Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 17, 2024

Miami Vice Countdown ("we", "our", or "us") operates the website located at this domain. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our website.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address
• Time zone and location
• Pages visited and time spent on pages

1.2 Information You Provide

When you play our game and submit your score to the leaderboard, we collect:

• Player name (username you choose)
• Game score
• Timestamp of submission
• IP address (for anti-spam purposes)

1.3 Local Storage

We use browser local storage to save your game preferences and local leaderboard scores on your device. This data remains on your device and is not transmitted to our servers unless you explicitly submit a score to the global leaderboard.

2. Use of Cookies

2.1 Our Cookies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

2.2 Third-Party Cookies - Google AdSense

Important: This website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our website and game functionality
• To display global leaderboard rankings
• To prevent spam and abuse of the leaderboard system
• To monitor usage of our website
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense

4. Data Storage and Security

Your leaderboard data is stored using Cloudflare's infrastructure (Cloudflare Workers and D1 Database). We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information, but please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

5. Data Retention

• Leaderboard Data: We keep only the top 100 scores. Scores outside the top 100 are automatically deleted.
• IP Addresses: Stored for rate-limiting purposes and retained for 30 days.
• Local Storage: Stored on your device indefinitely until you clear your browser data.

6. Third-Party Services

6.1 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy Policy.

6.2 Cloudflare

Our website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and uses Cloudflare Workers for backend functionality. Cloudflare may collect certain information as described in their Privacy Policy.

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take necessary actions.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data from our leaderboard
• Opt-out: Opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings

9. GDPR Compliance (EU Visitors)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the data and context:

• You have given us permission to do so (e.g., submitting your score)
• The processing is in our legitimate interests (e.g., preventing spam)
• We need to comply with the law

10. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect about you
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt-out of the sale of your personal information (Note: We do not sell personal information)

11. Do Not Track Signals

We do not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. However, you can control cookies through your browser settings and opt out of personalized ads through Google Ads Settings.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• Through the website's contact form (if available)
• By visiting this page on our website

14. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.