Last updated August 14, 2026
Privacy Policy
Byte Size Factory is run by Jackson Van Dyke, one person, in the United States. This page covers this website and every product shipped under Byte Size Factory. Data practices differ between products, so each one has its own section below.
The short version
I collect the least I can get away with while still running the thing. I do not sell your data, I do not share it with advertisers, and I do not build profiles on you. The only third parties who touch it are the services I need to run the products — hosting, payment processing, and the like — and they only ever act on my instructions.
If you want your data deleted, email support@bytesizefactory.dev and I will do it.
What applies to everything
This website
The site you are reading is a set of static pages. It does not set cookies, does not run analytics, and does not track you. Visiting it leaves nothing behind beyond the ordinary server logs my host keeps for security and reliability.
Who your data is shared with
Only with processors — companies that handle data on my behalf so a product can function, such as hosting providers and payment processors. They are contractually limited to that purpose. Each product’s section below names the processors that apply to it.
I do not sell personal information, and I do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. I may disclose data if I am legally required to — a valid court order, for example — or where it is genuinely necessary to protect someone’s safety.
How long it is kept
Retention differs per product and is stated in each section. As a general rule, account data lives as long as the account does, and records I am required to keep for tax or accounting reasons live longer than that.
Your rights, and how to delete your data
Wherever you are, you can ask me for a copy of the data a product holds about you, ask me to correct it, or ask me to delete it. If you are in the EU, the UK, California, or somewhere with comparable law, you may have additional rights — including objecting to certain processing. Exercising any of them costs you nothing and will not get you treated differently.
The route is the same for all of it: support@bytesizefactory.dev. Tell me which product and give me the account email or username, so I can find the right records. I will confirm when it is done. Deleting a game account deletes its progress too, and that is not recoverable.
Children
None of these products are directed at children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has given me personal information, email me and I will remove it.
Security
I take reasonable measures to protect what I hold, but no service can promise perfect security, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. If a breach ever affects your data, I will tell you.
Changes to this policy
When practices change, this page changes, and the date at the top changes with it. If a change is significant — new data, a new processor, a new purpose — I will make a reasonable effort to tell affected users directly rather than quietly editing this page.
By product
Each product has a permanent anchor on this page. These URLs are used in app store listings and inside the products themselves.
Starclaim
LiveStarclaim has accounts and sells in-game purchases, so it collects more than the rest of the site.
What it collects, and why
- Email address — To identify your account, let you sign in and recover access, and contact you about your account or a purchase.
- Username — To identify you to other players in-game.
- Gameplay data — your progress, holdings, and in-game activity — To run the game. This is the save file; without it there is no game to return to.
- Purchase records — what was bought and when — To grant what you paid for, and to answer support questions about a purchase.
Who it is shared with
- A third-party payment processor — Takes payment and handles card details directly. Starclaim never receives or stores your card number — it only records that a purchase succeeded.
How long it is kept
Account and gameplay data is kept for as long as the account exists. Purchase records are kept longer, because tax and accounting rules require it.
Deleting your data
Email support@bytesizefactory.dev from the address on the account, or tell me the username, and I will delete it.
Bodkin
LiveBodkin is a multiplayer game, so it handles the data needed to put you in a match with other people.
What it collects, and why
- Username or display name — To identify you to other players in a match.
- Match and gameplay data — To run matches and keep results consistent between players.
Who it is shared with
No third parties beyond the hosting needed to run it. Your data is not sold or shared with advertisers.
How long it is kept
Match data is kept only as long as it is useful for running and debugging the game.
Deleting your data
Email support@bytesizefactory.dev from the address on the account, or tell me the username, and I will delete it.
NeedToKnow
In developmentNeedToKnow has not launched yet. This section describes how it is intended to work and will be finalised before release. If you are reading this after the app is out, email support@bytesizefactory.dev and tell me — it means I forgot to update it.
NeedToKnow is a news app, so what it collects is mostly about the topics you choose to follow.
What it collects, and why
- Your chosen topics and interests — To decide what news to show you. This is the entire product.
Who it is shared with
No third parties beyond the hosting needed to run it. Your data is not sold or shared with advertisers.
How long it is kept
Your topic preferences are kept for as long as you use the app.
Deleting your data
Email support@bytesizefactory.dev from the address on the account, or tell me the username, and I will delete it.
The Guide Forge
RetiredThe Guide Forge is retired. This section stays published because it had user accounts, and people with accounts keep their rights over that data after a product shuts down.
What it collects, and why
- Email address and username, from accounts created while it was running — It was used to sign in and to attribute published guides. Nothing new is being collected — the service is off.
Who it is shared with
No third parties beyond the hosting needed to run it. Your data is not sold or shared with advertisers.
How long it is kept
No new data is collected. Any remaining account data from when the service ran is kept only until it is deleted on request or removed in the course of shutting the service down.
Deleting your data
Email me and say you had a Guide Forge account. Include the email address or username you used, so I can find it.
Contact
Questions about any of this, or about data I hold, go to support@bytesizefactory.dev. The person who reads it is Jackson Van Dyke.