🔒 Privacy at Rock Paper Streak
Last updated: November 10, 2026 (counts of where new visitors come from added)
- You play with a nickname. No real name, phone number or location. Adding an email is optional, only for signing in.
- No tracking cookies, no ad networks, and your data is never sold.
- You can delete your player any time, right in the game.
Rock Paper Streak is a small free game made by one person (Mike). This page explains, in plain words, exactly what the game keeps and why.
What the game keeps
| Your nickname and player icon | So friends and the leaderboards can show who you are. |
| Your game stats | Wins, losses, streaks, matches played, and the results of ranked matches (who beat whom, and when), to run the streaks, leaderboards and the anti-cheating rule. For friend games, only how many you've won and lost (not who you played), shown to you on your home screen. |
| Crews you create or join | To show your crew's private leaderboard. |
| One cookie | A random secret code that remembers your player on this device. That's the only cookie. It isn't used for tracking or ads. |
| Your email (only if you add one) | Used only to email you a sign-in code when you ask for one. Never shown to other players, never used for marketing, never sold. You can remove it any time. |
| Your recovery code | Only stored scrambled (hashed), so even the game can't read it back. |
| Where you came from (totals only) | When you first visit, the game notes which site or link sent you, just a name like "TikTok" or "a friend's challenge link", and adds it to a daily total. Your browser tab holds that name until you pick a nickname, then it's added to a "new players from TikTok" total. It's never saved with your player. Taps on the share buttons are counted the same way, as totals. After your first match the game may ask once "How'd you find us?" (optional, one tap). Your answer is only added to a total; the game just remembers that you were asked, so it doesn't ask again. |
| Which days you played | To count how many people play each day. The dashboard only ever shows totals. |
| Reports and blocks | If you report a player, the report (reason, optional note, and who sent it) is kept so Mike can review it. If you block someone, the game remembers it so you're never matched. The person you block or report is not told who did it. |
| Feedback you send | Your message, rating and nickname. Bug reports also include which screen you were on and your browser name (like "Safari on iPhone"), to help fix the bug. If you tick "OK to show publicly", your comment and nickname may appear in the game. |
What the game does NOT collect
Your real name, phone number, contacts, photos, precise location or payment details. There are no third-party trackers or analytics companies, and no ad networks. Your data is never sold.
To stop spam (like bots creating thousands of players), the server briefly remembers which network a request came from. That's kept in memory for up to an hour and is never saved.
Ads
The game may show "From the maker of this game" promos for Mike's own channels and apps. They don't track you. Clicking one is counted as a total ("5 clicks today"), not linked to you.
Who helps run the game
- Render hosts the game and its database (servers in the United States).
- Resend delivers emails: sign-in codes to players who ask for one (Resend sees the email address and the code), and, to Mike only, notifications of new feedback (including its text), error reports, and a weekly backup copy of the database.
Backups
To protect your streaks, the game keeps backup copies of its database: daily copies on the server (the last 7) and a weekly copy sent to Mike's email. Older copies are deleted over time.
Kids
The game doesn't ask your age and doesn't collect personal information. Please don't put your real name or anything personal in your nickname, crew names or feedback. If you're under 13 (or the age your country requires), ask a parent or guardian before playing.
Your choices
- Change your nickname any time.
- Remove your email: open 🔑 Save my player and tap Remove my email.
- Delete your player: in the game, open 🔑 Save my player and tap Delete my player. Your nickname, stats, crew memberships, email and recovery code are erased. Feedback you sent stays, without your name. Backup copies expire over time.
- Questions or requests: see Help & support, or use 💬 Feedback in the game.
Changes
If this page changes, the date at the top changes too. Big changes will be mentioned in the game.
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