Last updated: 1 November 2026

This notice explains what MSFS Passport 2024 ("Passport", "the app") does with information, in plain words. Passport is an add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator, made by Baracus250 ("we", "us"). You can reach us at passport@designermark.biz.

The short version

• Passport keeps your progress (ticked tasks, awards, logbook, records, settings) on your own computer or console. We do not receive it.
• You can use the whole app without giving us anything.
• If you choose a pilot name so your Airshow scores can appear on the leaderboards, we store that name and your Airshow scores on our server. The name and scores are public on the leaderboards.
• We never ask for your real name, your email address or any payment details inside the app, and we do not collect your flight position or your flights.
• We do not sell your information and we do not use it for advertising.

 

What stays on your device

Everything you earn and record in the app (ticks, stars, awards, achievement counters, logbook, Hobbs and personal records, settings, Airshow scores) is saved in the simulator's storage on your own device. It never leaves it unless you copy a backup code yourself.

The app reads your aircraft's position and flight data from the simulator while it runs, to work out which tasks you have completed. This is used on your device only and is not sent to us.

What the app asks other servers for

When the app is running and you are online it may contact:

• Our server to check for and download updated task data, information pages and their pictures, and (if you have a pilot name) to use the leaderboards. Like every web server, ours receives your network (IP) address and the time of each request, and our hosting provider keeps ordinary server logs for a limited time (30 days). We use these logs only to keep the service running and secure. We do not link them to a name or to your scores.
• Wikipedia / Wikimedia to show short article summaries for landmarks you fly near. Wikimedia receives your network address when it answers, under its own privacy policy. Nothing identifying you is sent by the app.

 

If you choose a pilot name

Choosing a pilot name is optional. If you do, we store on our server:

What	Why
A random install ID made by the app (not linked to you, your sim account or your computer's name)	To recognise your installation when it sends scores
A secret code from your installation, kept as a one-way scrambled value (we cannot read the original)	To check that a score really comes from your installation
Your pilot name	To show you on the leaderboards. It is public.
Your Airshow scores: the percentage, the date, the score of each move, and the aircraft flown (its name, type, engine type and empty weight)	To build the leaderboards. Your name, score and aircraft are public.
The times the record was created and last used	To keep the service tidy
Your choice about optional usage statistics (on or off)	To respect your choice

To limit abuse (for example someone sending thousands of requests), the server counts requests per network address. The address is scrambled with a secret value before it is used, so it is not stored in readable form, and these counters are deleted automatically after a short time (hours).

Please do not use your real name, or anything personal, as your pilot name. Names are checked automatically and we may remove or reset a name or score that breaks the rules (for example offensive names, or scores that cannot have been earned).

You can change your pilot name once a month.

Optional usage statistics

The app offers an optional switch to share anonymous usage statistics (for example counts of which tasks and countries are popular). It is off unless you turn it on. It never includes your position, your flights or your name. At the time of writing nothing is collected under this switch yet; if that changes we will update this notice before any collection starts.

Why we may use this information (UK and EU law)

• Running the leaderboards for the name and scores you choose to share: this is needed to provide the feature you asked for (contract), and you can stop at any time by asking us to delete your record.
• Server logs and request counters, moderation, and keeping the service working and fair: our legitimate interest in running a secure service.
• Optional usage statistics: your consent, which you can withdraw by switching it off.

 

How long we keep it

Your pilot name, scores and install record are kept while the leaderboards are running, or until you ask us to delete them. Server logs are kept for the period given above. Request counters are deleted automatically within hours.

Your rights

You can ask us to show you what we hold about your installation, correct it, delete it, or stop using it. To do this, email passport@designermark.biz with your pilot name (and, if we ask, the short install code shown in the app's Settings support information) so we can find the record. We will answer within one month. If you are in the UK or EU you can also complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office, ico.org.uk).

Children

Passport is a flight-simulation add-on and is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. A parent or guardian who believes a child has chosen a name should contact us and we will remove it.

Where the information is kept

On a server run by our hosting provider Virtual Designs. We do not pass your information to anyone else except where the law requires it.

Changes

If we change how the app uses information, we will update this page and its date. Material changes will also be mentioned in the app or on our website.