Privacy Policy

1. Scope of this policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Guessr collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects information when you access or use the service, including when you browse the site, create an account, sign in with a third-party provider, participate in gameplay, or contact us.

By using the service, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.

2. Information we collect

We may collect account and profile information such as your username, email address, password hash, account identifiers, authentication-related metadata, and third-party sign-in identifiers when you choose to use those features.

We may collect gameplay and social information such as prompts, answers, guesses, friend connections, achievements, streaks, rankings, moderation outcomes, usage history, and information you submit through gameplay or related features.

We may collect location-related information, including approximate location inferred from IP address and any city or country details you provide or save through the service.

We may collect technical and device information such as IP address, cookies, session and security tokens, browser and device data, timestamps, request metadata, log information, and similar operational data needed to provide, secure, and troubleshoot the service.

If you contact us or interact with account support flows, we may collect the contents of those communications and the information needed to respond.

3. How we use information

We use information to operate and provide the service, create and manage accounts, authenticate users, support guest sessions, process gameplay activity, generate and display results, support social and account features, deliver email verification and password reset messages, and personalize parts of the experience.

We also use information to monitor performance, maintain security, detect and prevent abuse, investigate suspicious activity, enforce our terms and rules, comply with legal obligations, and improve the service over time.

4. How we disclose information

We may disclose information to service providers and contractors who help us operate the service, including providers that support hosting, infrastructure, database and caching services, email delivery, authentication, geolocation, AI-assisted tooling, security, and similar operational functions.

We may disclose information when required by law, to respond to legal process, to protect the rights, property, or safety of users or others, to investigate abuse or fraud, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction.

We may publish or share aggregated, de-identified, or otherwise non-personally attributable gameplay results, rankings, and statistics. We do not sell personal information for money.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for authentication, session management, security protections, preferences, fraud prevention, and core site functionality. If you block or disable cookies, parts of the service may not function properly.

6. Legal bases for processing

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we generally rely on one or more of the following: performance of a contract with you, our legitimate interests in operating and securing the service, your consent where required, and compliance with legal obligations.

7. Data retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including to operate the service, maintain records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, satisfy legal obligations, and protect the integrity and security of the platform.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the nature of the feature involved, and whether the information is needed for fraud prevention, moderation, or legal compliance.

8. Your choices and rights

You may choose not to create an account, but some features will not be available without one. You may also choose not to use optional sign-in methods or location-related features where offered.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction of certain personal information, or to object to certain processing. You may also have the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. Requests should be submitted using the contact information made available on the service, and we may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

9. Children's privacy

Guessr is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through the service, contact us so we can review and take appropriate action.

10. International data transfers

Your information may be processed and stored in the United States and other countries where we or our service providers operate. Those countries may have data protection laws that differ from the laws where you live.

11. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. No security measure is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the effective date above. Your continued use of the service after the updated policy becomes effective constitutes your acknowledgement of the revised policy.

13. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests relating to your information should be sent using the contact information made available on the service.