1. Introduction

Welcome to boredgame.lol ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we collect, use, and share your information. This Privacy Policy explains our practices when you use our website at boredgame.lol (the "Service").

By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Account Information

When you create an account, we collect your email address, display name, and authentication credentials. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email, and profile picture from Google.

Preference & Usage Data

To provide personalized game recommendations, we collect the preferences you enter through our questionnaire (game types, player count, complexity, genres, moods, and free-text descriptions), your feedback on recommendations (likes, dislikes, "Not This" and "More Like This" signals), your saved favorites, reviews, and preset configurations.

Automatically Collected Data

We automatically collect certain information when you visit the Service, including:

• Device information (browser type, operating system)
• IP address
• Pages visited and actions taken
• Referring URL
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve the Service
• Generate personalized game recommendations using our recommendation engine
• Process your feedback to improve future recommendations
• Manage your account, favorites, and preferences
• Analyze usage trends and improve the user experience
• Display relevant advertisements
• Communicate with you about the Service (if you opt in)
• Detect and prevent abuse or security issues

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may collect and process your data:

• Supabase— Authentication, database hosting, and data storage
• Google Analytics— Website usage analytics and traffic analysis
• Google AdSense— Advertising (may use cookies to serve personalized ads)
• OpenAI— Natural language processing for preference parsing (your free-text input may be sent to OpenAI's API; no personal data is included)
• Vercel— Website hosting and deployment
• Upstash— Redis caching (no personal data stored)

Each third-party service has its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review them.

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies— Required for authentication and session management
• Analytics cookies— Help us understand how visitors use the Service (Google Analytics)
• Advertising cookies— Used by Google AdSense to display relevant ads
• Preference cookies— Remember your settings (theme, dark mode)

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie consent banner shown when you first visit the site, or by adjusting your browser settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of the Service.

6. Data Retention

We retain your account information and preference data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or security purposes.

Anonymized and aggregated data (such as general usage statistics) may be retained indefinitely as it cannot be used to identify you.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access— Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction— Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion— Request deletion of your personal data
• Data portability— Request your data in a portable format
• Opt out— Opt out of personalized advertising

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@boredgame.lol. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure authentication via Supabase, and row-level security policies on our database. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected data from a child under 13, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@boredgame.lol