Gbera privacy
Gbera is a free browser game run by Vasrefil (vasrefil.com). We collect as little as we need to run the game, the weekly board and sign-in. We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for adverts.
What we collect and why
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| A random player id, made when you first play the weekly challenge | To know which scores are yours. It is not linked to your name or phone. |
| Your nickname and, if you choose one, your state | Shown on the public weekly board next to your score. |
| Your challenge runs: the controls you pressed, tick by tick, and the score | Our server replays every run to check the score is real before it goes on the board. |
| If you sign in with email: your email address | To send your sign-in code and to keep one account across your devices. |
| If you sign in with Google: your Google account id, email address and first name | To sign you in and keep one account. We use the first name only to suggest a nickname. We do not get your password or your Google contacts. |
| Usage statistics: pages opened, shifts played, scores, device type and country | To see what works and what to fix. We use Umami, which we host ourselves, with no cookies and no advertising ids. Some visits are recorded as screen replays of the menus and buttons, with the name form blanked out. |
| Settings saved on your device: sound, controls, radio station, best score, guide | So the game remembers your choices. They stay on your device. |
We never put your email address in usage statistics or on the board, and a nickname never shows an email.
Who else handles it
- Cloudflare sits in front of the game and runs a quick check against bots when you start the weekly challenge or sign in.
- Plunk (useplunk.com) sends sign-in code emails for us. It keeps the email address it sends to. We never add you to a mailing list.
- Google, if you choose to sign in with Google, under Google's own privacy policy.
- Radio stations: when you pick a live station, your device connects to that station's stream, and the station sees the connection as any listener's would.
How long we keep it
- Sign-in codes: 10 minutes.
- The controls recorded for each run: up to 14 days, then deleted.
- Your account, nickname, state and best scores: until you delete your account.
- After you delete your account, your scores stay only as anonymous numbers in the score spread, with no name or id that points to you.
Your choices and rights
- You can play without signing in. Guests play everything but do not appear by name.
- You can delete your account in the game: Controls, then Account, then "Delete my account". It removes your sign-in methods and takes you off every board.
- You can ask us to show, correct or delete what we hold about you, or object to how we use it. Write to info@vasrefil.com. We reply within 30 days.
- If you are not happy with our answer, you can complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (ndpc.gov.ng).
Contact
Vasrefil, info@vasrefil.com. If we change this page, we update the date at the top.