Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

This policy explains what Just Shout This (operated by Novologia Ltd) collects and why. We collect as little as we can: you can play without an account.

What we collect

• A browser identifier. A random id in a cookie, so the game knows which seat is yours and you can rejoin after a reload.
• What you put into a game. The name and avatar you pick; while a round is on, short clips of your microphone audio when you speak (sent for transcription, see below, and not stored by us); the text transcribed from them or the clues you type; the AI’s guesses, with their timing; and the scores.
• The live voice call (party rooms). Your microphone audio goes directly from your device to the other players’ devices in the room (peer to peer). We don’t record or store it. To connect the call, the devices exchange network addresses, so the other players in your room can see your IP address. When a direct connection isn’t possible, the encrypted audio is relayed through Cloudflare.
• Challenges. The words, your name and score, and for each person who plays the link: the name they type, their scores and the AI’s guesses.
• Account and purchase (only if you buy a pass). Your email address, and the order details Paddle sends us (no card details).
• Technical data. IP address (for abuse limits), browser and device type, country, the page you came from, and in-game events (for example “a game started”), never your audio, clues or guesses.
• Analytics (with consent where required). Google Analytics and the Meta pixel, only on our production site, and in the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland only after you accept. You can change your choice at any time in cookie settings.

How we use it

To run the game (rooms, rounds, scores), to transcribe your spoken clues and have the AI guess from them, to prevent abuse, to process purchases, to answer support requests, and to understand and improve the game in aggregate.

AI processing

While a round is on and you speak, short clips of your microphone audio are sent to OpenAI to be transcribed into text. We don’t store the audio: only the text it returns. That text (or the clues you type) is sent to our AI providers, Anthropic and, as a fallback, OpenAI, so the AI can guess the word. The microphone is used while you’re in a game room (for the call and the rounds) and is released when you leave the page. In a party game, clips of the describing player’s voice and of the guesses players shout are transcribed the same way, to check the rules and the guesses. Some clues are read aloud by a computer voice that OpenAI generates from the written clue. Do not say personal information in your clues.

Who else processes data

Supabase (database), Vercel (hosting), Anthropic and OpenAI (AI), Cloudflare and Google (connecting the voice call), Paddle (payments, as merchant of record), Google and Meta (analytics, with consent), and our email provider for sign-in codes.

How long we keep it

Game rooms, their transcribed clues and the AI’s guesses are deleted automatically about 30 days after the room was last used; challenges about 30 days after the link expires. Purchase records are kept as long as the law requires. [TODO: OWNER REVIEW: confirm these retention periods]

Your rights

You can ask us to access, correct or delete your personal data, or to remove a challenge you created, by writing to support@justshoutthis.com. If you are in the EU, UK or a similar jurisdiction you also have the rights your law gives you, including complaining to your data protection authority.

Children

The Service is not directed at children under 13, and the word lists are chosen for a general audience.