Spore Empire - Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 24, 2026
Summary. Spore Empire does not require an account and does not request your name, email address, telephone number or payment details. Game progress is stored on your device. The Game transmits a limited set of pseudonymous usage data to the Developer's server for analytics and operational purposes. Your IP address is used to determine your country and is not stored. The Developer does not sell or share your personal data. This summary is provided for convenience only; the full Policy below governs.
1. Introduction and Scope
1.1. This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") describes how the developer of Spore Empire (the "Developer", "we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, stores and discloses information in connection with the Spore Empire game, whether played in a web browser or as a mobile application, together with the related game server and web pages (collectively, the "Game").
1.2. By accessing or using the Game, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not use the Game.
1.3. This Policy applies only to the Game. It does not apply to third-party websites, services or platforms, including app stores, which are governed by their own privacy policies.
2. Data Controller and Contact
2.1. The Developer is the controller of the personal data processed in connection with the Game, within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, "GDPR") and other applicable data protection laws.
2.2. Any question, request or complaint regarding this Policy or the processing of your personal data may be addressed to: contact@sporempire.online.
3. Definitions
- "Personal Data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
- "Player ID" means a random identifier of 32 hexadecimal characters generated on your device when the Game is first run. It is not derived from, and is not linked by us to, your name, contact details, device identifiers or any account.
- "Session ID" means a random identifier generated each time the Game is opened.
- "Player Code" means a short code (for example, #K7Q2) assigned by our server to a Player ID and displayed in the Game.
- "Local Storage" means the storage facilities of your browser or device (such as localStorage) used by the Game.
4. Information Stored on Your Device
4.1. The Game stores the following information in Local Storage on your device: game records (best score, longest game and total time played); in-game coin balance and items obtained (skins, faces and upgrades); the display name you choose; selected colours and skin; sound settings; and the Player ID and Player Code.
4.2. This information remains on your device and is not transmitted to us, except as set out in Sections 5 and 7. The use of Local Storage for these purposes is necessary for the Game to function and to provide the features you request.
4.3. Deleting the browser data of the Game, or uninstalling the application, permanently deletes this information. It cannot be restored by us.
5. Information We Collect
5.1. Usage data transmitted by the Game
While the Game is open, it transmits a message to our server shortly after start-up, approximately once every sixty (60) seconds while the Game is displayed, and once when the Game is moved to the background. Each message contains:
- the Player ID and the Session ID;
- the display name you have chosen in the Game;
- the version of the Game;
- the general type of platform (Android, iOS or desktop; web or application);
- the language setting of your device;
- the current state of the Game (menu, playing against computer players, playing online, or leaving); and
- the number of seconds played since the previous message.
The language setting is received but is not retained by the server.
5.2. IP address and country
Our server necessarily receives the IP address of your device when it connects. The IP address is used solely (a) to determine the country associated with that address, by means of a geolocation database hosted on our own server, and (b) to apply temporary rate limits that protect the server against abuse. The IP address is not stored. Only the resulting country code is retained.
Country data is provided by IP Geolocation by DB-IP, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The lookup is performed on our server; no information is sent to DB-IP.
5.3. Online play
When you play in an online room, the Game transmits to our server the information required for real-time play, namely your steering inputs, your display name, your selected skin, colours and face, and the upgrades you have obtained. This information is processed in real time and is visible to other players in the same room as described in Section 7.2.
5.4. Technical performance data
While a game is in progress, the Game transmits to our server, approximately once every ten (10) seconds, after a game ends and when the Game is moved to the background, technical measurements of how the Game runs on your device: frame rate and frame timings, the time taken by the Game's internal processing, the length of your snake, memory use, and, in online play, network timings. The first such message after the Game is opened also contains general device characteristics (screen size and pixel density, number of processor cores, approximate device memory and the general type of platform). These messages carry a random identifier generated each time the Game is opened; they do not contain the Player ID, the display name or any other identifier, and they are used solely to find and fix performance problems.
5.5. Information we do not collect
We do not collect your real name, email address, telephone number, postal address, precise location, contacts, photographs, payment details, or device advertising identifiers. We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising.
