SECOND WALK
Privacy policy
Your steps develop your explorer. Nearby group walks are an optional way to share rewards.
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Steps you choose to connect
Choose iPhone steps or Apple Health. Apple Health access is limited to reading step counts; Second Walk does not write to Health or read your other health records. Completed minute totals and their times sync to your account to progress activities and calculate shared rewards.
Only your selected source is read. Switching sources does not add both sources’ totals together. Your activity, reserve steps, skills, inventory and other game progress are saved with your account.
After you connect steps, iOS may give the app time to sync your selected source in the background. Apple Health can also notify the app that step records changed. This uses the same step permission and does not add location tracking. Background timing is controlled by iOS; step access may be unavailable while the phone is locked. Opening the app catches up on readable steps.
Choosing an area
You can search for an area without giving location access. Use nearby takes a one-off reading and rounds it before asking Apple for nearby public places. The selected area and public landmark coordinates are saved to build your world.
This area search does not send your device’s precise location to the game server. Moving through the game depends on steps, not reaching those landmarks in person.
Optional nearby group walks
Starting a group walk asks for separate consent and precise location access. While it runs, the app can continue location checks in the background and sends a recent coordinate, accuracy and time to the game server. Solo play does not need these checks.
The server compares recent checks from members doing the same activity to calculate nearby rewards. Other players are not shown your coordinates. Only the latest sample per session is stored; the app does not save a GPS trail.
Stopping a walk stops local location checks immediately. The server removes that session’s sample when the stop reaches it. If a walk is interrupted or you stop offline, a sample can remain until the next cleanup. The server has a daily cleanup schedule for stale samples; location-free reward records have a longer retention period so delayed steps can settle.
A daily cleanup removes samples older than 90 seconds when the cleanup runs. Coordinate-free work and pairing records are removed when more than eight days old; expired sessions are removed after a further eight days. Delayed or failed cleanup can extend retention. Raw proximity samples are excluded from the developer’s migration recovery copies.
What your group can see
Members of your private group can see your explorer name, selected activity and whether you started a group walk. Everyone keeps their own activities and belongings. Reward records link participating accounts without exposing their coordinates.
Invite codes give access to the group. Share them only with people you want to join. The app does not upload your contacts or send invitations on your behalf.
Your account and saved adventure
Clerk handles sign-in, including your email and account credentials. The game uses your account identifier and explorer name to restore progress. Vercel runs the game service and Neon stores its records.
The app keeps your saved game, pending commands, step-sync information and preferences on your device. A widget keeps a small activity summary in storage shared only with this app’s extension. Anyone who can see a widget on your screen may be able to read that summary.
The watch companion receives your current adventure and step progress from its paired iPhone. Watch buttons work through a connected iPhone. A disconnected watch can still show its last update; signing out clears that summary when the phone can reach the watch.
Notifications you choose
Notifications are optional. You can choose progress updates, crew walks and quiet hours in the app’s settings. They are updates about your adventure, not advertisements. Quiet hours use this iPhone’s time zone; updates that fall within them are skipped.
If enabled, the game service stores Apple’s notification device token, an installation identifier, your account reference, notification choices and time zone. Apple Push Notification service receives that device token and a short, general message. Notification messages do not include your name, email, step counts, Health records, place names or coordinates. Anyone who can see notifications on your screen may be able to read their general message.
Device registrations expire after 30 days without renewal. Delivery records are eligible for removal 14 days after an update expires, and inactive installation records 90 days after their registration expires. A daily cleanup performs removal; delays can extend retention. Signing out requests removal of the registration and clears visible alerts. An offline removal retries when you reopen the app; a message already accepted by Apple cannot be recalled. Deleting your account clears its notification registrations and delivery records.
Changing your permissions
Disconnect steps in Second Walk’s settings to stop new step syncing. You can also change Health access in the Health app and Motion & Fitness or Location Services access in iPhone Settings. Removing permission does not delete records already synced.
Stop your group walk to end nearby checks; your solo activity can continue. Signing out also stops local group tracking. Signing out keeps your saved adventure and does not delete the account or the server’s records.
How the information is used
Account, step and place information support sign-in, saved progress, group rewards and troubleshooting. This app does not sell your health or location information or use it for advertising.
Network services necessarily receive connection information such as an IP address. Apple also provides the developer with TestFlight testing information, crash reports and feedback you choose to submit. Review screenshots before sharing them.
Keeping and removing your information
Your account and saved adventure remain in the game database until removed. Signing out, uninstalling the app or disconnecting a step source does not erase information already synced.
Choose Delete account in Settings to remove your sign-in account and this game’s saved progress. Confirmation is required. This also removes your group membership and step records; other players keep their own earned progress. Removal does not change records in Apple Health. If your installed version does not offer this action, or you cannot sign in, contact support to request removal.
A failed or interrupted removal can need another connection before server or device cleanup finishes. A small account-specific removal record is retained to prevent old requests restoring the deleted save. It contains a coded account reference and removal time, not your name, email, steps or location. It has no automatic expiry.
Private recovery copies can contain older account and game records after removal from the live service. These copies currently have no automatic expiry or automatic removal when an account is deleted. They are kept separately for recovery, not used for gameplay. Contact support about removing information from retained recovery copies. Removing an account from the live game does not immediately erase every retained copy.
Services that process information
Clerk provides authentication, Vercel hosts the game service, and Neon stores game records. Apple provides Maps, Health permissions and TestFlight. These services process the information needed for their functions, including connection and security information. Their own privacy notices explain their processing.
The game servers and databases are configured in Sydney. Authentication, provider logs, support, recovery systems and other provider processing may take place in other countries. This service does not promise that all information stays in Australia.
Privacy questions and requests
Second Walk is operated by Jordan Alexander Stuckings. This explanation covers this app and its game service, separately from other Steporia apps. Effective 7 September 2026.
Email blu3y.jordan+support@gmail.com for support, privacy questions, access or correction requests, or help removing your account. Include the app name. We may need to verify that you control the account before changing or providing its information. Do not email a password, verification code, full Health export or precise location history.
Updated privacy information will be published at https://second.steporia.one/privacy. A significant change in data collection or use will also be explained in the app before the new feature asks for access.