Privacy Policy

The Punch: Geo game · updated 2026-10-27 · Русский

The Punch: Geo game is a location-based game. Here is what data we collect, why, and how to delete it.

What we collect

• The nickname you chose and your game progress (level, items, buildings, diamonds).
• Sign-in data: your Apple account identifier and email address, if you chose to share it, or your Telegram user number and name — so your character is not lost when you change phones.
• Your location — only while the game is open: the game cannot work without it (map, fights, buildings around you). We keep route points for anti-cheat, statistics and your city's daily results (distance travelled).
• Motion sensor data (steps, shaking) — only to tell real walking from GPS spoofing.
• A random phone code that the game creates itself and keeps in the keychain — to detect account farms. It is not an advertising identifier and cannot identify you in other apps.
• IP address and connection latency — to fight multi-accounting and choose servers.
• Push token — to send the notifications you turned on. Game promotions ("News and offers") are sent only with your consent.
• Chat messages (in the "Nearby" chat — together with the point it was sent from), support requests and reports.
• App error reports: the error text and game version — to fix crashes.
• In-game purchases (what was bought and when).

Why

To run the game, protect fair players from cheaters and account farms, answer your requests and improve the game. We do not sell your data and do not show ads based on it.

Who we share it with

• Apple Maps — the game map: the app loads Apple's map, Apple sees the map area.
• Apple and Telegram — when you sign in: we check that your account confirmed the sign-in (in Telegram — by tapping the button in our bot).
• Apple Push Notification service — delivers push notifications to your phone.
• Apple — for in-game purchases (Apple processes the payment; we never see your card details).
• OpenStreetMap (Nominatim service) — to find the city name for the "City" and "Country" chats. The server sends only the centre of the area (a few kilometres across), without your data.
• Open-Meteo — in-game weather. The server sends only the centre of an area about 50 km across, without your data.
• Telegram — service messages to the game team (nickname and what happened, e.g. a suspicious sign-up) and encrypted database backups.

Nobody else, unless required by law.

Where and how long

On the game server in the Netherlands, for as long as you have an account. The action log older than a few months is archived and deleted.

Deletion

Settings → "Delete account". After 7 days we delete your character and everything linked to it: progress, routes, chat, IP addresses, support requests. Purchase records stay for accounting — without any link to you.

Children

The game is not intended for children under 13.

Contact

Questions about your data — via "Settings → Contact support".

Changes

If this policy changes, the game will ask you to accept the new version.