This Privacy Policy describes how Vladimir Matsel (“we”, “us”, the “Developer”) handles information in connection with the Wrist Survivors application for Apple Watch (the “App”). We built the App to respect your privacy by design: it requires no account, collects no contact details, and uses data for one purpose only — understanding and improving the game itself.
If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use the App.
The remainder of this Policy states the same things with the precision that privacy laws require. If anything in the summary and the detailed sections is perceived to conflict, the detailed sections control.
Vladimir Matsel (individual developer)
Contact: vnmtsl@gmail.com
We designed the App to operate without personal information. The App does not collect, request, or have access to:
We ask you not to send us personal data we do not need. If you contact us by email, we will use your email address solely to respond to you.
To understand how the game is actually played — where players struggle, which features are used, where the game crashes or lags — the App records gameplay and product events, such as:
Purpose limitation (our binding commitment): we use analytics data exclusively for product purposes — diagnosing defects, balancing gameplay, measuring stability and performance, and deciding what to build next. We do not use analytics data for advertising, marketing, audience building, profiling for commercial ends, credit or eligibility decisions, or any purpose unrelated to operating and improving the App. We do not combine analytics data with data from other sources to identify you.
Legal bases (EEA/UK users): our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) in maintaining and improving a functioning product, assessed as low-risk because the data is pseudonymous, minimal, and never used for marketing; and, where applicable, your consent (Art. 6(1)(a)).
Your control: you can disable analytics at any time in the App’s Settings → Privacy → “Share analytics”. When disabled, no analytics events leave your device.
The App offers a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks the full game. The purchase is processed entirely by Apple through the App Store under Apple’s own terms and privacy policy. We never receive your payment card details, billing address, or Apple ID credentials. The App receives only a signed confirmation from Apple that the unlock belongs to the current App Store account, which is stored on your device to keep the game unlocked. As part of product analytics (Section 4.1), we may record the anonymous fact that a purchase was completed, cancelled, or restored — without any payment or identity details.
If a future version of the App offers leaderboards via Apple’s Game Center, participation is optional and governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policy; Apple acts as the controller of your Game Center profile (nickname, avatar, scores). We receive only the leaderboard data Apple exposes to display rankings inside the App. If this materially changes what we collect, we will update this Policy first.
Game settings, progress, high scores, unlock status, and difficulty/meta-progression state are stored locally on your Apple Watch (and its standard Apple backups, which are controlled by you and Apple). We have no access to this data and it is not transmitted to us.
For the avoidance of doubt, we do not, and commit not to:
The App does not use HealthKit or any other health or fitness framework, does not request health permissions, and does not collect, read, write, or transmit any health, fitness, or motion-derived health information. (Earlier pre-release builds briefly used a workout session purely as a screen-wake mechanism; it has been removed and was never used to access any data.)
| Provider | Role | Data involved |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | App distribution, payment processing, optional Game Center | Handled under Apple’s own terms; Apple acts as an independent controller for App Store and Game Center data |
| Amplitude, Inc. | Product analytics hosting and querying (Section 4.1) | Pseudonymous analytics events and technical context only |
Our processors are bound by data processing agreements, may use the data only to provide their service to us, and may not use it for their own marketing purposes. We do not authorize any provider to sell or share the data.
We operate from outside the United States; analytics data may be processed on servers located in the United States and/or the European Union. Where personal data of EEA, UK, or Swiss users is transferred to a country without an adequacy decision, we rely on appropriate safeguards, in particular the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK Addendum / Swiss amendments, as applicable) entered into with our processors, together with the technical measure that the data is pseudonymous and minimal by design.
We may retain specific data longer only where the law requires it or where it is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, and only for as long as strictly necessary for that purpose.
We apply proportionate technical and organizational measures: data minimization and pseudonymization by design, transport encryption (HTTPS/TLS) for all data in transit, access to analytics restricted to the Developer, and vendor selection limited to established providers with published security programs. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we limit the possible impact by not collecting sensitive data at all.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to processing, port your data, withdraw consent (without affecting prior processing), lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in the EEA/UK: your local data protection authority), and — for California residents — the rights to know, delete, correct, and to non-discrimination for exercising your rights. We honor such requests regardless of jurisdiction to the extent reasonably practicable.
Important practical note (GDPR Art. 11): because analytics data is pseudonymous and we hold nothing that links it to your identity, we are usually unable to identify which data belongs to you, and therefore may be unable to fulfil access or deletion requests for analytics data unless you can provide information enabling a match. Disabling analytics in Settings and/or deleting the App stops any further collection. To exercise any right, contact vnmtsl@gmail.com; we respond within the timelines required by applicable law (generally within 30 days). We may need to verify your request to protect against fraudulent requests; authorized agents may submit requests where the law provides for them.
The App is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. The App contains no ads, no chat, no social features, and no free-text input, which structurally limits any data a child could provide. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us and we will delete it. Use of the App by minors is the responsibility of a parent or guardian, including via Apple’s Family Sharing / Ask to Buy and Screen Time controls, which we support and encourage.
The App itself contains no third-party links, embedded social media, or advertising SDKs. Apple’s system features (App Store, Game Center, Fitness) are governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policy, which we do not control and for which we accept no responsibility.
We may update this Policy from time to time — for example, if we add leaderboards or change analytics tooling. The current version is always available at this URL, with the effective date at the top. For material changes, we will additionally provide notice through the App or its App Store listing before the changes take effect. Continued use of the App after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy to the extent permitted by law; where a change requires consent under applicable law, we will seek it.
Vladimir Matsel
Email: vnmtsl@gmail.com
Subject line suggestion: “Wrist Survivors — Privacy”
If you are in the EEA or UK and believe we have not resolved your concern, you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.