The short version: Scoring Spades doesn't ask for your name, your email, or anything else. Your game scores live in your browser. We use Google Analytics to count visits. No ads.
Nothing personal. There are no accounts, no signups, no logins, no email forms, and no profile to fill out. We never ask for your name, email, phone number, age, or location.
Player names, scores, bid history, and game settings are stored in your own browser using localStorage. That data never leaves your device and we cannot see it. It stays until you clear your browser data or use the "Start a brand new game" button.
The Scoring Spades app for iPhone and iPad has no analytics, no ads, and no tracking, and it never connects to the internet. Your games are saved on your device and deleted if you delete the app. Links to outside sites (like GitHub) open in Safari, where those sites' own policies apply.
We use Google Analytics (gtag.js) to count visitors and see which pages get used. Google sets cookies and may collect things like your approximate location (from IP), the page you came from, your browser type, and how long you stayed. We use this only to understand traffic patterns.
We also send a few anonymous gameplay events — when a game starts and ends, how many rounds were played, the target score, and the final scores — plus which outbound links get clicked. These never include player names.
If you have a content blocker or Do Not Track enabled, most modern browsers and extensions will block Google Analytics automatically — that's fine, the app works exactly the same.
Scoring Spades is a card-game scorekeeper suitable for all ages, but the site isn't directed at children under 13 and we don't knowingly collect data from them. If you're a parent and a child has used the app, the only data is whatever they typed into the scorekeeper, which lives only on that device.
The full source code is public on GitHub. You can verify exactly what data the app touches, fork it, or run your own copy. If you self-host with the same code, set gaId to an empty string in config.js to turn off analytics entirely.
Questions about this policy? Email patrick@patrickturner.net.
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the "Last updated" date below. There's no email list to notify you.
Last updated: September 15, 2026