Privacy Policy
STATURE is an online browser game. This page explains what personal data we collect when you play, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
What we collect
- Account details: your email address, username, account status and sign-in times. Your password is stored only as a one-way hash, so we cannot read it.
- Game data: your character, stats, money, items, activity history, organisation membership, messages, friends and anything you choose to add to your profile, including uploaded images and text.
- Technical data: the IP addresses you play from, your browser type, a random browser ID and a device fingerprint (a one-way code made from your browser and screen settings). We use these only for security and fair play: to enforce one account per player, to spot accounts sharing a device or network, and to stop automated abuse.
- Chat: your Global chat messages, any reports you make or receive, and your date of birth, which you give once before using chat. We use your date of birth only to apply the chat age rules (minimum age, and swearing always hidden for under-18s). It is never shown to other players.
- Emails: when you verify your email or reset your password, we send you a message through our email provider. If you don't come back after your first day, we send one reminder email; every reminder includes a link to stop them.
Cookies
- A session cookie keeps you signed in while you play and is removed when you close your browser.
- If you tick Keep me signed in, a second cookie keeps you signed in for up to 30 days on that device. Signing out removes it.
- A browser ID cookie (
stature_did, also kept in your browser's local storage) and a fingerprint cookie (stature_fp) let us recognise a device that already has an account. They are security cookies used only by STATURE. - Your light or dark mode choice is saved in your browser's local storage.
- Where enabled, Cloudflare Turnstile checks that sign-ups and logins come from real people and may process technical data about your browser.
- We do not use advertising or analytics cookies.
How we use your data
- To run the game, keep your account working and verify your email.
- To keep the game secure and fair, including preventing cheating, abuse and misuse of multiple accounts.
- To respond to support requests and moderation reports.
Where data protection law requires a legal basis, we rely on providing the service you signed up for, our legitimate interest in security and fair play, and your consent for the optional Keep me signed in cookie.
Who can see your data
We do not sell your personal data. Other players can see your public profile and in-game information according to your privacy settings. We use service providers to host the site, send email and protect sign-ups, and they handle data only to provide those services. We may disclose data if the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep your account and game data while your account is active. IP address, browser ID and fingerprint records are deleted automatically 180 days after they were last seen. Global chat messages are deleted after 7 days; chat reports (including a copy of the reported message) and moderation records after 90 days. Your date of birth is kept while your account exists. Other security and moderation records are kept for as long as they are needed to protect the game and its players. You can ask us to delete your account at any time.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your personal data, or object to how we use it. Contact us at [contact email not set yet]. You can also complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office).
Children
STATURE is not intended for anyone under 13. Global chat is only open to players aged 13 and over, and players under 18 always have swearing hidden. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, contact us and we will remove it.
Changes
If we change this policy we will update the date above. Significant changes will be announced in the game.
Contact
[contact email not set yet]