Broadside Privacy Policy

Last updated October 25, 2026 · Grudge Match Games

Broadside is a naval battle game for the web, iPhone and Android. This policy explains what we collect when you play, why, and how to delete it. We don't sell your personal information.

What we collect

• Your captain: the name you choose, your rank, XP, coins, unlocks, cosmetics, match results, challenge progress, ranked rating, crew and friends list. Needed to run the game and keep your progress.
• Sign-in: if you make a Broadside username, a password (stored only as a salted hash). If you sign in with your Grudge Match account (email, Apple, Google or Facebook), we receive that account's id and email address from our sign-in provider, Supabase. Sign in with Apple may give us a private relay email instead of your real one.
• Online play: the rooms you join, your moves during a match, and quick-chat messages, which are sent to the other players in that match.
• Notifications: if you turn them on, a notification token for your browser or device, used only to tell you about invites and friend requests.
• Purchases (apps): Apple or Google handle payment; we never see your card. Our purchase service, RevenueCat, tells us which items your captain bought so we can deliver them. It identifies you by your captain id.
• Ads (apps): optional reward videos are shown by Google AdMob. AdMob may use your device's advertising identifier and collect data as described in Google's policy. On iPhone you're asked whether apps may track you; you can say no and still watch reward videos. Where required (for example in the EU, UK and some US states) you're asked for consent first.
• Anonymous stats: only if you turn on "Share anonymous stats" in Settings: match counts and lengths, never names or codes.
• Server logs: IP addresses and request times, kept briefly to keep the service running and to stop abuse.

How we use it

To run the game: save your progress, match you with other players, show leaderboards (your captain name, rank and rating are visible to other players), deliver purchases and rewards, send the notifications you asked for, prevent cheating and abuse, and fix problems.

Who else handles it

Our hosting (Fly.io) and database (Neon) providers store it for us. Supabase runs Grudge Match sign-in. RevenueCat, Apple and Google handle purchases. Google AdMob shows ads. Apple and Google deliver app notifications. Each processes data only to provide its service. We share data with authorities only when the law requires it.

How long we keep it

Your captain is kept while you play. Guest captains that haven't played for a long time may be removed. Server logs are kept for a short time.

Deleting your account

In the game, open your Captain page and choose Delete my account. This permanently deletes your Broadside captain and everything above that belongs to it, on every device. Purchases can't be refunded by us; ask Apple or Google. Deleting your Broadside captain doesn't delete your Grudge Match login, which other Grudge Match games use.

Children

Broadside isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we'll delete it.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to see, correct, export or delete your data, and to object to some uses of it. Most of this you can do in the game; for anything else, contact us.

Contact

Grudge Match Games · justin@grudgematchgames.com

We may update this policy; the date above shows when it last changed.