NEARISH privacy

On your device

Your games, your stats, the groups you're in and a random ID your browser makes up are saved in your browser's storage. Clearing this site's data from your browser removes them from it.

When you finish a puzzle

The game sends the puzzle number, your five guesses and that random ID to the NEARISH server, which scores them and counts them in everyone's stats. Other players only ever see totals across everyone, like how many played and the average score, never anyone's own guesses.

Groups

A group keeps its name and each member's nickname. Anyone with a group's link can see its members' nicknames and daily scores, never their guesses. Leaving a group removes you from it.

Signing in

Signing in is optional. It keeps your games, streak and groups on any phone or computer. Sign-in is handled by Clerk, which keeps your email address (or phone number, if you sign in with one) and sends your sign-in codes. If you sign in with Google, Clerk gets your name, email address and profile picture from Google. The NEARISH server keeps only Clerk's ID for your account, linked to your random ID. Clerk uses cookies to keep you signed in; see Clerk's privacy policy.

How the game is used

The game counts how it's used with PostHog: pages opened, games started and finished (with each question's score), shares, and group and sign-in actions. These carry the same random ID, plus a random ID for each visit (also saved in your browser). They note the page, the site whose link brought you, your browser, whether you're on a phone or a computer and which app opened the game, and they build no profiles of people. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, none of this is sent.

If you report a problem with a question, the report carries the question, the reason and your note, under a one-off ID instead of yours.

Who handles it

NEARISH runs on Vercel, keeps games and groups in a Neon database, and uses PostHog and Clerk as above. Like any website, these services see your IP address and browser details when you connect. NEARISH doesn't sell your data or use it for ads.

Deleting your data

To have your games, groups and account deleted, email nearishsupport@gmail.com from the address you signed in with. If you never signed in, your games are linked only to the random ID in your browser: clearing this site's data from your browser removes that link.

Questions

Email nearishsupport@gmail.com. If this page changes, its date at the top will too.