Privacy Policy

Last updated November 12, 2026

This policy explains what information shonenspin.com (“Shonen Spin”, “we”) collects when you play Anime Ascent or Shonen Spin, how it’s used, and the choices you have. We don’t ask for your name or email, and you don’t need an account to play.

Information stored on your device

• Game progress. Your current ascent, answers and settings are saved in your browser’s local storage so a refresh doesn’t lose your run. This stays on your device.
• Anonymous player cookie. When you finish an ascent or submit a score, we set a cookie named shonen_guest. It holds a random identifier, not your name, and lasts one year. It lets us record one ascent per player per day and keep the leaderboards fair.

Information we store on our servers

When you finish an ascent or submit a Shonen Spin team, we store your score, your answers or team, the date, and a one-way hash of your anonymous player cookie. We use this to show daily statistics (such as the share of climbers you beat) and leaderboards. It isn’t linked to your name, email or any account. Our hosting provider (Vercel) and database provider (Turso) process this data on our behalf and may keep standard server logs, such as IP addresses and browser type, for security and reliability.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how many people visit and which features they use. Google Analytics uses cookies (such as _ga) and collects information like pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising

We use Google AdSense to show ads, which keeps the games free.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
• If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you’ll be asked for consent before personalised ads or non-essential cookies are used, and you can change your choice at any time.

For more about how Google uses data from advertising, see Google’s advertising policies.

Your choices

• You can block or delete cookies and clear local storage in your browser settings. The games still work, but your daily progress and fair-play protections may reset.
• You can opt out of personalised ads and analytics using the links above.
• You can ask us to delete the scores linked to your player cookie by emailing us. Because we don’t know who you are, include the dates you played so we can find them.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR or California privacy law), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, and to object to or limit certain processing. We don’t sell personal information. To make a request, email us.

Children

The site is intended for a general audience and isn’t directed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we’ll delete it.

Data retention

Daily scores and leaderboard entries are kept so statistics and leaderboards stay accurate, and may be removed or anonymised over time. The player cookie expires after one year.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.

Contact

Questions about privacy: contact@shonenspin.com