Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 7/1/2025
1. Introduction
Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what data is collected, used, or transmitted when you play Brave Escape. Most data is handled locally on your device via official SDKs (such as Epic Online Services and platform SDKs). Hit Start Studios only receives data through our API, which is used solely to facilitate lobby codes.
By using our game, you agree to this policy. If you have any questions, contact us at: contact@hitstartstudios.com
2. What We Collect and Receive
Most online features are powered by third-party SDKs and operate locally on your device. These SDKs (e.g., Epic Online Services and game platform SDKs) may communicate with their respective services to handle login, multiplayer, and session management.
Hit Start Studios does not collect, access, or store this third-party data. The only data we receive is through our lobby code API, and is limited to temporary platform identifiers used only to facilitate matchmaking.
a. Epic Online Services (EOS)
EOS operates on your device to manage cross-play, Friend’s Pass, and multiplayer sessions.
Your game client may:
- Authenticate using your game platform account
- Retrieve an Epic Product User ID (PUID)
- Join multiplayer lobbies using a lobby code
- Share your platform id and display name with other players
This information remains local or is shared directly with Epic Games. Hit Start Studios does not collect or store it.
For more details on how Epic Games processes data, please visit the Epic Games Privacy Policy: https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/privacypolicy.
b. Third-Party Platform Accounts
Your game may communicate directly with platform services such as Valve Corp., and Epic Games, Inc. These platforms may:
- Provide your game with a login token or user ID
- Facilitate authentication with Epic Online Services (EOS)
- Share your platform display name with other players
- Supply platform and region metadata
All of this is handled locally on your device. Hit Start Studios does not access, collect, or retain any information from these platforms.
c. Hit Start Studios API
Our API is only used when creating or joining a multiplayer game using a lobby code:
- Hosting a game sends an Epic Lobby ID to our API, which returns a short code to share.
- When another player enters that code, our API provides the corresponding Epic Lobby ID.
We do not collect or store account names or personally identifiable information—only anonymous, temporary identifiers are used to facilitate connection.
Your IP address may be temporarily logged for technical, security, or maintenance purposes. These logs are not used to identify players and are regularly rotated.
3. What We Don’t Collect
We do not intentionally collect or store:
- Your name, email, or payment details
- Chat logs, messages, or voice communications
- Gameplay data, except temporary lobby-related identifiers
When you visit our website or use our online services, infrastructure providers (such as Cloudflare) may collect technical data to support site functionality, performance, and security. https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
4. Data Retention
We retain lobby codes, Epic Lobby IDs, and technical logs (such as IP addresses) only as long as necessary to operate the service. Logs are regularly rotated and are not linked to user identities.
5. Children’s Privacy
Our game is rated E for Everyone and is suitable for all ages. We do not collect personal information from users, including children. We recommend that parents and guardians supervise online interactions and ensure their children only share lobby codes or play sessions with people they know and trust.
6. Data Security
We use secure communication protocols (e.g., HTTPS) to protect data in transit. We take appropriate security measures to safeguard all data handled by our systems.
7. Your Rights
If you believe we hold any personal information about you, you have the right to request access, correction, or deletion of that data. You can contact us using the information provided in this policy to make any such requests.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. If changes are significant, we will notify users through our website, platform store pages, or in-game.
9. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at contact@hitstartstudios.com