Comment on Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community!

HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• schamppu@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  We do have the privacy policy on there, which lists what sensitive information we collect. It’s a bit vague, and we could later on edit it to be more specific, but I don’t have the required skills to edit those kinda texts and we can’t afford a lawyer at the moment. The sensitive information we collect are your email, username and step data, and the step data includes device information (phone model & operating system).

  Non-sensitive information includes all kinds of gameplay data, like items you got and how many things you’ve crafted etc. which we use for game balancing and when designing new content.

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  • Senshi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Does step data just mean the number of steps (and timestamp, I assume), or do you actually track the routes walked, which would mean gps coords/ tracks.

    Cause the first is much less invasive and problematic than the latter option.

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    • schamppu@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s just steps and the timestamp, no location data. We don’t ask for location permission, and it’s not accessible through OS APIs either.

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      • HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Thanks bro, a game with privacy in mind when it comes to data collection is a godsend these days

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    • Ruben@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The game does access your GPS, it won’t even ask the permission. It’s all steps only.

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