What we keep about you, why, and who else handles it. Short, because we keep little.
What we keep
- Your account: your username, your email address, when the account was made and when it last logged in to the game, and whether it has been closed and why.
- Your password, never as you typed it. We keep a one-way hash of it (Argon2id). We can check a password against it; we can't read your password back, and nor could anyone who stole the database.
- Your pirates: what you make and do in the game (names, looks, items, ships, guilds, friends, quests).
- Server logs: the game server notes each connection with the internet address it came from and what the account did, so we can look into cheating, abuse and faults. What you say in game chat passes through the server and reports of players are kept for the moderators.
What we don't keep or do
- No payment details: the game is free and takes no money.
- No adverts, no tracking between sites, no selling or handing your details to anyone for their own use.
- No real name, address or date of birth. We ask only that you're old enough to play.
Cookies
One, when you log in to this site: it keeps you logged in for up to 30 days, or until you log out. Scripts can't read it and it's sent only to our login service. The check that you're a person on the sign-up page, where it's shown, is Cloudflare Turnstile, which may set its own to do that job.
Who else handles it
- Cloudflare serves this site and the game's files, and runs the sign-up check. Like any web host it sees the internet address you connect from.
- Our relay's hosting company carries your connection to the login service and the game.
- Our email provider delivers the codes and notices we send to your address.
The accounts and the game's data themselves are kept by the project, not by those companies.
Emails we send
A code when you make an account, forget your password or change your address, and a notice when your password or address has changed. Nothing else.
Your choices
You can change your email address and password on your account page. To have your account and its pirates deleted, or to ask what we hold about you, get in touch with us. We'll do it once we're sure the request comes from the account's owner.
Children
The game is for players aged 13 and over. If you're younger, please don't make an account. If we learn an account belongs to someone younger, we close it and delete its details.
Changes
If this page changes in a way that matters, we'll say so on the home page before it takes effect.
Last changed 12 November 2026.