Privacy Policy

Kesit is a single-player game and can be played offline. In short: we do not collect personal data, there is no account, no advertising and no tracking. To help us improve the game it sends anonymous usage data; you can turn this off with a single tap in the game’s settings.

Data controller

Data controller: HK Lab (Haki Çakmak) (“we”). This text constitutes the notice required by Article 10 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK).

Data we do not collect

Kesit does not collect your name, phone number, location, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, health or payment information, advertising identifier (IDFA/AAID) or your device’s hardware identifier. The game has no advertising and no third-party tracking tools; we do not track you across other apps and websites.

Anonymous usage data

To see where players struggle, where the game fails and how smoothly it runs on phones, the following data is sent to HK Lab’s own server (hklab.app):

• Installation ID: a random number generated when the game is first opened. It is not a device or advertising identifier and does not identify you. It is deleted from the device when you turn the setting off; a new one is generated when you turn it back on.
• Game events: the game being opened and session length, starting and finishing a chapter, death (chapter, checkpoint, type of death and its position in the game).
• Errors and performance: the first 200 characters of an uncaught error message, a frame-rate summary (average FPS, stutter rate, graphics quality tier).
• Device information: platform (iOS/Android), operating system version, game version.

Your IP address is not stored; only the country (a two-letter code taken from your device’s region setting — not your location) is recorded. This data is not linked to your name, email address or any other identity; it is not sold, shared or used for advertising. No third-party analytics service is used.

Turning it off

When Settings → “Usage data” is set to OFF, the game sends no usage data at all; events waiting on the device and the installation ID are deleted.

Remote settings

When it starts, the game reads a small settings file from hklab.app (for example, hint timing or an announcement). This request contains no data about you; without a network connection the game starts with the last settings stored on the device, or with the defaults.

Feedback

When you use Settings → “Send feedback”, we receive the text you write, the type you choose (idea, request, problem), the platform and the version. Your email address is optional and is used only to reply to you. Feedback is not linked to the installation ID. Please do not include personal information in your message.

Retention periods

• Raw usage events: 90 days, then deleted.
• Feedback (including email addresses): 180 days, then deleted.
• Anonymous daily totals (e.g. “120 people finished chapter 3 today”): 400 days.

Data that stays on your device

• Game progress: the last checkpoint you reached and the current state of the puzzles are stored only on your device.
• Settings: volume, vibration, camera shake, display, language, control hints and your usage-data preference are stored only on your device.

To delete this data, simply uninstall the game from your device.

Device features

• Vibration and sound: for feedback during gameplay. Both can be turned off in the game’s settings.
• Keeping the screen on: so the screen does not dim while you play.
• Internet: only for the usage data, remote settings and feedback described above. The game can be played fully offline.

Children

Kesit is not directed at children; because of its dark and mysterious atmosphere it is recommended for ages 12 and up. We do not collect personal data from any age group.

Your rights and deletion

To exercise your rights under Article 11 of the KVKK and the GDPR, write to us at haki122cakmak@gmail.com. Because usage data is not linked to your identity, we cannot tell whose it is; to stop sending it and delete the ID, simply turn the setting off, and the records on the server are deleted automatically within 90 days. If you would like feedback you sent to be deleted, contact us with the email address you used or a short quote from the text; we will delete it within 30 days at the latest.

Changes

If we change how data is processed, we will update this policy in advance and announce the change here and on the app store page.