Solva Games

Imprint

Solva Games is the name under which Salvatore Cali publishes games (not a registered company).

Salvatore Cali
Jürgen-Töpfer-Str. 47
22763 Hamburg
Germany

Email: hello@solvagames.com

Responsible for content according to § 18 (2) MStV: Salvatore Cali, address as above.

Privacy notice for Bustle Bay

Responsible: Salvatore Cali (see imprint), hello@solvagames.com. This notice covers the game Bustle Bay in the browser on itch.io and the Bustle Bay and Solva Games profiles on social media. Your itch.io account, comments and downloads fall under itch.io's own privacy policy.

On your device

Your village, settings and play data choice are saved in your browser only, because the game needs them to work. I receive none of it, unless you send feedback.

Play data (only if you agree)

The game asks whether you want to share play data. Only if you say yes, it sends:
- a random ID made in your browser, linked to no name or account
- when sessions start and end, and how long you played
- progress: goals, quests and islands reached, the end of the game, the first building of each type, House levels, gifts you pick, sailing between islands
- a summary of your village at each goal and every 10 minutes: goods, buildings, settlers, season, weather, game speed
- game version, island, whether you started with an island word, time since your last visit
- your kind of device (phone, tablet or computer), touch or mouse, screen size
- error messages, taps on things not available yet, cards opened many times in a row, long stretches without progress

Why: to see where players get stuck, how long sessions last and which bugs happen. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; § 25 (1) TDDDG for the ID in your browser). You can withdraw it at any time in the game menu. Data sent before stays lawful.

Feedback (only when you send it)

When you tap Send in the feedback form or in the question after each island, the game sends your text and answer, where you are in the game, how long the island took, technical details (device, screen, frame rate, settings, recent errors) and, from the feedback form, a copy of your village. With play data on, it carries your random ID, otherwise a new one linked to nothing. Please don't write personal details. Why: to understand and fix what you report. Legal basis: your consent when you tap Send (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, § 25 (1) TDDDG).

The game sends no names, email addresses, location or advertising IDs. The analytics service discards IP addresses.

Analytics service and storage time

PostHog Inc. (San Francisco, USA) processes play data and feedback for me under a data processing agreement. The data is stored in the EU. PostHog staff in the USA may access it, for example for support; the EU Standard Contractual Clauses in that agreement cover this. Play data and feedback are deleted after 12 months at the latest.

Social media profiles

Bustle Bay is on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, Solva Games on X, Bluesky and Reddit. Each platform processes your data under its own privacy policy, uses cookies and may process data outside the EU, which I can't control. I see your public profile, what you post or send me, and summarized statistics that don't identify you. I copy no data out. Why: to present my games and talk with players. Legal basis: my legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). For the statistics, the platform and I may be jointly responsible (Art. 26 GDPR); use your rights best with the platform, or contact me. Operators: TikTok Technology Ltd (Ireland), Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd (Instagram), Google Ireland Ltd (YouTube), X Internet Unlimited Company (Ireland), Bluesky Social, PBC (USA), Reddit Netherlands B.V.

Your rights

You can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction and a copy of your data, and object to its use. For play data, send the tester code from the game menu to hello@solvagames.com: the random ID is the only way I can find your data. For feedback without play data, tell me roughly when you sent it and what you wrote. You can also complain to a data protection authority, for example the Hamburg one (HmbBfDI).

Last updated: 13 Nov 2026