Privacy
BLIP is a game you can play without giving your name or email. This page says what it stores, where, and how to remove it.
Who runs BLIP
Jan Tabens, Constanze-Hallgarten-Str. 22, 81379 Munich, Germany. Email: mail@tabens.com. This person is responsible for your data (the "controller" under the GDPR). Write to that address about anything on this page.
What BLIP stores
- A guest account: a random ID, created on your first start so your progress can be saved. BLIP doesn't ask who you are.
- Your progress: level, scores, coins, gems, items, Season Pass, trophies, league and event progress, settings and a copy of your save.
- What other players can see: your name on leaderboards (two random words you can change), your Blip's color and what it wears, and your scores.
- Friends: your friend code and who you're friends with.
- How you played: for every card you play, the taps and swipes go to the server, which replays them to check scores and work out what you earned. Results are kept; the taps and swipes aren't.
- Your email, only if you add one: used to confirm it's yours and to sign you in on another device.
- Sign in with Apple or Google, only if you use it: an ID from that service, your email address (Apple lets you hide it behind a forwarding address) and, if the service sends it, your name and profile picture. BLIP uses them only to sign you in. Your name and picture are never shown to other players.
- Purchases, only if you buy something: what you bought, when, on which store, and the store's number for that purchase, so each one pays out once and only to your account. BLIP never sees your card or payment details.
- Notifications, only if you allow them: a token from Apple or Google that lets BLIP reach this device, and which notifications you want. It's removed when you turn them off, sign out or delete your account.
- Game statistics, only if you allow them: totals per game, such as how often it's played, won or skipped. They aren't linked to your account.
On your device, BLIP uses the browser's local storage for your save and sign-in. That's needed for the game to work, and it isn't used for tracking. BLIP shows no ads and has no advertising trackers.
Who handles it
- Supabase runs the database, accounts and sign-in emails, in the EU (Stockholm).
- Resend sends sign-in and confirmation emails, if you use email. It sees your email address and the message.
- Apple and Google handle Sign in with Apple and Sign in with Google if you choose them, under their own privacy policies. They also deliver notifications to your device (Apple's push service on iPhone and iPad, Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android). The notification text may include another player's game name and scores. These companies may process data outside the EU, under the safeguards the GDPR requires.
- Apple and Google also take payment for in-app purchases, under their own terms and privacy policies. BLIP's server asks them to confirm each purchase is real.
- Cloudflare delivers this website, and sees your IP address to do so. When a new guest account is created, or when you ask for a sign-in email, its Turnstile service also runs a short check to keep out bots, using your IP address and technical details of your browser or device.
Why
To provide the game you asked to play, including saving progress and keeping leaderboards fair (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). Game statistics and notifications are based on your consent, which you give or decline when BLIP asks, and can take back at any time in your profile (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
How long
Your account and progress are kept until you delete them. Anonymous game statistics are kept as totals.
Your rights
You can delete your account and everything linked to it at any time, from inside the game: tap your level, then Delete my account at the bottom of the profile. It takes effect right away and can't be undone. You also have the right to see your data, have it corrected or moved, object to how it's used, and complain to a data protection authority. In Bavaria that is the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht.
Children
BLIP is made for players aged 13 and over. If you're under 16, ask a parent or guardian before you buy anything, sign in, or turn on game statistics or notifications. A parent or guardian can write to the address above to have a child's account deleted.