PRIVACY
Last updated: 19 October 2026
WHAT THIS SITE COLLECTS
Very little. There are no accounts or sign-ups, and the site sets no cookies of its own. The only places you can type something in and send it to us are in Nancy’s World, described below.
NANCY’S WORLD
Anyone can walk around Nancy’s World as Nancy without giving us anything. To play as one of the community characters you type that character’s code once; it’s checked in your browser and kept there so you don’t have to type it again.
Playing together. While you’re in Nancy’s World, your browser connects to our live service, which runs on Cloudflare, so players can see each other. It sends: which character you’re playing (or, if you’re Nancy, a random name like g-4k2x9a, made up fresh each visit), where your character is standing and which way it’s facing, whether you’re on the scooter or wearing the bandana, your animal and its name if it’s with you, and, in a game you play together, where you are in that game. Everyone in the same place sees your character, and anyone on the site sees how many people are online. When you step into a game’s waiting room, everyone online gets a short note with your character’s name. If you’re playing as a character, your code is sent when you connect so the service can check it’s really you; it is checked and not stored. The live service doesn’t keep any of this: it passes it to the other players and forgets it when you leave. Like any host, Cloudflare receives your IP address in order to make the connection.
Apartments. If you claim an apartment, the claim sends us the name of the character you’re playing as, the apartment you picked, a short claim tag that lets us check the request is really yours, and whatever you write in the description box. Your code itself isn’t sent with the claim. Please don’t put anything private in the description.
The claim itself (which character, which apartment) is saved on the site straight away, and that character’s name is shown on the apartment door, where every visitor can see it. The description is sent to us as a form, which Netlify receives and stores for us along with standard request information such as your IP address. We use it only to set up the apartment. We don’t sell or share it.
Animals. If you catch an animal in the park while playing as a character with a code, the kind of animal and the name you give it are saved on the site under that character’s name, so it follows you to other devices, and a copy is sent to us as a form. Other visitors may see that name next to the animal.
Scores and chips. If you race, play the arcade games or play at the casino while playing as a character with a code, your best times and scores and your chip count are saved on the site under that character’s name, so they follow you to other devices, and the best scores are shown on boards that every visitor can see. Your code is sent with each one so we can check it’s really you; it is checked and not stored. Nothing else about you is saved with them. Chips are play money: they can’t be bought, sold or cashed out.
How the game is used. To see which places and games people enjoy, Nancy’s World adds up where you go and what you play: which places you visit, which games you start, and how long you spend in each. About every five minutes, and when you leave, it sends these counts to the site, filed by day under the character you’re playing, or, if you’re Nancy, under a random name like a-7k2m9x4q1z that your browser makes up once and keeps. Nothing else is sent with them: no messages, nothing you type, and not your IP address, which the site doesn’t keep with them. Only we see them, added up; they’re never shown to other players, and each day’s counts are deleted after about 60 days.
STREET CHAT, and letters between friends. If you’re playing as a character, you can post in STREET CHAT on the phone, which every player with a character can read, and send letters to your friends. What you write is saved on the site with your character’s name and the time: the last 100 messages of STREET CHAT, and a log of recent messages and letters. We can read all of it, so we can take down anything that isn’t OK and stop a player from posting. If you report a message, we see it, who sent it and that you reported it; if you block someone, that is saved under your character so their messages are hidden for you. The list of beats you save to your phone’s MUSIC is saved under your character too, so it’s there on any device. The live service only passes on a short note that there’s something new; it doesn’t see or keep the messages. Please don’t put anything private in a message.
On your own device. Nancy’s World also saves a few things in your own browser so it remembers you next time: the codes you’ve unlocked, the character you last played as, a claim that’s waiting to be confirmed, any animal you’ve caught and its name, whether you’ve hung up the bandana, your chips, your best times and scores, and whether you’ve already asked for a character. These stay on your device and are not sent to us, except as described above. Clearing this site’s data in your browser removes them.
Asking for a character. If you ask for a character of your own, the X handle you type in, and anything you add in the note, is sent to us as a form. We use it to look at your X profile, decide whether to draw you, and send you a code there. It isn’t shown to other visitors.
To have a claim, a description, a name, a score, a message or a request removed, email us at the address below.
PARENTAL ADVISORY ADVISED
This site and Nancy’s World are for people aged 13 and over. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you’re a parent or guardian and think your child has sent us something, such as a request, a name or a description, email us and we’ll delete it.
HOSTING
This site is hosted by Netlify, and Nancy’s World’s live service runs on Cloudflare. Like any web host, they receive standard request information, such as your IP address, browser type and the page requested, in order to deliver the site and keep it secure.
VISITOR STATISTICS
We use Netlify’s built-in performance measurement to see how quickly pages load and which pages are visited. We look at it only in aggregate. We don’t use it to identify you, and we don’t sell or share it.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Buttons for X, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok, eBay, NFT marketplaces and the merch store take you to sites run by other companies. Anything you do there, including purchases, falls under their privacy policies, not this one.
CHANGES
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