Red Planet Rescue privacy

Red Planet Rescue sends three kinds of data. None of it includes your name or contact details.

• Feedback. A note is sent only when you press Send on the feedback screen, or on the phone page the QR code opens.
• Usage data. The game sends an anonymous run report when a sector ends or is left early, and your rating if you give one.
• World high scores. A score is posted only when you press Post after signing a high score. Opening the World tab or pressing Report also contacts our server (see below).

With feedback:

• Your note and the category you picked (bug, idea, confusing or other)
• A screenshot of the game, only if one is attached. It is attached by default only for a bug reported during play, and you can remove it before sending
• The game version, the build, and your platform
• Context from the game: the screen you were on, whether you were playing solo, couch or online, the number of players, the docking mode, and the sector time
• The run code, if you were in a run
• The install id described below, while Same id on my runs is on

With every run:

• A run report when a sector ends: the run code, when it started, whether you won, lost or ended early, why it ended, how long it took, solo, couch or online, the number of players and how many of them were bots, the difficulty and docking mode, and the counts for astronauts delivered, astronauts lost, ships lost and friendly kills
• A rating from the results screen, if you give one: fun and difficulty from 1 to 5, with the run code
• The game version, the build and your platform, and the install id while Same id on my runs is on

Posting a score sends:

• Your initials and the country you chose. Your device's region suggests one, and you can change it or pick No flag. It is a choice, not a location
• The score and run details: the sector, stars, team size, docking mode and whether enemies were off
• A random board id, made the first time you post a score. It is separate from the install id and is not derived from your device
• The game version

Only your best score per device and sector is kept. Posting again replaces the initials and flag.

Entries are public on the world board, apart from the board id. Opening the World tab sends the board id, if there is one, so the game can show your best. Reporting an entry stores your board id with the report; a device that has never posted sends nothing when it reports. Entries reported several times are hidden. Our server uses IP addresses only in memory, for rate limiting, and never stores them.

Entries and reports, including the reporter's board id, are kept until they are removed; they do not expire. Delete my data forgets the board id on your device, so your next post starts as a new player, but it does not remove an entry already posted. To have entries removed, email info@zguy.com.

The install id is a random code made on your machine when the game first starts. It is not derived from your name, account or hardware. It only lets us see that several runs came from the same install. In the game's Settings, under Privacy & data, you can turn Same id on my runs off: the id is forgotten and each run is sent on its own, with only its random run code. Turning it back on makes a new id. If you had Share usage data off in an earlier version, Same id on my runs starts off.

The game never asks for your name or email. The only exception is an email you choose to leave on the phone feedback page, covered below. We do not store your IP address: the service that receives feedback keeps only a keyed hash for rate limiting, and clears it every night, and the world high score server holds IP addresses in memory only, for rate limiting.

The feedback screen shows a QR code. It opens a page on zguy.com (www.zguy.com/games/red-planet-rescue/feedback) on your phone. The page sends the note or rating you type, and the run code shown in the game. It sends nothing else from your phone.

• The email box is on the phone feedback page only. The game itself never asks for one, and leaving it empty keeps your note anonymous.
• We use the address only to reply about that note, such as to ask a question or to tell you it is fixed. We never use it for a newsletter or anything else, and it is not remembered for your next note.
• It is stored with the note in our Service Desk, seen by the same people, and deleted with it after 365 days, or sooner if you ask.
• A reply comes from our support address and becomes a support ticket, which is kept as a support record.
• If you are under 16, ask a parent or guardian before leaving an email.

Feedback and usage data go to zguys Service Desk (desk.zguy.com). The Red Planet Rescue team and Service Desk administrators can see it. We tag the free text of notes each night with an AI model from Anthropic to group similar feedback. The text is not used to train that model.

Feedback and usage data are kept for 365 days and then deleted.

• Turn Same id on my runs off in Settings, under Privacy & data: later runs can't be linked to earlier ones, and the id is removed from anything waiting to be sent.
• Choose Delete my data in the same place to clear what the game holds on your machine, including the install id and the world board id.
• To have what we hold deleted, email info@zguy.com with your install id (shown in the game) or the email you left, and we will delete it.

If you are under 16, ask a parent or guardian before sending feedback or posting a world high score.

Questions about this page: info@zguy.com. Our general privacy policy covers this website.