Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 24, 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Hot & Cold Game ("we," "our," or "us"). We operate the website hotandcoldgame.com (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our game.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide
- Google Account Information: When you sign in via Google OAuth, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google.
- Game Data: Your guesses, game results, scores, and gameplay statistics.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
- Anonymous Identifier: If you play without signing in, we assign a random anonymous ID stored in your browser's storage and cookies to track your game progress.
- Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent, browser type, device information, and IP address.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website, including page views, session duration, and traffic sources.
- Microsoft Clarity: To analyze user behavior through session recordings and heatmaps, helping us improve the user experience.
- Google AdSense: To display relevant advertisements and verify ad eligibility. Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
- Adsterra: A third-party advertising network used to display banner and native ads on selected pages. Adsterra and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies to measure ad performance and serve ads that may be relevant to you. No personally identifiable information is shared with Adsterra by us; data collection by Adsterra is governed by its own privacy policy.
Third parties, including Google, may place or read cookies in your browser, or use web beacons and similar technologies, when ads or analytics services are used on the Service. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings and Google ad settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Service.
4. How We Use Your Information
- To provide, operate, and maintain the game
- To save your game progress and display your statistics
- To merge anonymous game data with your account when you sign in
- To generate leaderboards and global statistics
- To improve and optimize our Service
- To display, measure, and improve advertisements
5. Third-Party Services
We share information with the following third-party services:
- Google (OAuth, Analytics, AdSense): Authentication, analytics, and advertising
- Microsoft Clarity: User behavior analytics
- Adsterra: Advertising network
- Supabase: Database and authentication infrastructure
Each third-party service has its own privacy policy governing the use of your information. We do not intentionally send your name, email address, or other directly identifying information to Google in ad requests.
6. Data Retention
We retain your game data and account information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service. Anonymous game data is retained indefinitely to maintain game statistics and leaderboards.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data
- Object to or restrict processing of your data
- Request data portability
To exercise any of these rights, please use our contact page or email support at hotandcoldgame.com.
8. Children's Privacy
Our 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 such information, please contact us so we can delete it.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please use our contact page or email support at hotandcoldgame.com.