Privacy Policy
Last updated September 25, 2026
Twelve Thrones is a card battle game for iPhone and iPad, available on the App Store. This policy explains what the game collects, why, where it is stored, how long it is kept and how to delete it. It covers the game and its game server. This website is described at the end.
At a glance
- No ads, no advertising identifier, no tracking, no third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDK.
- To play online, the game creates an account for you: a random account ID, a display name you may change, your decks, collection and match results.
- The game sends usage events about how you play (for example "a match ended") to our server. You can turn this off in Account & Settings → Share anonymous usage.
- You can delete your account and everything linked to it inside the game: Account & Settings → Delete account.
- Data is stored on our own server in Helsinki, Finland.
Who is responsible
Twelve Thrones is developed and published by Birol Aksu, Am Volkspark 77, 10715 Berlin, Deutschland. For privacy questions or data requests, email contact@bind.games.
What the game collects
Your account
When you first go online, the game server creates an account and gives it a random ID. No email address, phone number or password is needed. The server stores:
- the account ID;
- a display name. The game gives you one of the form "Traveller 1234", and you may change it. Other players see it in online matches;
- a hash of your recovery code, never the code itself, and hashes of your session tokens;
- if you choose Sign in with Apple, the stable user identifier Apple gives this app. The game does not ask Apple for your email address and does not store your name.
Your game progress
To run the game, the server stores the things you build and win: your decks, including the names you give them, your card collection and unlocks, your Favor balance and rewards, match results (mode, outcome, turns, rewards, and the account ID of your opponent), tutorial progress, campaign rewards, and the cosmetics you own.
Usage events
While you play online, the game sends short usage events to our server: for example, a session started, a match began or ended with its outcome and number of turns, a reward was granted, a tutorial step was taken, or a campaign encounter was started or finished. Each event carries its name, a time, a random ID for the current app session and a few game values. Events are stored with your account ID so we can understand how the game is played and improve it. They do not include your device model, location or contacts. You can stop sending them at any time in Account & Settings → Share anonymous usage (despite the switch's name, events are stored with your account ID); events already sent stay until you delete your account.
Purchases
If you buy something in the game, Apple processes the payment. We never see your card or payment details. Our server receives Apple's signed transaction, verifies it with Apple and stores the product ID and Apple's transaction ID with your account, so you keep what you bought and a refund can be applied.
Technical data
Your IP address is used in memory to limit abusive request rates and is not stored. The server records the app version when a match connection opens, in its operational log.
What the game does not collect
No email address, phone number, postal address, precise or approximate location, contacts, photos, microphone or camera data, health data, browsing or search history, device or advertising identifiers, and no crash or performance reports sent by the game.
Why, and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|---|
| Running your account and the game: online matches, progress, rewards, purchases | Account, game progress, purchases | Performance of our contract with you, Art. 6(1)(b) |
| Understanding and improving the game | Usage events, match results | Legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f); you can object at any time by turning off Share anonymous usage |
| Security and abuse prevention | IP address (in memory), operational logs | Legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) |
Where it is stored, and who else is involved
- Hetzner Online GmbH hosts the game server in Helsinki, Finland, over HTTPS. We do not sell or share your data with anyone else.
- Apple handles App Store downloads and payments, and Sign in with Apple if you use it, under Apple's Privacy Policy.
How long it is kept
- Account, progress, usage events and purchase records are kept until you delete your account.
- The server's operational log keeps at most three files of 10 MB each. Older entries are overwritten. It can contain your account ID and the app version. The server does not keep request or access logs.
- Before updates we take backup copies of the game database on the same server. A deleted account can remain in a backup taken before the deletion until that backup is removed.
Deleting your data and your rights
You can delete your account in the game: Account & Settings → Delete account. This removes your account, sessions, decks, collection, rewards, purchases on record, match records and usage events from the live service. If you appear as the opponent in another player's match record, your account ID is removed from it. Purchases you made through Apple stay with your Apple account.
You have the right to access, correct, delete and receive a copy of your data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to complain to a data protection authority, for example the Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit. To use any of these rights, email contact@bind.games and include your account identifier, shown in Account & Settings under Account.
Children
Twelve Thrones is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we will delete it.
This website
bind.games is hosted by Vercel Inc. Vercel processes technical data such as IP addresses to deliver the site. This page has no analytics or advertising scripts. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts.
Changes
If the game starts collecting something new, we will update this page and its date before the change ships.