Privacy policy

Version 1.2 · Last updated October 30, 2026

The short version

We don’t sell your data. We don’t show ads. Signing in with Google or Discord is only used to save your scores.

If you sign in with Google

We receive your email address and a Google account ID. We use them only to link your scores and display name to your account so they follow you to any device. Your email is never shown to other players, and we don’t use it to contact you or for marketing unless you opt in to board game updates (below). We don’t receive your password, contacts or anything else from your Google account.

If you sign in with Discord

We receive your Discord user ID and username, and nothing else: no email, servers, friends or messages. We use them only to link your scores to your account. Your Discord username may be suggested as your display name, but it isn’t shown unless you choose it.

Linking Google and Discord

You can link both to one Alphablitz Online account so either one signs you in. Linking only joins two accounts when the second one has no saved scores. You can unlink one at any time as long as the other stays linked.

Your display name and scores

The display name you pick and your daily results (time, points, cards cleared) appear on the public leaderboard.

Anonymous game data

To check that each category plays fairly, we record anonymous details about every round: how long each category took, which words were tried and accepted, skips, discards and whether hints were on. This data isn’t used to identify you. By playing, you agree to this collection.

Where your data is saved

If you’re signed in, your account, display name and daily results are saved to our database and linked to your Google or Discord login, so they load on any device. Your browser also keeps a copy so the game loads quickly.

Your settings, any game in progress, quick play results and dailies played while signed out are only stored in your browser. Clearing your browser data removes those.

Board game email updates

In your account settings (the gear on the Rankings screen) you can opt in to email updates about the launch of our Alphablitz! board game. It’s off unless you turn it on. If you opt in, we save the email address you give us (or your Google email) and use it only for news about Alphablitz! from Smidgen Games. Turn the switch off at any time and your address is removed from the list right away.

Daily reminders

You can turn on a reminder when each new daily is up, from the results screen or your account settings. It’s off unless you turn it on, and your browser asks your permission first. We save the push address your browser gives us, your time zone, and the times of day you started your recent dailies, so the reminder arrives around when you usually play. We send at most one a day and skip days you’ve already played. Turn the switch off (or block notifications for this site in your browser) and the address is deleted.

Feedback and badges

If you send feedback from the app, we save your message, your display name and your account’s email so we can follow up and thank you if your idea makes it into an update. Badges are worked out from the games you’ve already played; we don’t collect anything extra for them except the time of day you finish a game and how many times you share a result.

Removing your data

To delete your account, name and scores, or for any privacy question, email alphablitz@playsmidgen.com.