Your game stays on your phone

Last updated 6 November 2026

Who we are

DustDash is made by Driftwood Labs Pty Ltd (ACN 703 905 293, ABN 27 703 905 293), a company based in Victoria, Australia ("we", "us"). This policy covers the DustDash iPhone app and this website. If you have a question about your information, email welcome@myspencer.ai.

We follow the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988.

What the app saves, and where

To remember your game between sessions, DustDash saves a small amount of game information in the app's own storage on your iPhone. That is:

• your run: which solar system you're in, where you are on the map, the quadrants you've charted and cleared, the board you're part-way through, your fuel, hull, credits, salvage and the gear you've fitted;
• when the ship last mended, so it can mend a little more while you're away;
• whether you've seen the story film and the how-to-play guide;
• your settings for sound and effects.

We use it only to run the game. It stays on your phone until you start a new run or delete the app.

It doesn't include your name, email address, contacts, location, photos or anything else about you. DustDash never asks for any of those.

This information stays on your phone. We don't receive a copy and we can't see it. Your iPhone may include the app's storage in your own device backup (to iCloud or a computer), depending on your backup settings; that backup is between you and Apple.

What the app sends

Nothing about you. Everything DustDash needs to run, including its artwork, films, sounds and typefaces, is built into the app. It plays without a connection. There are no purchases in this version, so the app never contacts the App Store to sell you anything. The two exceptions are Founders feedback and a problem report, and only if you choose to send one (see below).

DustDash has no advertising, no analytics, no crash-reporting service, no social features, no leaderboards and no third-party tracking. It doesn't track you across other apps or websites, and it doesn't use Apple's advertising identifier.

Founders feedback

Founders feedback, in the app at Settings › Founders feedback (seven short questions, all optional), is sent only when you tap Send. It goes to feedback.dustdash.app and carries your answers, the app version and build, and the country your connection comes from. It carries no name, no email address, no device identifier and nothing about your game. Founders feedback is optional and is sent only when you tap Send. To stop repeated sends (ten a day at most), your internet address is turned into a one-way code that changes every day and is used only to count that day's sends; the address itself is not stored. If your phone is offline or the send fails, the answers wait on your phone (one form at most) and send themselves the next time DustDash opens or comes back online; nothing is ever sent by email.

Diagnostics

If something goes wrong, Settings has a "Help & diagnostics" screen (the last row, or five taps on the version number). Nothing leaves your phone unless you tap Send and confirm. You see exactly what will be sent before it goes, and it goes by email from your own email app to welcome@myspencer.ai.

A report contains: the app version and build, your iPhone model and iOS version, language, time zone and free storage, the results of the app's health checks (whether saving works, and whether each save file reads back, with its size), the sound and effects settings, and the app's recent technical log (screens opened, errors, timings). It never contains your game progress details, your contacts, your exact location or passwords.

We use a report only to find and fix the problem, and delete it within 90 days. You can clear the log on the same screen at any time.

Credits (no purchases)

There are no purchases in this version of DustDash: nothing is for sale and the app takes no payment. Credits are the game's own currency. You earn them by playing (selling salvage at Galactic Trade and collecting blue crystals on the board), plus 2,500 credits, once, for sending Founders feedback. Credits are saved only on your phone, with the rest of your game.

If a later version ever offers anything for sale, we'll update this policy before that version is released.

Permissions

DustDash doesn't ask for any permissions. It doesn't use your camera, microphone, photos, contacts, location or calendars. The gentle buzz you feel on a blast uses the iPhone's vibration, which needs no permission.

The current version of DustDash doesn't send notifications. If a future version offers reminders (for example, when your ship has mended), it will ask your permission first, schedule them on your phone, and we'll update this policy before that version is released.

This website

This website has no cookies, no analytics and no trackers, and it loads nothing from other companies: its typeface and pictures are served with the site. Like any website, the service that hosts it may keep standard technical logs (such as internet addresses and the pages requested) for a short time to keep the site secure and working.

Emails

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it only to answer you and to look after DustDash, and we keep it only as long as we need to for that. We never sell it or add you to a mailing list. Our email provider stores messages for us and may store them outside Australia.

Children

DustDash is a cartoon puzzle game made for a general audience, not especially for children, and it isn't in the App Store's Kids category. Because the app collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children either. There are no purchases in this version of DustDash. If you're a parent and your child has emailed us, ask and we'll delete it.

Deleting your information

• Start again. In the game, open Settings and tap NEW RUN, then TAP AGAIN. This wipes your run, including credits and everything bought, and starts a fresh game.
• Delete the app. Deleting DustDash from your iPhone removes everything it saved. A copy may remain in your own iPhone backups until those are replaced.
• Emails. To have us delete emails you've sent, write to welcome@myspencer.ai.

Because we don't hold any of your game information, there is nothing about your game for us to delete, correct or send you.

Your rights and complaints

You can ask us what information we hold about you (in practice, only emails you've sent) and ask us to correct or delete it. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, email us first and we'll respond within 30 days. If you're still not satisfied, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au, or to the privacy regulator where you live.

Changes to this policy

If DustDash changes how it handles information, we'll update this policy and the date at the top before that version of the app is released, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.

Contact

Driftwood Labs Pty Ltd (ACN 703 905 293, ABN 27 703 905 293), Victoria, Australia. Email welcome@myspencer.ai.