HotPan Games

Privacy policy

Cargo Factory

This policy explains what information Cargo Factory handles and why. Cargo Factory is a game by HotPan Games ("we", "us"). If anything here is unclear, write to info@hotpangames.com.

The short version

  • The game doesn't ask for your name, email address, location, contacts or photos, and you don't need an account.
  • Your progress and settings are saved on your device only. We can't see them.
  • The current version of the game doesn't connect to the internet and sends nothing to us or to anyone else.
  • Rewarded videos are always optional. Right now they're shown by the game itself, with no advertising network involved.

01Who we are

HotPan Games makes Cargo Factory and is responsible for the information described in this policy. You can reach us at info@hotpangames.com.

02What the game saves on your device

To let you pick up where you left off, the game saves this on your phone or tablet:

  • Your progress: the halls and areas you've opened, upgrades, staff, cash, reputation, the current workday and its contracts.
  • Your settings: language and sound.

This information stays on your device and is never sent to us. Uninstalling the game, or clearing its data in your device settings, deletes it. You can also reset your progress from the game's Handbook. If your device's own backup service is turned on (for example Android backup to your Google account), it may include the game's save. That backup is handled by Google under your account and its privacy policy.

When you first open the game, it reads your device's language setting to choose the game's language. You can change it at any time in the Handbook.

The game may vibrate your device for some alerts. Muting the game's sound turns this off too. It also checks your device's clock to work out what your staff earned while the game was closed. It doesn't use your camera, microphone, location, contacts or photos.

03What we don't collect

We don't collect your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos, advertising ID or any other device identifier. The game has no accounts, no chat and no social features. The staff, customers and thieves in the game are made up by the game.

04Rewarded videos and advertising

The game offers rewarded videos. You can watch one to double your income for two minutes of play, or to collect the day's finished contract rewards a second time. You never have to watch one to play, and the game pauses while one plays.

In the current version, these videos are shown by the game itself. No advertising network is involved, so no advertising data is collected and nothing is shared with advertisers.

If we add an advertising partner, we'll update this policy before that version of the game is released. The update will name the partner, explain what it collects (such as your device's advertising ID), and, where the law requires it, the game will ask for your consent first.

05Information from app stores

You download the game from an app store such as Google Play, which handles the download under its own privacy policy. If you've allowed your device to share usage and diagnostic data, the store may give us statistics such as install counts, crash reports and performance figures. We use them only to fix problems and improve the game, and they don't tell us who you are.

06If you email us

If you write to us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you, and we keep it only as long as we need to for that conversation. We don't add you to a mailing list, and we don't share your email with anyone.

07Children

Cargo Factory is meant for players aged 13 and older and isn't directed at children under 13. Because the game doesn't collect personal information, it doesn't collect any from children either. If you believe a child has sent us personal information by email, contact us and we'll delete it.

08Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, data protection laws such as the GDPR in the European Union and the United Kingdom, or the CCPA in California, give you rights over your personal information. These include the right to see it, correct it, delete it, or object to how it's used.

The game keeps everything on your device, so you control it directly: uninstall the game or clear its data to delete it. For anything we do hold, such as an email you sent us, write to info@hotpangames.com and we'll respond within 30 days. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.

09Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we'll post the new version on this page and update the date at the top. If a change affects what information the game collects, the new policy will be published before the version of the game that needs it is released.

10Contact

HotPan Games
info@hotpangames.com