This policy explains how Matane Studios ("we", "us") handles information in relation to this website. Individual apps and games may collect information differently; where that's the case, each product has its own privacy policy linked from its store listing or within the product itself.
Information we collect on this website
- Contact details you send us. If you use our contact form or email us, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message, solely so we can reply and help you.
- Purchases. When you buy an app here, our payment partner Stripe is the seller of record: it handles the payment and your card details, and we never see them. Stripe shares your name, email address, country, what you bought and the amount with us, so we can create your license, email you the key, and help with orders and refunds. We keep only a scrambled (hashed) copy of the key, not the key itself. When an app confirms its license, it sends us the key, the platform, a random ID for that device and the device's name (so you can tell your devices apart).
- Basic technical data. Like most websites, our host records standard request information (such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited) to keep the site running and secure.
Utter: we don't store anything you say
Utter has no Matane Studios server between you and the AI. What you say goes straight from your device to the AI service you chose (Google Gemini, OpenAI's ChatGPT, or any compatible service, including one on your own computer), using your own key, and the text comes straight back to your device. That service handles it under its own privacy terms: on Google's free plan, Google may use it to improve its products; on its paid plan it doesn't.
- Kept only on your device: your History, word list, snippets, settings and AI key. We never receive them. You can clear History in the app, or choose how many days it's kept.
- What we keep: only your license (see Purchases above). Never your recordings, dictated text, History, words or AI key.
- Update check: the computer version checks a public file on GitHub for a newer version. Nothing about you is sent with it.
Sports Festival: Backyard Edition (Meta Quest)
Sports Festival is a VR game on the Meta Horizon Store. Played solo, it sends nothing to us. To let you play online with friends, it uses a few things from your Meta Horizon account through Meta's platform services:
- Your Meta user ID, to check that you own the game and to tell players apart in a match.
- Your Horizon username and profile picture, shown to the other players in your match and lobby.
- Your friends list and invites, only so you can invite friends, see which friends you can join, and join their game. We don't store your friends list.
- Deep links, so an invite or the Quest menu can take you straight into your friend's lobby.
- Match data (your avatar's head and hand positions, throws, scores and your chosen look) is sent through Photon Engine's servers to the other players while you play together. It isn't kept after the match.
- Kept only on your headset: your settings, personal bests and game stats. We never receive them.
The game has no ads and no in-game voice chat (you talk over a Meta party or Messenger call, under Meta's terms). We don't sell this information or use it for advertising. You can stop the game using your account information by uninstalling it, and you can ask us to delete anything we hold about you at the email below.
How we use it
- To respond to your messages and provide support.
- To operate, maintain, and improve the website.
- To detect and prevent abuse, spam, and security issues.
We do not sell your personal information, and we don't use it for advertising.
Service providers
We rely on a few trusted providers to run the site: for example, our hosting provider, an email delivery service if you contact us, and Stripe for purchases. Our games also use Meta's platform services (Meta Horizon) and Photon Engine (Exit Games) to connect players online. These providers process data only to provide their service to us.
Data retention
We keep messages you send us for as long as needed to handle your request and for our records. You can ask us to delete your correspondence at any time.
Children
This website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Your choices
You can contact us to access, correct, or delete personal information you've sent us. Just email support@matanestudios.com.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Email us atsupport@matanestudios.com.