Privacy Policy

1. Scope and Organizational Overview

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") governs the processing, collection, storage, and transfer of information gathered through your use of the mobile application Mafia Wars (hereinafter referred to as the "Game" or "Application") and its official website situated at https://mafiawars.runasp.net and connected cloud services (collectively referred to as the "Services").

The Application is developed, maintained, and operated by Mafia Wars Studios ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"). By downloading, installing, registering an account on, or accessing Mafia Wars, you acknowledge the terms and practices set forth in this document. If you do not agree with these practices, please refrain from registering an account or installing the Application.

2. User Account Registration & Profile Data

To participate in ranked matches, save your statistics, unlock avatars, purchase in-game items, and coordinate with friends, users are invited to create a unique game account. During registration, we collect the following categories of information:

A. Account Registration Fields

• Email Address: Used as your unique account identifier, for identity verification, password resets, critical service announcements, and account security notifications. Your email is never displayed to other players or shared publicly.
• Username / Gamer Tag: A unique handle chosen by you that represents your identity in matchmaking lobbies, leaderboards, and game rooms.
• Display Nickname: An optional public-facing display name shown during daytime trial voting and chat discussions.
• Password (Cryptographically Hashed): For account protection, passwords are never stored in plain text. Passwords undergo irreversible, salted cryptographic hashing (e.g., bcrypt/Argon2) before being written to our secure authentication database.
• Custom Profile Avatar: Users may optionally upload a custom profile picture using their device's camera or photo gallery. The avatar is stored on our secure media servers and displayed strictly to other players inside game lobbies.

B. Purpose of Account Registration Data

The collection of account registration credentials is essential for:

• Cross-Device Cloud Synchronization: Enabling you to log into Mafia Wars across any compatible Android tablet or smartphone without losing your rank, win/loss stats, or achievements.
• In-Game Economy & Cosmetic Inventory: Securely binding your earned coins, special role access passes, and custom avatar skins to your authenticated identity.
• Social & Friend Features: Allowing you to send and receive friend requests, create private match rooms, and join party invitations.
• Anti-Cheat & Fair Play Enforcement: Protecting the integrity of ranked matchmaking by preventing banned or toxic players from generating automated duplicate accounts to disrupt community gameplay.
• Account Recovery: Verifying legitimate account ownership if you forget your credentials or need to reset your password.

C. Guest Play Mode

Where enabled, players may choose to join casual rooms as a Guest. Guest accounts rely on a temporary local device token. However, Guest profiles do not persist across app reinstallation or device changes and cannot benefit from cross-device recovery or friend sync features.

3. Real-Time Voice Audio & WebRTC Communications

Mafia Wars integrates real-time spatial voice communication powered by WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) to deliver genuine social deduction gameplay during daytime trial discussions and night phases.

• Microphone Permission (RECORD_AUDIO): The Application requests access to your device's microphone exclusively when you enter an active game lobby or courtroom phase where voice chat is enabled.
• Ephemeral Transmission Only: Your voice is encoded using the low-latency Opus codec and streamed directly to other participants in the match room. We do NOT record, intercept, store, transcribe, or archive your spoken audio on any physical storage media or servers.
• No Voice Biometrics: We do not analyze your voice for biometric identification, voice-print profiling, or commercial sentiment analysis.
• Full User Control: You retain complete control at all times to mute your microphone, toggle Push-to-Talk mode, mute individual players in your room, or disable voice chat entirely in favor of text messages.

4. Technical Telemetry & Device Identifiers

To maintain zero-latency SignalR socket connections, optimize frame rendering, and diagnose unexpected application crashes, our systems collect limited technical metadata:

• Hardware & Operating System Data: Device model, manufacturer, Android OS version, screen resolution, GPU/CPU architecture, and available RAM memory.
• Network Information: IP address (utilized strictly for coarse regional routing to the closest game server cluster to ensure the lowest possible ping for your match), connection quality (Wi-Fi or mobile cellular), and socket connection status.
• Diagnostic Crash Logs: Unhandled stack traces, memory pressure warnings, and frame hitch statistics to help our development team resolve software defects.
• Google Advertising ID (GAID): Provided by Google Play Services to manage ad frequency capping, prevent fraudulent impressions, and attribute installations, subject to your device's privacy settings.

