Privacy Policy - Space Scum | Sole Survivor Games

Privacy Policy: Space Scum

Effective Date: November 2026

Entity: Sole Survivor Games Ltd (UK Company Number: 10875649)

This Privacy Policy explains how Sole Survivor Games Ltd ("we", "us" or "our") collects and uses personal data when you play Space Scum, including its demos and playtest builds. We are the data controller for this data.

1. The Data We Collect

We collect the minimum data needed to run, support and improve our games.

Identifiers: in the original demo, your SteamID64, which GameAnalytics uses to link your play sessions. In all later versions, a randomly generated ID created by the game, shown in-game as your Analytics ID. We will also see your SteamID64 if you include it when contacting us.
Usage Data: playtime, sessions, campaign and level progress, in-game choices, achievements and feature engagement.
Technical Data: game version, operating system, hardware specifications, language setting, error reports and crash logs.
Approximate Location: country, region and city, estimated from your IP address when an event is received. We do not collect precise location.

We do not collect your name, email address or payment details through the game. Purchases are handled by Steam (Valve).

2. Analytics Providers

We use third-party analytics services to understand how the game is played and to find bugs. Which service collects your data depends on the version you play:

The original Space Scum demo: GameAnalytics.
All later versions, including the playtest, any new demo and the full release: PostHog. Data is held in PostHog's EU data region. IP addresses are anonymised and not stored against your gameplay data.

Both providers act as our processors. They process data only on our instructions and under a data processing agreement.

3. How We Use Your Data and Our Legal Basis

Providing the game: to run the game you have obtained and provide support (legitimate interests, and contract where you contact us directly).
Analytics and improvement: to balance gameplay, measure which features are used, and find and fix bugs and crashes (legitimate interests).
Legal compliance: when required to comply with UK or international law (legal obligation).

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have balanced our interest in improving the game against your privacy. We keep the data limited, pseudonymous and not used for advertising.

We do not use your data to make automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.

4. Opting Out of Analytics

You can object to analytics at any time. You can turn analytics off in the game's Settings menu, and the game will stop sending analytics data. You can also contact us at the address in Section 10 and we will stop processing analytics data linked to your player ID.

5. Disclosure to Third Parties and Sub-Contractors

We do not sell your data and we do not share it for advertising. We disclose information only to:

Analytics Providers: GameAnalytics and PostHog, as described in Section 2.
Technical Contractors: sub-contractors who help with development, analytics and support. They are bound by confidentiality agreements and process data only on our instructions.
Safety and Legal: law enforcement or regulators, where we believe in good faith that disclosure is needed to prevent fraud, protect player safety or comply with the law.
Business Successors: if Sole Survivor Games Ltd is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction. This policy will continue to apply.

6. International Data Transfers

PostHog data is hosted in the European Union. Our providers or their sub-processors may process some data outside the UK or EEA (for example, in the USA). Where this happens, we make sure the transfer is protected by UK adequacy regulations, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, or Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. Data Retention

We keep data for up to 7 years, and only for as long as it is useful for improving and supporting the game. Our analytics providers delete event data automatically at the end of their retention period.

Crash logs are kept until the related issue is fixed. Correspondence about support or data requests is kept for as long as needed to deal with the request.

Aggregated statistics that cannot identify anyone may be kept longer.

8. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

access a copy of your data
have inaccurate data corrected
have your data deleted (the "right to be forgotten")
restrict how we use your data
object to our use of your data, including analytics
receive your data in a portable format, where applicable

To use any of these rights, email us at the address in Section 10. So we can find your data, please include your SteamID64 if you played the original demo, or your Analytics ID (shown in the game under Settings > Gameplay > General) if you played any later version. We will respond within one month.

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk. Players in the EU can contact their local data protection authority. We would appreciate the chance to resolve your concern first.

9. Children's Privacy

Our games are not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we learn we have collected such data, we will delete it promptly.

10. Contact Us

Sole Survivor Games Ltd

71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom

Email: See below

11. Third-Party Platforms

Steam (Valve) processes your data under its own privacy policy when you buy, download or play through Steam. We do not control that processing. See the Valve Privacy Policy for details.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will change the Effective Date at the top when we do, and will highlight significant changes in the game or on our website.