Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to the Hunger Games Simulator ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide: We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when using our website, such as when you create custom tributes (names, image URLs if you input them locally - note: our current simulator processes this client-side and doesn't typically store it on a server unless you add features for saving/sharing).

Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. This is standard for most websites and often managed by hosting providers or analytics tools.

Usage Data: We may also collect information about how you interact with our website, such as the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data (e.g., via Vercel Analytics or a similar tool if you integrate one).

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website (the simulator itself)
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website features
• Understand and analyze how you use our website (e.g., which features are popular)
• Develop new features and functionalities
• Communicate with you (if you contact us directly)
• Find and prevent fraud or abuse

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website is a pure front-end application. For the core simulator functionality, we do not currently set or use cookies to track you across sessions for our own purposes. Your game setup (seeds, custom characters) might be stored in the URL for sharing if you choose to share it, or temporarily in your browser's local session for usability, but this is not used for broader tracking by us.

Third-Party Cookies: If you integrate third-party services (like analytics, ads, or social media embeds if you add them later), those services may use their own cookies. For example:

• Analytics Cookies: If you use a service like Vercel Analytics or Google Analytics (you'd need to set this up), they may use cookies to gather usage statistics.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some portions of third-party services integrated into our website might not function as intended.

Data Storage (Client-Side)

The Hunger Games Simulator primarily operates on the client-side (in your browser). Information like custom tribute names or image URLs you input for a simulation is processed within your browser to run the simulation. We do not transmit this specific gameplay setup data to our servers for storage unless you use a specific "save" or "share" feature that explicitly states this (currently, such features are not part of the core MVP described).

Seeds and preset IDs might be stored in the URL to allow you to bookmark or share specific game setups. This information is part of the URL and not actively collected or stored by us beyond standard web server logs if you host this on a server that keeps such logs.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services for hosting or analytics (e.g., Vercel for deployment and analytics, DiceBear for placeholder avatars). These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

For example, DiceBear avatars are fetched directly from their servers based on seeds; we do not proxy or store these images.

If you use Google Analytics (you would need to integrate this yourself), you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here.

Data Security

Since we primarily operate client-side and collect minimal personal data (if any beyond standard web traffic logs by the hosting provider), the main security aspect relates to the security of your own device and browser. We strive to use secure coding practices for our website.

Your Data Protection Rights

As we do not typically collect or store identifiable personal information directly through the core operation of the simulator, rights such as access, update, or deletion of personal data may not be directly applicable in the traditional sense. However, you have control over any data stored in your browser's local storage or session storage by our site (if such features are added) and can clear this data via your browser settings.

If you have concerns about automatically collected data (like IP logs by our hosting provider), please refer to the privacy policy of the hosting service (e.g., Vercel).

For any privacy-specific concerns or questions about what data might be indirectly processed, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our website is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or applicable age in your jurisdiction). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with information without your consent, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.