Privacy policy
Ghostline · last updated 10 November 2026
Ghostline is a racing game made by Eran Lambooij in the Netherlands. It has no accounts, no ads, no cookies and no third-party trackers, and no data is ever sold. This page lists everything the game keeps.
On your device
Your best times, ghosts, achievements and settings are stored on your device only. They never leave it, apart from the leaderboard runs described below. Settings → Records erases your times.
Leaderboards (only if you choose a name)
Nothing is sent to the leaderboards until you pick a name. From then on the server stores:
- your name, which is public on the boards;
- a hash of your device's random player code (never the code itself);
- each run you finish: its times, crash and landing counts, the date, your controls setting and a recording of your inputs, so the server can check the run and others can watch it.
We keep this to run the leaderboards you asked to join. It stays until you delete it: Settings → Privacy → Delete my board data removes your name and every run at once. Devices you linked with your player code keep the code and would post as a new player if they send another run.
Anonymous usage counts
To see whether people play, the game sends daily totals: how often it was opened (and whether from a shared link), races started and finished per track, shares, seconds played, and whether the device was active that day, week or month. They carry no identifier, so they cannot be linked to you or your device. Turn them off in Settings → Privacy.
The server
- Your IP address is used in memory to stop floods of requests and is never stored. The site keeps no access logs.
- A run the server cannot verify is kept for 30 days with its input recording and your browser's user agent (its make and version), so we can find out why. It is not linked to your name.
- The server is rented from Akamai (Linode). Deleted data may remain in backups for up to 30 days.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask for a copy of your data, correct it (rename yourself in Settings), delete it, or object to its use. Write to eran@lambooijsoftware.com and include your player code (Settings → Leaderboards → Play on another device) so we can find your runs. You can also complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Children
The game is fine for all ages. Names on the boards are public, so do not use your real name.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new date.