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Keeping Up with the Joneses

This policy explains how Keeping Up with the Joneses handles information in its browser release. The game is local-first, requires no account, and stores your run in your own browser.

Effective date: September 1, 2026

Current release at a glance

  • No account or sign-in is required.
  • No advertising, payment, chat, contacts or location permission is used.
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics measures aggregate page visits and performance without receiving gameplay events.
  • The game does not collect or upload gameplay telemetry.
  • Your game state and accessibility settings remain in your browser unless you deliberately export a run.

Information stored on your device

The game stores its deterministic seed, selected character and Life Plan, action log, current game state and accessibility settings in browser storage. These records provide autosave, replay, import/export, diagnostics and preference persistence. They are not synced to a SnackPack account. The September 1, 2026 build removes the former optional local gameplay-metric queue and preference.

Hosting, Web Analytics and ordinary web requests

Loading the game or this policy requires ordinary web requests. Cloudflare provides hosting, delivery, security and privacy-focused Web Analytics and may process connection information such as an IP address, browser details, referring page, request time and performance or security signals. Cloudflare's analytics beacon reports aggregate page-view and real-user performance measurements; it does not receive the game's seed, actions, finances, employment, education, events, score or save. The game does not combine Cloudflare's information with your local action log.

Exports, imports and diagnostics

Export creates a JSON backup on your device. Import reads only the file you select and reconstructs that run locally. Copy Run Diagnostic creates a redacted technical summary that excludes your identity and full save. Nothing is sent until you deliberately paste, upload or otherwise share a file or diagnostic using another service.

Downloaded Life Reports

A Life Report share card is generated locally and downloaded to your device when you request it. You control downloaded files through your device and browser settings. The current build does not claim offline play support and removes the earlier partial service-worker cache.

Your choices and deletion

  • Start a new seeded run to replace the active local run.
  • Clear site data for keepingup.snackpackuniverse.com to remove the save and settings.
  • Delete exported JSON files or Life Report images using your device’s file controls.

Audience and future features

The game is a satirical life simulation aimed at a general teen and adult audience. The current release has no multiplayer chat, account, purchase or advertising feature. If online play, accounts, leaderboards, payments, advertising or transmitted gameplay analytics are introduced, the relevant safeguards and this policy will be reviewed before release.

Security and changes

SnackPack Studios minimizes off-device data by keeping gameplay state local and uses reasonable measures to protect the sites it operates. No security method is absolute. If the game’s data handling materially changes, this page and its effective date will be updated before that change is released.

Contact

For privacy questions, support or feedback, email support@snackpackuniverse.com.