What-A-Doodle Privacy Policy

What-A-Doodle is a browser game with campaign progress, local settings, and an optional online leaderboard. This policy explains what data the game stores, what is sent when you post a leaderboard score, and what choices you have.

What We Collect

When you submit a campaign score to the leaderboard, we collect:

• Player name — the display name you save for leaderboard use. If you do not choose one, the game can suggest a generated critter-style name.
• Player ID — a random UUID stored locally in your browser inside wad_profile. It is used to tie your submissions and personal-best lookups together.
• Score and level reached — the final campaign run score and the level reached for that submission.
• Gameplay stats — fields such as hits, misses, accuracy, best combo, and whether the run was abandoned.
• Platform and device model — best-effort browser-detected values such as iOS, Android, Windows, plus a coarse device model string when the browser exposes one.
• Server timestamp — the leaderboard service stores the submission time on the server when your score is accepted.

What We Store Locally

The game uses browser localStorage for the following local-only data:

• wad_profile — player name, random player ID, sound preference, and vibration preference.
• wad_sv — campaign unlock progress, stars, and related save data.
• wad_run — an in-progress campaign run so it can survive a refresh or tab close.
• wad_sc — locally cached campaign score history used as a fallback when the online leaderboard is unavailable.

What We Do Not Collect

• No email address, phone number, account login, or payment details.
• No precise location, contacts, microphone, camera, or photo library access.
• No advertising identifier or analytics profile linked to your identity.

How The Leaderboard Works

Campaign scores are submitted to a Cloudflare-hosted API and stored in a Cloudflare D1 database. Public leaderboard views show only the data needed for ranking, such as player name, score, level reached, and leaderboard date. Platform and device-model information may be stored for diagnostics or aggregate analysis, but they are not required for basic gameplay.

Analytics And Ads

The current browser version of What-A-Doodle does not use third-party analytics SDKs or ad networks inside gameplay. If that changes in a future platform build, this policy will be updated before or alongside that release.

Sharing

Submitted scores appear on the public leaderboard under the display name you chose. We do not sell your data. Limited technical data is shared only with the infrastructure providers needed to run the game site and leaderboard service.

Your Choices

• Play without submitting — the game is playable without sending leaderboard data. If the API is unavailable, campaign scores remain local.
• Change your name — you can edit your saved player name in the game settings.
• Clear local data — clearing site storage in your browser removes your local progress, saved settings, local score cache, and random player ID.
• Request leaderboard deletion — email the address below with your player name and an approximate submission date, and we will remove matching leaderboard entries when feasible.

Children

What-A-Doodle is designed to avoid collecting direct personal identifiers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children beyond the limited gameplay and leaderboard data described above.

Changes

We may update this policy as the game evolves. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date above.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests: [email protected]