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Privacy Policy

What we collect, why we collect it, who sees it and how to make it stop. Written plainly because you shouldn't need a lawyer to read a privacy policy.

Effective 1 August 2026 Sneaky Shark Studios, Surfers Paradise QLD

1. What we collect

We collect the information you hand us directly and the telemetry the game produces on its own.

From you: name and email when you contact the command post or buy a service, callsign and account ID when you register, payment confirmation details from checkout (card numbers never touch our servers), and any content you send such as replay codes, squadron names or custom briefs.

Automatically: device model and OS version, approximate region, session telemetry such as sortie results and crash logs, and standard cookie data described in the cookie policy.

2. Why we collect it

Everything we collect maps to a specific job:

  • Fulfilling orders and delivering purchased content to the right account.
  • Answering support tickets and recovering accounts.
  • Running brackets, seeding and leaderboards fairly.
  • Fixing crashes and balancing the sim using aggregate telemetry.
  • Sending the weekly dispatch to people who asked for it.

We do not collect data for advertising profiles, we do not sell your information, and we do not run third-party ad networks in the game or on this site.

3. Who we share it with

A short list, and only what each party needs:

  • Payment processors (Google Play Billing, Stripe) see your transaction, not your gameplay.
  • Email delivery providers see your address so the dispatch reaches you.
  • Hosting providers store the data on infrastructure in Australia and Singapore.
  • Law enforcement, only where Australian law requires it, and only what the law specifically asks for.

No other party gets your data. There is no analytics broker, no data marketplace, no exception for partners.

4. How long we keep it

Account data stays while your account exists. Support tickets are kept for 24 months. Purchase records are kept for the period Australian tax law requires, currently seven years. Telemetry is aggregated and anonymised after 12 months.

When your account is deleted, the personal data goes with it within 30 days. Anonymised aggregates such as total sorties flown remain because they no longer identify anyone.

5. Your rights

Under the Australian Privacy Act and, where applicable, GDPR-equivalent rights, you can:

  • Ask for a copy of the personal data we hold on you.
  • Ask us to correct it if it's wrong.
  • Ask us to delete your account and its data.
  • Withdraw consent for marketing email at any time via the unsubscribe link.
  • Lodge a complaint about our handling of your data.

Send any of the above to [email protected]. We respond within 30 days, usually faster.

6. Contact and complaints

Privacy questions go to [email protected] with 'privacy' in the subject line. Postal address: Apache Gunship Zone, 3184 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217, Australia.

If you're not satisfied with our response, you can escalate to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.

Questions about this policy?

Reach the command post at [email protected].

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