Privacy Policy
Effective [DATE]. [COMPANY NAME], [ADDRESS] ("we") makes Upstart FC. Contact: [SUPPORT EMAIL].
The short version
- You can play without an account. Your careers are then saved only in your browser on your device, and we never see them.
- If you create an account, we keep your email address (or an anonymous guest id), the cloud saves you upload, weekly-challenge scores you submit and whether you bought the full game.
- We use no advertising, no tracking cookies and we never sell your data.
- You can delete your account and everything stored with it at any time: title screen → Account & cloud saves → Delete account.
What we collect and why
| Data | When | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Saves, settings and achievements in your browser (IndexedDB and local storage) | Always | To run the game. This stays on your device and is not sent to us. |
| Email address, or an anonymous guest id | Only if you sign in | To give you an account for cloud saves and purchases. |
| Cloud saves (your career files) | Only when you upload one | To let you continue on another device. |
| Challenge scores with the manager and club names you chose | Only when you submit a score | To show the weekly leaderboard. These names are public on the leaderboard. |
| Purchase record (Stripe payment id, amount, currency) | When you buy the full game | To unlock the game on your account. Card details go to Stripe; we never see them. |
| Anonymous usage statistics (pages, events such as "career started", country chosen, browser type) | Unless you switch it off in Settings | To understand which parts of the game work. Counted by Plausible Analytics without cookies or personal data. |
| Crash reports (error message, code location, game version, browser, screen) | When the game crashes | To fix bugs. They contain no names, emails or save files. |
| Bug reports you send us | Only if you send one | To answer you and fix the bug. They contain what you write plus the diagnostics shown before you send. |
Legal bases (EU/UK): performing our contract with you (accounts, cloud saves, purchases) and our legitimate interest in keeping the game working and improving it (crash reports, anonymous statistics).
Who processes data for us
- Vercel (hosting the website)
- Supabase (accounts, cloud saves, leaderboard, purchase records)
- Stripe (payments)
- Plausible Analytics (cookie-free statistics, EU-hosted)
- Sentry (crash reports)
- Valve / Steam (only if you play the Steam version; Steam's privacy policy applies to your Steam account)
Some of these providers are in the United States; transfers use their standard contractual clauses.
How long we keep it
Account data, cloud saves and scores: until you delete them or your account. Purchase records: as long as tax law requires, even after the account is deleted, in a form no longer linked to your login. Crash reports: up to 90 days. Statistics are aggregate and kept without personal data.
Your rights
You can see, download (export a save from the title screen), correct or delete your data. Delete your account in the game, or email [SUPPORT EMAIL] for anything else. In the EU/UK you can also complain to your data protection authority.
Children
Accounts are for people aged 13 or older (or the minimum age for consent in your country, if higher). Anyone can play without an account. If you believe a child under that age has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes
We will post changes here and update the date above. Significant changes will be announced in the game.