Privacy Policy — Eve Empire

This Privacy Policy describes how the Eve Empire application ("the App", "we", "us") handles your information when you use it on iOS, Android, macOS, or Windows. Eve Empire is a free, fan-made companion application for the MMO game EVE Online. It is not operated by, affiliated with, or endorsed by CCP Games.

Summary

We do not operate any servers. The App runs entirely on your device and talks directly to EVE Online's official servers and a small number of public game-related APIs.
We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data to us.
We do not use analytics, tracking, advertising, or third-party SDKs that profile users.
Your EVE Online login is handled by EVE Online's own SSO. Your password never leaves login.eveonline.com and is never seen, transmitted, or stored by the App.
All character data, fittings, settings, and cached images are stored locally on your device and never leave it, except when sent directly to EVE Online's official servers as required to display your data.

Information we access

EVE Online account data

When you choose to add a character, the App opens EVE Online's official Single Sign-On page in a secure browser session. You authenticate with CCP Games directly. EVE SSO returns to the App an OAuth 2.0 access token and refresh token for the scopes you authorized (skills, wallet, assets, mail, industry, planetary interaction, mining ledger, and similar).

The App uses these tokens to call EVE Online's public ESI API directly from your device, in order to fetch and display your characters' data inside the App. The tokens and the data are stored on your device only.

Where tokens are stored

OAuth tokens are stored in the operating system's secure credential storage:

iOS / macOS: Apple Keychain (hardware-encrypted)
Android: Android Keystore (hardware-encrypted on devices that support it)
Windows: Windows Credential Locker

Tokens are never written to plaintext files or logs and are never transmitted to any party other than EVE Online's own OAuth and ESI servers.

Static game data (SDE)

The App downloads EVE Online's public Static Data Export — item types, ship stats, market group structure — from a public GitHub release. This download sends your IP address and the standard request headers to GitHub, governed by GitHub's privacy policy. It contains no personal information about you.

Killboard data (optional)

When you open the Killboard feature, the App fetches public killmail data from the third-party service zKillboard. This sends your IP address to zKillboard. zKillboard data is publicly available; the App does not send any personally identifying information.

Information we do not collect

We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any contact information.
We do not collect device identifiers, advertising IDs, or location data.
We do not collect crash reports, usage metrics, telemetry, or diagnostic events.
We do not use cookies, fingerprinting, or any cross-app tracking.
We do not have a backend database. There is nothing to be stolen from us, because we hold nothing.

Third-party services

The App communicates with the following third-party services, only as required to provide its functionality, and only directly from your device:

EVE Online SSO and ESI API (CCP Games hf) — authentication and your character data. CCP privacy policy.
zKillboard — public killmail data, used only when you open the Killboard feature. zKillboard.com.
GitHub — distribution of static game data updates and desktop app installers. GitHub privacy policy.
EVE Online image servers (images.evetech.net) — portraits, ship renders, and item icons used inside the App.

No third-party advertising, analytics, or attribution SDKs are integrated into the App.

Data retention and deletion

All data the App holds about you lives on your device and only your device. To delete it:

Remove a character from inside the App (Settings → Character Management) to revoke the OAuth token and erase the cached data for that character.
Uninstall the App to remove all locally stored tokens, cache, and settings.
Revoke access from EVE Online's side at any time: community.eveonline.com/support/third-party-applications.

Because we do not store any of your data on our side, there is nothing additional we can or need to delete on your behalf.

Security

All network communication uses HTTPS/TLS. OAuth uses the authorization-code flow with PKCE, so even a compromised network cannot replay your authorization. Tokens are stored in hardware-backed keystores where available. Because the App has no central database, there is no shared attack surface across users.

Children's privacy

EVE Online's End User License Agreement requires players to be at least 13 years old. The App is not intended for and not marketed to children under 13. The App does not knowingly collect any information from children, since it does not collect information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change this Privacy Policy — for example, to add a new optional third-party service — we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and announce the change in the App's release notes.

Contact

Questions or concerns about this policy can be sent to supportforapp@gmail.com.

Eve Empire is not affiliated with or endorsed by CCP Games. EVE Online and the EVE logo are the registered trademarks of CCP hf.