Privacy Policy
This policy explains what the game Railway Station Master Simulator ("the game") collects, why, who receives it, and what you can
do about it. It covers the Android and iOS apps with the id com.sky.techno.railwaystationmaster.
1. Who we are
The game is published by Sky Techno Biz. The party responsible for your data is Ravindra Joshi, trading as Sky Techno Biz, Shela, Ahmedabad, India ("we"). Contact: sky.techno.biz@gmail.com.
2. Summary
- You can play offline without creating anything. The game makes a silent anonymous account the first time it can reach our service.
- We do not ask for your name, email address or phone number.
- Google services provide our analytics, crash reports and cloud storage. The game has no ads.
- Analytics and crash reports stay off unless you allow them. The game asks once, at first start, and you can change your answer in Settings.
- You can delete your account in the game, or from our website.
3. What we collect and why
| Data | When | Why | Handled by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anonymous account id | Automatically, when the game first connects | To identify your saves | Firebase Authentication |
| Play Games or Game Center player id, and the profile details those services pass on | Only if you choose to sign in, in Settings → Account | To link your account, so that your progress can follow you to another device | Firebase Authentication, Google Play Games, Apple Game Center |
| Cloud save: display name, rank, experience, career progress, medals, game settings, language, platform, app version, dates of account creation, last visit and last save | When the game syncs your progress to the cloud | To back up and restore your game | Cloud Firestore (Mumbai, India) |
| Coin and hint balances, owned items | When the server grants them | To keep balances correct | Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions |
| Daily challenge scores: score, stars, display name, account id, a hash of the replay, date. The replay itself is checked and not stored. | If the daily challenge is available and you submit a score | To run the leaderboard and limit cheating | Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions |
| Usage events: tutorial steps, shifts started and finished, scores, incidents, level-ups, coins earned and spent, rank, language, difficulty | Only if you allow it, see section 5 | To understand how the game is used and improve it | Google Analytics for Firebase |
| App instance id, device model, operating system, app version, country, approximate location from your IP address | Only if you allow it, see section 5 | Analytics | Google Analytics for Firebase |
| Crash reports: stack traces, error logs, device state, station, mode and game time when the error happened | When the game crashes or logs an error, only if you allow it, see section 5 | To find and fix faults | Firebase Crashlytics |
Our servers also keep short technical logs, which can include IP addresses, to keep the service running and secure.
We do not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone. Google or Apple handles your payment. We never see your card or bank details.
Kept only on your device
Your local save, settings and any daily reminder stay on your device. Reminders are optional local notifications, which the system asks you to allow.
4. How we use data
We use the data above to run the game, keep your progress, fix faults, improve the game and prevent abuse. Where the EU or UK GDPR applies, our legal bases are: performance of our contract with you (game, cloud save), legitimate interests (security, fraud prevention), consent (analytics and crash reports), required), and legal obligations (such as tax records).
5. Your choices
- Analytics and crash reports. The first time you start the game it asks whether you allow them. Until you answer they stay off, and nothing that happens before your answer is sent. If you allow them, the usage events, device details and crash reports in section 3 are collected from then on.
- If you do not allow them. You can still play the whole game, the same way.
- Changing your mind. Use Settings → Privacy at any time. Your answer stays on this device and is not part of your cloud save, so each device asks once.
- No advertising. The game has no ads. It does not read your advertising identifier and does not ask to track you across other apps.
- Not covered by this choice. The anonymous account, cloud save and feature settings need a connection to work and are part of the game. You can delete them, see section 9.
6. Who receives your data
We do not sell your personal data for money. We share it only as follows:
- Google provides Firebase, Google Play and Play Games. See Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
- Apple provides the App Store and Game Center. See Apple's Privacy Policy.
- Unity Technologies supplies the game engine. See Unity's Privacy Policy.
- Other players see your display name, score, stars and account id on the daily challenge leaderboard, if you submit a score. If you never set a name, it shows "Station Master". Scores you post to Play Games or Game Center are shown under your profile on those services.
- Authorities or advisers, where the law requires it, or to protect our rights and users.
- A new owner, if the game is sold or transferred. We will tell you if that changes how your data is handled.
7. Where data is stored
Cloud saves are stored in Google Cloud's Mumbai region in India. Google and Apple may process analytics, crash and account data in other countries, including the United States. Where the law requires it, these transfers rely on the safeguards those providers offer.
8. How long we keep data
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Account, cloud save, balances | Until you delete your account |
| Daily challenge scores | Until you delete your account |
| Analytics event data | 14 months |
| Crash reports, server logs | For the periods set by Google for those services |
| Local save | Until you uninstall the game or clear its data |
9. Deleting your account
Open Settings → Account → Delete account in the game, or follow the steps on our account deletion page. This permanently deletes your cloud profile and progress, coins, hints, owned items, leaderboard entries and sign-in account.
One thing remains:
- The local save on your device. It stays as a guest save, so you can keep playing. Uninstall the game or clear its data to remove it.
Deletion does not reach data held separately by Google and Apple, such as store purchase history and scores or achievements in Play Games and Game Center. Analytics and crash data are not stored under your account, so they expire on the schedule in section 8.
10. Children and teens
The game is for people aged 13 and over and is not directed at children under 13. Its store content rating describes the game's content, not its intended audience. The game does not ask your age. The game has no ads.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has used the game, email sky.techno.biz@gmail.com and we will delete the data we can identify. If you are under the age of majority where you live, ask a parent or guardian before you play or buy anything.
11. Your rights
Depending on where you live, including India, the EEA, the UK and some US states, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or move your data, to withdraw consent, to object to or restrict some uses, to nominate someone to act for you, and to complain to a data protection authority or regulator. To use these rights, email sky.techno.biz@gmail.com. Because the game does not ask for your name or email address, we may need your Player ID to find your data. If we cannot link a request to an account, we may not be able to act on it. We will not treat you unfairly for using your rights.
12. Security
Data travels between the game and our services over encrypted connections. Firestore rules allow each player to read only their own account data, and balances can be changed only by our server code. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot promise absolute security.
13. Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and its date. We will tell you in the game or on the store listing if a change is significant. New features, such as push notifications or in-app purchases, will be added here before they are used.
14. Contact
Ravindra Joshi, trading as Sky Techno Biz, Shela, Ahmedabad, India
Email: sky.techno.biz@gmail.com