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Privacy

Last updated: October 26, 2026

The short version: you sign in with your email, game progress stays in your own browser, payments are handled by Stripe and Link, and we never sell your information.

Your account

You sign in with your email address: we email you a short code or a sign-in link, and there is no password. The site remembers you on that device, so you don’t have to sign in on every visit. Your account exists so the site can check whether your subscription is active. The games never ask for your name.

Payments

When a grown-up subscribes, they go to a secure checkout page run by Stripe. Purchases are sold through Link (Stripe’s checkout service), so Link’s Privacy Policy applies to checkout. There you enter your email and payment details. Stripe and Link handle and store the payment data; we never see your full card number.

In our Stripe account we can see basic details of each subscription, such as the email address you entered, the amount, the date, and the card’s brand and last four digits. We use these only to run the site, handle questions and refunds, and keep the records the law requires.

While you play, our server asks Stripe whether your subscription is still active, so the games unlock for subscribers and lock again as soon as a subscription ends. We keep a small server-side record of sign-ins (your email address and when you signed in) so that sign-in works; we don’t keep a database of anything else about you.

What stays in your browser

The games save a few things in your browser’s storage (localStorage) on your own device, so they remember your progress:

For the current visit only (sessionStorage), the site also remembers that a grown-up confirmed they’re 18 or older. This information is not sent to us. Your wish text in Lucky Lantern stays on the screen and is never saved or sent.

To keep the games fast, your browser also keeps a copy of the site’s pictures and sounds. Game pages themselves are not stored for offline play, so the subscription check always happens live. You can clear all of it at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser settings. Clearing it also clears your shelves and cards.

Cookies

Our pages set one cookie: a sign-in cookie that remembers you on this device after you sign in with your email. It holds a random sign-in token — not your email or your payment details. We don’t use analytics, ad trackers or tracking pixels. Stripe’s and Link’s checkout pages use their own cookies, as described in their policies. If we ever add analytics, we’ll update this page first.

Services we use

The site runs on Cloudflare, and the lettering comes from Google Fonts. Like any website, these services see basic connection details, such as your IP address and browser type, when your device loads the pages.

We never sell your data

We don’t sell your information, and we don’t share it with anyone for advertising.

Kids

Kids are welcome to play along with a grown-up. Subscribing is for adults 18 and older, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact

Questions? Reach us through the support link on your Stripe/Link receipt.

If this page changes, we’ll update the date at the top.