Privacy Policy

Game Manager is a self-hosted game library service. This policy explains what information the service collects, how it is used, and which third-party services it talks to on your behalf. Because Game Manager is self-hosted, your data lives on the server run by the operator of this instance ("the operator"), not on a central service run by the developers. The source is public, so everything described here can be checked against the code at github.com/BryanSimp/game-manager-2.

• Account data: your email address, display name, and a securely hashed password. Sessions store an HTTP-only cookie plus the IP address and browser user-agent of each active session.
• Library data: the games you add, their categories, ratings, notes, play times, platforms and consoles you own, tags, checklists, collections, and progress. Notes are private to you and are never shown to friends.
• Uploads: cover art, console art, and screenshots or shelf photos you submit for import. Uploaded images are stored on the server's data volume.
• Social data: your friend code, friend requests, and accepted friendships. Friends can see your library entries (status, rating, platforms, and completion) — never your notes.

Game Manager fetches game data from third-party APIs. Requests are made server-side; your account details are not sent to these services unless stated below.

• IGDB (Twitch Interactive): game titles you search for are sent to IGDB to retrieve metadata, covers, and play-time figures. Data is used under the Twitch Developer Services Agreement and the IGDB API terms.
• Steam (Valve Corporation): if you link a Steam account, your SteamID and the appids of your games are sent to the official Steam Web API to import your owned games, playtime, and achievements. This requires your Steam "Game details" privacy setting to be public. Unlinking stops all further requests.
• SteamGridDB: when you browse alternate covers, the game's name or Steam appid is sent to SteamGridDB to find community artwork.
• UPCitemdb: barcodes you scan are sent to UPCitemdb to identify the product. Only the barcode digits are transmitted.
• Wikimedia Commons and libretro-thumbnails: queried for console logos and retail box-art scans. Only platform or game names are transmitted.
• Fandom wikis: when you import a mission list, the game's title is used to query the relevant public wiki.
• Anthropic (Claude vision): if the operator has configured an Anthropic API key, images you submit for OCR import (e.g. shelf photos) are sent to Anthropic's API for text extraction, subject to Anthropic's privacy policy.

Game Manager itself sets a single HTTP-only session cookie to keep you signed in. It sets no first-party analytics or tracking cookies — usage statistics are recorded server-side against your account, not against a cookie.

No third-party advertising cookies are set: the site carries no ads and loads no ad network's script. The only cookies in play are the session cookie above and, if you ask to be remembered past a two-factor challenge, the trusted-device cookie that records that choice.

Game Manager is not directed at children. You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent in your country, if higher) to create an account. If we learn that an account belongs to a child under 13, it will be deleted along with its data.

Your data is kept for as long as your account exists. Deleting your account removes your library, uploads, social connections, and preferences from the database. To request deletion or a copy of your data, contact the operator of this instance.

Material changes to this policy will be reflected on this page with an updated date above. Continued use of the service after a change constitutes acceptance.