1. Who we are
Flintwake Studios develops and publishes Skeldwinter, a game available through third-party services including itch.io. This policy explains the categories of personal information relevant to the Flintwake Studios website and Skeldwinter's account and multiplayer features, and how players can exercise their privacy rights.
2. Visiting this website
Our public website is designed as a static informational website. We do not intentionally embed advertising trackers or third-party analytics scripts on these pages, and there is no account registration or data-submission form on the site.
Our hosting provider, IONOS, may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser requests and server logs to deliver the website, maintain reliability and prevent abuse. This processing is subject to applicable hosting arrangements.
3. Information used by Skeldwinter
If you choose to connect your Epic Games account to Skeldwinter, Epic Account Services may make the following information available to the game according to the permissions you approve:
- Epic account identifiers and publicly associated display names.
- Online presence and status information.
- Friends-list information used for friend-related gameplay features.
- Identifiers and technical details needed to create, find or join multiplayer sessions.
Skeldwinter may also process local game settings, progression and diagnostic information necessary for gameplay and troubleshooting. We do not receive your Epic Games password through the Epic sign-in process.
4. Why information is used
These categories of information are used to provide requested game features such as sign-in, identifying friends, displaying availability, coordinating sessions and troubleshooting technical issues. Where applicable, processing is based on performing requested services, legitimate interests in providing a functional and secure game, or your consent to account permissions.
5. Service providers and sharing
Skeldwinter uses Epic Online Services for relevant Epic account and multiplayer functionality. Epic may process information under its own privacy terms. When you visit or download the game through itch.io, itch.io handles its own site, account, payment and download information. We do not control the independent privacy practices of those services.
Read the Epic Games Privacy Policy and itch.io Privacy Policy for details.
6. Retention and security
Information is kept only for purposes for which it is needed, consistent with applicable legal requirements and service operations. Some information may remain in local game files, hosting logs, support correspondence or systems managed by third-party providers under their own retention rules. We take reasonable measures to protect any information under our control, but no online service can guarantee absolute security.
7. Your choices and rights
You can choose whether to connect an Epic account and manage connected application permissions through your Epic account settings. Depending on applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information handled by Flintwake Studios, object to certain processing, or raise a concern with your local data-protection authority.
For a privacy or deletion request, contact us privately using the address below. Please do not post account identifiers or other sensitive information in public game comments. Requests relating to data controlled by Epic Games or itch.io may need to be made directly to those services.
8. International services
Third-party providers supporting game account services, distribution and website hosting may process information in countries other than your own. Applicable providers are responsible for their own handling and transfer arrangements.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when Skeldwinter's features or privacy practices change. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.
10. Contact
Flintwake Studios — privacy enquiries and data-deletion requests: gdrever36@googlemail.com.