Privacy Policy
Bytewalk is a walking game for iPhone operated by CSuite Code ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app reads, what leaves your phone, and the choices you have. The short version: Bytewalk reads your step count and nothing else from Health, has no ads and no analytics, and sends a daily step total to our server only if you sign in and agree to it.
What stays on your iPhone
- Step data from Apple Health or the motion sensor. With your permission the app reads step counts. It does not read any other Health data, never writes to Health, and never uses your location.
- Your daily step count shown on the Journey screen. This is worked out on the device for your own use and is not shown to anyone else.
- Play without an account. If you do not sign in, your game is stored only on your device.
What is sent to our server, and when
| Information | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| An account identifier from Sign in with Apple. We do not ask Apple for your name or email address. | When you sign in | To keep your progress and let you join a crew |
| Your Scout's name (chosen from a fixed list), frame, colours and accessory | When signed in | Shown to you and to members of your crew |
| One step total per day | Only when you are signed in and have turned on step sharing on the consent screen | To turn your walking into travel points for you and your crew. Individual step samples, times and sources are never sent. |
| Game progress: story choices, votes, preset reactions, level, items, battles, quests, Home Node | When signed in | To run the game and keep crews in step |
| Weekly travel points on leaderboards and in races | Leaderboards only if you opt in; races only if you create or accept one | Competition. Step counts are never shown to other players. |
| A notification token for your device, and your time-zone offset | Only if you turn on alerts while signed in | To send alerts about your game through Apple's notification service, and to hold them overnight if you ask. Alerts contain game events, never step counts. |
| Purchase records from Apple: product, transaction identifiers and dates | If you buy or restore the Expedition Pass | To confirm the subscription with Apple and unlock it. We never receive your payment details. |
As with any internet service, our server receives your IP address when the app connects. It may appear in short-lived server logs that we use for security and troubleshooting.
What we do not do
- No advertising, and no sharing of data with advertisers or data brokers.
- No analytics or tracking tools, and no tracking across other companies' apps and websites.
- No use of Health data for advertising, and no storing of Health data in iCloud.
- No chat and no free-text profiles: names are picked from fixed lists.
- We do not sell your personal information.
Who can see what
Members of your crew can see your Scout's name and appearance, your level, your votes and reactions, and that you contributed travel points. They cannot see your step counts. If you opt in to leaderboards, other players can see your Scout's name, frame, level and weekly travel points. A race shows the two sides' weekly travel points to each other.
Where data is kept and who helps us
Game data is stored on a server we operate, hosted by Akamai (Linode). Apple provides sign-in, Health access on your device, purchases, and delivery of notifications, under Apple's own privacy policy. We do not use any other service providers to process your data.
Keeping and deleting data
We keep your account data for as long as you have an account. You can delete your account at any time in the app: open Journey, tap the profile button, then "Delete my account and data". This removes your profile, collection, journal, pod, step totals, memberships and subscription status from our server, and signs you out.
After deletion we keep only: purchase records with the link to you removed (a financial record), your crew's shared state so the remaining members can continue, and vote totals that are not linked to a person. Database backups may hold deleted data for a limited time until they are replaced.
Deleting your account does not cancel an Apple subscription. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings.
Your choices
- You can play without signing in, and without connecting steps.
- You can turn step sharing off in Settings at any time. Your steps then stop reaching the server.
- You can withdraw Health access in the iOS Settings app, under Health, Data Access and Devices.
- You can turn alerts off in Settings at any time, which removes your device's notification token from our server.
- You can leave leaderboards at any time.
- You can ask us for a copy of your data, or to correct or delete it, by emailing us. Depending on where you live you may have further rights under local law, including the right to complain to a data protection authority.
Children
Bytewalk is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Security
Data travels between the app and our server over encrypted connections, and access to other players' data is restricted on the server. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes
If we change this policy we will update this page and the date above.
Contact
CSuite Code · anthony@csuitecode.com