Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how YKYMF Studio collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you visit the Starlift website, sign up for updates, participate in playtests, contact support, or otherwise interact with related services, storefront pages, and promotional materials.

This page is intended to provide a standard, comprehensive privacy notice for the Starlift site and related communications. It applies to information collected online through this website and through direct interactions that reference this policy. It does not control the practices of third-party platforms such as Steam, Apple, Google, Discord, YouTube, or social media networks, which have their own privacy policies.

Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Starlift, we may collect information you choose to provide directly, information collected automatically through your browser or device, and information received from storefronts, service providers, or community tools.

Examples of information we may collect include the following categories:

• Contact details such as name, email address, country, and any information you include in messages, forms, surveys, playtest applications, or support requests.
• Technical and usage data such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, approximate region, timestamps, crash data, and interaction events needed to operate or secure the site.
• Storefront or transaction data such as purchase confirmations, refund notifications, wishlist activity, or platform identifiers when a game store or payment provider shares them with us.
• Preference data such as cookie selections, marketing choices, language preferences, and local settings saved in your browser.
• Feedback and community submissions such as bug reports, screenshots, playtest notes, survey responses, and any attachments or materials you send to us.

How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect to operate, improve, and protect the Starlift website and related services, and to communicate with players, testers, and interested visitors.

• Provide the site, maintain access, personalize your experience, and remember your preferences.
• Respond to support requests, questions, playtest applications, and other inquiries.
• Send newsletters, release updates, announcements, or promotional messages when you have requested them or otherwise consented where required by law.
• Analyze site performance, diagnose bugs, prevent misuse, and improve content, usability, and technical stability.
• Process transactions, fulfill orders, or coordinate access to demos, betas, or community features when applicable.
• Comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect the rights, safety, and security of our business, players, and partners.

Cookies, Similar Technologies, and Privacy Settings

We may use cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, SDKs, or similar technologies to operate the site and understand how it is used. These technologies may be placed by us or by service providers acting on our behalf.

The privacy settings above allow you to manage categories of optional technologies on this site. Essential storage remains enabled because it is required to remember your choice and keep core site functions working. At the time this page was published, optional analytics and marketing technologies were not enabled by default on this page.

• Essential: required for security, routing, accessibility, load balancing, and storing your privacy choices.
• Analytics: helps us understand site traffic, page performance, and user flows so we can improve the experience.
• Personalization: remembers interface preferences or tailors content based on prior interactions.
• Marketing: supports announcements, campaign measurement, remarketing, and ad effectiveness where such tools are used.
• Your privacy selections are stored locally in this browser so we can honor the choice you make on this page.

When We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. We may share information in limited circumstances when it is necessary to run the site, communicate with users, comply with law, or protect legitimate business interests.

• With hosting, infrastructure, analytics, email, customer support, survey, or security vendors that process data on our behalf.
• With storefronts, payment processors, distribution partners, or community platforms when those services are part of delivering Starlift updates, purchases, keys, or playtests.
• With advisors, legal counsel, auditors, or authorities when required by law or when reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or legal claims.
• As part of a merger, acquisition, financing, asset sale, or similar business transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and lawful handling requirements.

Legal Bases for Processing

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction that requires a legal basis for processing personal data, we generally rely on one or more of the following bases: performance of a contract, legitimate interests, consent, and compliance with legal obligations.

For example, we may process information to provide requested services, answer inquiries, protect the site from abuse, analyze performance, or send marketing communications where you have opted in and may later withdraw consent.

International Data Transfers

Starlift and the service providers we use may operate in Australia, the United States, and other countries. As a result, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or accessed from countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

Where required, we take reasonable steps to use lawful transfer mechanisms and contractual safeguards designed to protect personal information during international transfers.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including to provide services, maintain records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.

Retention periods vary based on the type of information involved. For example, privacy preference data may remain in your browser until you clear it, support correspondence may be retained for continuity and recordkeeping, and technical logs may be retained for shorter operational or security periods.

Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures may include access controls, vendor review, limited retention, and security monitoring.

No website, transmission method, or storage system is completely secure. For that reason, we cannot guarantee absolute security, and you should use care when deciding what information to send online.

Children's Privacy

The Starlift website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13, or a higher age threshold where local law requires. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child without appropriate authorization, we will take steps to delete it.

If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can investigate and respond appropriately.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to your personal information. Those rights can include access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, and withdrawal of consent. You may also have the right to opt out of certain marketing or targeted advertising practices.

You can generally exercise the following choices at any time:

• Use the privacy settings on this page to manage optional technology categories on this site.
• Unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the message or contacting us directly.
• Request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you, subject to legal exceptions.
• Ask us to explain our processing practices or object to certain uses of your information where permitted by law.

California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act. These rights may include knowing what categories of personal information we collect, the sources of that information, the business purposes for collecting it, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it, and requesting deletion or correction where applicable.

As of the publication date of this policy, we do not knowingly sell personal information for money, and we do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising on this page. If our practices change, we will update this notice and provide any rights mechanisms required by law.

Do Not Track and Third-Party Links

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track setting. Because there is no universally accepted standard for responding to these signals, this site may not respond differently to all Do Not Track requests unless required by law.

The Starlift site may link to third-party websites, storefronts, videos, mailing tools, or community spaces. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third parties, and you should review their policies before interacting with them.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the site, the game's development, legal requirements, or our data practices. When we do, we will revise the last updated date on this page and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.

Your continued use of the site after an updated policy becomes effective means the updated version will apply to future interactions, subject to any rights you may have under applicable law.

Contact Us

If you have questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or Starlift privacy practices, you can contact YKYMF Studio using the details below.

• Email: ykymfstudio@gmail.com
• Mail: PO Box 705, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia, 2620
• Phone: +61 402 418 765