Pirate Wars Online

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Pirate Wars Online ("the game," "we," "us") is an online multiplayer pirate game for iOS. We collect as little about you as possible, never show ads, and never use your data for advertising or tracking. This policy explains what we store, why, and how to delete it.

The short version

• You can play without signing in — the game creates an anonymous account so your progress is saved.
• You can optionally sign in with Game Center.
• We store your game progress (and the captain name and colors you choose) on our servers, tied to your account.
• We do not collect your real name, email, or contacts, show ads, use third-party analytics, or track you across other apps or websites.
• You can permanently delete your account and its data from inside the app at any time.

Your account

To save your progress across sessions and devices, the game uses a persistent account, anchored by one of:

• Game Center — if you're signed in, your Game Center player ID identifies your account. Game Center is an Apple service governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
• An anonymous account token — if you don't use Game Center, the game generates a random token stored securely on your device (in the iOS Keychain) and replayed to recognize your account on future launches. We store only a hashed form of this token on our servers.

Information we store

Tied to your account, we keep:

• Identifiers — your Game Center player ID and/or your anonymous account token (stored hashed), used only to recognize your account.
• Game progress — gold, level and experience, skill points, ship upgrade levels, kills, deaths, and your last login time.
• Your customizations — the captain name and the ship, sail, and flag colors you choose.

To run live matches, the game also exchanges transient gameplay data — your ship's position, heading, speed, steering and firing inputs, and health — which simulates the match in real time and is not kept as a personal record afterward. Connecting to our servers also involves your network (IP) address, which is inherent to any internet connection and is used only to deliver game traffic and keep the service running and secure.

How we use information

We use this data only to operate the game — saving and loading your progress, identifying your account, running fair server-authoritative matches, and keeping the service reliable and secure. We do not sell or share your data with third parties for marketing, and we do not use it to track you across other apps or websites.

Information we do not collect

• No real names, email addresses, phone numbers, or contacts.
• No precise location (the game uses no location services).
• No advertising identifiers, and no third-party advertising or analytics SDKs.
• No tracking across other apps or websites.

Deleting your account

You can permanently delete your account at any time from within the app: on the Start screen, tap the Settings (gear) icon, then "Delete Account." This permanently erases your account and its progress — gold, levels, upgrades, captain name, and colors — from our servers. We may retain a non-identifying, anonymized record of aggregate gameplay statistics (with no Game Center ID, account token, or name) for analytics and abuse prevention.

Data retention

Your account data is kept until you delete your account (see above). Transient match data exists only for the duration of a match. Standard server logs, if retained for security and reliability, are kept only as long as needed for those purposes.

Children's privacy

The game is rated for ages 13+ and is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will address it.

Security

Connections between the app and our servers are encrypted in transit (TLS), and anonymous account tokens are stored hashed on our servers. No method of transmission over the internet is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the limited data the game handles.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the game evolves. Material changes will be reflected on this page with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Email hello@lok.tech.