Privacy

The site counts visits with its own first-party analytics. For each page view it records the page, the referring website’s domain, campaign parameters in the link (such as utm_source), and a coarse device type (desktop, mobile or tablet).

To count unique visits without identifying anyone, it stores a one-way hashed identifier instead of your IP address or browser details. The raw IP address and user agent are not stored. Events are kept for 400 days and then deleted.

Interactions such as starting a quiz, voting in a battle or searching are recorded the same way, without personal data.

If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, no analytics events are recorded for you.

The site sets a session cookie, which is needed for form security (for example when you vote or submit a quiz), and an “appearance” cookie that remembers whether you chose the dark or light theme. There are no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

Battle votes are anonymous. To allow one vote per visitor, a keyed one-way hash is stored with each vote; it cannot be turned back into your IP address or browser. Quiz attempts are stored with a hashed session identifier so you can see your own result.

Links to other sites are normal links. Clicks on promotional Lockhound links are counted, using the same hashed identifier, to measure whether those modules are useful.

This site is operated by the makers of Lockhound. Links to Lockhound are promotional.