Privacy Policy

Flagoo (flagoo.fun) is made for children, so it collects as little as possible. Every game can be played without an account and without giving a name, email address or any other personal details. This page explains what is stored, where, and why.

Last updated: 12 October 2026

The short version

• No accounts, no sign-up, no chat.
• Game progress is saved on your own device, not on our server.
• Google Analytics counts visits anonymously, with its advertising features turned off.
• We never sell data, and we never use it to build profiles of children.

Saved on your device

Flagoo uses your browser's local storage to remember settings and progress on this device: language, light or dark theme, sound on or off, music on or off, Calm mode (no confetti or flashing), passport stamps, Daily Challenge days, flags saved in Flag Creator, World Adventure progress, flags a child found tricky, Flag Cutter best scores, Flag Run levels and stars, Flag Hunter levels, stars and best scores, and whether this device has already rated Flagoo. None of it leaves the device unless you use one of the features below. Clearing the site's data in your browser deletes it. To let games run without internet, the browser also keeps a copy of Flagoo's own game files and flag pictures (no personal data), more of them if a grown-up taps “Play offline”; clearing the site's data removes these too. It also keeps the day of the last visit, so Flagoo the buddy can say “welcome back”. For the current visit only, it also notes whether the visit was already counted, whether the rating question was closed, and whether the page just reloaded itself to get a newer version of Flagoo; that is forgotten when the tab is closed. If the “Flagoo on your home screen” card on the home page is closed, the time is kept so the card waits 7 days before showing again.

What reaches our server

Flagoo is hosted by Netlify. A few optional features store small amounts of data there:

• Travel codes (World Adventure): after a child finishes a stop, the trip's stars and stamps are saved under a random code like TIGER-MANGO-CLOUD-42, so the trip can continue on another device. No name or contact details are attached.
• Sharing a flag (Flag Creator): if you choose to share a flag, its picture and the optional name typed on it are uploaded so the link can show it. Anyone with the link can see it, so please use a first name or a nickname only.
• Star ratings: a 1–5 star rating is added to an anonymous total.
• Live class rooms: when a teacher opens a live leaderboard for a Class Challenge, each child joins with a nickname (the screen asks for a nickname, not a full name). The nickname and score are shown on the teacher's screen and deleted 24 hours after the room opens, or as soon as the teacher ends it.
• Weekly classes: a teacher can make a weekly class, which stores only a random class code, the chosen level and a private teacher key (no name or email). Each week, children join that week's board with a nickname, as in a live room; nicknames and scores are deleted 15 days after the week's board opens, or when the teacher deletes the class. A class nobody opens for 120 days is deleted. The teacher's own device keeps the class code and teacher key in local storage, so the board opens again without the private link.
• Daily reminder for grown-ups: a parent can add a daily reminder to their own calendar. Flagoo stores and sends nothing: Google Calendar opens with the event filled in (Google's own page and privacy policy then apply), or a calendar file is downloaded from flagoo.fun. The reminder can be deleted in the calendar at any time. Flag Hunter's Friday reminder works the same way.
• Visitor countries: each visit adds one to a count for the visitor's country, which Netlify works out from the connection. Only the country totals are kept.
• Emails you send us: your email address and message, kept in our Gmail inbox (flagoo.fun@gmail.com) so we can reply.

To stop misuse, ratings and travel codes use a salted, one-way scramble (hash) of the IP address that changes every day or hour. It can't be turned back into an IP address or linked across days. Like every web host, Netlify also keeps short-lived server logs for security.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to count page views and see which games are played, so we know what to improve. Flagoo also sends it a few anonymous game events: a round or level started or finished (with the game, the level, the score and the stars), the Daily Challenge done, the install or share button tapped, and a class challenge made. They never include a name, a nickname or anything a child types. It sets cookies and receives your IP address and basic device information; Google says Analytics 4 doesn't log or store IP addresses. We have turned off Google Signals and ad personalisation, so this data isn't used for advertising or linked to Google accounts. You can opt out with Google's browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout, or by blocking cookies.

Advertising

Flagoo may show ads from Google AdSense to help cover its costs. When ads are shown, every ad request is marked as child-directed and non-personalised, so Google does not use personalised advertising or remarketing and limits the data it collects, as it requires for children's sites. Ads are placed away from game buttons. Google explains how it uses data from sites that show its ads at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Other services the site loads

As with any website, these services receive your IP address and browser details when your browser loads them.

• Flag pictures from flagcdn.com.

Children's privacy (COPPA and GDPR)

Flagoo is made for children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children beyond what is described on this page, and no feature needs it. The only places a child could type a name are Flag Creator's optional name and the 2-player name boxes; 2-player names are never saved or sent anywhere. Grown-ups can also type team names in the Quiz Show and a class name on the printable class certificate; these stay on the page and are never saved or sent either. Our contact email is for grown-ups only. If you think a child has sent us personal information, tell us and we will delete it.

Your choices and rights

You can delete everything Flagoo keeps on a device by clearing the site's data in your browser settings. To delete a shared flag, a travel code's saved trip or a contact message, send us the link or the code through the contact page. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, the UK GDPR or US state laws), you may have the right to see, correct or delete data about you or your child; ask through the contact page and we will reply within 30 days.

How long data is kept

• Contact messages: deleted once they are no longer needed to answer you.
• Shared flags and travel codes: for as long as the link or code may be used, or until you ask us to delete them.
• Google Analytics: for the retention period set in Google Analytics, never more than 14 months.

Changes and contact

If Flagoo changes how it handles data, this page and the date at the top will be updated. For any privacy question or request, email flagoo.fun@gmail.com with “Privacy” in the subject.

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