PRIVACY POLICY

Who runs this

Quarantine is an online survival horror game, run by the Quarantine game project at quarantineonline.com. It's an early test build. This policy covers this website, the game's launcher and the game's servers. If you have a question about it, write to privacy@quarantineonline.com.

What we get from Google

You sign in with your Google account. These three things are all we take from Google:

• your Google account's unique ID
• your email address
• whether Google has verified that email address

We ask Google for the openid, email and profile scopes. We don't store your Google name or picture, and we never see your Google password.

How we use your Google data

We use it only to create and identify your account, and to let admins reach or manage it. It isn't sold, it isn't shared for advertising, and it isn't used to train AI.

Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Read the Google API Services User Data Policy.

What else we store

• Your display name and role. A new account gets a made-up name, which you can change on your account page.
• When your account was created and when it was last seen.
• Your characters and game progress.
• Your forum posts.
• The feedback and issue board cards you submit, and the page you were on when you sent feedback.
• Moderation status, including bans and mutes.
• The audit log, which records the actions admins and moderators take.

IP addresses

The home page shows you your own IP address, so that you can send it to an admin. If you do, an admin may add it to the firewall's allow list with a label saying whose it is, and it's kept there until it's removed.

The web server and the game servers also see your IP address to make the connection, and may record it in their logs.

Cookies and storage

The site sets one cookie, q_session, which keeps you signed in. It lasts up to 30 days and is renewed as you use the site.

The site also leaves two small notes in your browser's own storage, and neither is sent to us: that you've answered the offer to pick a display name, and, for a moment during sign-in, that the feedback dialog should reopen when you come back.

The launcher keeps a sign-in token on your own PC for up to 90 days. You can end it by signing out of the launcher.

There's no analytics, no advertising and no tracking cookies.

Who can see what

Other players see your display name, your role, your posts and your cards, including the page a piece of feedback was sent from. In the game they see your character and your name.

Admins can also see your email address and your online status, including which server and character you're on, and when you were last seen.

Your email address is never shown publicly.

Other services involved

• Google handles sign-in.
• Microsoft Azure hosts the server.
• Let's Encrypt provides the HTTPS certificate.
• GitHub builds and deploys the software, and doesn't receive your account data.

Keeping it and deleting it

We keep your data while your account exists.

To see, correct or delete your data, email privacy@quarantineonline.com. There's no self-service deletion yet, so these requests are handled by hand.

Removing things doesn't always delete them, so here's what really happens. When a forum post is removed, its text is deleted straight away, though a marker that a post was there stays, and copies may remain in database backups for a while. The last 10 backups are kept. A removed thread is hidden, and its posts aren't cleared unless each one is removed. Archiving an issue board card only hides it.

The audit log records what admins did, such as role changes, bans and allow-list changes. An entry can include the reason given for a ban or the title of a removed thread, but never the text of a removed post.

You can remove this app's access at any time from your Google Account's security settings. That doesn't delete what's stored here, so email us as well if you want that gone.

Children

The game isn't meant for children under 13, and they shouldn't sign up.

Changes to this policy

When this policy changes, the date at the top changes. Significant changes also get posted in the Announcements board on the forums.