Privacy Policy – King

Who We Are

King (available at park.ing) is a free online card game made by 8BitFlatus. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

You can contact us at any time at: 8bitflatus@gmail.com

Information We Collect

Account data (registered users)
When you create an account, we collect your username, email address, and password. Your password is stored in hashed form and is never readable by us. We also store your in-game settings (language, background colour, AI speed, trick speed).

Cookies
We use cookies to operate the site. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
`XSRF-TOKEN`	Security (prevents cross-site request forgery)	Session
`king_session`	Keeps you signed in	2 hours (rolling)
`king_locale`	Remembers language preference	1 year
`king_consent`	Records cookie policy acceptance	1 year
Google AdSense cookies	Personalised advertising (see section below)	Varies

Advertising — Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites on the internet. The use of these advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other websites.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party cookies at aboutads.info.

For more information on how Google uses data collected from partners who use their services, visit google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

How We Use Your Data

To create and manage your user account.
To save your in-game preferences and settings.
To keep you signed in between visits.
To display advertisements (via Google AdSense) that help keep the game free.
To improve the website and fix technical issues.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only as necessary to operate the service:

Google LLC — for advertising cookies and services via AdSense.
Hetzner Online GmbH — our hosting provider, who stores the servers on which the site runs.

Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights over your personal data:

Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure — delete your account and associated data (via Settings → Delete Account).
Restriction / Objection — limit or object to certain types of processing.
Portability — request your data in a machine-readable format.
Complaint — lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at:

8bitflatus@gmail.com

Data Retention

Account data is retained while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time via Settings → Delete Account, after which all associated personal data is permanently removed.

Server access logs are retained for up to 30 days for security and diagnostic purposes.

Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us at 8bitflatus@gmail.com and we will delete it promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after any change constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, contact us:

8bitflatus@gmail.com