Data & privacy
Read the Tape assigns your browser a random player ID (kept in this browser's local storage and a cookie — it contains no personal details). This allows the game to remember your completed rounds, bonus pool, streak and career statistics across visits. Each guess is stored against that ID, including your direction, confidence, chart, result and score. If you claim a trader name for the community standings, that name is stored too. No account, email address or real name is required. If you enable daily notifications, we also store the browser’s push endpoint, encryption keys and timezone so one local-morning reminder can be delivered.
We process this information because it is necessary for our legitimate interest in operating the game and providing its persistent features. You can view or delete the data associated with your browser below.
Analytics
We use PostHog (hosted in the EU) to understand how the game is used — events such as loading a chart, guessing and sharing, linked to the same random ID, along with approximate location (city level, derived from your connection) and browser type. This page itself loads no analytics.
Takes effect from your next visit to the game. The buttons below erase your game data from our servers; to have your analytics events erased too, email us with the player ID shown below.
Your data
–Deleting wipes your rounds, bonus pool, streaks and trader name and notification subscription from our servers and signs this browser out of its history. It cannot be undone.
Contact
Questions, or any data request: data@readthetape.cc.