Privacy Policy - Sketchaphone

Data We Collect

Sketchaphone is designed to collect as little data as possible. We do not require accounts, emails, or passwords.

Stored persistently

Colour Crumble username and score — entered when you play Colour Crumble and submit a score to the leaderboard. This is the only data we store long-term.

Temporary (session only, never persisted)

Player names — held in an ephemeral in-memory database for the duration of a game session. All game data is wiped whenever the server restarts.
User-submitted drawings and text — stored temporarily on the server during gameplay only. These are not shared externally and are deleted when the server restarts.
Session cookies — used to track your active game session. Expire after 2 hours of inactivity.
Player tracking cookies — used to reconnect you to a game if you refresh or rejoin. Expire after 24 hours.
Go session cookies — used to identify you in a Go game. Expire after 24 hours.

Data We Do Not Collect

No email addresses
No passwords or account credentials
No persistent personal data (beyond Colour Crumble leaderboard usernames)
No location data
No device fingerprinting

Third-Party Services

Google AdSense — we use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's ad settings.

We do not use any other analytics, tracking, or third-party services.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please visit our contact page.