Privacy Policy

Games for Group is a party-game site, not a data business. Hosts sign in with Google so a room has one owner; friends join with just a display name. Rooms and everything played in them are deleted automatically within about a day. We run no ads, no third-party trackers, and we never sell data.

• Hosts — when you sign in with Google we receive your name, email address, and profile picture. We use them to identify your account and prefill your display name. We never see your Google password.
• Guests — joining a room needs only a display name you type. No account, no email, nothing else.
• Gameplay — rooms, chosen games, moves, and scores exist so the game works, and are deleted automatically when the room ends or goes quiet (roughly 24 hours at most).
• Public rooms — if a host marks a room public, its title, the host's display name, and the seat count appear in the public room list until the room starts, fills, or closes.

A few things live only in your browser's local storage and never reach our servers unless a game rule needs to verify them: a random session identifier that lets you rejoin a room after a refresh, your sound preference, the display name you used in a room, and private in-game scratch marks (for example, the numbers you daub on a Tambola ticket — those are only sent when you claim a prize, so we can check it).

• No advertising and no ad networks.
• No third-party analytics or tracking pixels.
• No selling, renting, or sharing personal data for marketing.
• No message scanning — there is no chat to scan.

The service runs on infrastructure providers who process data on our behalf: Convex (realtime backend and database), Netlify (website hosting), and Google (sign-in for hosts only). Each receives only what it needs to run the service.

Game data is short-lived by design: a scheduled job permanently deletes rooms, players, and game history within about 24 hours of a room ending or going inactive. Host accounts persist so you can host again; if you want your account removed, reach us through the contact page and we will delete it.

If you write to us through the contact page, we store what you send — your message, and a name and email only if you choose to include them — for as long as it takes to handle the inquiry.

The games are family-friendly, but the service is not directed at children under 13, and hosting requires a Google account. Guests joining a room provide no personal information beyond a display name.

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will update this page and the date above. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated policy.