Privacy Policy

Gate Run

Effective date: 2026-11-06

This policy explains how SKENE ("we", "us") handles personal data in the Gate Run game (the "app") and on this website, gaterun.skene.ws. We are the controller of this data. Our address is 605, 194, 95-1 Gwanggyojungang-ro 248beon-gil, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16512, Republic of Korea, and you can reach us at support@skene.ws.

1. Data we collect

The app has no sign-up screen and never asks for your name, email address or phone number. It signs you in silently with Game Center on iPhone and iPad, or Google Play Games Services on Android. While you play, the app processes this data:

Game account. On iOS, your Game Center player ID and the identity-verification signature Apple creates on your device. On Android, a one-time Play Games Services sign-in code, which our server exchanges with Google for your Play Games player ID.
Game save. Your progress, items, currencies, what your purchases unlocked, and when the save was last written. It is stored on your device and, when you are signed in, on our save server under your player ID.
Install ID. A random identifier the app creates the first time it runs. It is not your device's advertising identifier.
Gameplay events, sent with the install ID: app opens, the products shown in the shop, purchases started and completed (which product), ads shown and whether they were watched to the end, rewards granted without an ad, and each run's result, gate, stage, duration, kills, rescues, revives used and ads watched, together with your operating system (iOS or Android).
Advertising data. Google AdMob may collect your device's advertising identifier (on iOS, the IDFA only if you allow tracking; on Android, the advertising ID), your IP address, device information and how you interact with ads.
Purchase confirmations. The store's transaction ID, product, result and receipt. We never receive your payment details.
Server requests. When the app talks to our save server or fetches game settings, the request carries your IP address. Our server does not store it.

We also collect your email address, your message and any in-game details you give us when you contact support. We do not work out your location from any of this, and the app does not collect your precise location, contacts or photos.

2. How we use it, and our legal bases

Purpose	Legal basis (EEA, UK)
Sign you in, store and restore your game save, and let you continue on another device	Contract
Understand how the game is played, fix problems and tune difficulty and how often ads appear (PostHog)	Legitimate interests
Show ads that keep the game free, and prevent ad fraud	Legitimate interests; consent where the law requires it
Personalized ads and ad measurement (AdMob)	Consent
Deliver what you buy, and handle refunds and disputes	Contract
Run and protect our servers	Legitimate interests
Answer your messages and handle deletion requests	Legitimate interests, legal obligation

We do not use your data for decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.

Service providers that process data for us under contract: Cloudflare, Inc. (our save and game-settings server on Cloudflare Workers and D1, and this website), PostHog, Inc. (analytics, hosted in its EU Cloud in Germany) and Proton AG (support email).
Google, for AdMob ads, under its own policies. See How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Apple and Google, which run Game Center and Play Games Services (to confirm your sign-in) and the stores (to process payments), under their own privacy policies.
Authorities and others when the law requires it, to protect our rights or others' safety, or a buyer if we transfer the game.

We do not sell personal data for money.

4. Ads and your choices

The app shows Google AdMob rewarded and interstitial ads. Rewarded ads play only when you choose them.

On iPhone and iPad, Apple's request to allow tracking appears before ads load. If you don't allow it, the IDFA is not used. You can change this at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.
On Android, you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device's ad settings (where they are depends on the device).

If you opt out of personalized ads, you still see ads, but not ones based on your interests, and the game works the same.

5. Your game account and our save server

When the app starts, it signs you in with Game Center (iOS) or Google Play Games Services (Android) without showing a login screen. Our save server (gaterun.api.skene.ws) checks the sign-in with Apple or Google and then stores your game save under your player ID. The save also stays on your device. If you decline the sign-in or have no account, the save stays only on your device and is not sent to our server. The app also fetches game settings (values such as difficulty) from the same server, without sending any identifier.

6. Purchases

Items in the app are bought through the App Store or Google Play (Unity IAP). We receive a confirmation of the purchase with its transaction ID and receipt, not your name or payment details. What a purchase unlocks is stored in your game save.

7. Notifications

If you allow notifications, the app schedules them on your device only. It creates no push token and sends none to a server. You can turn them off at any time in your device settings.

8. International transfers

We are based in the Republic of Korea. Our analytics are stored in the European Union and Proton is in Switzerland. Cloudflare, Google and Apple may process data in other countries, including the United States. Where needed, we rely on safeguards such as adequacy decisions and standard contractual clauses.

9. How long we keep it

Your server save and player ID are kept until you ask us to delete them, or until 12 months after you last played, whichever comes first. Analytics are kept for up to 24 months, then deleted or reduced to totals that cannot be linked to you. Data on your device stays there until you delete the app. Google and Apple keep what they receive under their own policies. Support emails are deleted 12 months after the conversation ends.

10. Your rights and deleting your data

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. Email support@skene.ws to use them. You can complain to your local data protection authority.

To delete your save from our server, email support@skene.ws with your platform (iOS or Android), your Game Center or Play Games nickname, roughly when you last played and in-game details such as your hunter rank. We will find your save, delete it and confirm. We may ask for more details to make sure the save is yours.
Deleting the app removes the save and install ID from your device and stops all collection by the app.
Resetting your advertising ID breaks the link between your old advertising ID and new activity (section 4).
To delete the analytics tied to your install ID, tell us roughly when you installed the app and your device type.

11. Notice for US residents

We collect identifiers, commercial information (purchases) and app activity for the purposes in section 2, and no sensitive personal information. Our use of Google's ad services may count as "sharing" or targeted advertising under some state laws. You can opt out through Apple's tracking setting or your device's ad settings (section 4). We will not treat you differently for using your rights, and an authorized agent can make a request for you.

12. Children

Gate Run is not directed at children under 13 and does not ask your age. It never collects names, contact details or location. If you think a child has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

13. Security

The app sends data only over encrypted connections. Our save server opens a session only for a sign-in that Apple or Google has confirmed, and each player can read and write only their own save. Only the people who work on the game can access the data.

14. This website

This website has no ads or tracking, and we set no cookies and load nothing from other sites. Cloudflare, our hosting provider, processes request data such as your IP address to deliver and protect the site, and its bot protection may set a short-lived security cookie to tell people from automated traffic.

15. Changes to this policy

When this policy changes, we update the date at the top. We announce important changes in the app or on this page at least 7 days before they take effect.

16. Contact

SKENE, 605, 194, 95-1 Gwanggyojungang-ro 248beon-gil, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 16512, Republic of Korea, support@skene.ws