Privacy policy

1. Controller

Maël Picornell
c/o POSTFLEX PFX-384-194
Emsdettener Straße 10
48268 Greven
Germany

Please do not send parcels or packages to this address.

Email: [email protected]

2. Website hosting through Cloudflare Pages

This website is provided as a static website through Cloudflare Pages. The provider is Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

When the website is accessed, technically necessary connection data is processed, in particular IP address, date and time of access, requested file, amount of data transferred, browser and operating system information, and server log data. Processing is necessary to deliver the website securely, reliably and quickly.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest lies in the secure and reliable provision of this website. Further information is available in Cloudflare's privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

3. No cookies, no tracking, no external fonts

This website itself does not use cookies, its own tracking, web analytics, advertising trackers, tracking pixels or externally loaded fonts.

If you switch the website language, your choice is stored only locally in your browser. This storage uses localStorage, is not transmitted to the operator and can be deleted at any time through your browser data.

If analytics features, contact forms, newsletters, embedded videos or external content are added later, this privacy policy must be updated first.

4. Contact by email

If you contact me by email, the data you provide is processed in order to answer your request. This usually includes your email address, the content of your message and the technical metadata of the email.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. For precontractual or contractual matters, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR may apply. Emails are deleted once they are no longer required for processing and no legal retention obligations prevent deletion.

5. Anonymous gameplay statistics in the app

The Volksvertreter app collects anonymous gameplay statistics by default through a minimal TelemetryDeck interface (provider: TelemetryDeck GmbH, Augsburg) in order to improve balancing, stability and player experience. You can turn off these statistics at any time in the app settings under "Anonymous statistics".

The regular TelemetryDeck SDK is not initialized for this, so no automatic device, operating system, language, session or user identifier data is sent.

Only explicitly allowed gameplay and technical data is transmitted, such as difficulty, game mode, legislative period progress, broad run count buckets, app version, static catalog IDs for game content such as selected laws, ChoiceEvent impressions, ChoiceEvent options, election promises and triggered lead crises, flat dashboard buckets, broad playtime and activity buckets, aggregated election and balancing values, anonymous paywall events, and technical savegame compatibility counts.

The telemetry payload does not include device model, operating system version, language, region, locale, time zone, screen data, session IDs, user IDs, run IDs, continuous run numbers, player names, party names, dynamic sandbox party IDs, lead crisis titles, article or news text, exact lead crisis spawn ticks, save files, game states, file paths, advertising IDs, store or RevenueCat customer identifiers, transaction or receipt IDs, store tokens, prices or currency data. With every internet connection, the sender IP address is technically visible to the server; the app does not send it as a data field and does not store it.

More information: https://telemetrydeck.com/privacy/

6. In-app purchases

The app offers optional in-app purchases through the relevant app store. Payments are processed by Apple or Google. Payment data such as credit card numbers, bank details or app store account information is not transferred to the provider of this app.

For use of the app through the Apple App Store, Apple's standard EULA also applies unless a separate EULA is configured in App Store Connect. Purchases through the Apple App Store are processed through Apple's in-app purchase system; RevenueCat is used for technical management and verification of purchases and unlocks. Refunds for Apple in-app purchases are handled by Apple.

The app uses RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc., USA) to verify purchases, manage purchase status, unlock purchased content and restore purchases. Technical purchase data may be processed, such as product ID, purchase status, transaction or receipt information, store purchase token, app-specific user identifier, platform, app version and country or region. RevenueCat processes this data as a service provider on behalf of the app provider.

Further information: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy/

7. Suggestions and feedback in the app

If you submit a law suggestion, event suggestion or feedback as a full version user in the app, the content you voluntarily enter is transmitted to Supabase and stored there. The provider is Supabase, Inc. (USA); the data may be processed in the United States.

In addition to your input, technical metadata is sent: app version, build number, the app language you have set, the internal product ID of the full version, the place in the app you submitted from, a timestamp, and a random identifier for the submission. This metadata is used only to categorize the submission; no device, account, or user identifiers are transmitted. As with any internet connection, the sender's IP address technically arises at the server.

The purpose is exclusively review and possible further development of Volksvertreter. Submitted suggestions and feedback are not displayed publicly. The legal basis is your consent given by actively submitting (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR).

Further information: https://supabase.com/privacy

8. Advertising in the app

The app occasionally shows full screen ads, for example at the end of a legislative period before the election result, through Google AdMob. In addition, in a few places you can voluntarily watch a rewarded ad video to permanently unlock cosmetic content such as party icons; these videos only start when you actively choose to watch them. The provider is Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Only non personalized advertising is delivered; no device or app-cross tracking takes place. To deliver and measure this advertising, AdMob and partners may process technical data, such as IP address, approximate location, app and device information, and ad interactions. On first launch, the app asks for the required consent through Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP). If Google provides additional privacy options for your country or choice, a button named "Ad privacy options" appears in the app's privacy policy, allowing you to change your UMP choice in the app at any time. Buying the full version permanently removes ads; rewarded ad videos are then no longer offered and the content they unlock is included automatically.

The legal basis is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) or the legitimate interest in financing the free app (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Further information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9. Your rights

To the extent that personal data arises from voluntary submissions or technically necessary connection data, you may contact [email protected] by email at any time for access, correction or deletion requests.

Deletion requests may be made by email. All data that can be assigned to the request will be deleted. Fully anonymized statistical data cannot be individually assigned and therefore cannot be deleted individually.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

10. Changes

This privacy policy may be updated when necessary, for example when new website or app features are added. The current version is available on this website.