This policy explains how Qube, LLC (“Qube,” “we”) handles information in Cat Got Your Tricks?, the card game at cats.qubesoftware.com and in our apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android when they are available. It covers every version of the game.
The short version: there are no accounts, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. You pick a name and a pet to show at the table. A game you play on one device stays on that device. An online game keeps what its players need to play together, and then deletes itself.
What stays on your device
The game saves a few things on your phone, tablet, or computer so it can remember you between visits. In a browser, they live in the browser's own storage for cats.qubesoftware.com. In an app, they live in the app's storage on your device. We don't receive any of it unless you play online, as described below.
- Your settings: sound and music volume, and the house rules and timer you last chose.
- Your pass-and-play table: the names, pets, and bots you last seated, and a game in progress so you can pick it up again.
- Your recent games: up to 24 finished games, with each player's name, pet, scores, and the winner, plus the codes of recent online games.
- For online play: the name and pet you chose, a random player number, and a signed guest pass (see below).
Removing a game from your recent games list hides it from the list. To delete everything, clear this site's data in your browser's settings, or delete the app.
Online games
Online play needs a server so everyone at the table sees the same game. When you first play online, the game asks for a name (up to 16 characters) and a pet, and our server gives your device a guest pass: a small signed note holding a random player number, that name and pet, and the time it was issued. It isn't an account and it isn't linked to your real identity. The server doesn't keep a list of guest passes; your device sends its pass with each request. A pass keeps working until we change the key that signs passes, which signs everyone out.
For each online game, our server keeps:
- the five-character game code, the house rules, and the turn timer setting;
- each seat's random player number, name, and pet, whether a bot is playing it, and how many turns in a row it has missed;
- which player is the host, and the player numbers of anyone the host removed;
- when the game was created, started, paused, and last played, and when each round was dealt; and
- every move: the deal, each bid, and each card played.
Emotes (the six stickers) are passed along to the other players and not saved. There is no chat, no public matchmaking, and no way to find a game without its code.
Who can see an online game
A game code works like an invitation. Anyone who has it can join the lobby while there is a seat, watch the table on a TV or tablet with Table view, and see each seat's name, pet, score, and the cards played. Nobody's device ever receives another player's hand, the undealt cards, or a bid before everyone has bid. Share codes only with people you want at your table, and choose a name you are happy for them to see. Please don't use your full real name.
How long online games are kept
- A lobby that never starts is deleted 24 hours after it was created.
- A game that has started or finished is deleted 14 days after its last move.
- A game the host cancels is deleted right away.
- Leaving a lobby before the game starts removes your seat.
Deletion is automatic and permanent; we keep no copy.
Network information and security
Like any website, our server sees the IP address of each request. The game uses it only for a moment, to stop too many requests arriving from one address (rate limiting), and doesn't store or log it. Our error logs record which part of the game failed, never who was playing.
The game and its server run on Cloudflare, our hosting provider. Cloudflare processes requests on our behalf to deliver the game and protect it from abuse, under its own privacy policy and data processing terms. Cloudflare may keep limited operational logs, such as IP addresses, for security, as described at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
What the game does not do
- No accounts, email addresses, passwords, or phone numbers.
- No advertising, analytics, tracking, or third-party SDKs.
- No cookies.
- No access to your camera, microphone, location, contacts, or photos.
- No push notifications.
- No selling, renting, or sharing of information with anyone.
When you tap a button to copy or share an invite, the game puts the link on your clipboard or hands it to your device's share sheet. It never reads your clipboard. On phones, the game may vibrate briefly when it's your turn.
App stores
If you download Cat Got Your Tricks? from the App Store or Google Play, Apple or Google handles the download, and any purchase, under their own privacy policies. They may share anonymous statistics with developers, such as download counts and crash reports, depending on the settings you choose with them. The game itself collects nothing more in its apps than on the web.
Children
Cat Got Your Tricks? is a family card game for a general audience. It doesn't ask for anyone's age, real name, or contact details, and it is designed so that no personal information is needed to play. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. Because a player can type anything into the name field, we encourage families to use nicknames. A parent or guardian can ask us to delete an online game, as described below.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live (for example, in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or California), you may have the right to access, correct, or delete information about you, or to object to how it is used. We use the information described here only to provide the game you asked to play and to keep it secure.
Because there are no accounts, we can only find an online game by its code. To have an online game deleted before its scheduled time, or to ask any privacy question, email us with the game code and the name you played under. Everything on your device you can delete yourself at any time, as described above.
Qube, LLC is based in Utah, in the United States. Cloudflare runs the game on servers around the world, so online game data may be processed outside your country.
Changes to this policy
If what the game collects changes, we'll update this page and its effective date before the change reaches you, and update the privacy information in the app stores. If we add something new, like an optional Qube account or purchases, this policy will say exactly what it involves before it launches.
Contact Qube, LLC
Questions about this policy or about your information are welcome. Email Qube, LLC at admin@qubesoftware.com.