Privacy Policy

Who we are

Corner Cutters Rally ("the game") is a free game made by an independent developer ("we", "us"). It is played in a web browser (for example on itch.io), as an Android app (io.github.theaob.cornercuttersrally), and on YouTube Playables. This policy covers all of them. You can reach us about anything in it as described under Contact.

What stays on your device

The game saves the following in your browser's or the app's local storage, and it is not sent to us:

• your settings (difficulty, controls, view, sound, music, vibration and STATS);
• your progress: the rally under way, your best finish in each rally and your best time on each stage, your car's paint scheme, and whether you have done the controls lap;
• a random identifier the game makes for itself the first time it runs (see below).

You can delete all of it by clearing the site's data in your browser, or by clearing the app's storage (or uninstalling it) on Android. On Android, if your device's backup is turned on, Android may include the app's data in your Google account's device backup; that is handled by Google under its own terms.

In the YouTube Playables version, your save is kept by YouTube in your YouTube account rather than in the browser, and that version sends nothing to us at all: it has no play statistics and no REPORT button.

What the game sends, and why

Anonymous play statistics

To see how many people play, how long for, and what goes wrong on real devices, the web and Android versions send a few small events:

• the game was launched;
• how long the game was open and on screen;
• an error that the game did not catch: its message, where in the game's code it happened, a short technical trace, and which screen or stage you were on.

Each event carries the random identifier described below, the platform (web or Android) and the game's version number. They do not carry your name, email address, precise location, advertising ID or any information about other apps on your device.

Turning it off: set SETTINGS → STATS to OFF and the game sends no further statistics or error events.

Bug reports you choose to send

If you press REPORT, the game takes a screenshot of the game screen (only the game's own picture, not the rest of your device), lets you draw on it and write what happened, and, only when you press SEND, sends us:

• the screenshot with your drawing, and a smaller copy of it;
• the text you wrote (up to 1,000 characters);
• the stage or screen you were on, the platform, the game's version, the size of the game's window, and the random identifier.

Please don't write personal information in a report; we don't need it to fix a problem. A report that is cancelled is never sent.

The random identifier

The first time the game runs, it makes a random code (a "UUID") and keeps it on your device. It lets us count players and tell one player's events from another's without knowing who anyone is. It is not linked to your name, your device's hardware IDs or any account. Clearing the game's data makes a new one.

Technical information sent with any request

Like any connection over the internet, sending the data above also passes your IP address and your browser's or WebView's user-agent string to the service that receives it. The game doesn't store these with the events, though our hosting provider may keep them briefly in its own logs for security and operation.

Why we use this data (legal basis)

We use the play statistics and error events to understand how the game is used and to find and fix problems, which is our legitimate interest in keeping the game working and improving it; you can object at any time by turning STATS off. We use a bug report to look into the problem you reported, on the basis of your choice to send it.

Who processes it

The statistics and reports are stored with Supabase, which hosts the game's database and file storage on our behalf. We don't sell or rent data, share it with advertisers, or use it to profile you. Only the developer can read the reports and error details; the public statistics dashboard shows totals only, never any one player's events.

The places you get the game from have their own privacy policies, which apply to your use of them: itch.io, Google Play and YouTube.

Other things the game uses on your device

• Vibration, for short buzzes as you drive (Android's vibration permission). You can turn it off in the settings.
• Speech: the co-driver's calls are read out with your device's or browser's built-in text-to-speech voice. Only the game's own words (the pace notes) are spoken; nothing you say or type is used.
• Internet access (Android's internet permission), only to send the statistics and reports above. The game plays fully offline.

The game uses no cookies of its own, and no analytics or advertising software from other companies.

How long we keep it

We keep play statistics and error events for as long as they help us run and improve the game, and bug reports until the problem they describe has been dealt with. Statistics are kept only against the random identifier, never against a person.

Your choices and rights

• Turn STATS off at any time to stop sending statistics.
• Don't press REPORT, or cancel a report, and nothing is sent.
• Clear the game's data to delete everything on your device and get a new random identifier.

Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the use of data about you. Because we don't know who any player is, we can only find your data if you give us your random identifier; to do so, open the game with STATS on, send a REPORT saying "privacy request" with what you'd like us to do, and we'll act on the data held under that identifier. You can also contact us as below, and you may complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

The game is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. It asks for no names, contact details or accounts. If you believe a child has sent personal information in a bug report, contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If the game starts collecting anything new, we'll update this page and the date at the top before that version is released.

Contact

For questions about this policy or your data, open an issue at github.com/theaob/corner-cutters-rally/issues, or send a REPORT from inside the game.