Privacy policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

The arcade (games.alexv.site) is a small hobby website run by one person. This page explains what the site stores about you, why, and what you can do about it. It is written to be read, not skipped.

The short version

• You can play every game without signing in. Then your scores stay on your own device.
• If you sign in, the site saves your best scores and play counts, and an optional display name for the leaderboard.
• There are no ads, no trackers, no analytics and no selling or sharing of data.
• You can see and delete your data yourself, any time, from the "My data" button.

Who can use it

You must be 13 or older to sign in. If you are younger, play without signing in.

What the site stores

• A sign-in ID. A random ID that Clerk gives your account (it looks like user_2abc…). It lets the site know it is you without storing your email or password.
• A display name (optional). You choose it. It is shown to everyone on the leaderboards, so do not use your real name or anything private.
• Your game stats. For each game: how many times you played, your best score, and when you set it.
• When your record was created.

The site does not store your email address, your real name, your photo, your location or your IP address in its database. The server may keep short-lived technical logs (for example error messages) for a few days to keep the site running.

What stays on your device

• Your scores for each game, so guests keep their progress (browser local storage).
• A note that you confirmed you are 13 or older, and your key choices where a game has them.

You can clear these in your browser settings at any time.

Sign-in provider: Clerk

Sign-in is handled by Clerk. When you sign in, Clerk collects and stores what you give it (such as your email address, or the profile of a Google or other account you choose) and sets the cookies it needs to keep you signed in and to block bots. Their handling of that data is described in Clerk's privacy policy. The arcade only receives the random sign-in ID.

Why the data is used

Only to run the arcade: to show you your own stats and to build the leaderboards. Nothing is used for advertising, profiling or sold on.

Who can see it

• Everyone: your display name, and your best score for each game on its leaderboard, if you chose a display name. No name means you do not appear on leaderboards.
• The site owner, who runs the server, can technically see what is stored on it.
• Clerk, for your account details, as above.

Where it is kept and for how long

The data sits on a server the site owner rents from a hosting company (Vultr), in a data centre in Europe or the United States. Your stats are kept until you delete them or ask for them to be deleted. Scores are not checked, so leaderboards are for fun and may contain made-up values.

Your choices

• See your data: sign in, then press My data.
• Delete your game data: press My data → Delete my game data. This removes your record, name and scores from the server straight away.
• Delete your login account: open your account menu (your picture in the top corner) → Manage account → Delete account. That removes it at Clerk.
• Anything else (corrections, a name you want removed, questions): contact the site owner.

If you live in the EU, UK or a similar place, you also have the usual legal rights over your data (access, correction, deletion, objection). The buttons above are the quickest way to use them.

Cookies

The arcade itself sets no tracking cookies. Clerk sets the cookies needed for signing in and for bot protection (strictly necessary ones only).

Changes

If this policy changes in a meaningful way, the date at the top changes too. Please check back now and then.