Privacy & Cookies

Coindrop is a free directory of browser games. We collect as little as we can to run the site and to personalise your feed. We don't sell your data, and we don't run third-party advertising or tracking scripts.

The device cookie

On your first visit we set one first-party cookie called did. It holds a random identifier (not your name or email), is not readable by scripts, and lasts up to two years. We use it to:

• remember your ratings, favourites, and play history so your library works without an account;
• personalise the “for you” feed based on what you've played and rated;
• count plays and playtime for the public charts, and filter out bots.

If you sign in, a login session cookie is also set. We store a few small preferences (like a dismissed banner) in your browser's local storage; those never leave your device. To reset everything, clear cookies and site data for Coindrop in your browser.

What we store

• Activity linked to your device id: games shown and clicked, plays started, playtime (via periodic heartbeats while a game is open), ratings, favourites, and shares.
• Accounts (optional): your name, email, and login sessions, including the IP address and browser user-agent of each session for security.
• Newsletter (optional): your email address is sent to our newsletter provider, beehiiv, which stores it and sends the emails.
• Game submissions: the URL, title, author name, and any notes you send us.
• Server logs: our hosting provider (Vercel) processes standard request logs such as IP address and user-agent to deliver and protect the site.

Games are third-party sites

Embedded games load from their developers' own servers. When you play one, that developer can see your request (like any website you visit) and may set their own cookies or collect data under their own policies. We don't control that.

How long we keep it

• Raw activity events: deleted automatically after 180 days.
• Ratings, favourites, play-session totals, and aggregated statistics: kept while the site runs, because they power your library and the charts.
• Accounts: until you ask us to delete them.
• Newsletter: until you unsubscribe.

Who we share it with

Only service providers that run the site for us: Vercel (hosting), our database host, and beehiiv (newsletter). Public charts and ratings show aggregate numbers only, never who played what.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us to access, correct, or delete data tied to your account or device id by emailing legal@coindrop.games (include your device id or account email so we can find it). Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK, or California), you may have further rights, including to object to processing or complain to a data-protection authority. Where consent is required for the device cookie, we rely on the notice shown on your first visit; you can withdraw it by clearing the cookie.

Children

Coindrop isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information (like an email) from them.

Changes and contact

We'll update this page when our practices change. Questions: legal@coindrop.games. See also our terms of use.