STEAL A PLANT – PRIVACY POLICY
Effective date: August 13, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Steal a Plant Team (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores and shares information when you install or use Steal a Plant (the “Game”) on Meta Quest.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
1.1 Account and Identifier Information
The Game may process:
• A PlayFab player identifier
• A device-derived identifier used to create or access a PlayFab account
• Your chosen in-game display name
• Photon multiplayer account and session identifiers
• Meta application entitlement results
• Short-lived device/application integrity tokens and verification-session identifiers
• A Meta app-scoped User ID only if a future version of the Game explicitly enables Meta’s User API
We do not receive your Meta password or payment-card details.
1.2 Saved Game and Economy Information
The Game stores gameplay information through PlayFab, including:
• Base and slot contents
• Plants, Lucky Blocks, mutations, sizes and growth progress
• Generated and claimed currency
• Inventory, cosmetics and equipment
• Rebirth progress
• Promotional-code redemptions
• Purchases made using in-game virtual currency
• Progression, rewards and community-challenge contributions
• Moderation, ban and account-status information where applicable
This information is associated with your PlayFab account so progress can be restored across sessions.
1.3 Multiplayer and Social Information
When you use multiplayer features, the Game processes and transmits information needed to operate the session, including:
• Display name
• Photon player and room identifiers
• Head, hand and player-position updates
• Gameplay actions and interactions
• Room membership and connection status
• Voice communications when voice chat is enabled
• Reports submitted about other players
Other players in the same room may see your display name, avatar movement, voice communication and gameplay actions.
1.4 Voice and Moderation Information
When voice chat or automated voice moderation is enabled, voice audio may be transmitted through Photon Voice. Potential rule violations may produce a transcription or moderation record.
Moderation records may include:
• Player display name
• PlayFab identifier
• Transcribed speech
• Report reason
• Enforcement action
• Date and time
Configured moderation reports may be delivered to a private developer moderation channel hosted by Discord. Voice information is used for multiplayer communication, safety, moderation and enforcement, not for advertising or biometric identification.
1.5 Device, Integrity and Technical Information
The Game may process:
• Device model and operating-system information
• Application version and package name
• Application-signing certificate hash
• Device/application integrity tokens
• Network and connection information
• Crash, error and diagnostic information
• Performance information necessary to diagnose technical problems
The Game uses VR controller, headset and hand-position input to provide gameplay. Multiplayer pose information is transmitted to other players through Photon. We do not intentionally retain a permanent raw history of headset or hand movements.
1.6 Age Information
Steal a Plant is intended for users aged 13 and older.
The current Game does not request or store an exact date of birth. If Meta’s User Age Group API is enabled in a future version, the Game may receive a broad age-group category and use it only to apply age-appropriate safety, social, privacy and purchasing settings.
1.7 Purchase Information
The current Game uses PlayFab virtual currency and inventory. The current version does not process real-money purchases through Meta’s In-App Purchase API.
If Meta In-App Purchases are introduced later, we may receive product identifiers, entitlement status and purchase status to fulfill or restore content and prevent duplicate delivery. Payment-card and billing information would remain handled by Meta and would not be provided to us.
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We use information to:
• Authenticate players and verify entitlement
• Verify that the installed application and device session are legitimate
• Operate multiplayer and voice features
• Save and restore progression
• Manage virtual currency, inventory and rewards
• Fulfill game features and promotional codes
• Prevent cheating, fraud and duplication
• Moderate player conduct and enforce game rules
• Respond to player reports and support requests
• Diagnose errors and improve stability, security and performance
• Comply with applicable platform and legal requirements
We do not sell personal information.
We do not use personal information for behavioral advertising or third-party marketing.
3. HOW INFORMATION IS SHARED
Information may be processed by the following service providers:
• Meta Platforms Technologies – application distribution, entitlement, platform services and device/application integrity verification
• Microsoft PlayFab – player authentication, identifiers, saved progression, virtual currency, inventory, title data, CloudScript and moderation information
• Exit Games/Photon – multiplayer rooms, networking, player state and voice communication
• Our hosted authentication backend – integrity challenges, verification sessions, short-lived authentication tokens, package/version information and associated PlayFab identifiers
• Vercel – hosting for portions of the authentication backend where configured
• Discord – private developer moderation reports or transcriptions where the moderation webhook is enabled
We may also disclose information when required to comply with law, protect users, investigate abuse or secure the Game.
4. DATA RETENTION
We retain account and progression information for as long as the PlayFab account remains active or until a valid deletion request is completed.
Multiplayer room state is generally temporary and lasts only for the relevant session, although Photon may retain operational records according to its own service terms.
Authentication and integrity-session tokens are short-lived, although security logs may be retained as necessary to investigate abuse.
Moderation records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to investigate reports, enforce penalties, resolve appeals and protect users. Records delivered to Discord remain there until removed in accordance with our moderation practices or a valid deletion request.
Local preferences remain on the device until the user clears application data or uninstalls the Game.
5. SECURITY
We use reasonable safeguards appropriate to the information processed, including encrypted network transmission where supported, authenticated service access, limited developer access and integrity verification.
No method of storage or transmission is completely secure.
6. USER RIGHTS AND DATA REQUESTS
You may request:
• Access to information associated with your account
• Correction of inaccurate information
• Deletion of your stored account and gameplay information
• Information about how your data is used
Send requests to:
therealhalt01@gmail.com
Use the subject:
Steal a Plant Data Request
Include your PlayFab ID if it is visible in the Game. You may also include your in-game display name and approximate last-played date so we can locate the correct account.
Do not send passwords, payment-card details, government identification or unnecessary purchase documents.
We may request limited additional information when reasonably necessary to verify that the requester controls the relevant account.
After verification, we will delete or anonymize information under our control unless retention is required for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution or legal compliance. Requests involving information held by Meta, Microsoft PlayFab, Photon or Discord may also be subject to those providers’ procedures and retention requirements.
7. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Steal a Plant is intended for teens and adults aged 13 and older and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that such information was collected, contact us at therealhalt01@gmail.com so it can be investigated and deleted.
8. INTERNATIONAL PROCESSING
Our service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Those providers are responsible for applying appropriate safeguards under their applicable terms and privacy practices.
9. THIRD-PARTY POLICIES
The services used by the Game operate under their own privacy terms, including Meta, Microsoft PlayFab, Exit Games/Photon, Vercel and Discord.
10. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy when the Game, its services or applicable requirements change. The updated policy will include a new effective date and will be posted on the Game’s store listing or official policy page.
11. CONTACT
Developer: Steal a Plant Team
Email: therealhalt01@gmail.com