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Privacy
DRAFT for the friends-and-family test. To be checked by a lawyer before public launch. Owner name and contact email to be added.
The short version (for players)
- You don't need an account, an email or your real name to play.
- If you join a leaderboard, we keep a made-up ID, your nickname and your game scores. That's it.
- Never use your real name as a nickname. Under-13s pick from fun words instead.
- There's no chat and nobody can message you.
- We don't sell your information, show adverts based on you, or track you around the internet.
- Want your nickname or scores removed? Use "Send feedback" and tell us, or ask a grown-up to.
The full version (for parents, teachers and older players)
Who we are
Hoglet™ is run by [owner or company name], United Kingdom. Contact: [email to be added]. Until then, please use the feedback form on this site.
What we collect and why
| What | Where it's kept | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Age group (under 13, or 13 and over) | Your device only | To switch on the right safety settings, such as word-picker nicknames for under-13s. |
| Game progress, skins and settings | Your device only | So the games remember where you got to. |
| Anonymous player ID, nickname and game scores (profit, risk score, number of trades, date) | Our database (Supabase, London) | Only if you choose to join a leaderboard, to show weekly leaderboards. |
| Feedback messages and star ratings | Our database (Supabase, London) | To improve the games. Email addresses and phone numbers are removed automatically before sending. Only the team can read feedback. |
| School pilot enquiries from adults (school name and a work email) | Our database (Supabase, London) | Only to reply about trialling the games in a school. Deleted when the enquiry is closed. |
| Daily totals, such as "120 games started today" | Our database | To see how much the games are used. These totals contain no IDs, no IP addresses and no cookies. |
| Human check when joining a leaderboard | Cloudflare Turnstile | To stop bots creating fake players. It doesn't use advertising cookies or track players across websites. |
What we don't do
- No real names, emails, phone numbers, photos, location or contacts from players. The only exception is a teacher’s work email, if they ask us about the school pilot.
- No chat or messaging between players.
- No advertising cookies, no profiling, no selling or sharing data for marketing.
Who helps us run the games
- Cloudflare hosts the website and runs the human check.
- Supabase stores leaderboard and feedback data in London, UK.
- Fonts are currently loaded from Google Fonts, which can see your browser's IP address. We plan to host the fonts ourselves before public launch.
How long we keep things
- Leaderboards reset every week. Old scores and inactive anonymous players will be deleted after [period to be decided, for example 12 months].
- Feedback is kept until it has been dealt with, then deleted or anonymised.
Your rights
You, or a parent or carer, can ask us to see, correct or delete leaderboard data, using the feedback form for now. You can wipe everything stored on a device with "Reset this device" on the parents page. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
Last updated: 19 October 2026 (draft).