Hawaiian Shirt Studios (“we,” “us,” or “our”) makes games and other software and operates this website at hawaiianshirtstudios.com. We’ve built our products to need as little of your information as possible.
The short version: we don’t collect, store, or sell your personal information. We don’t run ads, we don’t use third-party analytics or tracking, and we don’t ask you to create an account. The sections below explain what that means, and the few places where standard infrastructure (like an app store or a web host) is involved.
This website
Our website is a set of static pages hosted on GitHub Pages. We don’t use cookies, analytics, tracking pixels, or advertising on it. As with any website, the services that deliver it may process limited technical information in order to serve pages to you:
- GitHub Pages (our host) may log standard request data such as your IP address and browser type for security and reliability. See GitHub’s Privacy Statement.
- The site loads typefaces from Google Fonts, so your browser requests those font files from Google and, in doing so, shares your IP address with Google. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
We don’t receive, store, or have access to that information ourselves.
Our apps (including Approach)
Our games are designed to work without accounts and without sending your data to us.
- No account, no sign-in. You can use our apps without giving us any personal information.
- Your data stays on your device. Game settings, progress, and scores are stored locally on your device. If you use iCloud, Apple may sync some of this data across your own devices through your iCloud account. That data lives in your Apple account, not on our servers, and we can’t see it.
- Purchases. If you make an in-app purchase, it is processed by Apple through the App Store. We never see or receive your payment details. Apple may share aggregated, non-identifying sales and performance information with us (for example, how many purchases were made). See Apple’s Privacy Policy.
- No ads or tracking. Our apps contain no third-party advertising, and we don’t embed third-party analytics or tracking SDKs.
Information we collect
Directly, none. We don’t operate servers that collect personal information, and we don’t maintain user accounts or mailing lists. If you email us (for example, at contact@hawaiianshirtstudios.com), we’ll receive whatever you choose to put in your message, and we’ll use it only to reply to you.
How we use information
Because we don’t collect personal information, we don’t use it for profiling, advertising, or resale. Any message you send us is used solely to respond to your question or request.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information, because we don’t collect it, and we don’t share personal information with third parties for their own marketing.
Third-party services
A few well-known providers make our products possible. Each has its own privacy practices:
- Apple (App Store, in-app purchases, iCloud)
- GitHub (website hosting)
- Google Fonts (web fonts on this website)
We encourage you to review their policies to understand how they handle data.
Children’s privacy
Our products are intended for a general audience and are not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us information by email, please contact us and we’ll delete it.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under laws such as the GDPR (Europe) or CCPA/CPRA (California), including rights to access, correct, or delete personal information. Since we don’t hold personal information about you, there is typically nothing for us to retrieve or erase. If you have a question or request, contact us and we’ll help however we can.
Data security
We don’t store your personal information on our systems, which is the strongest protection we can offer it. Information handled by the third-party services above is protected under their respective security practices.
International visitors
Our website and apps are available globally. Where infrastructure providers process technical data, it may be handled in the United States or other countries under their own safeguards.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll revise the “Last updated” date above, and material changes will be reflected on this page.
Contact us
Questions about this policy or your privacy? Email us at contact@hawaiianshirtstudios.com.