Privacy Policy

This policy applies to the SIDEQUEST website, apps and related services (the “Services”). It describes the information we process when you play as a guest, create an account, interact with other players, or advertise with us.

We design our products to collect the minimum information required. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time in Settings.

Depending on how you use SIDEQUEST, we may collect:

• Account information — display name, handle, email address, password hash, profile photo and interests you choose.
• Gameplay data — games started and completed, answers, scores, votes, challenges and achievements.
• Social content — comments, reactions, crew membership and reports you submit.
• Device and usage data — device class, browser, language, approximate region from IP address, and diagnostic logs.
• Guest sessions — a temporary identifier so your score can be saved if you later create an account.

We use information to provide and personalize the Services, compute scores and leaderboards, deliver challenges and notifications you've enabled, detect cheating, fraud and abuse, enforce our community guidelines, and understand which features work.

Analytics are aggregated and de-duplicated. Internal and test activity is excluded from reports.

Your display name, avatar and public stats are visible according to your visibility settings. Challenge links share only the information needed for a fair comparison — never your private profile or history.

We share information with service providers (hosting, email delivery, security scanning) under contracts that limit use to providing services to us, and with authorities only where required by law or to protect someone's safety.

Sponsored and boosted cards are matched to coarse context such as the category of the page you're viewing. We do not sell your personal data to advertisers or share your identity with them.

Advertisers receive aggregate reports only (for example, viewable impressions and valid clicks). Hiding an ad or advertiser is remembered across your signed-in sessions.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access and download a copy of your data.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Delete your account and associated data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent for optional cookies and notifications.

Guest sessions expire after 30 days of inactivity. Account data is kept while your account is active and deleted within 30 days after you close it, except where we must keep limited records for legal, safety or financial reasons (for example, enforcement and advertising ledger records).

We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under the applicable minimum age. If you believe a child has created an account, please contact us and we will remove it.

We use encryption in transit, hashed passwords, least-privilege staff access and immutable audit logs for sensitive actions. No system is perfectly secure, so we also offer session management and sign-in alerts in Settings.

We use a small number of cookies and local storage entries. You can change your choices at any time from Cookie settings in the footer.

• Essential — sign-in, security, language preference and saving guest progress.
• Preferences — remembering settings like reduced motion or hidden ads.
• Analytics (optional) — aggregated, de-duplicated usage measurement.
• We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

Email privacy@sidequest.example. We aim to respond within 30 days. You also have the right to contact your local data protection authority.