PRIVACY POLICY

STANDER ("we", "us") is an independent game studio based in Cape Town, South Africa. This policy explains how our games handle your information. It applies to every game we publish, on every platform, unless a specific game states otherwise on its own store page.

The short version

Our games are designed to work without collecting personal information. We do not run accounts, we do not serve advertising, we do not sell data, and we do not use third-party analytics or tracking in our games. Your saves belong to you.

Information our games store

• Save data and settings — stored locally on your own device. Where you enable a platform's cloud save feature (such as Steam Cloud), your save data is synchronised by that platform under its own policy.
• Crash and error logs — if a game crashes, a log file may be written locally on your device to help diagnose the problem. It is not transmitted to us automatically. If you choose to email us a log when reporting a problem, we use it only to investigate that problem.

Platform services

Our games are distributed through platforms such as Steam (operated by Valve Corporation). These platforms may process information — such as your account identity, playtime, achievements, and cloud saves — under their own privacy policies, which we do not control. For Steam, see Valve's privacy policy.

Information we receive directly

If you contact us (for example at hello@stander.games or press@stander.games), we receive your email address and whatever you choose to send. We use it only to respond to you, and we do not add you to any mailing list without your explicit consent.

Children

Our games do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information by email, contact us and we will delete it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under data protection laws such as South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) or the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold about you. Since the only personal information we typically hold is correspondence you have sent us, a request to hello@stander.games is all it takes.

Future games and changes

If a future STANDER game introduces features that change how information is handled (for example, online features), we will update this policy and note the change here before that game releases. The "last updated" date at the top reflects the current version.

Contact

STANDER · Cape Town, South Africa
hello@stander.games