Privacy Policy

01Who we are

Red Forest is a hand-drawn action platformer for iPhone, iPad and Android. It is developed and published by Red Mallet Studio (Vasyl Iliuchenko, Ukraine). In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Red Mallet Studio, and “the game” means the Red Forest app.

This policy explains what happens to information when you play the game. It replaces the previous Red Forest privacy policy dated September 27, 2023.

02What we collect

We do not collect personal data through the game. There are no user accounts, no sign-in and no social features, and the game does not ask for your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos or any other personal information.

The game has no server of its own. It does not send your gameplay, progress or device details to us.

03Data stored on your device

The game saves your progress (completed levels and checkpoints) and your settings in a save file on your device. This file stays on your device and we never receive it. Deleting the game deletes it. On iPhone and iPad, the file may be included in your own device backups (for example iCloud backup) if you have backups turned on; those backups are handled by Apple under your account.

04App stores and licence check

You download the game from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Those stores process information such as your store account and purchase or download history under their own privacy policies, and they may share anonymous, aggregated statistics with developers (for example, the number of installs or crash counts). We cannot use this information to identify you.

On Android, the game uses Google Play's licence check to confirm that your copy was installed from Google Play. The check runs between the game and Google Play on your device; we don't receive any information about you from it.

• Apple Privacy Policy
• Google Privacy Policy

05Ads, analytics and tracking

The game does not show ads and does not contain in-app purchases. We do not use advertising, analytics, crash-reporting or tracking services, and we do not use your device's advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS, advertising ID on Android). Because we don't track you, the game never shows Apple's “Allow to track” prompt.

06Links that leave the game

The menus contain buttons that open your email app or these pages in your browser or the matching app:

Once you leave the game, the privacy policy of that service (Instagram/Meta, YouTube/Google) applies. Sending feedback is optional. When you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write, and we use them only to read and answer your message and to improve the game. You can ask us to delete your emails at any time.

07Device permissions

The game does not ask for access to your camera, microphone, location, contacts or photos. On Android it declares these standard permissions, which do not require your approval:

• Internet and network state: needed by the game engine and by Google Play's licence check.
• Vibration, wake lock and audio settings: for haptic feedback, keeping the screen on while you play, and sound.
• Google Play licence and billing: added by Google Play components built into the game engine. The game sells nothing, so no purchase is ever made.

08Sharing and selling

We do not sell, rent or share personal data, because the game does not give us any. We may disclose information we hold (for example, a feedback message or an email you send us) only if the law requires it.

09Children

Red Forest contains cartoon violence and blood and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example by email, contact us and we will delete it.

10Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, or under Ukrainian law), you have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. From the game itself we hold nothing. If you have written to us, email red.mallet.studio@gmail.com and we will answer within 30 days.

11Security

Your game data never leaves your device through us. Emails you send us are kept in Gmail, protected by our account security, and only Red Mallet Studio has access to them.

12Changes to this policy

If the game changes in a way that affects your privacy, for example if we add online features, we will update this page and the “Last updated” date before the change is released.

13Contact

Red Mallet Studio, Vasyl Iliuchenko, Ukraine
Email: red.mallet.studio@gmail.com