Privacy Policy

Information we collect

You can play as a guest or sign in with Google. For registered accounts, WHEREHUMANS receives a stable Google account identifier and verified email address, then stores the username and avatar you choose. Your email address is used for account identity and is not displayed on public leaderboards.

We also process game information such as game mode, difficulty, scores, calculated populations, match results, rank progression, and timestamps. Usernames, avatars, scores, and competitive standing may be visible to other players through matches, profiles, or leaderboards.

We keep self-hosted daily and hourly totals for visits, Play clicks, and game, matchmaking, and challenge activity. These analytics totals contain no names, email addresses, IP addresses, drawings, or visitor identifiers. A tab-local day flag prevents repeated landing counts on refresh; analytics does not add cookies or cross-site tracking.

Drawings and population calculations

Submitted map shapes are processed to calculate population and score. The current persistent account and game records store the resulting population and score, not the submitted drawing geometry itself.

How we use information

• Provide accounts, gameplay, matchmaking, rankings, and leaderboards.
• Maintain sessions and reconnect players to active games.
• Protect the service, diagnose failures, and prevent abuse.
• Operate and improve WHEREHUMANS.

Cookies and local sessions

WHEREHUMANS uses essential authentication and guest-session cookies. These are required to keep players signed in or identify a guest during gameplay. The current MVP does not intentionally install analytics or advertising-tracking cookies.

Service providers

Google provides sign-in and the interactive map. Google may receive technical information when those services load, subject to the Google Privacy Policy. Hosting and database providers process information as needed to operate the service. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or necessary to protect players, the service, or others.

Retention and deletion

Registered account and game records are retained while the account is active. You can permanently delete your account and its associated persistent game, statistics, and leaderboard data from the Profile page. Guest gameplay is generally temporary and is not attached to a durable registered profile.

Security and your choices

Reasonable technical and organizational safeguards are used, but no online service can guarantee absolute security. You may sign out, use the service as a guest where available, or delete your registered account. Additional privacy rights may apply depending on where you live.

Changes and questions

This policy may be updated as WHEREHUMANS changes. The date above will be revised when material updates are published. For privacy questions that cannot be handled through the Profile controls, contact TSUKUYOMI09 through the official WHEREHUMANS project channel.