Privacy Policy

Ply Yard (plyyard.com and its game pages) offers browser board games without requiring an account. This policy distinguishes local game data, online services, traffic analytics and third-party advertising.

Last updated: October 4, 2026. This revision takes effect on the same date.

1. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

When you play a game on Ply Yard, your match state and UI preferences are saved directly to your browser’s standard web storage (localStorage and sessionStorage). This data remains on your physical device and is never uploaded to an analytics database or third-party tracking system:

• Active Board State: The current piece positions (FEN string), move history, and turn indicator, allowing you to resume your game if you accidentally refresh the tab.
• Interface Preferences: Sound effect toggles (muted by default), board visual themes, and AI difficulty selections (e.g. Easy, Medium, Hard, Master).
• Local Match History: In-session move logs generated during your game for replay, analysis, and copy-FEN actions.

You can clear this local data at any time through your browser’s “Clear Site Data” or “Clear Storage” settings, or by resetting the board via in-game controls.

2. Real-Time Multiplayer & Online Rooms

When you use the online room feature (for instance, on xiangqi.plyyard.com/online), game moves and seat statuses are transmitted via encrypted WebSockets between the two connected players:

• Ephemeral Memory: Rooms are managed by Cloudflare Workers Durable Objects and exist exclusively in transient server RAM for the duration of the match.
• No Permanent Storage: Move sequences, room identifiers, and game outcomes are automatically purged as soon as both players disconnect or close their tabs.
• No Personal Identifiers: We do not assign user profiles, track IP addresses across games, or build historical player records.

3. Server Infrastructure & Technical Logs

Like all web services delivered via standard content delivery networks (CDNs), our edge hosting provider (Cloudflare) receives standard HTTP network metadata when your browser requests page assets:

• Your IP address and general geographic location (country/city level).
• Browser user-agent string and operating system type.
• The specific URL path requested and the timestamp of the request.

This metadata is processed strictly for essential technical functions: defending against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, optimizing global edge caching, and diagnosing server errors. These technical logs are kept for short operational retention windows and are never combined with personal identifiers.

4. Cookies, analytics and third-party advertising

We use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-8EWY47HNXY) to understand page visits, approximate region, devices, browsers and traffic sources. Analytics is not a game replay and is not used to upload local games. Analytics and advertising services may process their own visit data; playing without an account does not mean that the site collects no information.

This site displays third-party advertising.

See the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. That add-on is not a universal opt-out for advertising services.

5. Children’s Online Privacy (COPPA & GDPR-K)

Playing does not require an account, name or email address, and we do not request these from children through registration forms. Advertising, analytics and page delivery services may nevertheless process device or network information. No account does not mean no processing of children’s data. Contact us at the email below if you believe a minor’s information has been handled inappropriately. Requirements concerning children’s consent, age limits and advertising settings depend on applicable law.

6. Data Subject Rights (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA)

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information, withdraw consent, object to certain processing, or opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising as defined by that law. You can clear local game data on your device. For information received by us or third-party services, contact the email below or the provider’s privacy channel. Requests may require identity verification and are subject to legal limits. Because advertising involves third-party recipients, we no longer make an absolute promise never to share personal information with third parties.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our games, new features, or evolving legal standards. Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage visitors to review this policy whenever visiting Ply Yard.

8. Contact the Privacy Team

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our technical practices, please email us at: contact@plyyard.com.