Privacy Policy

Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures

We use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising vendors to serve advertisements when you visit our website. These companies may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.

• DoubleClick DART Cookie: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve advertisements to our users based on their visits to musicguess.app and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Opt-Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• Third-Party Network Opt-Out: You can also opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Opt-Out Page.

Cookies & Browser Local Storage

Local Storage: We utilize browser HTML5 Local Storage to persist your client-side game preferences, game stats (win streak, high scores, accuracy, guess distribution), and daily challenge completion statuses. This data remains on your local device unless cleared.

Cookies: Cookies are small text files placed on your device. Third-party partners (such as Google and Cloudflare) may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving and performance security.

Log Files & Analytics

Like many other websites, musicguess.app follows a standard procedure of utilizing log files. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable and are used solely for analyzing trends, administering the site, preventing fraud, and optimizing gameplay performance.

Third-Party APIs & Promotional Audio Snippets

• Apple / iTunes Search API: All 30-second audio snippets and album covers are promotional media served dynamically via Apple's public search API. We do not host or store full-length audio files on our servers. All copyrights remain the property of their respective owners and record labels.
• Firebase / Google Cloud: Used for secure player authentication, 1v1 multiplayer matchmaking, and public leaderboard score postings.
• Cloudflare: Provides content delivery network (CDN) acceleration, SSL encryption, and DDoS attack mitigation.

GDPR Data Protection Rights (EEA & UK Users)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, European users are entitled to the following rights:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate information.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your account or leaderboard score entries.
• Right to Restrict / Object to Processing: You have the right to restrict or object to the processing of your data.

California Consumer Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

California residents have specific rights regarding personal information under the CCPA:

• The right to request disclosure of categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
• The right to request deletion of personal information collected from you.
• We do not sell personal information: We do not sell your personal identifiable information to third parties for monetary consideration.
• The right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

Account & Data Deletion Requests

Registered users may request full deletion of their account, gameplay records, and global leaderboard rankings at any time. To request complete data erasure, simply contact us at contact@musicguess.app or submit a request via our Contact Form with your registered username. We will process and confirm your deletion within 30 days.

Children's Information (COPPA)

Protecting children's privacy online is paramount. musicguess.app does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child provided this kind of information on our website, please contact us immediately and we will promptly remove such records from our systems.