Privacy

This page explains what Bhayson Games stores and why. The short version: you don't need a name, email or account to play (signing in is optional), we don't set tracking cookies ourselves, and we never sell your data. When ads from Google are on, Google uses cookies as explained under Ads.

Your choice

The first time you visit, we ask whether we may count your visits anonymously. Accept lets us add your plays, play time, level results and ad views to anonymous totals (see below). Essential only means we don't count them; the site, your saves and your player still work. While ads from Google are on, the pop-up says so: Accept then also lets Google personalize the ads you see, and Essential only means the Google ads aren't personalized. If you answered before Google ads were on, we ask once more. You can change this any time with Privacy choices (also at the bottom of every page).

What stays on your device

Your browser keeps a few things so the site works the way you set it: your favorites, your recently played list, your light or dark setting, whether music is on, your privacy choice, game saves (like best scores), and your player code if you have a player. We don't use this to follow you, and clearing your browser data removes it.

Offline games and the app

If you tap Save offline on a game, its files are stored in your browser so you can play without internet. The site also keeps copies of pages you opened so it loads when you're offline. You can remove saved games any time on the Offline games page, or by clearing your browser data. Installing the site as an app only adds an icon; it doesn't collect anything.

Players, scores and achievements

When you post your first score or unlock an achievement, we create a player for you with a random nickname. We store that nickname, your scores, achievements and XP so leaderboards and your public profile work. Your player code is the key to your player: only a scrambled copy of it is stored, so we can't read it. Nicknames and scores are public on leaderboards. Scores you earn while offline wait on your device and are posted when you're back online. Ask us if you want your player deleted.

Signing in (optional)

You never have to sign in to play. If you choose to, with Google or with a code we email you, we keep your email address (and, for Google, your Google account number) linked to your player, so you can sign in on your other devices. From Google we only get that number, your email and a confirmation that the email is yours; never your password. While you're signed in, the game saves your browser keeps (your progress in each game) are also copied to your account, so they stay safe if your browser is cleared and open on your other devices. We use your email only to sign you in. Signing in is for players 13 and older. You can sign out on any device, and you can delete your account anytime from Your profile: that removes your player, scores, achievements, saved games and sign-in details right away.

Ads

Many ads on Bhayson Games are our own: ads for Bhayson, for our other products and for games on this site. Our own ads don't use cookies and don't follow you around the web. We only count how many times each ad is shown and clicked, without knowing who you are. We also count how many times each game is played and add up how long games are played, without knowing who played. We use these totals to pick the games shown at the top of the home page. In some of our own games with levels, we also count how often each level is won or lost (and how close it was), again without knowing who played, so we can fix levels that are too hard. Some of our own games also count a few steps of a visit (for example: the game loaded, the first round started, a second round was played, someone came back the next day), as totals per game and day, so we can see where players stop and improve those parts.

These counts are only sent if you chose Accept. If you chose Essential only, nothing is counted; if you have a player, playing still gives you XP.

Ads from Google

To keep the site free, we may also show ads from Google (Google AdSense, and Google's ads for games in breaks between rounds). They only load after you've answered the privacy pop-up, which tells you about them. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your earlier visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners show you ads based on your visits to this and other sites. That only happens if you chose Accept; with Essential only we ask Google for ads that aren't personalized, though Google still uses cookies to limit how often you see an ad, stop fraud and count views and clicks. You can turn off personalized ads any time in Google's Ads Settings, or turn off other vendors' personalized ads at aboutads.info. How Google uses information from sites that use its services. In Europe, the UK and Switzerland, Google also shows its own consent message. Players who told us they're under 13 never get Google ads, only our own.

Who helps us run the site

The website is hosted by Netlify, and the game list, players, scores, saved games, counts and reports are kept with Supabase. If you sign in with Google, Google confirms who you are; if you sign in with an email code, the email is sent through Resend. When ads from Google are on, Google provides them (see Ads). Like any website, their servers see your internet address when your browser asks for a page. To stop abuse, we count requests per internet address per hour; those counters are deleted after about a day and aren't linked to your player. The site's own fonts and pictures come from our own site and storage, not from Google. A few games load fonts from Google Fonts or code from jsDelivr when they start; like any website, those services see your internet address, and nothing else is shared with them.

Playing online with others

In online games, your nickname, your moves and any chat messages are passed to the other players in your match, through Supabase. A few games (like Lumenhold and Mythweald Arena) connect players' browsers directly for a smoother game, which lets the other players' browsers see your internet address. We don't keep chat messages, except a message someone reports.

Your age

Before anyone types a nickname or chats in a game, we ask for a birth month and year once. We only keep the result (under 13 or not) in your browser; the date itself isn't stored or sent to us. Players under 13 get random nicknames and preset chat messages only.

Reports

When you report a player, a message or a game, we receive the reason, the nickname and message you reported, what you wrote, the game, and your player if you have one. We use reports only to keep the site safe and fix problems, and we delete them within 90 days after we've dealt with them.

Game submissions

If you send us a game through the developer form, we receive the details you type in (like your name and email) and use them only to reply about your game.

Kids

Bhayson Games is made for players 13 and older. Players under 13 can still play, but can't sign in, type nicknames or chat messages, and never get ads from Google, so we don't collect personal information from them. If you think a child under 13 gave us personal information, email us and we'll delete it.

If something goes wrong

If personal information we hold is ever exposed in a way that could harm you, we'll tell you and the privacy commissioner, as Canadian and Alberta privacy law requires.

Your rights and who to contact

Bayani, who runs Bhayson Games, is responsible for privacy here. You can ask what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your player and reports (signed-in players can also delete their account themselves on their profile): email hello@bhayson.com. If you're not happy with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.