You do not need a player account to use this site. AI and local games run primarily in your browser, while online games require the server to synchronize temporary room state. This policy explains what information those features involve and how it is used.
Local games and browser storage
AI calculations, local games, and the current positions for those modes are processed in your browser. The site may store interface preferences, recent results, and shortcuts to rooms created on this device so it can restore the interface after a refresh or help you return to a table. This data is not a player account and does not create a long-term cloud game archive.
You can clear this local data through your browser settings. Once cleared, preferences, recent records, and room shortcuts saved on that device may not be recoverable.
Data used in online rooms
When you create or join an online room, the server temporarily processes the room code, seat identity, board state, moves, and connection status so both boards remain synchronized and the room can operate. Public rooms display the information needed to join in the public lobby. The site currently does not provide player nicknames or online chat.
Rooms close automatically when they reach the inactivity limit while waiting, after a disconnection, or following the end of a game. Treat an invite link as the key to a private room, and do not share it publicly with people you do not intend to invite.
Retention and deletion
Local data remains in your browser until you clear site data, the browser reclaims the storage, or the site changes the relevant storage format. Online-room state exists to maintain the current game and expires under the room's waiting, disconnection, and post-game inactivity rules. The site does not promise long-term storage or recovery of closed rooms.
To remove data from your device, use your browser's clear site data feature. For online-room or contact-email data that still exists and can be identified, you may send a request to contact@plyyard.com. We may need enough information to identify the relevant data, but we will not ask for your password because the site has no player passwords.
Access logs and traffic analytics
Hosting and security providers may process standard access data such as IP address, browser type, request time, and requested page to deliver the site, prevent abuse, and investigate failures. The site does not ask for your name, payment information, password, or social-login account.
The site uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-8EWY47HNXY) to understand aggregate traffic such as page views, approximate region, device type, browser, and referral source. The same measurement ID is used on the Ply Yard studio site and other Ply Yard game hosts, so Google may treat visits from the same browser across those hostnames as related. Analytics is not used to replay games and is not tied to a player account; advertising storage is denied by default. Cloudflare also injects a Web Analytics script to measure page-load performance at the edge; those beacons go to a same-origin endpoint on this site. Google's privacy policy is at https://policies.google.com/privacy. Blocking analytics does not prevent you from playing.
Third-party services and external links
Hosting platforms and providers such as Google Analytics may process data needed for page delivery, security, and traffic measurement under their own policies. The site does not sell your games as advertising data and does not ask for payment information.
The site may link to Google's privacy policy or other external pages. Once you leave this site, the other site's content, cookies, and data practices are governed by its own terms and policies.
Use by minors
This site is intended for a general casual audience and is not designed to collect personal information from minors. Normal play requires no age, school, home address, phone number, or other identifying details. Minors should use online rooms and the contact email with guidance from a parent or guardian.
Contact and policy updates
If you email contact@plyyard.com, we use your email address, message, and any screenshots or technical details you choose to include to read, respond to, and resolve the issue. Do not send passwords, payment information, identification documents, or other sensitive data.
This policy will be updated if a feature changes how data is used, where it is stored, or which third-party services are involved. You may also send privacy questions to the email address above.
