We do have the privacy policy on there, which lists what sensitive information we collect. It’s a bit vague, and we could later on edit it to be more specific, but I don’t have the required skills to edit those kinda texts and we can’t afford a lawyer at the moment. The sensitive information we collect are your email, username and step data, and the step data includes device information (phone model & operating system).
Non-sensitive information includes all kinds of gameplay data, like items you got and how many things you’ve crafted etc. which we use for game balancing and when designing new content.
Senshi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Does step data just mean the number of steps (and timestamp, I assume), or do you actually track the routes walked, which would mean gps coords/ tracks.
Cause the first is much less invasive and problematic than the latter option.
schamppu@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It’s just steps and the timestamp, no location data. We don’t ask for location permission, and it’s not accessible through OS APIs either.
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thanks bro, a game with privacy in mind when it comes to data collection is a godsend these days
schamppu@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
And thank you! I know it’s hard to also trust game devs these days, but we’re doing all we can to protect our users privacy. That’s why there are already privacy settings in the game too - you can hide your steps from other players if you don’t want to share those. And you can also hide your entire user profile so it’s not visible to other players. These settings also protect you if 3rd parties scrape the leaderboards etc.
Ruben@feddit.nl 4 days ago
The game does access your GPS, it won’t even ask the permission. It’s all steps only.