Privacy policy

ShadyShizzle is a game about people who'd rather not be seen. That goes for you too: we collect as little as possible. No real name, no address, no phone number, no ads, no third-party trackers. We don't sell anything on.

ShadyShizzle is made by Simon's Game Studio (SGS) in the Netherlands. Questions about privacy or your data: e-mail [email protected].

This website

• No cookies, no analytics, no trackers and no third-party content. Fonts and images are served from our own server.
• Our web server keeps short technical logs (IP address, time, requested page, browser) so we can spot outages and abuse. They stay on our own server and are overwritten automatically.
• There is no form on this site. If you e-mail us, we only use your address to reply.

Your account in the game

To play, you create a character. For that we keep:

• Your street name, which you choose yourself and which other players can see. Don't use your real name.
• A secret key that identifies your game to our server. We only store a one-way hash of it.
• Your progress: stats, in-game money, property, people, loads, careers, your neighbourhood on the map and the rest of your game state.
• Your job history: for each job the state at the start and the roll, so every outcome can be checked and cheating stands out.
• Social: your friends list, clan membership, familia orders and chat messages. Chat messages go to the people they're meant for and may be reviewed by us if someone reports abuse.
• Rankings: other players see your street name, title, country and clan on the rankings, unless you're quiet enough to become anonymous.

We don't ask for an e-mail address, phone number or real name. If age verification or purchases through a store (Steam, App Store, Google Play) are added later, we will update this policy before that goes live. Payments will then go through that store; we never see your bank or card details.

Network and security

• Your IP address is used while you're connected, to make the connection work and to protect the service (for example against too many requests). We don't store it with your account.
• All connections between the game, the site and our servers are encrypted (HTTPS/TLS).
• Our database runs on a private network that can't be reached from the internet. Only the game server can connect to it.
• Backups are kept on our own storage for at most 30 days.

Why we're allowed to

We process this data because it's needed to provide the game you've chosen to play (performance of a contract) and to keep the game fair and safe (legitimate interest). For nothing else.

How long

• We keep your account and everything that belongs to it until you delete it.
• When you delete your account, everything is gone at once: character, progress, property, job history, friends, clan membership and chat messages. Your street name becomes available again. It disappears from backups within 30 days.
• Because the game is in development, test worlds may be wiped. We'll say so in advance.

Your rights

You may access your data, have it corrected or deleted, receive it in a common format, and object. You can delete it yourself in the game under Menu → Delete account (see delete your account). For everything else: e-mail [email protected] with your street name. If you disagree with us, you can complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) or the authority in your country.

Age

ShadyShizzle is for adults only (18+). We don't knowingly collect data from minors. If we find an account belongs to a minor, we delete it.

Changes

The game changes, so this policy will too. The date at the top says when it was last updated. Big changes are announced in the game.