Privacy policy
Maze Painter is built to need as little of your data as possible. This page explains exactly what is stored, why, and by whom.
Who we are
Maze Painter (“we”, “the site”) is the puzzle game available at https://mazepainter.com. When this policy says “you” it means anyone who visits or plays.
What we store ourselves
There are no accounts, no sign-up and no passwords. The only thing the site stores on your device is one cookie:
- Name
rc_save- What it holds
- The level you have reached, your star balance, which ball and board you have equipped and unlocked, the time of your last completed level, and a random token that protects the level data sent to your browser.
- Why
- So your progress is still there next time. It is essential to the game working and is not used for anything else.
- How long
- One year from your last visit, renewed each time you play.
- Protection
- The cookie is signed so it cannot be edited, and is marked so that scripts on the page cannot read it.
The cookie contains no name, email address, device identifier or anything else that identifies you. Your sound and vibration preferences are kept in your browser’s local storage and never leave the device.
Measurement
We use Google Analytics to count how many people play, how far they get, and where a level is causing players to give up, so that we know which levels to change. The events we send are about the game, not about you: the level number, how many moves it took, how long it was on screen, whether a level was restarted or abandoned, and whether the advert slot filled. We also record how far you have progressed as a broad band rather than an exact level.
We do not send your progress cookie, your IP address or any identifier of our own to Google Analytics, and we never try to work out who an individual player is. Where the law requires consent before analytics storage may be used, these events are only associated with a returning visitor after you have given it; before that they are counted without any identifier stored on your device.
Server logs
Like every website, our hosting provider records basic technical details of each request, such as the IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time. These logs are used to keep the service running and secure, and to protect the game against automated abuse, for example by limiting how many requests one address can make per minute. They are kept for a short period by the hosting provider and are not combined with any other data.
Advertising
The site is supported by advertising served by Google AdSense in a banner outside the play area. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar identifiers to show adverts, to measure them, and where you have consented, to personalise them based on your visits to this and other sites.
- How Google uses data from sites that use its services is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- You can control personalised advertising in your Google account at adssettings.google.com, and opt out of third-party cookies at aboutads.info/choices.
- If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you will be asked for consent before any advertising or analytics storage is used, through a consent message provided by a Google-certified consent management platform. You can change your choice at any time by reopening that message.
Children
Maze Painter is suitable for all ages but is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. Advertising on the site is configured to avoid personalised ads where the law requires it.
Your rights and choices
Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for us to export or correct. Clearing the site’s cookies in your browser erases your progress and every trace of your visit from your device. Depending on where you live you may have rights under data protection law, including the right to complain to a supervisory authority, and you can always contact us with any question.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top will be updated. Material changes will be noted on the game’s loading screen for a period after they take effect.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent to contact@mazepainter.com.