Privacy policy

This policy explains which personal data the game Snow Tycoon and this website (snowtycoon.app) handle, why, and what your rights are. In short: we don't receive personal data from the game. It has no accounts of its own, no ads and no tracking, and your saves stay on your device. Some data does go to other companies: to the app store and Unity when you buy something, to Google Play Games or Game Center if you use them for trophies, and to our web host when the game checks for new versions of these texts. All of it is described below.

Who is responsible

The controller of your personal data is JdN Studios, owned by Joost de Niet, Randveen 568, 2544 RM ’s-Gravenhage, the Netherlands, KvK number 42206486. Email: support@snowtycoon.app.

In the game

Saves and settings

Your resorts, saves, settings, trophies, the record of what you bought, and which version of our terms you accepted and when, are stored on your device. They are never sent to us. If your phone backs up its apps, for example to your Google account or to iCloud, that backup can include them; it belongs to your account, not to us. Deleting the game deletes them from your device.

Purchases

Purchases in the game go through Google Play or the Apple App Store, which handle the payment and your account under their own privacy policies (Google, Apple). The game receives a confirmation of each purchase from the store (which product, a transaction number and the store's signed receipt) and uses it only to unlock what you bought; on Android it checks the receipt's signature on your device. We don't receive your name, email address or payment details. The legal basis is the purchase contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

The game's purchases run on Unity's in-app purchase system. At each step of a purchase (started, paid, failed or completed, and when a paid purchase is delivered at the next start), it sends Unity Technologies a record of that step. The record holds the product with its name, description, price and currency, the store's transaction number and, once paid, the store's receipt. It also holds the game's name and version and when it was installed, the Unity versions, your device model, operating system version, language and region settings, when the device was last started and its storage size, and on iPhone and iPad Apple's identifier for vendors, a number that is the same for all our apps on that device. It holds no advertising ID. The version of Unity we use can't switch these records off, and we don't receive them ourselves. Unity handles them under its own privacy policy. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a purchase system that works and is safe (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Trophies with Google Play Games and Game Center

If you use Google Play Games (Android) or Game Center (iPhone and iPad), you can sign in to keep your trophies there too. On Android the game signs in by itself when you have a Play Games profile; on iPhone and iPad, iOS asks you once. Signing in is up to you: your trophies also work without it. While you are signed in, Google or Apple lets the game see your player ID and player name on your device (Google also your profile picture), the game tells them which trophies you win, and it reads which ones your profile already has, so they come back on a new device. Google's Play Games software also collects usage and diagnostic data of its own. Google and Apple handle all of this as independent controllers under their own privacy policies, and none of it is sent to us. You can remove it in your Play Games profile or Google account, or under Game Center in your iPhone's or iPad's Settings. The legal basis is the feature you chose to use (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

The game engine

Snow Tycoon is made with the Unity engine. When the game starts, Unity may collect basic technical information about your device, such as the model, operating system and graphics hardware. See Unity's privacy policy.

Checking for new terms

Each time it starts, the game downloads a small file from our website (snowtycoon.app/legal.json) that says which versions of our terms and this policy are current, so it can tell you when they change. The request carries no ID and no cookie. Like any connection to a website, it shows your IP address to Cloudflare, our web host, which keeps it in its logs for a short time only; we don't store it.

Crash reports

If you allowed it in your phone's settings, Google or Apple may share anonymous crash reports and app statistics with us through their developer consoles. These don't identify you.

No ads, no tracking

The game shows no advertising, doesn't track you across other companies' apps or websites, and doesn't ask for your location, contacts, camera or microphone. It goes online only for purchases, for Google Play Games or Game Center, for the engine information above and for the check for new terms.

On this website

Visiting

This website is hosted by Cloudflare. When you visit, your browser sends your IP address and basic technical information, such as the browser type and the page you asked for. Cloudflare uses these to deliver the website and protect it against attacks, and keeps them in its logs for a short time only. The website sets no cookies and uses no analytics. It only remembers, in your own browser, that you closed the language hint, so the hint stays away; that setting never leaves your browser.

The contact form

When you send the contact form, we receive your name, email address, topic and message, the language of the page, and, if you opened the form from the game, the game's version and platform. Cloudflare delivers the message to our mailbox. We use these details only to answer you and handle your request. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering messages, or taking steps you asked for (Article 6(1)(f) and (b) GDPR). We delete messages no later than 12 months after your question has been dealt with, unless the law requires us to keep them longer.

To keep spam out, the form uses Cloudflare Turnstile, which checks that you are a person using technical signals from your browser. It does not use cookies to track you. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Links to other websites

Links to Instagram, Google Play or the App Store lead to services with their own privacy policies.

Who else handles data

• Cloudflare, for hosting this website, its security, the contact form's spam check, delivering messages to us, and the file the game checks for new terms.
• Our email provider, which stores the messages you send us.
• Google and Apple, for purchases and, if you use them, Google Play Games and Game Center. They act as independent controllers.
• Unity Technologies, for the purchase records and engine functions described above.

We don't sell or rent your personal data, and we don't share it for advertising.

Transfers outside the EU

Some of these companies are based in the United States. Where your data goes there, it is protected by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or by the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep data

• Contact messages: until 12 months after your question has been dealt with.
• Website logs, including the game's check for new terms: kept by Cloudflare for a short time, for delivery and security.
• Game data, including which terms you accepted: only on your device and in your own phone backup, until you delete the game.
• Purchase records at Unity, and data at Google Play Games, Game Center and the stores: kept under those companies' own policies.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to see the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to limit or object to its use, and to receive it in a portable format. To use these rights, choose "Privacy request" on the contact form or email support@snowtycoon.app. We answer within one month.

You can also complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or to the authority in the country where you live.

For data that Unity, Google or Apple hold, you can also go to them directly; we'll help you if you ask.

Children

Snow Tycoon is meant for players aged 13 and over and is not directed at younger children. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you think a child has sent us personal data through the contact form, contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the game or the website changes. Each version has a number and a date at the top of this page, and earlier versions stay available on this page. When a new version matters for you, the game tells you about it the next time it starts.

Contact

Questions about your privacy? Email support@snowtycoon.app or use the contact form.