What this site collects directly

Like almost every website, the server keeps a standard access log of each request: your IP address, the page you opened, the time, your browser and device type, and the page that linked you here. I use these logs only to count visits and see which games are played and where visitors come from. They are not shared or sold, and the server deletes them after 14 days; I keep a private copy for visit statistics.

Your chosen site theme is saved in your browser's local storage. It never leaves your browser and is never sent to anyone.

Google Analytics (only if you allow it)

Google Analytics is not switched on yet. Once it is, the first time you visit a small banner will ask whether I may count your visit with Google Analytics. Until you press "Allow", nothing is loaded from Google and no analytics cookie is set. If you press "No thanks", that stays the case.

If you allow it, Google Analytics sets cookies (named _ga) that tell your later visits apart from new ones, and Google receives the pages you open, how long you stay, the site that sent you here, your rough location (city or country, worked out from your IP address), and your browser, device and screen size. It also notes when you press a FocusLock download button. I use this only to see which games people play and how they find the site. Google processes the data under its privacy policy; I don't use it for ads and don't link it to anything else about you.

Your choice is saved in this browser.

Comments (Remark42)

The comments section runs on Remark42, an open-source comment system hosted on this site's own server at comments.waitinggodot.in. No third-party comment company is involved and there are no ads or trackers. When you comment, it stores the name you choose, your comment, and a scrambled (hashed) form of your IP address that is used only to prevent spam and duplicate votes. Logging in to comment sets a cookie that keeps you signed in; it is only used by the comment box.

Visitor counter

The home page shows how many different people have visited since visit records began. The number is worked out from the server's access logs described above, so no outside counter service is involved, no cookie is set and nothing extra is sent about you.

Game trailers (YouTube)

Some game pages show a trailer embedded from YouTube. These use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), so YouTube does not store cookies about you until you press play. Once you play a video, Google's privacy policy applies.

Third-party links

Some links on this site (games hosted here, and the Buy Me a Coffee button) may lead to or embed third-party services. Those services are governed by their own privacy policies, not this one.

Cookies

Without your permission this site sets no tracking cookies. If you allow Google Analytics, it sets its _ga cookies; "Change my choice" above turns it off again and removes them. The only other cookies are the sign-in cookies set by the comment box when you log in to post a comment. Your answer to the analytics banner is saved in your browser's local storage, like the site theme.

Changes to this policy

This page may be updated as the site changes, particularly as the Dev Tools go live. There is no separate notification system for updates right now.

Contact

The best way to reach out right now is through the comments section on the home page.