Privacy at JAWsome's Arcade
Last updated November 9, 2026
Who runs this
JAWsome's Arcade (jawsomearcade.com) is a free, independent hobby project. Questions or requests go through our Discord server: open a General Help ticket in #support.
Playing as a guest
You can play every game without an account. Your progress is saved only in your own browser (its local storage) and never sent to us, unless you make an account or send a bug report.
What we store when you have an account
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your player name | To log you in and show you on leaderboards |
| Your password, scrambled (hashed) | To check your login. We can't read your real password. |
| If you log in with Discord: your Discord ID, username and display name | To log you in, and to link your arcade account with our Discord server (roles, high-score shout-outs) |
| Your game saves, stats and badge count | So your progress follows you to any device |
| When your account was made, when you were last online, and how many times you've logged in | To show who's online and to keep the arcade safe |
| Your profile picture, if you add one | To show next to your name. An admin checks every picture first; until then only admins can see it. The arcade shrinks it to a small square before it's sent. |
| Looks you got with 🎟️ Tickets (name color, title, badge) | To show them next to your name |
A login cookie (jaws_sid), kept for up to 60 days | To keep you logged in. It's only used by this site. |
When you log in with Discord, we only ask Discord for your basic profile (the "identify" permission). We never see your email, your messages or your servers.
What other players can see
- Your player name, your leaderboard scores, and tags like a staff rank, Beta Tester or ☕ Supporter.
- Your approved profile picture and the looks you're wearing.
- If your account is linked to Discord, our Discord bot may mention you when you take #1 on a leaderboard.
Daily and weekly challenges
To track challenges, we remember your game stats from the start of each day and week (the same numbers the leaderboards use), which challenges you finished, your streak, and the rewards you earned. If your account is linked to Discord, our bots use your Discord ID to send your 🎟️ Tickets and XP.
Discoveries and Stars
When you're logged in, we remember which discoveries you've found (like trying a game for the first time, opening a page of the site, or finding a hidden secret) and how many 🌟 Stars the arcade team has given you. That's used for badges and one-time rewards. It's only a list of what you found and when, nothing else.
VIP, Founding Members and early access
If you get 💎 VIP, we store when it ends. When you link Discord, we remember your Discord ID so the free VIP month is given only once, and, if you're one of the first 50, that you're a 🏅 Founding Member. We also keep the list of games in testing that you were given access to. Our Discord bot uses your Discord ID to give you the matching roles.
Bug reports
When you press 🐞 Report a bug, we keep your message, which game you were on, your player name, and a copy of your save for that game, so we can fix the problem. Staff see these in our private bug-report channel. If you're a guest, we also keep your internet (IP) address with the report, only to stop the same report from being sent over and over.
Arcade Machine (our Discord games bot)
If you play with Arcade Machine on our Discord, it keeps your Discord ID, your 🎟️ Ticket balance, game cooldowns and a list of ticket changes,
so the games work and so staff can spot cheating. If you link your Discord to the arcade, the bot can show your arcade profile when you use /profile
(nobody else can show it) and lets you buy looks for your arcade name.
Tickets are only for fun: they can't be bought with real money, sold, or traded for anything outside the server.
Ko-fi supporters
If you support us on Ko-fi, Ko-fi tells us your name, the amount, and your message. We use them to thank you and give you supporter perks. Your name only appears on the supporters wall if you chose to make your support public on Ko-fi. Payments are handled entirely by Ko-fi, and we never see card details.
Other services this site uses
- Cloudflare delivers the website and protects it from attacks, so your connection passes through Cloudflare.
- Google Fonts provides the lettering, so your browser downloads fonts from Google.
- Ko-fi shows the "Support me" button.
- Discord handles "Log in with Discord".
Each of these has its own privacy policy. We don't use outside analytics, ad networks or tracking pixels.
Visit counts
To see which games people enjoy, the arcade keeps simple totals for each day: how many times the page was opened, how many different visitors came, how many times each game was opened (and at what hour), and how many logins and new accounts there were. Only the totals are saved. To count different visitors, your internet address is scrambled together with a random key that changes every day and is never saved, so not even the admin can tell who visited or what one person played.
How long we keep it
- Account info and saves: for as long as your account exists.
- Daily backups (so nobody loses progress if something breaks): kept for up to 30 days, then deleted automatically.
- Bug reports: the newest 300 are kept; only the newest 40 keep their attached save.
Deleting your account
Ask in a General Help ticket on our Discord and we'll delete your account, saves, scores, profile picture and tickets. Copies in backups disappear within 30 days. You can also unlink Discord at any time on the arcade's Account screen.
Kids
Anyone can play as a guest. If you're under 13, please ask a parent or guardian before making an account or logging in with Discord. Please don't use a photo of yourself as your profile picture; pictures that aren't fine for everyone are rejected and deleted. Parents can ask us to delete a child's account the same way as above.
Keeping it safe
The site uses HTTPS, passwords are stored scrambled, logins are rate-limited against guessing, and only the site owner can access the server. No system is perfect, though, so please use a password you don't use anywhere else.
Changes
If this page changes, we'll update the date at the top and post about it in our Discord.