Privacy Policy

서브패스 래버러토리(Subpath Laboratory) ("we") explains how the game Freeze Tag: Penguins vs Seals ("the game") and this website handle personal information. Effective from the official launch date. The Korean version is the primary text.

In short: we only handle what the game needs to work (a player number, game progress, purchases). We never ask for names, phone numbers, email, addresses, photos or precise location. No personalised ads, no marketing, no optional analytics.

1. What we handle, why, and for how long

Data	Purpose	Retention
Player number created by the game, nickname	Running the game, saving progress, rooms, preventing abuse	Until the account is deleted
If you link it: your platform game account ID (Google Play Games, Game Center, Steam)	Keeping your progress across devices, sign-in	Until deletion or unlinking
Progress: level, mastery, challenges, owned cosmetics, shells (in-game currency), Remove Ads, account restrictions	Running the game, preventing abuse	Until the account is deleted
Purchases: product, store order/transaction number, what was granted	Verifying payments, preventing double grants, refunds	Until deletion; payment and supply records are kept for 5 years as Korean e-commerce law requires
App integrity verdict (Android): Google's check that the app is unmodified and the device is genuine	Preventing cheating with modified apps	Used at once; a resulting restriction is kept until deletion
IP address, device and error data	Connecting to servers and rooms (including the internet room relay), security	The relay keeps nothing after delivery
Ad data (free mobile version only): app set ID, approximate location from IP, ad interactions, diagnostics	Showing ads, fraud prevention, measurement	Per Google's policies

Your birth year is used once to pick age-appropriate settings and stays on your device; it is never sent to us. Room chat is relayed live and not stored by us. When a cosmetic reaches 100 or 1,000 copies, your nickname and the item are announced to all players, with one optional line of yours (presets only under 14); announcements are kept for at most 7 days (the latest 40) and removed when you delete your account. The sled race tables (ranked race, time records) show your nickname with your score or time; a time record sends that run's controls (directions and buttons, nothing that identifies you) so the server can check it, and keeps only the time. Deleting your account removes you from the tables. Payments are handled by the app stores; we never receive card details.

2. Children

The game is for all ages. For children we handle only what is needed to run the game. Players under 13 play as guests without linking a Google or Apple account. Every ad request is child-directed (no personalisation, family-friendly content, no advertising ID). Free chat and voice chat are for players 14 or older, and are off until a parent turns them on; younger players use the preset quick-chat lines only. Parents can use all the rights in section 6 on a child's behalf.

3. Sharing

We do not sell or share personal information. Other players in your room see your nickname and chat.

4. Service providers and international transfer

Unity Technologies (accounts, cloud save, server code, internet room relay, Vivox voice chat), Google LLC (Play Games, purchase verification, Play Integrity, AdMob), Apple Inc. (Game Center, App Store), Valve Corporation (Steam) and Cloudflare, Inc. and Render Services, Inc. (this website). They process the data in section 1 in the United States and other countries while you use the game or the site.

5. Deletion

Delete your account any time in Settings → Account → Delete account, or email us (see how to delete). Server data is removed at once, except the legally required payment records.

6. Your rights

You or your parent or guardian may ask to access, correct, delete or stop processing your data.

7. Cookies

Neither the game nor this website uses cookies. The advertising ID (AAID/IDFA) is not used.

Voice chat

The microphone is used only if you turn voice chat on. During online matches your voice goes live to your own team only; we do not record or store it. Push-to-talk is the default and you can turn voice off at any time in Settings. Players under 14 cannot use voice chat.

8. Security

Server traffic uses HTTPS and room traffic an encrypted relay (DTLS). Currency and purchases change only on our server, which verifies store receipts.

9. Contact

Privacy officer: 최재석 · jaesic@subpathlabo.com · 서브패스 래버러토리(Subpath Laboratory)