name and identifier supplied by Sign in with Apple, authentication records, sessions and your saved case progress, so that we can sign you in, keep your progress across devices and provide support.
Purchases
Purchases are made through the App Store; Apple processes the payment and we never receive your payment details. The app sends us Apple's signed purchase receipt so that the server can confirm which seasons you own. We store the purchase reference and access rights, linked to your account if you are signed in.
Microphone and speech
Microphone use is optional and needs your permission. Your speech is turned into text by Apple's speech recognition on your iPhone or iPad; depending on the device and language, Apple may process the audio on its servers under its own privacy policy. We never receive or store audio: only the recognized text is sent as your question. You can always type instead.
Character replies and voices
To write a suspect's reply, the text of your question and the relevant case facts are sent to our AI provider (OpenAI). Do not include sensitive personal information in your questions. Character voices are generated on your device; the voice pack is downloaded once from Hugging Face, which sees your network address during the download.
Fair-use protection
To prevent automated abuse, we keep keyed hashes of account identifiers and network addresses with request counters. These counters are removed after three days without activity. We do not store raw IP addresses in the usage-limit table. Hosting systems may process IP addresses and request/error logs for security and reliability.
Question statistics
To improve answers, we count how often questions are repeated. For each question we keep only the day, the case, the character, the language and keyed hashes of the normalised question and of the interview state. We do not keep the question text, your account, your network address or the time of day. These records are deleted after 90 days.
Service providers
Apple (sign-in, purchases, speech recognition), Brevo (email sign-in codes), OpenAI (character replies), Hugging Face (voice pack download), Cloudflare (network protection for our website) and our hosting provider process the data needed for their part of the service. Providers may process data outside Türkiye, subject to their terms and safeguards. Their independent services are also governed by their own privacy policies.
Retention and your rights
We keep account and purchase data as long as needed to provide access, handle support and disputes, protect the service and meet legal retention obligations. You can request information, correction or deletion of your data, and exercise other rights under applicable data protection law, by emailing [email protected]. You can also delete your account in the app (Profile → your account → Delete my account): your email address, sign-ins and saved progress are deleted, and a Sign in with Apple link is revoked. Purchase records are kept without your identity for accounting obligations; App Store purchases stay with your Apple ID and can be restored.
Changes and contact
We update this notice when the service or its data practices change. The date on this page identifies the current version. Send questions and privacy requests to [email protected].