johan helsing.studio

Privacy Policy

Johan Helsing Studio is operating the website johanhelsing.studio and services for the following games:

  • Cargo Space
  • Chronillogical
  • Cmyk Zero
  • Color Picker
  • Cowry
  • Dead Heroes Don't Cry
  • Lego Scavengers
  • Petri Dish
  • Prometheus
  • Will And Testament

What data do we collect?

When you sign up for a newsletter, we collect the following personal data:

  • E-mail address

We also collect the following data for the purpose of running and improving our games and this website:

  • Analytics data for actions you take when playing a game. For instance completing a level or starting a new game.
  • Device information such as browser version, graphics hardware and operating system.
  • Non-personal analytics data when visiting this website
  • Survey feedback

Cargo Space also collects:

  • A random ID for your installation, attached to crash and bug reports so reports from one computer can be grouped. It does not identify you.
  • Your Steam name and Steam ID, only if you turn on "Put my name on reports" in the game.
  • When you send a bug report: the note you type, a screenshot of the game, a recording of your play session, and the game's state at that moment.
  • Crash reports include a screenshot of the game.

Collecting this data helps us:

  • Prevent cheating
  • Tune game difficulty
  • Validate improvements to our games
  • Fix bugs
  • Implement game features such as high-scores or multi-player games

How do we collect your data?

  • We collect your e-mail address when you sign up for a newsletter.
  • We collect data when volountarily entered into our feedback surveys.
  • When there is a crash or error in a game, we automatically collect device information for debugging the issue.
  • When you start one of our games, we automatically send device information and your actions performed in the game.

We may also indirectly receive your data if you play our games on itch.io, Google Play, Apple App Store or Steam.

Website analytics is collected without the use of cookies using Plausible Analytics, a privacy friendly alternative to Google Analytics.

Where and how the data is stored

  • Game crashes and error information is sent to and stored by sentry.io. Cargo Space's crash reports are stored in Sentry's EU region, in Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Cargo Space bug reports are stored on our own server at s3.johanhelsing.studio, hosted by Hetzner in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • E-mail addresses and analytics events are stored in our virtual servers provided by Digital Ocean in their Amsterdam data center.

We take your privacy seriously and will not sell your data.

Changes

We may update this policy as needed to reflect new practices, or follow current regulations.

See the about page for how to contact us.