Privacy

Looking around

The site has no analytics, no advertising and no cookies of its own. The fonts, images and music come from this site, not from other companies. The music key keeps your choice (on or off) in your own browser; it is not sent to us.

The videos are on YouTube. A video loads only when you press start on it; from that moment YouTube's own privacy policy applies to the player.

When you send a game

The form at Send your game stores:

• the game (its PGN) and, if you pasted one, the Lichess link;
• your handle, the side you played and your line about the game;
• your email address, only if you chose to leave one;
• the boxes you ticked and the time you sent it.

To stop spam, the form uses Cloudflare Turnstile, and the site keeps a scrambled fingerprint of your network address. The address itself is never stored.

When you vote

The ballot at Vote for the next fight stores the game you picked, the time, and the same scrambled fingerprint of your network address. The fingerprint is how the site counts one vote per person; it cannot be turned back into the address. No name, no email. The ballot uses Cloudflare Turnstile too.

Votes are kept as a count for each round. The fingerprints of a round are deleted within 90 days of its close.

What it is used for

• The game, the handle and your line: to choose games for videos, and to credit you in the video and on its page if yours is chosen.
• The email: one message to tell you that your game is featured. Nothing else, and it is never shared or sold.

How long it is kept

• Games stay in the list while they may still be chosen.
• If a game is not chosen, its email address is deleted within 90 days of that decision.
• A featured game stays on the site with the handle you gave.

Your choices

You can ask to see what is stored about you, to correct it or to have it deleted, at any time. Write to Arcade Mate on chess.com or X and name the handle you used.

You must be 16 or older to leave an email address. Without an email, anyone may send a game.

Who runs the site

Arcade Mate (@arcadematechess). The site and its database are hosted by Cloudflare.