Privacy Policy

Information Collection

WorldTick collects only the minimum information necessary to provide our service. When you contact us through the contact form, we collect your email address and message content. When you send an inquiry, we record the sender's IP address and keep it to prevent and respond to abuse.

Cookies and Local Storage

We use localStorage (on-device storage) to save user preferences such as dark mode settings, as well as content you enter or save yourself, such as your world clock city list, alarms and My Countdowns events. This data is stored only on your device (browser) and is never sent to our servers. You can delete it at any time using each tool's delete buttons or your browser settings. Third-party cookies may be used to provide analytics and advertising services.

Analytics

We collect access logs for service improvement. This includes IP addresses, browser types, access times, and pages viewed. This information is processed statistically and is not used to identify individuals.

Advertising

This service may use advertising services provided by third-party vendors, including Google. These third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this service or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this service and/or other sites on the Internet.

If you prefer not to receive personalized advertising, you can opt out in Google's Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com). You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Game Leaderboard

For the leaderboard, when you start the daily course of the game we send a random identifier for your device and the date you play, and when you finish it we send the record of your moves and the number of your trading house name. The record of the start is deleted after 1 day. Your net worth and title are calculated on our server from that record. A value derived from the sender's IP address is used only to limit how often scores can be sent and is deleted after 2 days; the IP address itself is not stored. Leaderboard records are deleted after 60 days. Practice games are not sent.

Comparing with Friends

If you show your code to compare with friends, we store a randomly generated code and key on your device, and our server registers only the code, a check value derived from the key, the date it was issued, the number of days you showed your result and the date of the last count. We do not register anything about the holder, such as a device identifier or a name. The registration remains until you make a new code. Only while you have showing turned on, your result for the day (net worth, title, the number of your trading house name and your streak) is kept for friends for up to 3 days, and people who know the code can read only that day's result. Choosing Hide deletes that day's result while the registration of the code remains. Making a new code deletes the registration of the old code and that day's result. Your friends list stays on your device; when results are read, your friends' codes are sent, but the server does not keep them.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not provide collected information to third parties except as required by law or to report abuse.

Policy Changes

This policy may be changed without prior notice. Revised policies take effect upon publication on this page.

Contact

For privacy-related inquiries, please visit our contact page.