Hanari Games LLC
Hanari: Three Masks — Privacy Policy
Who we are
Hanari: Three Masks is made and published by Hanari Games LLC ("we", "us"). This policy covers the game as sold on Steam, including its optional Twitch features.
Questions about this policy or your data: [email protected].
The short version. The game sends nothing to us. There is no account with us, no analytics, no ads and no tracking.
- Your progress and settings stay on your computer, and in Steam Cloud if you use it.
- Steam features (achievements, cloud saves, Daily Mask leaderboards) go straight between your computer and Steam.
- Twitch features are optional. Reading chat needs no login. If you choose to log in, the login key is kept encrypted on your computer and deleted when you log out.
- Steam and Twitch handle what reaches them under their own privacy policies.
What the game keeps on your computer
None of this leaves your computer, except your save when Steam Cloud is on (see Steam, below).
| What | What's in it | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Save and settings | Your progress, options, Daily Mask records and Mask Wall, Masquerade unlocks, Chat Takeover settings (including the Twitch channel name you type) | The game's own storage in its data folder |
| Logs | steam-log.txt and twitch-log.txt: what the game did (for example "achievement unlocked" or "logged in"), rewritten at every launch. They never contain a password, login key, code, player name or ID. | The game's data folder |
| Twitch login key | Only if you log in to Twitch: twitch-token.bin, encrypted by your operating system | The game's data folder |
| Twitch tidy-up list | Only if you log in: twitch-state.json, which lists the channel point rewards, poll or prediction the game created on your channel, so it can remove or end them later | The game's data folder |
| Photos | Pictures you take in photo mode | Your Pictures folder, in Hanari Three Masks |
Steam
The game talks to Steam through the Steam client on your computer. We receive none of this. Valve handles it under the Steam Privacy Policy.
- Achievements: when you unlock one, the game tells Steam.
- Steam Cloud: if it's on, Steam copies your save file (
hanari_save.json) so it follows you to other computers. - Daily Mask leaderboards: when you finish a Daily Mask, the game sends Steam your score and six numbers about the run: time, hits taken, perfect dodges, attempts, grade, and whether you cleared it. Other players see these next to your Steam name. The game reads Steam names only to show the boards and doesn't store them.
- Your Steam account number: the save keeps it, so that two Steam accounts on one computer don't mix up their saves. It is never shown and goes nowhere except, with the save, Steam Cloud.
- Steam's clock: the game asks Steam for the current time so the Daily Mask date is right.
- On-screen keyboard: on a Steam Deck or in Big Picture, choosing a text box with a controller asks Steam to show its keyboard. What you type goes into the game only.
Twitch (optional)
Twitch features run between your computer and Twitch; we receive none of it. Twitch handles what reaches it under the Twitch Privacy Notice. Hanari: Three Masks is not affiliated with or endorsed by Twitch.
Chat Takeover without logging in. You type your channel name and the game joins your chat read-only, as a guest. It reads messages only to count votes ("1", "2", "3", "W", "L") and how many different people are chatting. Messages are never stored, shown on screen or sent anywhere. Viewers' names are never shown during votes.
Twitch login. Logging in is optional and adds features on your own channel. You approve it on Twitch's own page (twitch.tv/activate), so the game never sees your Twitch password. It asks Twitch for these permissions:
| Twitch permission | What the game uses it for |
|---|---|
Send chat messages (user:write:chat) | Post short results in your chat, as you, when you turn that on |
Read followers (moderator:read:followers) | Celebrate new follows on screen |
Manage channel point rewards (channel:manage:redemptions) | Add the game's own rewards, then complete or refund redemptions (Affiliate and Partner channels) |
Manage polls (channel:manage:polls) | Run boss votes as Twitch polls |
Manage predictions (channel:manage:predictions) | Start a win/lose prediction before a fight |
Read Bits (bits:read) | React to cheers |
Read subscriptions (channel:read:subscriptions) | React to subs and gift subs |
While you're logged in, Twitch tells the game about events on your channel: follows, raids, cheers, subs, gift subs, reward redemptions, and your poll and prediction results. These events include the viewer's display name. The game shows names only if you turn SHOW NAMES on (it's off by default), and never stores them.
The login key is encrypted by your operating system and kept in the game's data folder. Where no secure store exists (some Linux setups), the login lasts only until you close the game. LOG OUT removes or hides the game's rewards, ends its poll or prediction, cancels the key with Twitch and deletes it from your computer. You can also disconnect the game in your Twitch settings under Connections.
What we don't do
- We don't collect, receive or store any personal information about you or your viewers.
- No analytics, crash reporting, advertising or tracking of any kind is built into the game.
- We don't sell or share data, because we don't have any.
- The game connects only to Steam (through the Steam client) and, if you use the Twitch features, to Twitch.
Children
The game collects no personal information from anyone, including children. Steam and Twitch set their own minimum ages for their accounts and features.
Your choices and deleting your data
- Twitch: press LOG OUT in the game, or disconnect the game in your Twitch settings under Connections.
- Names on screen: Twitch names show only if you turn SHOW NAMES on. HIDE STEAM NAMES (in the Chat Takeover options) keeps your Steam name, your friends' names and other players' names off the screen; on AUTO it does this whenever a Twitch channel is set.
- Everything the game keeps: delete the game's data folder. On Windows it's
%APPDATA%\Hanari Three Masks; on Linux and Steam Deck it's~/.config/Hanari Three Masks. Photos stay in your Pictures folder until you delete them. - Steam Cloud: turn Steam Cloud off for the game in its Steam properties before deleting, or Steam may put your save back.
- Leaderboard scores: email us and we'll remove your Daily Mask scores from the Steam leaderboards.
Changes and contact
If a game update changes what's described here, we'll update this page and its effective date before the update ships.