Privacy policy

Last updated 29 September 2026

Detourr is a free website of browser games. You don’t need an account, and we never ask for your name, email, age or location. This page lists everything that leaves your browser when you use the site.

Stored on your device only

Your high scores, streaks, badges, game progress, coins, settings (sound, graphics, filters) and the list of games you’ve played are saved in your browser’s local storage. They stay on your device and are never sent to us. Clearing your browser data deletes them.

Sent to our server, only if you use these features

• Leaderboards. If you choose a leaderboard name, that nickname and your best scores in skill games are sent to our server and shown publicly on the leaderboards. Please use a nickname, not your real name. A random ID created in your browser keeps your scores together. It is not linked to who you are.
• Game ideas. If you post an idea on the Suggest a game board, its text is stored and shown publicly, along with how many likes it gets. A random browser ID is stored with it so you can’t like the same idea twice. We remove ideas that break the rules.
• Online play. When you host or join a room with friends, our server passes a few small messages between the browsers so they can connect directly. It stores the room name you type and a random player ID for about a minute, then deletes them.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to count visits and see which games are popular. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects standard technical data such as pages viewed, browser type, device type and approximate region. Its data handling is covered by Google’s privacy policy. You can block it with a browser setting or extension and every game will still work.

Content loaded from other sites

• Where Am I? loads Google Street View from Google, which receives the usual technical data (such as your IP address) when it serves the imagery.
• Some quiz photos come from Wikimedia Commons, and a few code libraries may load from public content networks (jsDelivr, cdnjs). Those services receive standard request data when your browser downloads the files.

No ads, no selling data

Detourr shows no ads, doesn’t sell or share personal data, and doesn’t build profiles of players.

Children

Detourr is made to be safe for students. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone. The only things other players can see are the nicknames and idea texts that people choose to post. If you think a nickname or idea should be removed, contact us through the Suggest a game board and we’ll take it down.

Changes

If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date at the top.