AeroEmpire (the "App") is provided by Raag Consulting OÜ ("we," "us," "our"), Mustamäe tee 80-11, Tallinn, Estonia. You can reach us at info@raag.consulting.
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we operate no servers and no database, so we never receive or store personal data about you ourselves. We do, however, decide to include Google's advertising in the free version, and the third-party services described below collect data through the App on their own account. They act as independent controllers of that data, and their policies govern it. This policy explains the split in detail.
Nothing reaches us. We do not receive, store, or sell any personal data about you. Specifically:
The App does talk to four outside services, none of which is ours: Google AdMob for ads in the free version, Apple's App Store for the purchase itself, RevenueCat for checking that purchase, and Apple's Game Center for achievements. Each is described below.
Everything about your airline is written to files inside the App's own storage on your device. None of it leaves, and deleting the App removes it all.
If you have iCloud Backup switched on, iOS includes the App's saved games in your device backup, as it does for every app. That backup is Apple's, it is encrypted, and it is governed by Apple's terms — we have no access to it and no way to read it.
The App asks for one, and only in the free version: permission to track. Apple's "Allow tracking?" prompt lets Google use your device's advertising identifier to show you more relevant ads. It is entirely optional — tapping "Ask App Not to Track" changes nothing about the game, and you can change your answer at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. See Advertising below.
There is no request for your location, camera, microphone, contacts, photos, notifications, or motion data, because nothing in the game needs them.
The globe you spin is drawn from map data bundled inside the App. It is a picture of the world, not a picture of where you are — the App never asks for your location. (Google may infer an approximate region from your IP address to serve ads; see Advertising.)
The complete list of parties that receive anything at all, and what each one gets:
| Service | What it receives |
|---|---|
| Us | Nothing. We run no servers and receive no data from the App, ever. |
| Google AdMob | Free version only. Device and app information, IP address (for approximate location), ad interactions, your consent choices, and — only if you allow tracking — your device's advertising identifier (IDFA). Used to serve, measure and, with your permission, personalise ads. |
| Apple (App Store) | Your purchase, if you make one. Apple handles the payment and never shares your payment details with us. |
| RevenueCat | A random identifier generated on your device, your App Store receipt, and basic device and app-version information — used to validate and restore the unlock. |
| Apple (Game Center) | Which achievements you have earned, and only if you are signed in to Game Center. Handled inside Apple's own system. |
The free version of AeroEmpire shows banner ads and an occasional full-screen ad, provided by Google AdMob (Google Ireland Limited in the EEA, UK and Switzerland; Google LLC elsewhere). The one-time unlock removes all ads, and once the App knows you own it, no ad is requested.
To serve ads, Google's software in the App collects information such as your device model and operating system version, app version, IP address (from which it may infer an approximate location), ad impressions and taps, and diagnostic data about ad performance. If — and only if — you allow tracking in Apple's prompt, it also receives your device's advertising identifier (IDFA), which lets Google show you ads based on your interests across apps and websites. How Google uses this information is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.
Your choices:
Where consent is required, the legal basis for ad-related processing is your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)), which you can withdraw at any time as described above.
If you are signed in to Game Center, the App reports the achievements you unlock — twenty-five milestones such as your first country, a hundred routes, or surviving bankruptcy — so they appear on your Game Center profile.
This runs entirely through Apple's own system. The App has no leaderboards, no multiplayer, no chat, and no access to your friends list. Nothing about your Game Center identity is sent to us or to anyone else, and your saved games are never uploaded to it — only the fact that an achievement was earned.
Game Center is entirely optional. Declining or signing out leaves the whole game playable exactly as it is; achievements simply stop being recorded. What Apple does with Game Center data is covered by the Apple Privacy Policy.
AeroEmpire offers a single one-time purchase that unlocks the full game. The payment itself is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details — Apple does not share them with us.
We use RevenueCat, Inc. to check whether that purchase is valid and to restore it. When you buy or restore, RevenueCat receives an identifier the App generates on your device, your App Store transaction receipt, and basic device and app-version information. See the RevenueCat privacy policy.
That identifier is random and anonymous: the App generates it from random bytes the first time it runs, and it is not derived from your name, your email, your Apple Account, or anything about your device. It is kept in your device's keychain. If you use iCloud Keychain, it follows you to your other devices, which is what lets a purchase made on one of them unlock the game on the rest.
Playing offline is part of the one-time unlock, so the free version asks for a connection before a run. That check is local — the App asks iOS whether a network is available and contacts no server to find out, ours or anyone else's.
There is no sync, no cloud save, and no telemetry — your game stays on your device whether you are connected or not. The only traffic is the ad requests described under Advertising (free version only) and the purchase and achievement checks above.
The App is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone, including children. There is no chat and no user-generated content. If a child plays while signed in to Game Center, that sign-in is Apple's and is governed by the family's Apple Account settings. Parents can prevent tracking for a child's device with Apple's Screen Time and tracking settings, and the one-time unlock removes ads entirely.
If you are in the EU/EEA, the UK, California, or another region with data-protection laws (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and similar), you have rights to access, correct, delete, and export your personal data, to object to its processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing on our side for us to act on — but we're happy to confirm that in writing if you ask. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority; in Estonia that is the Andmekaitse Inspektsioon.
For data held by Google, Apple or RevenueCat, those rights are exercised with them directly, since they determine what they do with it. Consent for ads can be withdrawn in the App itself, as described under Advertising. We never sell personal data ourselves. Under California law, sharing device identifiers with an ad network for personalised advertising can count as "sharing"; you can opt out of it by declining tracking in Apple's prompt or in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
If a future version of the App changes how it handles data, we will update this page and revise the "Last updated" date above before that version ships. Continued use of the App after a change indicates acceptance of the revised policy.
Questions or requests regarding privacy:
Raag Consulting OÜ
Mustamäe tee 80-11, Tallinn, Estonia
Email: info@raag.consulting