Privacy policy
Last updated November 8, 2026
The short version
- The Job never asks for your name, email or password. You play as a random codename.
- We keep an anonymous player ID and your game results so the game works, plus usage counts that aren’t linked to you.
- There are no ads and no third-party trackers. The game is supported by optional tips through Ko-fi.
- We don’t sell or share your information.
- You can see, download or delete your data on the your data page.
- Who runs The Job
- What we collect
- How we use it
- Who we share it with
- Cookies and storage
- Your choices
- US state privacy rights
- Rights in the EEA, UK and Switzerland
- Children
- Security
- Changes to this policy
- Contact
Who runs The Job
The Job, the daily puzzle game at playthejob.com, is run by Campbell Lee, an individual based in Massachusetts, USA. In this policy, “we” and “us” mean Campbell Lee. For anything about your privacy, email privacy@playthejob.com.
What we collect
This is everything the game collects. We don’t collect your name, email address (unless you email us or leave a tip), password, payment details, contacts or precise location.
| Data | Where it comes from | Why we use it | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ID: a random code that isn’t linked to your name | Created on your first visit and stored in a cookie and your browser’s storage | Keeps your daily attempt, crews and stats together, and stops a second attempt at the same day’s job | Until you delete it, or 12 months after your last visit |
| Codename and crew memberships | Chosen by you in the game | Shows your results to the crews you join | As long as your player ID |
| Game results: your moves, turns, time, gems, and when you started and finished | Sent by the game when you play | Enforces one attempt a day, builds crew boards, replays, the Everyone stats and bust map, detects cheating, and counts how many players come back the next day | 14 days in full; after that only totals that can’t be traced back to you |
| Usage counts, such as finishing training, opening a job or tapping share, with the puzzle number and the website that sent you | Sent by the game, without your player ID | Shows which features work and where players get stuck | 90 days |
| Technical data: IP address, and browser and device type | Sent by your browser with every request | Delivers the site, protects it from attacks and bots, and limits abuse | A few days, under Cloudflare’s policies |
| Tip details from Ko-fi: your name or display name, email address, message and amount | Ko-fi, only if you leave a tip | Thanks you, and keeps the records tax law requires | As long as tax law requires, usually up to 7 years |
| Emails you send us | You | Answers your message or request | Up to 12 months after we resolve it |
How we use it
- To run the game: save your progress, enforce the one-attempt rule, and show your crews your results.
- To keep the game fair and safe: check that runs are real, stop bots, and block attacks.
- To improve the game: look at totals, like how many players finish training, where they get caught, or how many return the next day.
- To keep records of tips, as tax law requires.
We don’t sell or share your personal information, there’s no advertising on The Job, and we don’t use your data to build profiles of you.
Who we share it with
- Cloudflare hosts the game and its database, protects it from attacks and abuse (Cloudflare’s privacy policy).
- Ko-fi handles tips, with payment processed by Stripe or PayPal. If you tip, you’re using Ko-fi’s service under Ko-fi’s privacy policy. The game itself doesn’t load anything from Ko-fi; it only links to it.
- Other players in your crews see your codename and your results. The Everyone tab shows only anonymous totals.
- Authorities or others when the law requires it, or to protect players, the game or the public from harm.
- A new owner if The Job is ever transferred, who would have to follow this policy for data collected under it.
Cookies and storage
The Job uses only what it needs to work. There are no advertising, analytics or social media cookies, and fonts and game files are served from our own domain, so loading the game doesn’t send your data to anyone else.
| Cookie or storage | Set by | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player ID cookie | The Job | Links you to your player record | 1 year |
| Browser storage for today’s run, stats, settings, codename and crews | The Job | Keeps your game on this device | Until you clear it |
Your choices
- See or download your data: the your data page shows your player ID and lets you download everything tied to it.
- Delete your data: use “Delete my data” on that page, or clear this site’s cookies and storage in your browser.
- Tip details: email us to see or delete what Ko-fi sent us, except what tax law requires us to keep.
US state privacy rights
If you live in California or another state with a consumer privacy law, such as Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia or Oregon, you have the right to know what personal information we have about you and get a copy, to delete it, to correct it if it’s wrong, and not to be treated differently for using these rights.
The categories we collect are in the table above: identifiers (player ID, IP address and, if you tip, your name and email), internet activity (gameplay) and commercial information (tip amounts). We don’t collect sensitive personal information, and we don’t sell or share personal information or use it for targeted advertising, so there’s nothing to opt out of. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as an opt-out anyway.
Because we don’t know who you are, we verify requests with your player ID, which is shown on the your data page. Email privacy@playthejob.com with your request and player ID, or use the buttons on that page. An authorized agent can make a request for you with your written permission. We respond within 45 days. If we turn down a request, reply with the word “appeal” and we’ll review it within 60 days; if you’re still unhappy, you can contact your state attorney general.
Rights in the EEA, UK and Switzerland
Campbell Lee is the controller of your personal data. We rely on these legal bases:
- Providing the game you asked for: your player ID, results and crews.
- Legitimate interests: security, cheat and bot prevention, and anonymous statistics to improve the game. You can object to these.
- Legal obligation: keeping tip records for tax purposes.
You have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the use of your data, to receive it in a portable format, and to complain to your local data protection authority. We respond within one month.
Your data is processed in the United States and other countries where Cloudflare operates. Cloudflare protects international transfers with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or standard contractual clauses.
Children
The Job is a general-audience game for players aged 13 and up, and it isn’t directed to children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, or under the minimum age in their country. If we learn that we have, we delete it. Parents can contact us at privacy@playthejob.com.
Security
All traffic uses HTTPS, access to the database is limited to the people who run the game, and we keep only the data listed above. No system is perfectly secure, so we can’t promise that data will never be exposed, but we’ll notify affected players and authorities as the law requires if it is.
Changes to this policy
When we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top. If a change affects how we use your data in a significant way, such as adding advertising, we’ll announce it in the game before it takes effect.
Contact
Email privacy@playthejob.com for privacy questions and requests, or hello@playthejob.com for anything else.