Privacy Policy

Board of Chaos | effective November 2, 2026

Board of Chaos is a Discord Activity: a team tic-tac-toe game you play inside Discord. It's run by Griz Studios ("we"). This policy explains what the game uses, why, and for how long.

What we use

• Your Discord profile basics, through Discord's identify permission: user ID, username, display name and avatar. We use them to show you to the other players.
• Activity session info from Discord: which server and channel the activity runs in and which users are in it. We use it to confirm you're really in the session and to put you in the right room.
• Gameplay: your team, ready state and the marks you place.
• Technical data: like any website, our host (Cloudflare) receives your IP address and request details to deliver the game.

We do not get your email, messages, friends list or server list. There are no ads and no third-party trackers.

Anonymous game statistics

To see where the game breaks or loses people, we count how visits and games go. These statistics are anonymous: they are not stored with your Discord ID, name, avatar, server, channel or IP address.

• How far a visit got: opened, Discord ready, signed in, connected, lobby, seated, game started, first move, game finished or left. Also the time each step took, and a short error code if one failed.
• Games: how long they lasted, the number of moves, how many humans and bots, team sizes and how the game ended.
• Launch source: the launch link tag: a short word in the link that started the activity (for example a link we gave a streamer), and only whether another user shared it with you, never who.
• Device and language: phone or desktop, the game language, and whether it was launched in a server or a DM (never which one).
• Return visits: to count how many players come back, the game server keeps a scrambled form of your Discord ID in memory, never on disk, for up to 7 days. It is wiped on every server restart and can't be reversed. Only the count (for example "came back after 2 days") is stored.
• Use of the game: how often help, settings and emotes were used, and how long a full game's queue made you wait.

We do not use these statistics to identify you or to build a profile, and we don't combine them with other data. They are stored only on our own game server, are not shared or sold, and are deleted after 90 days. If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, nothing about your visit is counted, including return visits. Each online game is still summed up once (length, moves, number of players, how it ended), with nothing about any player.

How long we keep it

• Game rooms are kept in server memory and saved briefly to disk, so a game survives a server restart. A saved room holds players' Discord IDs, names and avatars, and the game state. It is deleted within about 90 minutes after the room was last saved. We keep no game history.
• Verified sign-ins are remembered in memory for up to 10 minutes, and session checks for 15 seconds, so reconnects are quick.
• Avatar images may be cached by Cloudflare for up to 24 hours.
• Server logs, used to fix bugs, include your Discord ID with connection events. They are kept for at most 7 days.
• Anonymous game statistics (above) are kept for 90 days.
• Your browser keeps a few small settings in local storage: sound, vibration, motion, language and streamer mode preferences, your bot game picks (skill and game settings), and which tips you've already seen. They never leave your device.

Who sees it

• Other players in your room see your name, avatar, team and moves.
• Discord handles sign-in. Its own privacy policy applies.
• Cloudflare hosts the game's front end. See its privacy policy.
• Hetzner hosts our game server, in Finland. See its privacy policy.

We don't sell or share your data with anyone else.

Your choices

You can stop using the game at any time and remove its access in Discord under User Settings → Authorized Apps. Rooms are deleted soon after they close, and the statistics can't be tied back to you, so there is normally nothing to delete. To opt out of statistics, turn on Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control in your browser. If you have a question or request, contact us below.

Children

You must meet Discord's minimum age to use Discord, and therefore this game.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top.

Contact

grizstudios0@gmail.com