Privacy
The short version: there is no account, the game never learns who you are, and the play data it can send is anonymous and has an off switch. This page says exactly what that data is.
What the game never collects
- Your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos or precise location. There is no sign-in.
- The name you type for the snow, anything you write or draw, contest player names, and any image you share. These stay on your device.
- An advertising identifier, or anything used to recognise you across other apps and sites.
Your save
Progress, trophies, settings and your Wall are stored on your own device, in the browser's or the app's storage. Clearing site data or deleting the app deletes them. Nothing about your save is uploaded.
Anonymous play data
When it is switched on, the game sends small records of how it is played so the levels can be tuned. You can turn it off at any time in Settings > Privacy and data. It starts switched off if your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal.
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Who it says you are | A random install number made on your device that replaces itself every 30 days, and a random session number. Neither is linked to you. |
| Sessions | Start and end, length, screen size, touch or mouse, language, whether it runs as an installed app. |
| Visits | Which place and visit, the drink, accuracy, stars, score, seconds played, restarts, looks, and whether targets were finished; or where a visit was left early. |
| Shares | That a share was started and what kind. Never the image or the text. |
| Errors | The error message and where in the game's code it happened. |
Raw records are combined into daily totals and deleted after about a week. Statistics are only ever reported for groups of at least 20 installs, so no single player's play can be picked out.
The Steady Hands Study (optional, adults only)
A two-minute calibration room reached from the Locker. It is off unless you open it, read its own consent screen and agree, and you must be 18 or older. It records your aim against a bullseye, your finger movement, an age band, your dominant hand and two optional questions about caffeine and steadiness. It uses its own random number, never the play-data one, and stores only the date. You get a withdrawal code; entering it deletes your record. You can download exactly what was sent.
Who the data is shared with
Play data and study data are stored with our hosting and database provider. We may share or license aggregated, de-identified statistics (for example, percentiles of steadiness by age band, or how long people play) with research and industry partners. We do not share or sell records about an individual, and the game holds no information that identifies you. The Privacy switch in Settings is also your "do not sell or share" control for play data.
Children
The game is rated for ages 13 and up and is not directed at children under 13. The study is for adults only.
This website
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Your choices and questions
Turn play data off in Settings, withdraw from the study with your code, or clear everything by deleting the app or the site's data. Questions and requests: support@nowicanpee.com.