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Data and privacy

Analytics stay off unless you allow them. We never sell data to game operators.

What we collect

  • With your consent only: PostHog and Google Analytics 4 record which pages are read, the type of device, the country and the referring site. Google Analytics sets its own cookies on this site (named _ga) to count returning visits; Google Signals and advertising features are switched off, so these visits are not linked to Google accounts or used for ads. You choose this in the consent banner, and you can change it by clearing this site's storage.
  • Without consent: nothing beyond what any web server needs to deliver a page, and the anti-scraping log below.
  • Anti-scraping log, for everyone: when a request is blocked as an automated bot, or opens a hidden trap address that only scrapers follow, we record its IP address, country, browser user agent and the address requested (and the account id if you are logged in). Ordinary page visits are not logged. These records are kept for 30 days and then deleted automatically.
  • Only if you log in with Telegram: your Telegram id, first and last name, username and profile photo link (as Telegram sends them), the roles and country you choose, the country your IP address points to, when you joined, when you last logged in and how many times, and any raw-data requests you file with their notes. Not logging in means none of this is collected. You can download all of it as JSON or delete your account at any time on your account page.
  • Your consent choice itself, stored in your own browser.
  • If you write to our Telegram bot: the messages you send and our replies, with Telegram's references to any photos, videos or documents (the files themselves stay with Telegram). If you report a round: the report, meaning the game, where and when you played, the round details you give, and our reply. Where you played is kept for our check only, never shown or linked. Messages to the bot are kept even without a site account; with one, they are in your data download and are deleted with your account.

What we never collect

  • Names or other personal identifiers from visitors who do not log in, apart from the anti-scraping log above.
  • Cross-site identifiers or fingerprints.
  • Anything from a casino or operator account.

What we never do

  • Sell or give data to game operators.
  • Install advertising pixels.
  • Retarget readers across other sites.

Who may access lab data

Published figures and daily fingerprints are public under CC BY 4.0. Raw per-round records are released on request to logged-in users (Telegram login), up to 5 requests in any 24 hours. They are never sold or given to game operators.