Privacy Policy

Barely a Detective, by Vasil4N
Last updated: November 2, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what data Barely a Detective (the "Game") and these web pages process, why, and how anyone can have it deleted. The Game is made by Vasil4N ("we", "us"), an independent VR game studio based in Sofia, Bulgaria. This policy applies in the same way to everyone who plays the Game or visits these pages, wherever they live and whatever their age.

1. What data is processed

On your headset

These stay on your headset. They are never sent to us, and we cannot see them.

• Saves and settings: your progress in up to three save files, which narrator lines you have already heard, and your language, volume, text size, height and table distance settings. We use them to keep your progress and settings. They stay until you delete a save file or uninstall the Game.
• Downloaded texts: a copy of the Game's texts from our website, so that updated texts also work offline. It contains nothing about you.
• Hand and head tracking: your headset tracks your hands and head so you can see them and touch things in the Game. The Game uses this live while you play. It does not store this data or send it anywhere.

On our web server

When the Game starts, it makes one encrypted request to vasil4n.com to download the latest version of its texts, so we can fix mistakes and translations without a new build. It sends nothing about your progress, your headset or your Meta account. Like any web request, it does show our web server:

• your IP address
• the date and time of the request
• the file requested
• basic technical details of the request, such as the version of the Unity engine

Visiting these web pages shows our web server the same kinds of details, plus the type of browser you use. Our hosting provider keeps these details in server logs for a limited time for security and troubleshooting, and then deletes them automatically. We do not use them to identify you or combine them with other data.

Messages you send us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you write. We use it only to answer you. We keep it until your request is dealt with, and you can ask us to delete it at any time. If you join our Discord server, what you post there is handled by Discord under its own privacy policy.

Unity

The Game is built with the Unity engine. Unity's engine may send Unity Technologies anonymous technical information about your device, such as its model, operating system, graphics chip and memory. The Game does not use Unity Analytics, Unity Ads or Unity's crash reporting services. Unity handles this information under the Unity Privacy Policy.

Meta

The Game is sold through the Meta Horizon Store and runs on Meta headsets. Meta handles your Meta account, your purchase and the data your headset's system software collects under the Meta Privacy Policy. The Game does not ask Meta for your name, profile, friends list or user ID. Meta gives us summary statistics about the Game, such as install numbers, sales and crash reports, which do not tell us who you are. If you post a review in the store, we can read it and reply to it there.

What the Game does not use

The Game does not use your microphone, cameras or passthrough view. It does not use eye, face or body tracking, your location, your contacts, or a scan of your room.

Buttons that open other websites

The cards at the end of the Game have buttons that open store pages and our Discord server. They open only when you press them. Those services then handle your data under their own privacy policies.

2. Why we process data

We process the data described above to run the Game, deliver text updates, keep our website secure and working, and answer you when you write to us. Our legal ground for this is our legitimate interest in providing and maintaining the Game and website, and, when you contact us, dealing with your request.

We do not use your data for advertising, for profiling or to make automated decisions about you.

3. Who receives data

We do not sell or rent data to anyone. The data above reaches only these parties:

• our web hosting provider, which runs the server
• our email provider, which carries the messages you send us
• Unity Technologies and Meta, as described in section 1
• a public authority or court, only if the law requires us to hand data over

Some of these companies may process data in countries other than yours. Our service providers may process data only to provide their service to us.

4. How to delete your data

Data on your headset

• To delete one save file: open the Case Files menu in the Game, choose the file, then choose Delete.
• To delete everything: uninstall the Game. This removes all its saves, settings and downloaded texts from your headset.
• If your headset backs up app data to your Meta account, Meta holds that copy, and you can remove it in your headset's settings.

Data we hold

Email support@vasil4n.com with the subject "Delete my data". Because the Game has no accounts, please tell us what to look for: the email address you wrote to us from, or your IP address and the date you played or visited.

We will delete the data, have our service providers delete it too, and confirm by email. We do this as soon as we can, and within 30 days at the latest.

Data held by Unity and Meta

Unity and Meta control the data they collect, and you can ask them to delete it through the links in section 1. If you need help with this, write to us and we will help.

When we cannot delete something

We would keep a record only if a law or a court order requires us to keep that specific record. If that ever happens, we will tell you what we are keeping, why and for how long, and we will delete it as soon as the requirement ends.

5. Your other rights

All users can also ask us, at any time and for free:

• what data we hold about them, and for a copy of it
• to correct anything that is wrong
• to limit or stop how we use their data

To do any of this, email support@vasil4n.com. We answer within 30 days. The Game works the same for you whether or not you use these rights. You can also complain to a data protection authority, such as the one in your country.

6. Children and families

Barely a Detective is intended for players aged 13 and up. We do not ask anyone's age, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. The Game handles the data of every player in the same way. A parent or guardian can ask about or delete any data about their child by emailing support@vasil4n.com, in the same way as any other user.

7. These web pages

The pages under vasil4n.com/barelyadetective/ set no cookies and use no analytics, ads or trackers. Their fonts and images are served from our own server. Links to other sites, such as Discord, YouTube and the stores, open those sites, and their own privacy policies apply there. The rest of vasil4n.com, including the studio home page, may use Google Analytics.

8. Security

The Game and these pages use encrypted HTTPS connections. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep very little data, and your saves never leave your headset through the Game.

9. Changes to this policy

If the Game or this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top. If the Game ever starts to collect new kinds of data, we will describe them here first.

10. Contact

For any question about this Privacy Policy or your data:

Vasil4N, Sofia, Bulgaria
Email: support@vasil4n.com
Website: vasil4n.com