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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 16, 2026

At Spielcade, your privacy is our priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our browser gaming platform.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device ("Personal Information"). We may collect the following categories of Personal Information:

  • Account Information: If you register for a Spielcade account, we collect your username, email address, password, and avatar image.
  • Usage Data: We automatically collect information regarding your interactions with the platform, including games played, achievements unlocked, session durations, and browser type.
  • Device Information: We collect your IP address, operating system, and hardware type to optimize game performance and prevent fraudulent activity.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Services to:

  • Create and manage your account.
  • Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience.
  • Save your game progress, high scores, and unlockables to our cloud database (Supabase).
  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services (Vercel), customer service, and marketing assistance.

Third-Party Game Developers: When you play a third-party game on our platform, certain non-identifiable usage statistics may be shared with the developer to help them improve their game.

Legal Obligations: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

4. Third-Party Advertising and Cookies

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Services. These companies may use information about your visits to our platform and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our platform, such as saving your login state or game progress.

5. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your Personal Information:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to opt-out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information (applicable to California residents under the CCPA).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

6. Policy for Children (COPPA & GDPR Art. 8 Compliance)

Spielcade is committed to protecting the online privacy of children and complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States and Article 8 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom.

Age Gating & Safe Harbor Controls: Our platform incorporates an upfront age certification and cookie consent mechanism. If a user indicates they are under 13 years of age (or under 16 in the EEA/UK):

  • Zero Behavioral Profiling: We do not track, profile, or serve personalized interest-based advertisements to minors.
  • Zero Non-Essential Cookies: All marketing trackers, analytics cookies, and cross-site beacons remain permanently disabled.
  • Functional Gameplay Only: Only strictly essential, non-identifying local storage (such as saving local level progress and game audio preferences) is utilized.

Parental Rights: Parents and legal guardians have the right to review any information collected from their child, request immediate deletion of any such data, and refuse further collection or use. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact our Data Protection Officer immediately at privacy@spielcade.com or via our Contact Page, and we will delete the data within 24 hours.

7. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

privacy@spielcade.com
Alternatively, you can reach out via our Contact Page.