Privacy policy

Last updated: July 23, 2026

whatthecountry is a free game. It collects the minimum needed to run: most of your data never leaves your device, and nothing is collected at all unless you choose to sign in.

Playing without an account

Everything is stored in your browser's localStorage: today's run, your daily history, streaks and stats, and which release notes you've seen. None of it is sent to a server. Clearing your browser data erases it.

If you sign in

• Account data. With Google sign-in: your name, email address and profile picture. With email/password: your email and a hash of your password (the password itself is never stored).
• Daily results. One row per day you complete while signed in — score, puzzles solved, time, and your per-puzzle guesses — used to rank you on the daily leaderboard. Your display name is shown there.
• Sign-in cookies. A session cookie keeps you signed in. There are no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

What is not collected

No ads, no selling or sharing of personal data, no third-party tracking. The game itself runs entirely in your browser — guesses in free play are never transmitted anywhere.

Deleting your data

You can delete your account and every stored result yourself from account settings — the deletion is immediate and permanent. Device-local data is yours to clear via your browser. For anything else, email jesper.kiledal@gmail.com.

Questions

Email jesper.kiledal@gmail.com. If this policy changes in a way that matters, it will be announced on What's new.