Privacy Policy

Overview

Traingame is an online multiplayer train-route board game. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and how you can ask us to update or delete it.

Information We Collect

Account information includes your email address, username, password authentication data, verification status, account preferences, and authentication provider links. Passwords are stored as hashes, not plain text.

If you use Google sign-in, we receive the Google account identifier, email address, email verification status, display name, and profile image that Google provides for the openid, email, and profile scopes. We use this data only to create, sign in to, secure, and display your Traingame account. We do not request Gmail, Drive, Contacts, Calendar, or other Google account content.

Gameplay information includes guest handles, match participation, match configuration, moves, scores, replay history, chat messages sent during games, friend requests, game invites, and notification state. Anonymous visitors may receive a temporary guest identity so they can join games and keep browser-session match history.

Support information includes problem reports you submit, the category and text of the report, the current page URL, the related match id when present, and whether the report came from a signed-in account or guest session.

Technical information may include session cookies, IP address, browser details, device information, pages visited, referring pages, and basic usage events collected by our web analytics.

How We Use Information

We use information to:

• create accounts, sign users in, maintain sessions, and prevent unauthorized access;
• verify email addresses and send account-related messages;
• run matches, matchmaking, replays, chat, friend requests, and game invites;
• show profile, match history, notification, and preference features;
• debug, secure, measure, and improve Traingame;
• review problem reports and respond to support or privacy requests;
• comply with legal, security, and operational obligations.

Cookies And Similar Technologies

Traingame uses signed session cookies to keep you signed in, preserve guest sessions, and protect account and game state. The app may also use browser storage for client-side game connection state. Our analytics provider may use similar technologies to measure site usage.

Sharing

We do not sell personal information or Google user data. We do not transfer Google user data to third parties except as needed to provide or secure Traingame, comply with law, or process data on our behalf under appropriate obligations.

Service providers may include hosting and infrastructure providers, Google for sign-in, SendGrid for account email delivery, and web analytics at analytics.dysonsphere.dev. If you click the Discord link, Discord handles that visit under its own terms and privacy policy.

Some gameplay data is visible to other players in a match, friends, invited players, or people with access to a replay or invite link, depending on the feature and match settings.

Security And Retention

We use technical and organizational safeguards such as HTTPS, signed cookies, hashed passwords, rate limits, access controls, and encrypted secret storage. No online service can guarantee perfect security.

We keep information for as long as needed to provide Traingame, maintain game records, resolve disputes, enforce the rules, meet legal obligations, and operate backups. Backups and logs may retain data for a limited time after deletion from active systems.

Your Choices

You can choose not to create an account, use guest play where available, update your username and preferences from your profile, sign out, or disconnect Google sign-in through your Google Account permissions.

To request access, correction, or deletion, contact us at privacy@traingame.io. We may need to verify your identity before acting on account-related requests.

Children

Traingame is not directed to children under 13. Do not use Traingame if you are under 13. If you believe a child provided personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate.

Changes

We may update this policy as Traingame changes. When we make material changes, we will update the date above and, when appropriate, provide additional notice in the app or by email.