Privacy Policy
This policy explains what data the game Idle Stars ("the game"), its online universe and this
website (idlestars.rawbitgames.com), developed by Rawbit Games, LLC ("we"), process.
Contact: .
1. Summary
- No sign-up is needed. The first time the game connects to the online universe it creates a guest account with a random identifier and a recovery code. It never asks for a name, an email address or a password.
- Your idle defense progress (the asteroid field) is stored on your device and, if you play online, also on our server, which checks that the numbers are possible.
- The online universe stores on our server the state of your empire, the commander name you choose and the IP address of your last connection.
- Your commander name, your planets, your alliance, your points and the outcome of your battles are visible to other players and on this website: it is a shared strategy game.
- The game shows Google AdMob ads and purchases are processed by Google Play. We never see your payment details.
- This website uses no cookies and no analytics. It only keeps in your browser the language you chose and a copy of the last tables you saw, to show them if the universe does not answer.
2. Data the game processes
| Data | Where it is stored | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Idle defense progress (wave, gold, upgrades, modules, Stellar Legacy), settings, achievements and rewards | On your device and, if you play online, on our server | Running the game and remembering your progress; letting the server check that the numbers are possible (anti-cheat) |
| Guest account: random identifier, secret and recovery code (the server keeps only their cryptographic hashes), sign-up date and last login date | Our server | Identifying you without sign-up and letting you recover the account on another device |
| Commander name, names of your planets and your alliance, alliance circulars | Our server; visible to other players and on this website | Playing with other commanders in the same galaxy |
| Empire state: planets and their buildings, research, ships and defenses, fleets in flight, reports, alliance, market, hired commanders, dark matter and boosts | Our server | Running one online universe that is the same for everyone |
| IP address and time of the account's last connection | Our server (replaced on every connection: only the last one is kept) | Security and moderation: limiting connections per address, blocking abuse and detecting multiple accounts |
| Purchase data: product identifier, order number and the beginning of the Google Play purchase token | Our server (in the guest account's record) | Delivering, verifying and restoring purchases and handling claims |
| Advertising ID, IP address (approximate location), device model and OS, ad interactions, diagnostics | Collected by Google AdMob (ads SDK) | Serving ads, frequency capping, measurement and fraud prevention |
| Payment data | Handled by Google Play | Charging and restoring purchases |
We do not collect your real name, email, contacts, photos, precise location or other personal data. If you pick a commander name that identifies you, other players will see it: choose a nickname.
3. What other players and this website can see
As in the classic space strategy games, part of your game is public inside the game: your commander name, your alliance, your points and rank, the names and coordinates of your planets and moons, the attacks you launch and receive (who, whom, where and the outcome, in numbers), the colonies you found and what your expeditions bring back. This website shows the same to anyone, taken from a public copy of the server that never contains accounts, IP addresses, private reports or the location of pirate bases.
If you delete your account, your name disappears from the chronicle: your battles remain as "retired commander".
4. Advertising and consent
- We use Google AdMob (Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC). How Google uses data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland (and wherever the law requires it) we ask for your consent through Google's messaging platform before showing personalised ads. You can change your choice in Settings → Ad privacy options.
- You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings (Google → Ads).
- Rewarded ads are always optional. The server counts how many you watched in order to deliver the reward.
5. In-app purchases
Purchases are made through Google Play Billing. Google processes your payment data under its privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy). We receive the purchase confirmation to deliver the content and keep it linked to your guest account so that it can be verified and restored. The game's premium currency never gives direct power in the online universe.
6. Legal basis (GDPR)
- Performance of the service you request: playing, keeping your account in the universe and delivering purchases.
- Consent for personalised ads where required.
- Legitimate interest in the security of the service, fraud and cheat prevention and moderation.
7. Where the data is stored and who can see it
The online universe runs on our own servers, located in the European Union, behind the Cloudflare network (Cloudflare, Inc.), which encrypts the connection and hides the server's address; Cloudflare sees the IP address of every connection in order to provide that service. The server's backups are sent encrypted to Google Drive (Google LLC). This website is served from Cloudflare Pages. Nobody else has access to the data; we neither sell nor share it.
8. Retention and deletion
- Online account data is kept for as long as the account exists. You can delete it from the game (Empire → Ranking → Delete my account): it disappears immediately, with its whole empire, and there is no way back. You can also ask us by email: how to request the deletion of your account and your data.
- Backups are kept for at most 30 days and overwrite themselves; a deleted account is not restored from them.
- The current universe is a test universe and may be fully reset before the final release; if that happens, we will say so on the app's store page.
- Data that lives only on your device is deleted when you uninstall the game or clear the app's data.
- For data processed by Google, see its policies; you can manage it at myaccount.google.com.
9. Children
The game is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with data, write to us and we will delete it.
10. Your rights
You can exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction and portability by writing to . Since we do not know who you are, we will ask for the data that identifies your account in the game (your commander name and, if you have it, your recovery code). You can also lodge a complaint with your country's data protection authority (in Spain, the AEPD: www.aepd.es).
11. Changes
If we change this policy, we will publish the new version at this same address with its date. Important changes will also be announced inside the game.