This policy explains what Operation Orbit (O.R.B.I.T.) does with data. It is written against what the app actually does; if the app changes, this changes with it.
Operation Orbit is made by SandenHub Pty Ltd (ABN 55 688 710 214). There is no account with us, no login, and no server of ours. We do not run analytics and we do not build a profile of you. Three things reach outside your device, and all three are described below.
1. What stays on your device
Everything you earn is saved locally and none of it is sent to us:
- your best score, banked shards, XP and total runs
- your callsign and case number
- the hull you fly, the hulls and worlds you own, and every upgrade
- career statistics and K.E.H.U. calibration progress
- lucky crates waiting in the depot
- your language, sound, music, haptics and screen-shake settings
- a record that you accepted this policy and the Terms and Conditions
This lives in the app's own private storage. Deleting the app deletes all of it. We hold no backup of it and no way to read it.
2. Leaderboards: Apple Game Center and Google Play Games
Leaderboards and achievements run through Apple Game Center on iOS and Google Play Games on Android. They are optional: they work only if you are already signed in to that service on your device, and the game plays normally if you are not. When they are active, the game:
- submits your best score and lifetime XP to the leaderboards, and unlocks achievements you have earned
- reads the display name your platform account uses, and shows it as your callsign
- reads your friends list only if you open the Friends filter on the leaderboard
Apple and Google handle that data under their own privacy policies, not ours. None of it reaches a server of ours. Turning Game Center or Play Games off in your device settings stops all of it.
3. Rewarded ads: Google AdMob
The game shows rewarded ads and nothing else. No banners and no interstitials. An ad never plays on its own: it appears only after you tap a button offering you something for watching one (a lucky crate, a handful of shards, or skipping a K.E.H.U. mission), each capped per day. If you never tap one of those buttons, no ad is ever requested.
Ads come from Google AdMob. To serve and measure an ad, Google may receive:
- your device's advertising identifier (IDFA on iOS, Advertising ID on Android)
- your IP address, and an approximate location derived from it
- device and app information such as model and operating system version
- information about your interaction with the ad, such as whether it was shown and completed
Where you allow it, Google may use this data to show you personalised ads, which can involve combining it with data from other apps and websites. This is tracking, and it only happens with your permission, as described below.
4. Your choices about ads and tracking
On iOS, the game asks for your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt before the ad system starts. If you tap “Ask App Not to Track”, your advertising identifier is not shared and only non-personalised ads are requested. You can change this at any time in Settings, Privacy & Security, Tracking.
In the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the game first asks through Google's own consent form, and your answer is respected. You can change it at any time from Settings, Ad privacy in the game.
Where you have not agreed to personalised ads, the game requests non-personalised ads only. Google still uses the data above to serve, cap and measure ads, and to detect fraud. On Android you can also limit this in Settings, Privacy, Ads.
What we do not do
- We do not collect your name, email address, phone number or contacts.
- We do not collect precise location.
- We do not use analytics or crash-reporting SDKs.
- We do not sell or share data with data brokers.
- There are no in-app purchases. Everything is earned by playing.
Children
Operation Orbit is not directed at children under 13. Because the game shows ads supplied by Google AdMob, it should not be used by children under 13 without a parent or guardian.
Where data goes
We are based in Australia. Apple, Google Play Games and Google AdMob are global services, and the data described in sections 2 and 3 is handled by them on servers outside Australia, including in the United States, under their own policies.
Your rights
We hold nothing about you on any server, so there is nothing for us to export or delete on request. To remove everything the game has stored, delete the app. For data held by Apple, Google or Google AdMob, contact them directly.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have rights under the GDPR and UK GDPR over the data the ad system uses, and you can withdraw your ad consent at any time from Settings, Ad privacy in the game. If you have a complaint about privacy that we have not resolved, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au).
Changes
If what the game does with data changes, this policy is updated and the date at the top changes with it. Material changes are shown to you in the app.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@sandenhub.com