ShipChat Play is the account and lobby behind the games in the Marketplace. This page covers it and every game it serves.
The controller of the personal data described below — the party responsible for it under the GDPR — is Svanvinge Service AB, org. nr 556915-2548, Sweden, reachable at play@svanvinge.com. Everything here runs on its own server. Nothing is sold and there is no advertising.
Playing without an account
Browsing the Marketplace, opening a game in your browser, installing one, and playing on your own need no sign-in and store nothing about you. That is most of what is here.
What's stored when you sign in
Signing in is only needed for online play, and only ever used to tell players apart — so a match is between real people instead of throwaway names. You can sign in with Google or with Facebook; either way, all that is asked for is the public profile, nothing is ever posted to your account, and nothing is read from it beyond what is listed here. What is kept:
- From the profile you signed in with, when you first sign in: your name, email address if the provider gives one, profile picture URL, and the account ID that provider uses for you, so the same person is recognised next time.
- Your friends — who you added and who added you — and the friend code you hand out.
- When you were first and last seen, so the lobby can show who is around.
Google and Facebook sign-ins are separate accounts here — they are never joined up by email or by name, so signing in with the other one gives you a fresh account rather than access to the first. It is stored once, here, and not by each game: a game is handed a short-lived token for one match and never sees your identity. Who is online and which rooms exist are not stored at all — they live in memory and are gone the moment you disconnect.
Suggestions
If you suggest a game or comment on a suggestion, the name and text you typed are stored and shown publicly on that page. Use any name you like there — it is not connected to your account.
What isn't collected
No ads, no analytics, no tracking cookies, no profiling, and nothing is ever sold or shared with anyone. Nothing is used for any purpose beyond making the feature you are using work. Chat in the lobby is passed between players and not logged.
Deleting your data
Delete all of it yourself, whenever you like, from the Delete Your Data page or from the account screen of the ShipChat Play app on your phone or watch. It is immediate and complete — no copy is kept, and there is nothing to request from anyone.
Getting in touch
Questions about any of this, or about the data held on you, go to play@svanvinge.com. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority; in Sweden that is Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY).