Privacy Policy
The Bangchi team (방치 운영팀, "we") operates the game Bangchi (Windows PC, Android) and its official site (trpgnovel.com), and processes users' personal information as described below under the Personal Information Protection Act of Korea. If this English version and the Korean version differ, the Korean version applies.
Effective date: October 12, 2026
1. Purposes
We process personal information only for these purposes.
- Creating game accounts and signing in, and continuing linked progress on several devices (cloud save)
- Showing the area ranking and raid ranking in the game and on the official site, and stopping abuse such as macro input
- Providing chat, handling chat reports and restricting abusive users
- Delivering mail, check-in and lottery rewards
- Answering inquiries and account deletion requests
2. Personal information we process
| Who | Items | When |
|---|---|---|
| All users | Game account number (Unity player ID), device type (PC, Android) | When the game is first launched |
| All users | Mail claim records, lottery purchase and win records | When you claim mail or buy lottery tickets |
| All users | Access records, IP address, server processing logs | When the game connects to the server |
| Users who link an account | ID and password | When you link an account. Unity stores the password encrypted; we cannot see it |
| Users who link an account | Game progress (areas, levels, owned weapons, pets and currencies, total number of presses, check-in records) | When progress is saved to the cloud |
| Users who link an account | Nickname, area ranking and raid scores | When you enter a ranking. Nicknames and records are shown publicly on the rankings in the game and on the official site |
| Users who use chat | Chat messages, nickname, device identifier used by the chat service, IP address | When you join chat |
| Users who report and users who are reported | Both account numbers, the reported user's nickname and message | When a report is made |
| Users who contact us | Email address and message | When you email us |
| Site visitors | IP address, browser information | When you open the site |
If you do not choose a nickname, an automatically generated name is used.
What we do not collect: We do not collect which keys you press, what you type, or where you click on PC. The game only counts presses. It looks at keys briefly on the device to tell whether a key is being held down or repeated at a fixed interval, and does not store or send them. We also do not collect real names, phone numbers, location, advertising identifiers, contacts or photos. Your PC name is not sent to the server. We receive an email address only when you email us.
3. Retention and destruction
| Items | Retention |
|---|---|
| Account, progress, mail and lottery records, ranking records | Until the account is deleted. Destroyed right away on deletion |
| Deletion marker (account number and time of deletion) | 1 year after deletion. Used only to stop deleted records from being written again |
| Chat messages | 7 days (Vivox chat service) |
| Device identifier and IP address used by the chat service | Up to 30 days (Vivox) |
| Chat reports | 90 days after handling |
| Server processing logs | 7 days (Unity Cloud Code) |
| Past raid rankings (past boards of the ranking that restarts every day) | Kept on the ranking boards, because the ranking service (Unity) does not let us delete past boards one by one. Records of deleted accounts are not used in reward settlement, and we will delete them once that becomes possible |
| Inquiry emails | 1 year after handling |
Electronic files are deleted so that they cannot be restored. If another law requires us to keep some data, we keep it separately and delete it when that period ends.
4. Provision to third parties
We do not provide personal information to third parties, except when required by law, for example by an investigative authority.
5. Processors and international transfers
We do not run our own servers; we use the services below. Their servers are outside Korea, so personal information is transferred abroad. These companies process the data under their terms of service and their own privacy policies.
| Recipient and contact | Country | Items | Purpose | When and how | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Technologies (Unity Gaming Services: authentication, cloud save, server functions, rankings), [email protected] | United States | Account, progress, mail, lottery, ranking and report data in section 2, and IP address | Running accounts, saves, rankings and mail | Over the internet whenever the game connects to the server | As in section 3 |
| Unity Technologies (Vivox: chat), [email protected] | United States and others | Chat messages, nickname, device identifier, IP address | Providing chat | Over the internet when you join chat | As in section 3 |
| Cloudflare, [email protected] | United States and others | IP address, browser information | Serving the official site and game file downloads | Over the internet when you open the site or download game files | As set by Cloudflare |
If you do not want your information transferred abroad, delete your account and do not use the game's online features. In that case you cannot use cloud save, rankings, chat, mail or the lottery.
6. Your rights
- You can ask at any time to see, correct, delete or stop the processing of your personal information.
- You can change your nickname and delete your account yourself in the game under SetupAccount. If you cannot open the game, follow the account deletion page.
- Send other requests to the contact in section 9. We handle them within 10 days and tell you the result.
- The game does not ask for your age. Children under 14 should use it with a parent's or guardian's consent. If a guardian asks to see or delete a child's personal information, we handle it after confirming the request.
7. Security measures
- All communication between the game, the servers and the site is encrypted (HTTPS).
- Unity stores passwords encrypted; we cannot see them either.
- Ranking, mail and reward records can only be changed by server functions, and admin keys are kept only in the server's secret store.
- Only the operator has admin access.
8. Automatic collection
The game and the official site do not use cookies, advertising identifiers or analytics tools. Cloudflare, which delivers the site, processes access logs for security and error checking. The site's font (Pretendard) is loaded from jsDelivr, which receives your browser's IP address when it does.
9. Privacy officer
Please send questions, complaints or requests about personal information to:
- Team: Bangchi team (방치 운영팀)
- Email: [email protected]
10. Remedies
For advice or dispute mediation about personal information, you can also contact these Korean agencies.
- Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee, 1833-6972 (www.kopico.go.kr)
- Personal Information Infringement Report Center, 118 (privacy.kisa.or.kr)
- Supreme Prosecutors' Office, 1301 (www.spo.go.kr)
- Korean National Police Agency, 182 (ecrm.police.go.kr)
11. Effective date and changes
- This policy takes effect on October 12, 2026.
- We announce changes in News and by in-game mail 7 days before they take effect, or 30 days before for changes that are unfavorable to users or important.
- When store versions (Steam, Google Play, App Store) are released, we will add the items processed by those versions (such as platform sign-in) to this policy and announce it in the same way.