Privacy policy

In short

We keep only what the game needs to save your saucer and your cats. You can play as a guest without giving us your name or email. If you choose to sign in with Google or Apple, we also keep your sign-in id and email (see below). We do not sell your data, and the game has no third-party advertising or tracking. In the apps, the store (Microsoft, Apple or Google) takes your payment. In the iPhone/iPad and Android apps, the in-app purchase tool we use (Unity) receives a short record of each purchase (see "Purchases in the apps").

The game shows no ads. If we ever add optional "watch a video for a reward" ads, we will update this page and tell players in the game before they are switched on.

Data we keep

Your account: a random account id, a Player ID, and a secret device key (we store only a scrambled version of it), the date you started and when you last played.

Sign-in (optional): if you sign in with Google or Apple, we store which provider it is, your stable account id from that provider, and the email address the provider gives us (Apple may give a private relay address), plus when you linked it. We use it only to find your saucer again on another device or after a reinstall. We never show your email to anyone and never use it for advertising. Playing as a guest needs none of this.

Your saucer: your cats, rooms, decor, outfits, progress, the stories your cats brought back, your star crystals and what you bought or spent with them (so purchases reach you and mistakes can be fixed).

Invites: your friend code, who invited you (one inviter per account), how their code reached you (a link, the store's install referrer or typed in), and the rewards it gave. A friend you invited sees only that someone joined with their code, not your account.

Anti-abuse: when someone tries gift codes, friend codes or device-moving codes, we keep the failed tries with the network address for 7 days, to stop guessing. Our servers also see your IP address for each request to block floods; it is not stored with your account.

Messages you send us: what you write to our support email. We keep it until the issue is solved, at most 1 year.

Purchases in the apps

When you buy in the Windows, iOS or Android app, the store takes the payment. We never see your card details.

The points below apply to the iPhone/iPad and Android apps only (the Windows app does not send this record to Unity).

We receive the product id and the purchase receipt, so we can deliver your star crystals.

The in-app purchase tool built into the app (Unity In-App Purchasing) sends Unity a short record each time you start, complete, fail or finish a purchase.

The record has: the product, price and currency, a purchase id · a temporary id for that app session · the app version · your device type, operating system and language · the date the app was installed.

On iPhone and iPad it also has Apple's vendor identifier for this app.

The record does not have your name, email, saucer or account id.

We do not use your advertising id, and the record is not used for advertising.

See how Unity uses data at unity.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Why we use it

To run the game and save your saucer; to deliver purchases and answer payment questions; to keep the game fair and secure; and to fix bugs. We rely on providing the service you asked for and on our legitimate interest in keeping it safe.

Cookies and storage on your device

The website uses one cookie to remember your language. When you play in a browser, the game keeps your device key and a copy of your saucer in the browser's storage, so it can find your saucer again and load fast. The apps keep the same on your device.

We do not use advertising or analytics cookies. Clearing your browser data removes all of these, and may disconnect this device from your saucer.

Notifications (optional)

In the Android and iPhone/iPad apps you can turn on reminders, for example when a cat comes home with a story. They are set up on your device by the app itself: we do not keep a push address for you, and nothing about them is sent to our servers.

Reminders are off until you turn them on (Settings > Other > Notifications), and you can turn them off there or in your phone's settings at any time. The game plays the same without them.

Who we share it with

In the apps, Unity Technologies (the in-app purchase tool, which receives the purchase record described in "Purchases in the apps"), and the companies that host our servers and website, only to run the service. We do not sell or rent your data. We may share data if the law requires it.

If you sign in, Google or Apple learns that you use Catvasion, under their own privacy policies (policies.google.com/privacy and apple.com/legal/privacy). From them we receive only your account id and email.

Our servers may be outside your country. When data moves across borders we use providers with appropriate safeguards.

How long we keep it

We keep your account and saucer while you play. A guest account (not linked to Google or Apple) that has not been used for 7 days is deleted automatically, unless it ever bought something. Payment records (what was bought and when) are kept as accounting records, without your account details, as long as tax and accounting laws require.

Your choices and rights

You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, or object to how we use it. Email us from the contact below with your Player ID (Settings > Account) so we know the account is yours. We answer within 30 days.

You can delete your account yourself in the game: Settings > Account > Delete account. Deleting your account removes your saucer and cats; it cannot be undone and purchased items are not refunded. Payment records are kept as described above. Database backups may still hold your data for up to 30 days, after which they are deleted automatically. You can also complain to your local data protection authority (in Thailand, the PDPC).

Deleting your account also deletes your Google / Apple link (the provider, account id and email we stored).

Children

Catvasion is made for everyone, including children. If you are under 13, or under the age where you live at which you can agree to this yourself (for example 16 in some EU countries, or a minor under Thailand's PDPA), a parent or guardian must agree before you play and before any purchase. We do not knowingly collect more from children than the game needs, we do not ask children for names or photos, and signing in with Google or Apple is always optional. If you are a parent and think your child gave us data without your consent, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will tell you in the game or on this website before it applies.

Contact

Privacy questions and requests: [email protected].