Plain-language policy
Privacy at Fishdle
Play should feel curious, not creepy. We collect only what is needed to run your game and account.
Anonymous play
A signed cookie links your browser to saved guesses, streaks, language, and settings. It does not contain the daily answer.
Privacy-safe analytics
Fishdle stores daily aggregate counts for rendered visits, puzzle opens, first guesses, completions, broad device class, broad landing area, and a broad source category such as search or social. We exclude explicit crawler user agents and do not store an IP address, visitor ID, raw user agent, referrer URL, guess, fish name, or puzzle answer in these analytics counters.
Interface preview feedback
The optional preview survey stores the selected interface variant, device category, web or Discord context, puzzle mode, locale, bounded survey answers, and any optional comment. It does not request your email address or a puzzle answer. Responses are retained for up to 180 days and used in aggregate to improve the interface.
Accounts
If you register, we store your email, display name, password hash, friendships, and game history. Passwords are hashed with Argon2 and are never stored in plain text.
Private multiplayer
Fishdle stores private-room membership, display names, connection state, scores, votes, and guesses so games can reconnect and finish fairly. Active-round guesses are visible only to the player who made them. Expired game-room records are removed after 30 days. Safety reports use a one-way reporter reference; resolved reports are retained up to 90 days and unreviewed reports up to 180 days.
Discord integration
When you link Discord, Fishdle stores your stable Discord user ID and a snapshot of your public Discord name and avatar. OAuth access tokens are used only to establish the session and are not stored. Server leaderboards are opt-in and never display email, guesses, or puzzle answers. If a server manager enables daily reports, spoiler-free posts may show your public name and avatar, score, attempt count, and comparison grid; reminders may mention linked members who have not played.
Advertising
When enabled, Google AdSense may use cookies or similar technologies to serve and measure ads. We do not send puzzle answers or private account data in ad requests.
Your choices
You can play without an account. Account export and deletion tools are planned before public account launch. You may unlink Discord and opt out of each server leaderboard, completion post, or reminder at any time.