blitzhop.io — PRIVACY POLICY Last Updated: October 2026 Welcome to BlitzHop! Your privacy and trust are paramount to us. This Privacy Policy explains how blitzhop.io ("BlitzHop", "Game", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you play our game, visit our website, or use our services. By accessing or playing BlitzHop, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our data practices, please refrain from accessing or playing the game. ================================================================================ 1. OUR DATA PHILOSOPHY & ANONYMOUS PLAY ================================================================================ • Play As a Guest: You can play BlitzHop completely anonymously without creating an account or providing an email address. • Data Minimization: We only collect the minimal technical data required to operate real-time multiplayer servers, enforce fair play, maintain leaderboards, and prevent abuse. • No Data Selling: We do NOT sell, rent, or monetize your personal data to third-party data brokers or behavioral advertisers. • No Third-Party Ad Trackers: We do NOT deploy third-party advertising tracking pixels or cross-site tracking cookies. ================================================================================ 2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ================================================================================ A. Information You Provide Directly: • Registered Accounts: If you choose to register an account to save your progression, skins, and stats, authentication is handled via Google Sign-In (Firebase Auth). We receive your unique authentication identifier (Firebase UID), registered email address, and the display username you choose. We never receive or store your Google account password. • User-Generated Content (UGC): Any custom maps you author using BlitzHop Studio / Map Maker, custom graffiti/sprays you draw, or messages you transmit through in-game public chat. B. Gameplay & Economy Data: • Lifetime and seasonal statistics: level, experience points (XP), score, kills, deaths, assists, headshots, and duel win streaks. • Virtual inventory: owned weapon skins, character skins, knife models, skin patterns, crates/cases opened, and in-game Gold balance. • Marketplace activity: item listings, purchase history, and trade records between players within our in-game economy. C. Automatically Collected Technical & Telemetry Data: • Network Information: IP address and approximate geographic location (country/city level, used exclusively to route your connection to the nearest game server and prevent network attacks). • Device & Hardware Telemetry: Browser user-agent, operating system/platform, screen resolution, GPU renderer string, CPU thread concurrency, device memory estimate, language, and timezone. This data is collected during page visits (/api/visit) to optimize rendering performance, diagnose crashes, and prevent multi-account ban evasion. • Anti-Cheat & Security Logs: BlitzhopAntiCheat (BAC) monitors game simulation inputs, tick timestamps, weapon spread, and movement trajectories server-side. Suspicious anomalies (such as speed manipulation, aimbot patterns, or memory injectors) generate security event flags for staff review. ================================================================================ 3. COOKIES & LOCAL STORAGE ================================================================================ • Local Storage: We use HTML5 LocalStorage and SessionStorage on your device to remember your client-side preferences across sessions. This includes: - Audio volumes (master, music, hit-sounds, weapon volume) - Video and rendering settings (FOV, resolution scale, particle effects) - Control settings (mouse sensitivity, ADS multiplier, custom keybindings) - Custom crosshair geometry and color settings - Active session authentication tokens • No Cross-Site Cookies: BlitzHop does not place commercial tracking cookies or third-party ad profiling cookies in your browser. ================================================================================ 4. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION ================================================================================ We use the collected information strictly for legitimate operational purposes: • Delivering Gameplay: Synchronizing real-time player movement, weapon fire, physics, and world state across low-latency WebSockets. • Progression & Economy: Saving your match results, ranking on public leaderboards, and managing virtual inventory and trades. • Anti-Cheat & Moderation: Identifying cheat software, ban evasion, botnets, DDoS attacks, and abusive behavior to maintain fair play for all players. • Performance & Diagnostics: Measuring server tick rates, netcode lag, hit-registration accuracy, and client rendering speeds to improve game stability. • Communication: Providing support, responding to inquiries, and reviewing moderation appeals via our official Discord community. ================================================================================ 5. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES & INFRASTRUCTURE ================================================================================ We partner with reliable infrastructure providers to host and secure the game: • Google Firebase: Used for secure authentication (Google Sign-In) and cloud database storage (Firestore). Data handled in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. • Discord: Used for official community support, player ticket systems, and automated BlitzhopAntiCheat webhook alerts for moderators. • Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): Used to deliver game dependencies (e.g., Three.js, fonts via Google Fonts). • Cloud Hosting & Network Infrastructure: Game servers operate on secure cloud hosts with DDoS protection and firewall rules. We do not authorize any third party to use your personal data for their own independent marketing purposes. ================================================================================ 6. DATA RETENTION & SECURITY ================================================================================ • Security Measures: BlitzHop implements industry-standard security headers (Content Security Policy, strict MIME-type sniffing prevention, rate limiting, and SSL/TLS encryption for all HTTP and WebSocket traffic). • Retention Periods: - Account and inventory data is retained for as long as your account remains active. - Temporary visit pings and security telemetry are automatically rotated and pruned on a rolling schedule. - Ephemeral match data is discarded when a round concludes. - Guest sessions do not store persistent personal data on our servers. ================================================================================ 7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY (COPPA & GDPR-K) ================================================================================ BlitzHop is intended for players aged 13 and older (or the applicable digital consent age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without required consent, please contact us via our official Discord so we can promptly delete the account and associated records. ================================================================================ 8. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS & CHOICES (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, GLOBAL) ================================================================================ Depending on your jurisdiction (including the EU/EEA, UK, and California), you have rights regarding your personal information: • Right of Access: You may view your profile, statistics, and inventory in-game or via your public player profile (/player/). • Right to Rectification: You may update in-game settings, change equipped items, or request a username update. • Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You may request complete deletion of your account, email address, stats, and inventory records. • Right to Restrict or Object: You may stop playing at any time, clear your browser's local storage, or request cessation of data processing. • Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising your legal privacy rights. To exercise any of these rights or request an account deletion, open a support ticket on our official Discord server. ================================================================================ 9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY ================================================================================ We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect game updates, new features, or legal requirements. When revisions occur, the "Last Updated" date at the top will be updated. Continued use of BlitzHop after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy. ================================================================================ 10. CONTACT & DISCORD SUPPORT ================================================================================ If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact our team via our official Discord community: https://discord.gg/Nj8XbFV7nr