This policy explains how Kingora, the online strategy game for Android made by Codevix LLC ("we", "us"), handles your information. It covers the game and this website.
In short
- No email and no password. The game creates a guest account for you automatically.
- Your game data, such as your names, battle reports and clan chat, is stored on our servers in the EU.
- Chat is moderated: reported messages are reviewed, and a word filter masks some words.
- Notifications and ad videos are optional, and purchases go through Google Play. We never see your card details.
- We do not sell your personal data.
- You can delete your account at any time, in the game or on our website.
Who we are
Kingora is made and run by Codevix LLC, 1720 Camden Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA. We are responsible for your personal data in the game (the "controller" under European data protection law). You can reach us at info@codevix.com.
Your account
The first time you open Kingora, the game creates a guest account for you automatically. It is made of a random account ID and a secret token that is stored on your device and lets the game sign in to our servers. We never ask for your email address or a password.
If you choose to link your account to Google Play Games (when the game offers it), we receive your Play Games player ID, so we can find your account again, for example on a new phone.
Game data on our servers
Kingora is an online game, so our servers keep what happens in it:
- the names you choose: your lord name, hero name, village names and clan name,
- your game actions, such as building, training troops and sending armies,
- battle reports,
- rankings.
Other players can see your names, your villages on the map and your place in the rankings, because that is part of playing together.
Chat, reports and blocks
We store the messages you write in clan chat and other content you write in the game, such as private messages, so they can be delivered and shown. We also store reports you file about other players or messages, and the list of players you block, so their messages stay hidden from you.
Chat is moderated. Reported messages are reviewed by a moderator, and an automatic word filter masks some words.
Push notifications
If you allow notifications, your device gets a Firebase Cloud Messaging token from Google, and we store it so we can tell you about attacks on your villages, finished builds and calls from your clan. You can turn notifications off at any time in your Android settings.
Purchases
Purchases, such as Gold or the Patron subscription, are handled by Google Play. We receive the product you bought and a purchase token, which we use to check the purchase with Google and give you what you paid for. We never see or store your card or payment details.
Ads
The only ads in Kingora are optional reward videos: you choose to watch one to get a reward in the game. There are no ads you have to watch. The videos come from Google AdMob, which may use your device's advertising ID, information about your device and your approximate location to show the ads, measure them and prevent fraud.
In the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK, we ask for your consent first, using Google's consent message.
When you finish a video, Google confirms it to our server so we can give you the reward. This check uses your account ID.
You can reset your advertising ID or turn off ads personalization in your Android settings. How Google uses this information: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Game statistics
We use GameAnalytics to understand how the game is played and where it can be better. It receives your device type, information about your play sessions and game progress events (for example, finishing the tutorial or upgrading your keep). Statistics are only sent from the released game, never from our test builds.
GameAnalytics privacy policy: gameanalytics.com/privacy
Server logs
Our servers log requests, including your IP address, to keep the game secure and to prevent cheating and abuse. We keep these logs for up to 30 days.
Why we use your data
If you live in the EEA or the UK, the law asks us to name a reason (a "legal basis") for each use:
- To give you the game you asked for (our contract with you): your account, game data, chat, purchases and reward checks.
- Our legitimate interests in a safe and fair game that keeps getting better: server logs, moderation, preventing cheating and abuse, and game statistics.
- Your consent: push notifications, and ads that use your data in the EEA and UK. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Legal duties: keeping purchase records that tax law requires.
Where your data is stored
Our game servers are in the European Union, hosted by Hetzner in Germany or Finland. The service providers named on this page may also process data in other countries, including the United States, under their own policies and safeguards.
How long we keep it
- Account and game data: as long as your account exists.
- Season results: the names in a season's Hall of Fame are kept after the season ends, unless you delete your account.
- Server logs: up to 30 days.
- Purchase records: as long as tax and accounting law requires.
Who we share it with
We share data only with the service providers that help us run the game, and only for that purpose:
- Google AdMob: the optional reward videos.
- Google Play: purchases and, if you link it, Play Games.
- Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google): push notifications.
- GameAnalytics: game statistics.
- Hetzner: our servers.
We do not sell your personal data. Google privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EEA and UK, or the CCPA in California), you have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you and get a copy,
- correct data that is wrong,
- delete your data,
- object to uses based on our legitimate interests, and withdraw any consent you gave.
We will not treat you differently for using these rights. To use them, write to info@codevix.com with your lord name, your realm number and, if you can, your player ID (shown in the game's Settings), so we can find your account. We reply within one month. In the EEA and UK you can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time:
- in the game: Settings > Account > Delete account, then confirm, or
- on our account deletion page, which also explains what we delete and what we keep.
Children
Kingora is not meant for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you think a child under 16 is playing, contact us and we will delete the account.
This website
This website uses no cookies, no analytics and no trackers, and it loads nothing from other websites. Like any website, our web host processes your IP address to deliver the pages to you.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will post the new version on this page and update the effective date at the top. If a change is significant, we will also let you know in the game.
Contact
Codevix LLC1720 Camden Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90025
United States
info@codevix.com