Privacy and terms

Privacy policy (KVKK)

Data controller: Ütopik Oyunlar (games.utopical.dev) is a site of Utopical Dev, run by Murat Demir ("we"). You can reach us through the contact details at the end of this page.

Data we process: we ask for no account, e-mail address or password. When you play, we process the name you type, your poems, your chat messages, and the hearts and reactions you give; your browser gets an anonymous session so that a game recognises you. To protect the site against bots, Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise processes technical signals from your device and browser, and like every web server ours sees your IP address.

Purpose and legal basis: we process this data only to run the game you join, which means showing your poems and messages to its players, and to protect the site from abuse. The legal basis is that the processing is necessary to provide the game you asked for, and our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure (KVKK article 5/2-c and 5/2-f). Analytics runs only with your consent (see the cookie policy).

Sharing: we do not sell your data, combine it with data from other sources, or use it for advertising. Your poems and messages are shown to the players of the same game, and a finished game's poems to anyone who has its link. The data is kept on Google Firebase, on servers in the European Union, and Google processes it on our behalf.

Retention: a game's poems and messages are kept for the period chosen when it is created (10 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day), counted from the end of the game; after that nobody can see them, and they are deleted automatically within about a day. A game that is never finished closes the same way, within a day and a half at most. The anonymous session is deleted after 30 days.

Your rights: under KVKK article 11 and, where it applies, the GDPR, you may ask whether your data is processed, ask for information about it, have it corrected or deleted, object to its processing and withdraw your consent at any time. To use these rights, write to us through the contact details at the end of this page.

Terms of use

Your poems: what you write stays yours. You allow it to be shown to the players of the same game for the chosen retention period; anyone who has the game's link can see it during that period. Poems are not kept, so copy the ones you love before they fly away.

Playing fair: do not write anything unlawful, insulting or harassing, and do not share anyone's personal data. The host can remove a player from the game, and we remove content that breaks the law once we are notified of it (law 5651).

The word filter: every game hides rude words unless its host switches the filter off when creating it. A game without the filter is for adults only: by switching it off the host, and by ticking the consent box to join, every player declares being 18 or older. In such a game, what is written is shown as written to its players only; anyone else with the link sees it filtered, and so does every shared image. The rules above still apply.

Artificial intelligence: the game uses no AI. Neither the site's content (texts, word lists, design) nor the poems written in it may be used to train AI models or for data mining, and we do not use them for that either.

The site: the game is offered free and as it is. The site's texts, word lists and design belong to Utopical Dev and may not be copied or used commercially without permission.

Cookie policy

The site keeps a few records in your browser (cookies and local storage). The necessary ones and your preferences cannot be refused; the others are used only with your consent.

  • Necessary: the anonymous session that lets a game recognise you (Firebase Authentication), the bot protection (Firebase App Check with Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise) and the Firebase SDK's own technical records. Without them the game cannot be played.
  • Preferences: your theme, your cookie choice and your choice of a read-aloud voice, kept only in your browser. They only remember what you chose, so like the necessary records they cannot be refused. Your cookie choice is asked again after six months.
  • Analytics: Google Analytics (GA4) cookies are optional. Until you accept them, no analytics cookie is written and no analytics data is sent; once you do, they collect anonymous page view, interaction and error data, and no personally identifiable information is sent to Google Analytics.
  • Advertising: not used yet. If ads come, their cookies too will be used only with your consent.

You can change your choice at any time with the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of every page.

Contact

For questions, applications about your personal data and notices about content, write to info@utopical.dev or use our contact page