Privacy Policy

What This Policy Covers

This policy applies to doodlebaseball.cc, a website dedicated to the browser game Doodle Baseball alongside a small number of closely related games. The site organizes titles under one game category: Sports. Every game runs directly in your browser without requiring account registration, file downloads, or browser plugins.

This policy explains what information is collected automatically when pages load, what information is stored when you submit forms or comments, and how third-party services operate on the site. This site lists and embeds games from third-party providers rather than building or publishing them. Because these third-party game frames, analytics tools, and advertising providers manage their own connections, their data practices are also outlined here.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you browse the site, certain technical data is recorded first-party to keep pages working and monitor traffic. Every page view records the requested path, the page type, the game identifier when viewing a game, a device class, the referring host name, and a timestamp. The full referring URL is not recorded, and no third party receives this page-view data. Raw page-view records are deleted after 3 days, after which only daily aggregate totals are kept.

Visitor counts are calculated using an aggregated counter. This counter creates a cryptographic hash using a site secret, the date, your IP address, and your browser user-agent string. The IP address itself is not stored in any form in this counter. Because the current date is included inside the hash calculation, each visitor counts once per day and cannot be linked from one day to the next.

The site also sets a first-party session cookie so your visit holds together across different pages. Additionally, when you choose to like or favourite a game, your IP address is stored so that the same action is not counted multiple times.

Information You Send Us

If you send a message through the site contact form, the submission stores the name, email address, subject, and message you provide. Each contact submission also records your IP address and browser user-agent string. These technical details are used to rate-limit messages to 3 per hour and to block abusive senders. Contact messages are readable by site administrators and are kept until manually deleted.

Every game page also includes an issue report form. Submitting a report stores the reason selected from a fixed list, which includes copyright concerns, your written description, an email address if you choose to provide one, your IP address, and a timestamp. The IP address limits submissions to three reports per item per address per day. Reports are stored with a status and are marked reviewed, resolved, or dismissed in the administration interface, recording which administrator handled the report and when.

Comments You Post

Visitors can post comments on game pages without creating an account or logging in. When you submit a game comment, the system stores the commenter name you enter, an optional email address if provided, your comment text, your IP address, and your browser user-agent string.

Submitted comments are displayed on the relevant game page. Comments are not deleted on an automatic schedule. A posted comment remains stored until it is manually removed. If a game is deleted from the site catalog, all comments associated with that game are deleted alongside it.

Search Queries

When you use the on-site search feature to find games, the site logs specific technical information about the query. These search logs record the search text entered, the browser user-agent string, the referring page, and your current session identifier.

Within these search logs, your IP address is processed and stored only as an irreversible hash. The IP address is never stored in readable form in search log records. These search logs allow the site operator to see what terms visitors look for without keeping readable network addresses connected to queries.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies and similar storage technologies are used on this site so that basic features operate properly. The site sets its own session cookie to maintain your browsing session as you move between pages. This first-party session cookie is restricted to HTTP requests, is sent over HTTPS where your connection allows, expires after 30 minutes of inactivity, and has its identifier replaced every 30 minutes.

Third-party services integrated into the site may also use cookies and similar technologies. Games embedded from external providers run inside iframes and set their own cookies directly from their respective domains. In addition, if traffic measurement or advertising services are active on the site, those services may set their own cookies or identifiers subject to their respective policies.

You can manage or block cookies through your web browser preferences. How cookies and local data are handled depends on the configuration of your browser and any choices you make regarding third-party providers.

Analytics

The site may use Google Analytics to measure website traffic and understand general usage patterns. When Google Analytics is enabled, it may use cookies or similar identifiers to collect information about visits, operating under Google's own privacy policies.

In addition to any external measurement services, the site maintains its own first-party page view records and daily visitor counters. As described in this policy, first-party page view tracking records only general request data and host names, deleting raw records after 3 days, while visitor counters use daily hashed identifiers rather than storing readable IP addresses.

Advertising

The site may show advertisements served by Google AdSense. When advertising is active, Google may use cookies and similar identifiers to deliver advertisements across the site, operating under its own policies and user controls.

The site audience includes school-age children. Because younger visitors play games here, personal information is treated with extra care, and nothing collected directly by this site is used to build an advertising profile of a child.

Third-party ad networks determine how ads are served based on their own systems and any preferences or consent settings configured by the visitor. You can review how Google manages data in advertising products through Google's published advertising policies and privacy controls.

Third-Party Games and Embedded Content

This site is centered around Doodle Baseball and presents a curated list of related titles. All games featured on the site are embedded in inline frames, or iframes, hosted by third-party game providers. This site lists and embeds these titles; it did not build, develop, or publish any of the games.

When you play an embedded game, your browser connects directly to the servers of that third-party provider. Through that direct connection, third-party providers receive your IP address and set their own cookies and local storage items. The operator of this site does not control the data collection, cookies, or operational practices of external game hosts.

Games run directly in your browser without requiring standalone installations or external software plugins. If an embedded game stops functioning or is taken offline by its provider, that title is deactivated on this site so visitors are not directed to broken content.

Children’s Privacy

The audience for this site includes school-age children who visit to play Doodle Baseball and related sports titles. Personal information is treated with extra care across all site features.

Nothing collected by this site is used to build an advertising profile of a child. Furthermore, playing games on the site never requires registering an account, providing a username, or setting a password. Visitors can access games directly without creating a profile or storing login credentials.

How Long We Keep Data

Data stored by this site is kept for specific periods depending on the feature used. Raw page-view records are kept for 3 days and then deleted, leaving only aggregated daily totals. Session cookies expire automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity, and their identifiers are replaced every 30 minutes.

Contact form messages are kept until manually deleted by site administrators. Issue reports on game pages remain stored with their review status and resolution history. Public game comments remain stored until they are manually removed, or until the associated game is deleted from the catalog.

Your Rights and Choices

You have several options to control how information is handled when you browse the site. You can configure your browser to block or clear cookies, restrict local storage, or limit third-party requests. Please note that some site features, advertisements, analytics, or embedded games may behave differently when browser storage or third-party scripts are restricted.

Because there are no user accounts or stored passwords, you do not need an account profile to manage or delete. If you have posted a public comment or submitted an issue report with an email address and wish to request removal, you can contact the site operator directly.

Requests, inquiries, and notices concerning your data or this policy can be sent by email to privacy [at] doodlebaseball [dot] cc. Messages sent to this address reach the site operator for review.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect adjustments to site features, data handling practices, or embedded third-party services. Any revised text will be published directly on this page. Visitors can review this page periodically to stay informed about how the site handles technical and submitted information.

How to Contact Us

If you have questions, notices, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of information on this website, you can contact the site operator by email at privacy [at] doodlebaseball [dot] cc. This mailbox is actively monitored for incoming privacy inquiries.