Privacy

Madlands · playmadlands.com · last updated November 6, 2026

Madlands is a small online game. This page says what it keeps about you and why. It keeps as little as it can.

Playing as a guest

Your hero's name, characters, items, fame and settings are stored on our game server, under a random account id. The key to that account is saved in your browser (local storage). We don't ask for your name, email or anything else.

Where you found us

When you make an account, the game notes where your first visit came from: the name of the site whose link brought you (reddit.com, say, not the page), or the app you opened the link in, or "direct" if neither. If you answer "How did you find Madlands?" on the sign-up screen, it keeps that too. It's stored with your random account id, only so we can count which places bring players who stay. Nothing goes to anyone else.

Signing in

Signing in is optional and lets your account follow you to other devices. It's handled by Clerk, with Google or Discord if you choose them. Clerk keeps your email address and the basic profile those services share (name and picture). Our game server only receives an id for your login, never your email or password.

Buying gems

Payments go through Stripe, or, in the phone app, through the App Store or Google Play. They handle your card and billing details; we only learn which gem pack was paid for and by which game account.

The phone app

The Madlands app for iPhone and Android is the same game as this site, and keeps the same things: nothing more. It doesn't read your contacts, photos, location or anything else on your phone, and it has no ads or trackers. Signing in opens your phone's web browser, as it would on a computer.

Keeping bots out

Creating a guest account runs Cloudflare Turnstile, a bot check, which sees your IP address and browser signals. The site runs on Cloudflare, which keeps short-lived request logs for running and protecting the service.

So that a ban covers the person and not just one account, the game server keeps a scrambled code made from the network address an account was made on and plays from (it can't be turned back into the address) for 30 days. If an account is banned, no new account can be made from those networks for up to 30 days.

What other players see

Your hero's name, class, level, appearance and where you are in the game, plus fame on the Legends board after a character dies. Chat messages go to the players around you.

Reports and crashes

If someone reports you, the report keeps your hero's name, your account id and your last few chat messages, so a person can check it. If the game crashes in your browser, it sends us the error, the page and your browser's name (no account details).

Our videos on YouTube and elsewhere

When we release a new dungeon, our own tools post a short video of it to the game's accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit and Discord, and when a boss fight takes #1 on one of the hardest dungeons' speed boards, a video of it to the same, with the names of the heroes in it but no chat (the terms say how to keep yours off). On YouTube they use YouTube API Services. They only post our videos to our own accounts: posting them doesn't read, keep or share anything about you or your accounts on those sites. Watching our videos there is covered by each site's own terms and privacy policy; for YouTube, that's the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

If you stream or make videos

To invite creators to our creator program, we look at public Twitch streams and YouTube videos of a few games. For each channel we keep its public name and address, its size, its latest such stream or video, and any email address or social links its public bio gives, and we may email that address once. Every email has a link to stop them for good. YouTube's part comes from YouTube API Services; we read it again within 30 days or delete it. If you join the program, we keep your channel's name and address and the email you give us to pay you at with your deal. To have your channel's details deleted, email contact@playmadlands.com.

What we don't do

No ads, no tracking or analytics cookies, and we never sell or share your data.

Deleting your data

Press Delete account at the bottom of your profile in the game. It erases your heroes, items, fame, gems and cosmetics, and takes your fallen characters off the Legends board. If your account is saved to a login, you sign in once more to confirm and your login at Clerk is deleted too. It can't be undone.

Contact

Questions, or trouble deleting your data? Email contact@playmadlands.com.