The Collector's Estate: Privacy Policy
The Collector's Estate is a game by NorthVane Games, a brand of Renevell LLC, Maryland, USA (“we”). This policy covers the game on Windows and Mac (Steam), on Android and on the web.
What we collect
Nothing. The game does not collect, store on our servers, share or sell any personal information. There are no accounts, no sign-ins, no advertising, no analytics and no tracking.
What stays on your device
To remember where you are, the game saves your progress (which rooms you have opened, what you have found and your sound setting) in the app's own storage on your device. On Steam, if you have Steam Cloud turned on, the same save is also kept in your Steam account by Valve so you can carry on from another computer. We cannot see it. You can erase it at any time with “Start every room over” on the front door, or by uninstalling the game.
Internet
The game works fully offline. The only part that uses the internet is playing the chapters for two with a friend: The Clockmaker's Twins, The Lighthouse Letters, The Séance Cabinet and The Collector's Hour.
On Steam (Windows and Mac): you invite a friend through Steam. The two copies of the game then talk to each other directly over Steam's network: the moves you make in the shared puzzle, and the short messages you type to each other on the in-game telegraph. One player's game holds the shared puzzle while you play. Nothing passes through our servers and we keep nothing. Steam itself handles the invite and the connection under Valve's own privacy policy.
On phones and the web: when playing with a friend, the moves and telegraph messages pass through NorthVane's game server so the two phones can reach each other. Messages are passed straight on and never kept; a game's shared puzzle is deleted after twelve hours with nobody in it. No names, accounts or contact details are collected.
Children
The game does not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about this policy: contact@northvanegames.com. Support: the Renevell help desk.