# Houseruled privacy policy

Houseruled is designed to need as little about you as possible: no account, no email, no real name. This page lists everything the service stores and why. Last updated October 8, 2026.

## What stays in your browser

On first visit your browser generates a random player id, a display name, and a secret token, stored in localStorage. They let you rejoin a table and keep your saved games tied to you. Clearing site data resets them.

## What the service stores

- **Live tables:** each room keeps its code, seats, display names, and game state in a Cloudflare Durable Object while the game runs. Chat is relayed live to the table and is not stored.
- **Public profiles and the library:** if you save a game, its title, description, rules, and your display name and player id are stored in Cloudflare D1 and shown publicly. Favorites are stored by player id.
- **Player auth:** a one-way hash of your secret token, so nobody else can post as your player id.
- **Rate limiting:** short-lived counters keyed by IP address in Cloudflare KV, expiring within two days.

## AI features

When you type a house rule or describe a game to invent, that text is sent to Groq to turn it into a structured rule. Parsed rules are cached by a hash of the normalized text so common rules are not sent twice. Do not type personal information into rule boxes.

## Logs, ads, and third parties

Cloudflare processes requests and keeps standard operational logs. If advertising is enabled, Google AdSense may set cookies under Google's own policy; ads are off unless configured. The "Buy me a coffee" link leaves Houseruled for buymeacoffee.com. We do not sell data or use analytics trackers.

## Your choices

To delete a saved game or profile, send a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/KarthikSubramanian07/houseruled/issues) with your player id (shown on your profile page) and it will be removed. Houseruled is not directed at children under 13.

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