Carve

Privacy Policy

Last updated [date of publication]

Carve is an independent game made by Liam Viney. This policy covers the Carve app for iPhone and this website. In short: Carve doesn’t collect your personal information, doesn’t track you, and shows no advertising.

The app

Nothing collected. Carve has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. I don’t receive information about you or how you play.

On your device. Your progress, your settings and any level you’re partway through are saved on your iPhone, so you can carry on where you left off.

iCloud. If you’re signed in to iCloud, Carve keeps a copy of that same progress and those settings in your own private iCloud storage, so you can carry on from another device. Only you can see it; I can’t. Apple’s privacy policy applies to iCloud. You can turn this off in your iPhone’s Settings, under your name, then iCloud.

Game Center. If you’re signed in to Game Center, Carve reports the achievements you earn to it, so you can see them there. Game Center is provided by Apple, and Apple’s privacy policy applies to it.

Feedback by email. If you choose Send feedback, Carve opens an email to me. Beneath your message it adds Carve’s version, your iOS version and your iPhone model, to help me understand any problem. You can see and change all of this before you send it. I use your email only to read and reply to it, and keep it no longer than I need to.

Crash reports. If you’ve chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone’s settings, Apple may share crash reports and anonymous usage statistics with me. Apple decides what these contain, and they don’t identify you.

This website

This site uses no cookies, no analytics and no tracking. The little landscape you can play runs entirely in your browser; nothing you draw is sent anywhere.

Like any website, its host receives the standard details your browser sends with each request, such as your IP address, to deliver the page and keep it running. The site is hosted by Vercel Inc., which keeps these request logs for a short time [confirm the period from Vercel’s policy].

The App Store badge is shown from Apple’s servers, so loading it means your browser contacts Apple. Apple’s privacy policy applies.

Children

Carve is suitable for everyone and collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will appear here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: [privacy contact email].