1. Who We Are

LandHog is a real-world territory game made by LandHog Ltd, a company registered in Scotland (company number [COMPANY NUMBER]), registered office [REGISTERED OFFICE ADDRESS]. In this policy, "LandHog", "we" and "us" mean LandHog Ltd.

We are the "controller" of the personal data described here, which means we decide how and why it's used and we're responsible for looking after it under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018).

For anything about your data, email privacy@playlandhog.com.

LandHog is currently in beta. Some features may change, and we'll update this policy if what we collect changes.

2. What We Collect

We don't collect your contacts, photos, microphone, payment details or advertising IDs, and we don't use analytics or advertising tools in the app. There are no payments in the beta. If we add paid features later, Apple or Google will handle the payment and we'll update this policy first.

3. Your Location

Location is the heart of LandHog, so here's exactly how it works:

• While the app is open, it uses your precise location to show the map around you and to work out which city you're playing in. To name the city, your phone's built-in place lookup is used, which sends your position to Apple (iPhone) or Google (Android).
• While a hog is running, the app records your route so it can draw your loop. It keeps doing this if you lock your phone or switch to another app, because most people hog with their phone in a pocket. This is the only time LandHog uses your location in the background.
• When the hog ends (you close your loop, cancel, or give up), background tracking stops straight away. A notification shows on Android whenever background tracking is on.
• When you finish a loop, your route is sent to our server to check the claim and work out the shape of your land. We store the outline of your loop, which becomes the edge of your land, and a summary of the hog (such as distance and time). We don't keep a minute-by-minute history of where you've been.
• We never show other players a live dot of where you are. But when you claim land it appears on the map straight away, and if you hogged someone else's land they get a notification with your Hog name and the city. So other players can tell roughly where you've just been.

You can turn off location access at any time in your phone's settings. If you do, the game won't be able to track hogs.

4. What Other Players See

• Public Hogging: your Hog name, colour and land on the map, and your points, number of hogs, best hog and position on the city leaderboard are public. Anyone can view the public map and leaderboards, including people without an account.
• Private Hogging: only members of your private leagues and Quick Games see your Hog name, colour and the land you hog in those games. You don't appear on the public map or leaderboard.

Land is a real place. Bear in mind that land you hog near your home or work shows where you spend time. If that worries you, use Private Hogging, or start your hogs a little away from home.

5. How We Use It, And Why

Data protection law requires us to have a legal reason (a "lawful basis") for each use of your data:

We don't sell your data, use it for advertising, or make automated decisions about you that have legal or similarly significant effects. Our anti-cheat checks can reject a claim (for example, a loop that was "walked" faster than anyone can run), and you can always contact us if you think one was wrong.

6. Who We Share It With

We use a small number of trusted companies to run LandHog. They only use your data to provide their service to us:

Google Play, Apple's App Store and TestFlight handle app downloads and collect data under their own privacy policies. We may also share data if the law requires it, to protect players' safety, or with a new owner if LandHog is ever sold (they'd have to keep to this policy).

7. Where Your Data Is Stored

Our database is in France and our game server is in the Netherlands. Some of our providers are US companies, and a few (such as push notifications and maps) handle data in the USA. Where data leaves the UK, we rely on the safeguards UK law requires, such as the UK–US Data Bridge or the UK's approved standard contract clauses.

8. How Long We Keep It

• Your account and game data: for as long as your account exists.
• Land you hog: while it's active and for the season history. If you delete your account, your land is removed from the map and the history is kept only in anonymous form (see below).
• Server logs (which include IP addresses): kept by our hosting provider for a short period, currently up to 30 days, then deleted automatically.
• Under-13 checks: if someone under 13 tries to play, we don't create a game account and we don't keep their birth date. We mark the guest sign-in as blocked, and keep a scrambled, one-way code made from the phone's random app code, so the same phone can't just try again. The code can't be turned back or used to identify anyone. If the child had already signed in with an email, Google or Apple, that email stays on the blocked sign-in. A parent can email us to have it deleted.
• Emails you send us: up to 2 years after your last message, then deleted.
• Backups: our database provider keeps short-term backups, which are overwritten within about 30 days.

9. Deleting Your Account

You can delete your account at any time in the app: Profile›Settings›Delete Account. If you no longer have the app, see Delete Your Account to ask us by email.

When you delete your account, we straight away:

• delete your sign-in (email, Google or Apple login) and your push notification token;
• remove your birth month and year, previous Hog names, city, country and time zone;
• take your land off the public map and remove you from all leagues;
• replace your Hog name everywhere with an anonymous label (such as "DeletedHog1a2b3c").

We keep the game history under that anonymous label, so other players' past results still add up: the outlines of land you hogged and when, your points, stats and badges, season results, Quick Game land and any private leagues you created. It's no longer linked to your name, email, birth date or sign-in. Because land outlines are real places, you can also ask us to erase your land history completely: email privacy@playlandhog.com.

10. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you and get a copy;
• correct data that's wrong (you can change your Hog name in the app once a month, and we'll correct anything else if you email us);
• delete your data (see above);
• restrict or object to how we use your data, including anything based on our legitimate interests;
• data portability: get your data in a common format to take elsewhere;
• withdraw consent at any time, for example by turning off notifications.

Email privacy@playlandhog.com from the email address on your account, or tell us your Hog name. We may need to check it's really you. We'll reply within one month, and it's free.

11. Children

LandHog is for people aged 13 and over. We ask for your birth month and year when you start, and we don't create an account for anyone under 13. If you think a child under 13 is using LandHog, email privacy@playlandhog.com and we'll delete their account.

If you're 13 to 17, the same protections in this policy apply to you: no ads, no selling data, and Private Hogging is available if you'd rather your land wasn't public. It's a good idea to talk to a parent or carer about playing a game that uses your location.

12. Security

All data between the app and our server is encrypted (HTTPS). The app can't read our database directly. Everything goes through our own server, which checks that anything that changes your account or the game comes from your signed-in account. Sign-in uses one-time codes or Google and Apple sign-in, so there are no LandHog passwords to steal. No system is perfectly secure, but if something goes wrong that puts your data at risk, we'll tell you and the regulator as the law requires.

13. Beta Sign-Ups And Discord

If you sign up for the beta, we collect what you put in the sign-up form (such as your name, email address, whether you use Android or iPhone, the Google account email you use for Google Play, and roughly where you'd play). The form is a Google Form, so Google stores the answers for us. We use them only to invite you to the beta and contact you about it, and we delete them within 3 months of the beta ending, or sooner if you ask.

To install the beta, Google Play or Apple's TestFlight may share your email address or name with us as a tester. If you join our Discord server, Discord's own privacy policy applies to what you post there.

14. This Website

playlandhog.com doesn't use cookies, analytics or trackers, and loads nothing from other companies. Our web host keeps standard server logs (including IP addresses) for security.

15. Changes To This Policy

We'll update this policy when LandHog changes. The date at the top shows when it last changed. If a change matters, for example if we start collecting something new, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect.

16. Contact And Complaints

If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or 0303 123 1113.