Privacy Policy

Sixteen Kingdoms Chronicles (五胡十六國)

In Brief

This game does not collect personal information that identifies you. All game records stay on your own device.
However, the Android version distributed on Google Play contains ads, and to show them Google AdMob processes some information, such as the advertising ID, and shares it with Google. The details are in Section 5. The PC and web versions contain no ads.

1. What We Do Not Collect

In no version does this game collect, store or transmit any of the following.

Information that can identify you, such as your name, date of birth, phone number or email address
Sign-up, login or account information
Payment information (purchases are handled by the platform you downloaded the game from)
Contacts, photos, files, microphone or camera
Precise location obtained through the device's location permission — this game does not request location permission

The game has no screen that asks you to enter such information.

⚠ Ads in the Android version, however, are a different matter. Even without location permission, your approximate region can be inferred from your IP address, and the advertising ID and app usage records are processed for advertising. We do not hide this — it is all set out in Section 5.

2. What Is Stored Only on Your Device

So that you can continue your game, the data below is stored only on your device. It never leaves it.

What	Where
Saved games, autosaves and quick saves	Browser storage (`localStorage`) and, in the PC version, `%APPDATA%\Ohosipyukguk\saves`
Settings — volume, effect speed, color-vision assistance, window size	Browser storage
Codex and achievement progress, Duel Arena record	Browser storage
Diagnostic logs from when an error occurred	Browser storage (used only if you copy them from the screen and send them yourself)

This data is deleted when you uninstall the game or clear your browser storage. In the PC version you can open the save folder directly from Save → Open Save Folder in the game to check or delete it.

3. External Transmission and Communication

Game records (saves, Codex, settings) never leave your device in any version. There is no server for the game, and no analytics or tracking tools are built in.

Version	Communication
PC version (Windows) · web version	Does not communicate with any server to play the game. No ad SDK is included either.
Android version (Google Play)	Communicates with Google's ad servers to fetch ads. What is exchanged is listed in the table in Section 5. The game itself is still played entirely on your device.

If you tap a link yourself — to the manual or to the source of a music credit — you will go to that website. Personal data there is handled under that site's own policy.

4. What Platforms Handle

The platform you downloaded the game from (Google Play, STOVE, Steam, etc.) handles installation, purchases, refunds, play time and similar matters on its own. That is a relationship between the platform and you; this game does not receive that information. Please see the platform's own privacy policy for details.

5. Ads in the Android Version

The Android version distributed on Google Play is free, and carries ads in return. Ads are shown by Google AdMob, and in the process the information below is processed and shared with Google. The PC and web versions contain no ads and include no ad SDK.

5-1. What Is Processed for Ads

What	Shared	Used for	Why
Approximate location	Yes	Advertising · analytics	Country/region level, inferred from your IP address. The device's location permission is not used.
Device or other identifiers	Yes	Advertising · fraud prevention	Such as the Android advertising ID. You can reset or delete it in your device settings.
App interactions	Yes	Advertising · analytics	Records kept by the ad SDK, such as app launches and ads viewed or tapped.
Diagnostics	Yes	Analytics · performance	Information about how the app and the ad SDK run, and their errors.

Your game records are not included here. Saves, Codex, achievements and settings stay on your device and are not passed to the ad company (Section 2). This table lists only what leaves your device.

Data is transmitted over encrypted connections (TLS). The developer does not receive or store this data. For details of how Google processes it, see Google's policy.

5-2. Your Choices

Consent (UMP) — in regions where consent is required, such as Europe, Google's consent screen asks for your choice before any ad is requested. If you do not consent, no personalized ads are requested; if your consent cannot be confirmed, only non-personalized ads are requested. See 5-3.
Resetting or deleting the advertising ID — in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads you can create a new advertising ID or delete it. Deleting it turns off personalized ads.
Playing without ads — an ad-free PC version is available separately.

We use only full-screen (interstitial) ads, never banners, and they appear only when you return to the title screen (no more than once every 15 minutes; the first return of a session is the exception). No ad appears when you launch the app. Ads are never shown during a turn or a battle.

5-3. Users in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the Android version asks for your consent through Google's consent tool (User Messaging Platform, UMP) before requesting any ad. The legal basis for processing the data listed in 5-1 is your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a); UK GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

Ads are personalized only if you consent. If you decline, only non-personalized ads are requested.
If your consent cannot be confirmed (for example, the consent screen fails to load), only non-personalized ads are requested. Non-personalized ads still use the information needed to deliver an ad and prevent fraud (such as the IP address, used for approximate location).
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time in Settings → Ad Privacy within the game. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out before the withdrawal.
The data is processed by Google as an independent controller under its own policies; Google may process it outside your country, relying on the safeguards described in its policies.

Your rights. Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify and erase your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. Because this game itself keeps no data that identifies you, requests about advertising data are best directed to Google (see the policy linked in 5-1), or you can reset or delete your advertising ID as described in 5-2. You may contact us at the address in Section 8, and you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

This section (5-3) is effective from 2026-10-01.

6. Children

This game is not directed at children. It does not receive personal information that can identify you, and it has no screen that asks for your age.

As for ads, you can turn off personalized ads by deleting the advertising ID in your device settings, as described in 5-2 above. Parents or guardians with questions may contact us at the address in Section 8.

7. Your Rights

Because this game keeps no personal information that identifies you, there is nothing for us to show you or correct on request. Anything you wish to delete, you can delete yourself.

Game records — deleted when you uninstall the game or clear your browser storage. In the PC version you can delete them directly from Save → Open Save Folder in the game.
Advertising ID — reset or delete it in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads.

If you need help with deletion, please contact us below. Users in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, see also 5-3.

8. Contact

Please send any questions about the handling of personal information to:

Developer	wailfate
Contact	wailfate@gmail.com

9. Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, we will revise this document along with a game update and update the effective date below.

Effective 2026-10-01 · Sixteen Kingdoms Chronicles (五胡十六國)
Revision history — 2026-08-12 established · 2026-08-17 revised for ads (Section 5) on Google Play release · 2026-10-01 English version with GDPR section (5-3) added