6. Purposes and Legal Bases of Processing
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Providing the Game and its features, including online play | Data in Sections 4 and 5.3 | Performance of the service you request (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Analytics: measuring the number of players, play time, countries and returning players, in order to maintain and improve the Game | Data in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 (country only) | Our legitimate interests in operating and improving the Game (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Assigning a Player Code and, in future, delivering in-game messages or gifts | Player ID, Player Code | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Security and prevention of abuse | IP address (transient), Player ID | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Finding and fixing performance problems | Data in Section 5.4 | Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Compliance with legal obligations | As required | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have considered that the data processed is limited, pseudonymous and of low sensitivity, and that the processing is reasonably expected by players. You may object to such processing as described in Section 12.
7. Disclosure of Information
7.1. No sale or sharing. We do not sell, rent or trade your Personal Data, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
7.2. Other players. In online play, your display name, skin, colours, face, the position of your snake and your score are displayed to other players in the same room. You are responsible for the display name you choose and should not use your real name or any other identifying information.
7.3. Service providers. Our server is hosted by a hosting provider (Contabo GmbH) in a data centre located in Germany, which acts as a processor on our behalf and has no right to use the data for its own purposes. Our domain name is registered with Namecheap, Inc., which does not receive the data described in this Policy.
7.4. Legal requirements. We may disclose information where required by applicable law, regulation, legal process or an enforceable governmental request, or where necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of the Developer, players or others.
7.5. Transfer of the Game. If the Game is transferred to another person or entity, the information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this Policy.
8. Advertising
8.1. At the effective date of this Policy, the Game does not display advertisements.
8.2. A future application version may offer optional rewarded advertisements provided by Google AdMob (Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC). If introduced, Google may collect and process information such as your device's advertising identifier, in accordance with Google's policies, available at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Where required by law, including in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, your consent will be requested before such processing begins, and you may withdraw it at any time.
8.3. This Policy will be amended before any advertising is introduced.
9. In-Game Currency
In-game coins are obtained through gameplay only, have no monetary value and cannot be exchanged for money. At the effective date of this Policy, the Game does not offer purchases for real money.
10. Data Retention
10.1. Player records on our server (Player Code, display name, country, Game version, platform type, first and last activity, number of sessions, total play time, and the days on which the Game was played, limited to the most recent 400 such days) are retained for as long as the Game is operated, unless deletion is requested earlier under Section 12.
10.2. Aggregated daily statistics, which do not identify any player, may be retained indefinitely.
10.3. Technical performance data (Section 5.4) is kept in a log of limited size on our server and is overwritten automatically as new data arrives, normally within a few weeks.
10.4. Server backups are created daily and automatically deleted after fourteen (14) days. Data deleted at your request will therefore be removed from all backups within fourteen (14) days.
10.5. Data stored on your device remains there until you delete it as described in Section 4.3.
11. Security
We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS / TLS), a firewall restricting access to the server, restricted administrative access protected by a password, and the minimisation of the data we collect. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Your Rights
12.1. Subject to applicable law, you have the right to: (a) access the Personal Data we hold about you; (b) request its rectification; (c) request its erasure; (d) request the restriction of its processing; (e) receive it in a portable format; and (f) object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
12.2. Because we do not know who you are, we can identify your data only through your Player Code, which is displayed in the skin shop of the Game. To exercise any of these rights, please email us at contact@sporempire.online and include your Player Code. We will respond within one (1) month, as required by the GDPR.
12.3. You may also stop all future data collection at any time by ceasing to use the Game, and reset your Player ID by deleting the Game's browser data or uninstalling the application.
12.4. If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.
12.5. California residents. We do not sell or share Personal Information as those terms are defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended. You may exercise your rights to know, delete and correct by contacting us as set out above. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
13. Children
13.1. The Game is not directed at children under the age of thirteen (13), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under that age. In the European Economic Area, the relevant age is the age of digital consent applicable in the user's country.
13.2. The Game does not request information that identifies a person. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided Personal Data through the Game (for example, by entering a real name as a display name), please contact us and we will delete it.
14. International Users
Our server is located in the European Union (Germany). If you access the Game from outside the European Union, your information will be transferred to and processed in the European Union, which provides a level of protection recognised under the GDPR.
15. Changes to this Policy
We may amend this Policy from time to time. The amended Policy will be published on this page with a new effective date. Where a change is material, we will also provide notice within the Game. Your continued use of the Game after the effective date of the amended Policy constitutes acknowledgement of the changes.
16. Contact
For any question or request concerning this Policy: contact@sporempire.online