5. Financial Transactions & In-App Purchases

Mafia Wars offers optional in-app purchases (such as cosmetic coin bundles and role cosmetic unlock passes) facilitated entirely through Google Play Billing.

• No Credit Card Storage: Mafia Wars Studios does NOT collect, receive, or store your credit card numbers, banking credentials, PayPal passwords, or billing address.
• Secure Payment Tokenization: All financial payment processing is handled exclusively and securely by Google LLC. When an order completes, Google transmits an encrypted purchase receipt token containing the transaction identifier, SKU name, and purchase timestamp to verify and credit your in-game items.
• Virtual Currency Disclaimer: In-game coins and tokens represent digital virtual licenses and possess no real-world monetary value. They cannot be refunded or exchanged for real-world currency outside of applicable Google Play Store refund policies.

6. Third-Party Services and Certified SDKs

To ensure enterprise-grade stability, fast matchmaking, and ad-supported free gameplay, Mafia Wars utilizes vetted, industry-standard third-party SDKs:

• Google Play Services & Google Play Billing: Facilitates application authentication, anti-tampering verification, and in-app purchase fulfillment.
  Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Google Mobile Ads (AdMob): Displays voluntary rewarded video advertisements and match-break banners. AdMob adheres to Google Play developer policies and supports consent management.
  AdMob Technologies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
• SignalR & WebSocket Infrastructure: Powers instantaneous multiplayer state synchronization, chat delivery, and match room management on our secure hosted server cluster at runasp.net.
• WebRTC ICE/STUN/TURN Protocol: Coordinates low-latency peer discovery for encrypted voice transmission between active match players.

7. User Rights & Account Deletion Policy

In full accordance with the Google Play Account Deletion Requirement, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we provide clear, accessible mechanisms for you to manage or permanently erase your personal data.

A. How to Delete Your Account and Associated Data

You can request complete and permanent deletion of your Mafia Wars account at any time via two simple methods:

1. In-App Deletion: Open Mafia Wars → Navigate to Settings → Tap on Profile & Account → Select "Delete Account & Wipe Data" → Confirm the prompt. Your account credentials and records will be queued for immediate permanent removal.
2. Direct Web / Email Request: Send an email from your registered address to mafia@neurostackos.com with the subject line "Delete My Mafia Wars Account" and include your Username. Our Data Protection team will verify and execute complete data erasure within 7 business days.

B. What Data is Erased Upon Deletion

Upon account deletion, all personal data linked to your account is permanently purged from our active databases, including:

• Your registered email address and hashed password credentials
• Your unique Username, display nicknames, and custom profile avatar
• Your game statistics (rankings, win/loss history, MMR score)
• Your friend lists, match room invitations, and social connections
• Your virtual coin balances and cosmetic unlock records

C. Your Statutory Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the right to:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate profile data.
• Right to Restriction & Objection: Object to specific data processing activities.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your account data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising any of your statutory privacy rights.

8. Information We Explicitly DO NOT Collect

We adhere strictly to data minimization principles. Mafia Wars will NEVER request, collect, or store:

• Your legal government identification numbers (Social Security, National ID, Passport).
• Your personal phone number, SMS messages, or mobile contacts address book.
• Your device's precise GPS or real-time continuous geographical coordinates.
• Financial banking credentials or physical credit/debit card numbers.
• Biometric identifiers (fingerprints, facial recognition profiles).
• Health, medical, religious, or political affiliations.

9. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Mafia Wars is a competitive social deduction strategy game intended for players aged 13 and above (or 16 where required by local EEA regulations). The Application is not directed toward children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal registration information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us at mafia@neurostackos.com. Upon discovery or notification, we will immediately delete such data and terminate the corresponding account.

10. Data Security & Storage Architecture

We employ industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect your account registration details and gameplay telemetry from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration:

• Encryption in Transit: All network traffic between your mobile device and our backend servers is encrypted using Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3 / HTTPS) and secure WebSockets (WSS).
• Encryption at Rest: Account database records, hashed passwords, and profile assets are stored in encrypted databases protected by firewall perimeter controls.
• Access Controls: Access to production databases is strictly limited to authorized engineering personnel subject to multi-factor authentication and confidentiality agreements.

11. Policy Changes & Contact Information

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect modifications to game mechanics, legal regulations, or Google Play developer policies. Any updates will be published directly to this page with an updated "Effective Date" banner. Continued use of the Application after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.