Eighterio Inc. ("Eighterio," "we," "us," or "our") operates the Step Conquest mobile application ("App"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use the App. By using the App, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Step Conquest requires sign-in to connect your campaign to your account. We may store your display name, email address, account id, timezone, device id, notification token, onboarding status, subscription status, and profile image path. We also use third-party services such as Firebase Authentication and crash/analytics tooling, which may collect limited device, usage, purchase, and crash information to help us provide and improve the App.

Because Step Conquest turns real-world walking into in-game progression, the App may request permission to read step count and activity data from your device — the device's built-in pedometer, Google Play services, or Health Connect on Android, and Apple Health (HealthKit) on iOS. This data is used only within the App to power gameplay: movement, travel costs, gathering, battles, skills, rewards, guild contribution, and progress tracking.

Health and activity data is not sold to third parties and is not used for advertising or marketing. You can allow, deny, or revoke this access at any time through your device settings, the Health Connect app (Android), or the Apple Health app (iOS).

Your step-driven world progress, parties, battles, crafting, and campaign state are stored locally and synced to your account. Community features — guilds, the realtime Guild Hall, chat, arena, and leaderboards — share your display name, profile image, and gameplay results with other players.

Guild chat messages are relayed live to members of your guild room, and are also retained by us separately for a limited period for safety, moderation, and abuse-investigation purposes.

Step Conquest lets you create content that other players can see, including your display name, guild name and emblem, profile image, and Guild Hall chat messages. If you purchase or redeem a unit-naming perk (for example, the Founder "Name a Unit" feature), the name you submit may be reviewed before use, will be displayed in-game to other players, and may also appear in promotional materials.

Do not submit content that is offensive, sexual, hateful, infringes someone else's trademark or rights, or contains another person's personal information. We may reject, edit, or remove any submitted content — including a previously accepted unit name — that violates these guidelines, and may suspend or remove accounts for repeated violations.

Step Conquest may offer optional supporter features and paid membership tiers through Patreon today, with Google Play Billing (Android) and Apple StoreKit (iOS) planned for in-app subscriptions. Purchases and payment processing are handled by these platforms — we do not directly collect or store your payment card details.

We use collected information to provide and maintain the App's features and gameplay functionality; keep your campaign connected across devices; operate guilds, leaderboards, and other community features; improve performance and user experience; respond to your inquiries and support requests; detect crashes and technical issues; and notify you of important updates.

If notifications are enabled, your push token may be saved so Step Conquest can deliver account-linked alerts such as guild activity and campaign reminders. You can disable notifications at any time in your device settings.

We use authenticated login and server-issued session tokens to protect account access, and we implement commercially acceptable security measures to protect your data. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

The App is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or store personal information from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as possible.

We do not sell your personal information. Account and gameplay data is retained while your account is active. You can permanently delete your account and its data directly inside the App, from Settings — the same option is also available there if you'd rather do it on your device.

If you'd prefer not to use the in-app option, or can't access the App, you can request account deletion by emailing assist.eighterio@gmail.com. Locally stored data can also be removed by uninstalling the App or clearing app data.

We do not sell your personal information. Limited data may be processed by third-party authentication, analytics, crash reporting, payment, and platform services (including Firebase, Google Play services, Health Connect, Apple Health, and StoreKit) to operate and improve the App or comply with legal obligations. These services have their own terms and privacy practices, which we do not control.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page and inside the App, and the revised policy will take effect immediately upon posting.

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about this Privacy Policy — including requests to access, correct, or delete your data — please contact us at assist.eighterio@gmail.com.