Wendel Just Wants a Friend
Privacy Policy

Effective September 28, 2026

This policy describes information handled by Arcade Again in Wendel Just Wants a Friend, including local play, optional online multiplayer, supported voice-chat features, mobile advertising, and support communications. Features vary by platform and version.

Local saves and settings

The game stores save slots, preferences, audio settings, your multiplayer display name, and connection settings on your device. These support restoring progress and your chosen settings. A display name is not an account registration; use a nickname rather than your real name. Local saves are not automatically uploaded merely by playing offline.

Online multiplayer

When you use quick play, create a room, or join one, matchmaking and game servers process connection information such as your IP address, room and session identifiers, display name, player inputs, and game state. Game state and names needed for multiplayer are shared with other participants. Quick play may connect you with people you do not know. Private room codes should only be shared with trusted players.

Hosting providers may process connection times, requested paths, device or browser details, errors, and other technical logs to deliver, secure, and troubleshoot online services. Online room state is managed for active sessions, rather than as a personal game account.

Microphone and proximity voice chat

On supported platforms, online voice uses LiveKit-based voice infrastructure. When microphone access is permitted, the voice feature captures audio locally; push-to-talk or open-microphone controls determine when speech is transmitted. Audio is routed through voice servers to participating players according to the game's proximity rules. Voice connections also process participant identifiers and network information.

You can deny or revoke microphone permission in your device or browser settings. Keep open microphone off when you do not want to transmit, and leave online play to disconnect the voice session. The reviewed game implementation does not include a voice-recording feature, but other players could record what they hear independently. Do not share sensitive information over voice. Proximity volume is a gameplay feature, not a confidentiality guarantee.

Mobile advertising and consent

Android and iOS builds integrate Google AdMob for interstitial advertising, including ads at death screens when available. The Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and share IP addresses, device and advertising identifiers, ad interactions, and diagnostic information for advertising, measurement, and fraud prevention. An IP address may be used to estimate general location.

The game integrates Google's User Messaging Platform to request advertising consent where configured and required. Ad initialization is gated on the platform reporting consent obtained or not required. Where available, use the game's privacy choices option to revisit your choices, and your device's advertising privacy controls to manage advertising identifiers. Choices and ad availability depend on platform and region.

Read Google's Privacy Policy, Google's advertising information, and Google Mobile Ads SDK data disclosures. This policy page itself contains no advertising or analytics scripts.

Support, purposes, and sharing

If you contact us, we receive your email address and anything you choose to send. We use information to respond to requests, deliver game features, maintain security, and investigate technical issues. Hosting, voice, advertising, and email providers process information necessary for their respective services. We may also disclose information where legally required or necessary to protect users and the service. Please do not send passwords or unnecessary sensitive information.

Children and parents

Parents should review the game's store age rating and supervise online play and voice chat. Children should not share real names, school details, addresses, phone numbers, or other personal information in display names or voice conversations. A parent or guardian should contact support on a child's behalf.

The current implementation does not include age verification or a verifiable parental-consent flow. A general-audience ad-content rating is not a child-directed advertising setting or parental consent. This policy does not establish that online voice or advertising is suitable for children under 13, or replace safeguards and consent required by applicable law.

Parents or guardians may contact us to request review or deletion of personal information we hold about their child, or to request that further collection or use stop. We may request limited information to verify authority. If we learn that we hold a child's information without required authorization, we will take appropriate steps to delete it. Do not send identity documents unless specifically requested through an appropriate process.

Retention and your choices

Local saves and preferences remain until removed through game or device storage controls. Clearing app storage or browser site data can permanently erase progress. Device backups may retain copies under your platform's settings. We cannot remotely delete local files or information independently recorded by another player.

Operational records and support messages are retained as needed for their operational, security, support, and legal purposes. Third-party providers apply their own retention practices. Contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of personal information we hold, or raise an objection to its use; applicable rights depend on your location. We may need to verify a request and retain records required by law.

Security and updates

No online service or storage method is completely secure. Connection security depends on the configured service; local or custom unencrypted endpoints should not be treated as private. Providers may process information outside your country. We will update this policy when practices change and provide additional notice or seek consent where required.

Contact

Arcade Again: Aracadeagainllc@gmail.com. Include “Wendel Just Wants a Friend — Privacy” in your subject.