Summary
Last Mech ("the game") is made by Are You Faster CIC ("we", the data controller). The game never asks for your name, email address or any other contact details. We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it to track you across other companies' apps or websites. What the game keeps on your device, what leaves it and why, and the choices you have are below. Questions: admin@areyoufaster.com.
Stored on your device
The game keeps your settings (sound, vibration, language, text size and the other accessibility options), your progress, your answers to its privacy questions and your age group (see "Your age") on your device. They are not sent to us unless you play online, which copies your progress to your account (see "Online account"). SETTINGS › PRIVACY › RESET LOCAL DATA erases them, and so does deleting the game.
Your age
The first time you play, the game asks your year of birth. You can choose not to say. The game keeps only an age group on your device (under 13, 13 to 17, 18 and over, or not said), never the year, and never sends it anywhere. The game is the same for every age; what the age group changes is what the rules require: for a player under 13, or anyone who doesn't say, the optional statistics cover only what keeps the game working (see "Gameplay statistics"). You can answer again in SETTINGS › PRIVACY.
Gameplay statistics (optional)
In every version of the game.
The game asks once whether you'd like to share gameplay statistics (SHARE STATS). Nothing is sent unless you say yes, and you can change your answer at any time in SETTINGS › PRIVACY; switching it off also asks Unity to delete what was sent.
What is sent. Events about how the game is played: when sessions start and end, errors, how calls to the game's online services went, which version of a feature you saw when we compare two, whether first-time tips were shown, store and purchase states, and the game's own events about play: each expedition (how long, how deep, in which region, how it ended, the battery and cargo when it returned), each assault (how it ended, how the walls held), machines lost, Recovery Sites, upgrades made, regions entered, discoveries made, the campaign's stage, Deep Operation results, whether the Full Expedition offer was shown and what you did with it, how smoothly the game ran (frame-rate statistics and the quality level), which control and accessibility options are on (for example left-handed controls), and the catalogue awards you earn. The game rounds its numbers, and no event holds free text, a name, your contact details or your precise location. Unity adds technical details of your device (such as model, operating system and language) and estimates your country from your IP address. The events are linked to a random ID that Unity creates for the game on your device, not to your name. For a player under 13, or anyone who doesn't say their age, only the events that keep the game working are sent (sessions, errors and calls to online services).
Why, and who. To see what works and what goes wrong, and to improve the game. Unity Technologies ("Unity") processes the data for us under its Data Processing Addendum and its privacy policy for players; it may process it outside the UK. Legal basis: your consent. It is kept for as long as Unity keeps analytics data for us, unless you switch the statistics off or reset the game, which asks Unity to delete it.
Online account
In every version of the game.
To play online and keep your progress safe, the game creates an anonymous account when it first goes online: no name, email address or password, just a random account ID from Google Firebase Authentication, and a player ID from Unity Gaming Services linked to it. The sign-in tokens are kept in your device's secure storage. Firebase App Check asks Google Play Integrity (Android) or Apple App Attest (iPhone and iPad) to confirm that requests come from the genuine game.
What is stored with the account. A copy of your progress (Unity Cloud Save), so it comes back on a new device or after a reinstall; the game's settings from Unity Remote Config, which are the same for everyone; and, as with any online service, Google and Unity receive your IP address when the game connects.
Why, and who. To provide online play and keep your progress. Google (Firebase) and Unity process the data for us under their data processing terms and may process it outside the UK. Legal basis: providing the game you asked for. How long: until you delete the account; you can delete it at any time in SETTINGS › PRIVACY › DELETE ACCOUNT, and this page explains every way to do it and what is removed.
Purchases
In every version of the game.
Purchases are made through the App Store or Google Play, which process the payment under their own terms; we never receive your payment details. The game uses Unity In-App Purchasing to talk to the store, and Unity receives the purchase events (the product, the store's transaction details and a random ID for this install) to provide that service. The game keeps what you own on your device; after a reinstall or on a new device, SETTINGS › STORE › RESTORE PURCHASES asks the store again.
App stores
Apple (App Store) and Google (Google Play) process downloads, purchases and reviews under their own privacy policies. If you allow it in your device's settings, they may give us aggregated, anonymous crash and usage statistics, which we use only to fix problems. For players aged 13 and over who have said their age, the game may call the store's own prompt to invite a rating or review, rarely, at a calm moment after a safe return and never during an assault; the store decides whether to show it, and we learn nothing about your answer.
Children
The game is not designed for children under 13, but anyone can play it. It asks no one for personal details, and a player under 13, or anyone who doesn't say their age, gets the most protective treatment described above. A parent who wants any data deleted can email us at the address below.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, and similar laws where you live, you can ask for a copy of your personal data, ask us to correct or delete it, object to or restrict its use, and withdraw consent at any time (for the statistics, in SETTINGS › PRIVACY). Most of the data can only be tied to you through your device or your account, so please use the game's own options first, or email us with the player name the game shows in SETTINGS › ACCOUNT. We reply within one month. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) or your local data protection authority.
Changes
We update this policy when the game changes what it collects, and change the date at the top.
Contact
Are You Faster CIC, registered in England and Wales as AREYOUFASTER CIC, company number 16536715. Registered office: Unit 82a, James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, IP28 7DE, United Kingdom.
Email admin@areyoufaster.com.