PRIVACY POLICY

1. What Data We Collect

We adhere strictly to privacy-by-design and data minimization principles across TheBachelor.com and its hosted games. The only information we collect is:

• Leaderboard Initials/Name: The custom 3-character alias you voluntarily submit upon achieving a high score in Heartbreak Dodge.
• Game Score: Your final numeric score.
• Selected Character: The 8-bit avatar choice linked to your leaderboard submission.

2. How We Use Your Data

Your submitted initials, score, and selected avatar are used exclusively to calculate and display rankings on the global Hall of Fame. We do not collect emails, phone numbers, location data, or actual names, and we never sell, monetize, or share your data with third parties.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

We do not use advertising, tracking, or cross-site cookies. We use the browser's localStorage solely to persist your character progression (saving unlocked avatars in the Drama Zone and choice progress) so your unlocks persist between visits.

4. Infrastructure & Hosting

Leaderboards are securely powered by Upstash Redis, and our website is hosted on Vercel. Video assets for Mansion Mayhem are hosted via high-speed edge CDN. No invasive third-party ad networks or data trackers are loaded.

5. Data Retention & Erasure

High scores are retained to maintain the competitive Hall of Fame. If you would like your initials or score removed from the leaderboard, please contact the administrators and we will purge your entry promptly.