Privacy

SaveGame keeps track of the games you own. This page explains what it stores, who can see it and how to get rid of it. Last updated 14 October 2026.

What we store

SaveGame needs an account, so your shelf is kept safe and follows you between phones. For your account we store:

• Sign-in details: your email address and a scrambled (hashed) form of your password, or your Google account id if you sign in with Google. We never see or store your actual password.
• The consoles and regions you collect, which you pick when you sign up.
• Your collection and wishlist, so they sync between your devices: which items you own and want, their condition, and anything you add such as what you paid, when you got it, notes and target prices.
• Your profile: your username, an optional display name and an optional profile photo.
• Social activity: who you follow, sets you complete, reactions you leave on posts, gifts you reserve on other people’s wishlists, people you block and reports you make.
• Sign-in codes: when you sign in with a password we email you a one-time code. We keep only a scrambled copy of it, for 10 minutes.
• Sessions: a sign-in token for each device, with the device description the app sends, so you stay signed in.
• SaveGame Pro: if you buy Pro, the Google Play order id and purchase token, so we can confirm the purchase with Google.

Photos you take of your copies stay on your phone. Your profile photo is re-encoded on our server, which removes any location or camera data.

Who can see what

• Public profile: your profile is private until you choose to share it. Once it's public (you can turn this off again), anyone can see your username, display name, photo and which items you own and want, in the app and on savegame.app.
• Always private: what you paid, when you got things, your notes and your email address are never shown to anyone else.
• Collection value: hidden from others unless you choose to show it.
• Gift reservations: shown to other visitors of a wishlist, never to its owner.

What we don’t do

No adverts, no analytics or tracking tools, and we don’t sell or share your data. The SaveGame server doesn’t log your requests; your IP address is only held briefly in memory to stop abuse. The web host in front of it may keep standard access logs (IP address, page, time) for up to 30 days for security.

Other companies involved

• Google Play handles payments for Pro and app updates. Google Sign-In, if you use it, confirms who you are. Google’s own privacy policy covers what they do.
• Our server and database are run on hosting we rent. The hosting company stores the data but doesn’t use it.

Notifications and permissions

The camera is used to scan barcodes and photograph your copies, on your phone. Notifications tell you about deals on your wishlist and activity from people you follow. You can turn either off in your phone’s settings.

Cookies

This website sets no cookies and uses no analytics or tracking: nothing is stored on your device when you visit it. The app keeps its own data (your collection, and your sign-in if you have an account) on your phone, for itself only.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your data while you have an account. You can ask us to delete your account at any time: email us from your account’s address with your username (in the app, Account → Delete account writes the email for you). We delete it within 30 days, removing your profile, photo, collection, wishlist, follows, activity, reservations and sign-in details, and the app clears its copy on your phone; database backups are kept for no more than 30 days, so any copy in them is gone within that time. Reports you made about other people are kept without your name.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it. Email [email protected]. You can also complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).

Children

SaveGame isn’t aimed at children under 13, and they shouldn’t create an account.

Changes

If we change this policy we’ll update the date above, and tell you in the app if the change matters.

Contact

[email protected]