Privacy Policy
Last updated 11 October 2026
LorCiv is a free strategy game site run by Lorand, an independent developer. This page explains what the site stores about you, who can see it, and how to have it removed. For questions or requests, write to lorciv@lorand77.dev.
What we store
- Your account: your username, your password, and the date you joined. Passwords are stored only as a one-way hash, so nobody, including us, can read them. We don't ask for your email address, your real name or anything else about you.
- Your play: the games you take part in: who sat where, every move and order you gave, and the result.
- Chat: the messages you send in a game's chat. They are deleted 30 days after the game ends.
- Your login session: a record on the server that keeps you signed in for up to 7 days, or until you log out.
Who can see it
- Other signed-in players can see your username and your games, including games in progress, which anyone signed in can watch.
- A game's chat is seen by everyone in that game, players and watchers.
- Nothing is visible to people who aren't signed in.
We don't sell your data, show ads or share your data with anyone, unless the law requires us to.
Cookies and tracking
LorCiv sets one cookie, which keeps you signed in. It is needed for the site to work. The site uses no analytics, advertising or tracking of any kind.
IP addresses and logs
The server keeps logs so that we can find and fix problems. They record what your account does on the site (for example signing in or out, opening a game, or the kind of move you make) with the time, whether it worked, and your username and account number. They never contain your password or your chat messages.
We use your IP address to limit repeated login and sign-up attempts, and for that it is held in memory for about 15 minutes. It is also written to the logs when someone signs in, tries to sign in or signs up, so that we can deal with password guessing and abuse. It is not recorded for anything else you do on the site.
Logs are deleted after 14 days and are not included in backups.
Where it is kept
The site runs on a server at Amazon Web Services. The database is backed up every night to Backblaze B2, and each backup is kept for up to 90 days.
Your choices
- To delete your account, or to get a copy of what we hold about you, email lorciv@lorand77.dev with your username. Because we don't know your email address, we may ask you to prove that the account is yours.
- When an account is deleted, its chat and sessions are removed and its name is freed. The games it took part in stay in the other players' records but no longer show the name. Copies in backups disappear as those backups expire, within 90 days, and log entries that mention the account within 14 days.
Children
LorCiv is not for children under 13. If we learn that someone under 13 has an account, we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top. If a change is significant, we will also announce it on the site.