Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains information handling for PlayConnect4.online. It covers the website's browser game, reading pages, saved display and sound preferences, and messages sent to our contact email. The policy describes the features currently provided by this website. It does not govern unrelated websites you visit through links or the services of your browser, internet provider, or email provider. For questions about this policy, contact contact@playconnect4.online.

Playing and reading

You can play and read without registering an account or submitting a name. The game does not include account profiles, payment checkout, remote multiplayer rooms, or a permanent player-history database. Board positions, turns, computer calculations, and session scores are handled in your browser. The computer opponent runs locally and does not send your moves to an external AI service. Refreshing or closing a page can remove the current match and session information.

Opening a website still involves communication with the server delivering its pages. A normal request exposes technical information needed to return a response, including an IP address and information supplied by your browser. Server, hosting, and network infrastructure may produce operational or security logs containing request times, requested paths, browser details, and response information. These technical records are separate from a player account or a stored history of your moves, neither of which is provided here.

Preferences stored on your device

The website uses browser local storage to remember your explicit theme selection and audio preferences. Theme storage records whether you chose dark or light appearance. Audio storage records your volume setting and whether sound is muted. These settings help restore your preferred experience on later visits using the same browser profile. They do not need your name or email address, and they are not used by the game to create a public player identity.

Local storage remains on the device until it is cleared, changed, or removed by the browser. You can remove it through your browser's site-data controls. Clearing it resets saved preferences, so the website may return to its default appearance and sound settings. Private browsing, browser restrictions, or storage limits can prevent persistence. The game is designed to remain usable when preferences cannot be saved. People sharing the same browser profile may share the saved settings.

Google Analytics, cookies, and fonts

We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic, page visits, and general usage, including activity shown in realtime reports. The Google tag loads automatically when you visit, without an on-site permission popup. Your browser sends analytics information to Google, which can include the pages visited, referring page, browser and device information, and interaction events. Analytics uses first-party cookies, including identifiers for visitors and sessions. Browser privacy controls and blocking extensions can limit or prevent this measurement.

Google processes analytics information through its services. The collection and reporting available depend on the website's Analytics property settings and Google's processing. You can read Google's Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can manage cookies through your browser, clear site data, or use tools that block analytics requests. Clearing cookies may cause a later visit to be measured as a new visitor.

Theme and audio preferences still use local storage. Oswald and Figtree font files are served with this website, and game sounds are generated locally. We do not intentionally send contact email contents or board positions as custom analytics events.

Email correspondence

When you email us, the message may include your email address, displayed name, message text, attachments, and information automatically added by your mail application. We use correspondence to understand and respond to the request, investigate reported problems, and manage related follow-up. Please include only information relevant to your question. The game does not require passwords, financial details, identity documents, or unrelated personal information, and you should not send those items for ordinary support.

Email delivery involves the providers operating the sending and receiving mail systems. Correspondence may remain available while needed for the request and related administration, and email providers may maintain their own backups or delivery records. We do not promise a fixed deletion period for every message or infrastructure log. If you want information about correspondence you sent, or want to request its correction or deletion, contact us with enough context to identify the relevant exchange.

Sharing and security

The application does not provide a feature that sells personal information, publishes support emails, or shares gameplay with advertising partners. Google Analytics, hosting, and email providers may process usage information, technical records, or correspondence as part of delivering their services. Information may also need to be preserved or disclosed when a valid legal obligation applies, or when necessary to investigate misuse and protect the website or affected people. Those circumstances depend on the specific request and applicable requirements.

We aim to limit unnecessary information collection, but no website, device, or email system can guarantee absolute security. Use a trusted browser, keep your device updated, and review attachments before sending them. If you use a shared device, remember that saved preferences and your email application may remain accessible to other users of that device. The website does not need camera, microphone, precise location, or contact-list access for ordinary gameplay.

Your choices and questions

You can stop using the website, clear saved browser preferences, avoid optional email correspondence, and control external links you follow. If you are a parent or guardian with a concern about a child's information in an email, contact us without sending additional unnecessary personal details. Requests concerning privacy rights depend on applicable law and the information actually held; this policy does not restrict rights that cannot lawfully be limited. Check this page for updates and use our contact address for clarification.