What we keep
This is what we keep when you play, and when you save your towns online. If you never sign in, your towns stay in this browser and we don't get them.
What we keep
- The email address you sign in with.
- The nickname you choose.
- Your towns, as the game saves them.
- When your account was made, when your towns were saved, and when each sign-in ends.
- Our server's request logs, which include your internet (IP) address.
- When you ask for a sign-in code, the email address it was sent to, even if no account is made. It is kept for at least a day, and removed the next time anyone asks for a code after that.
Why
- The email address is for sending you sign-in codes, and the link a grown-up uses to delete the account.
- The nickname is the name the game shows for you.
- Your towns are kept so you can play them on another computer or tablet.
- The times are for keeping you signed in, and for ending old sign-ins.
- The request logs are for keeping the game running and safe.
- The email address a code was sent to is kept so the code can be checked, and so codes aren't sent too often.
Staying signed in
When you sign in, your browser keeps a cookie that tells our server it's you. It lasts 90 days, or until you sign out. When you ask for a sign-in code, your browser also keeps a cookie for 15 minutes, so the code only works in the browser that asked for it.
What stays in this browser
The game keeps your towns in this browser's storage, so it works without the internet. When you're signed in it also keeps there your account's ID and nickname, your account's towns, which of them the server already has, and which of this browser's towns you were already asked about. Signing out removes the account's towns, ID and nickname from this browser. Towns the game set aside (for example the one you didn't keep) and the note of which towns you were asked about stay in this browser.
Emails
Our emails are sent through SMTP2GO, an email service. It gets the email address and the email we send, so it can deliver it.
The game's font
The game and its home page load their font from Google Fonts, so Google sees your internet (IP) address when your browser gets the font.
How long we keep it
Your email address, nickname, towns and the times above are kept until the account is deleted. Copies in our nightly backups are removed within 30 days.
Deleting the account
In the game, press Towns, then Delete account. We email a grown-up a link. Nothing is deleted until they open it and press Delete. Then the account, with its email address, nickname and towns, is deleted from our server. Copies in our nightly backups are removed within 30 days.
Towns saved only in this browser stay in this browser.
Questions
Write to <CONTACT>.