Effective October 14, 2026
Your ride. Your privacy.
Sunshift is a free hoverboard game by Pawel Bardzinski. Solo play needs no account. Friends races are optional.
What stays on your device
Solo progress, route records, earned boards, challenges and sound settings are saved locally. Sunshift does not send solo play history to our race service. Your device's own backup settings may also apply to local app data. A random account credential is stored securely in iOS Keychain; it is specific to Sunshift and is not an advertising or hardware identifier.
What optional Friends races use
| Information | Why it is used | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname, random account ID and a hash of your device credential | Create and recognize your Friends profile. The original credential stays protected on your device and is transmitted over an encrypted connection for authentication. | Until you delete your username. |
| Blocked rider IDs | Prevent unwanted lookups and invitations in either direction. | Until either account is deleted. |
| Online status, invitations, room membership, board choice, race inputs, points and finish times | Run a fair live race and show the result to your room. | Processed in server memory for the current connection and room. Invitations expire after 45 seconds; inactive rooms expire after 15 minutes. Race results are not stored in the profile database. |
| Account IDs, reported nickname, selected report reason and report date | Review reports and enforce community rules. | Until resolved, account deletion, or 90 days, whichever comes first. |
| Hashed credential for a suspended account | Prevent repeated abuse after a username is removed. | Up to 90 days. Contact support about a suspension or deletion request. |
| Connection IP address | Deliver the service and limit excessive requests. | Our app server uses short-lived in-memory rate limits. Hosting providers also process network data to operate and protect their infrastructure. |
Other riders can search your exact nickname and see whether you are online or in a room. Riders in your room see your nickname, chosen board, race position, points and finish time. There is no public player directory, chat, uploaded avatar or social feed. Please use a nickname and share it only with people you want to race.
Support and service providers
If you email support, we receive your email address and the information you choose to provide so we can respond. Do not send sensitive information. We use Fly.io to host the race service and these support pages, and email hosting to handle support. These providers process the information needed to operate their services. Server database backups may temporarily retain deleted records under the hosting provider's backup retention settings; they are not used for active gameplay.
We do not sell personal information. Sunshift includes no advertising SDKs, third-party analytics, cross-app tracking, IDFA collection, in-app purchases or subscriptions. The app does not request your contacts, precise location, camera or microphone.
Delete your Friends profile
In Sunshift, open Friends, leave any room, then choose Delete my username. The live profile, block list and associated reports are deleted. Solo progress stays on the device. You can choose another nickname later. If you cannot access the original device, contact support; we may need information that verifies your control of the account before acting on it.
Young players
No age, real name, email address or phone number is required to play or create a nickname. Parents and guardians can help young players choose a nickname, share it privately, manage invitations and delete their profile. Do not put personal information in a nickname. Contact us if you believe personal information about a child has been supplied or shared inappropriately.
Questions or privacy requests
Contact Pawel Bardzinski at gpc@purelymail.com to ask about access, correction, deletion or this policy. We may update this policy as Sunshift changes; the effective date above identifies the current version.