PRIVACY
Privacy
Nousfarer is a game by Noosaga, a small, free project run by Axel Pond in Norway. This policy covers the Nousfarer game and the Noosaga website, at noosaga.com and nousfarer.com. It stores only what the game needs to work, never sells your data, and uses analytics only if you say yes.
Last updated 28 September 2026
What we store
- Your account: your email and Google sign-in details, if you sign in.
- Your game: your explorer’s look, learning and trial progress, rewards, and saved Copilot expeditions.
- Multiplayer: your player name, appearance and position while you play with others. Other players see these; they never see your email.
- Messages and reports you send us, and ratings or feedback you leave on lessons.
- Technical logs needed to keep the service running and secure, such as errors and request timings.
Some game state, such as your settings and museum, is also kept in your browser. Clearing the site’s data removes it from that device.
AI and your questions
When you ask Copilot for an expedition, your question and what you tell it about your background are sent to our AI provider, OpenRouter, and the model it routes to. Please don’t put sensitive personal information in these requests. Lessons and quizzes are generated once and shared by everyone; they don’t contain your data. AI Transparency explains more.
Analytics and cookies
Necessary cookies keep you signed in, protect sign-in, and remember your analytics choice (for up to 180 days).
Optional analytics only run if you agree. With your consent we use Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights, Google Analytics and Google Ads measurement, and our own usage and performance events. They tell us which pages are used, how the game performs, and whether sign-ups come from our ads. They never include your Copilot questions. Until you choose, Google’s tag loads in a consent-denied mode that sets no analytics or advertising cookies.
You can change your choice here at any time:
Who helps run it
We share data only with the services that run Noosaga: hosting and database providers (including Vercel and Render), Google for sign-in, OpenRouter for AI requests, Wikipedia for source lookups (these reveal a topic, not you), and the analytics providers above if you consent. Some are based in the United States; they use the standard safeguards required for EU and EEA data.
How long we keep it
- Sign-in sessions: about 7 days, renewed while you play.
- Your account and game data: until you delete it.
- Multiplayer sessions: 6 hours after the last activity.
- Our own analytics: 7 to 30 days.
- Technical logs: normally no more than 90 days, unless needed to investigate a problem.
Your rights
You can see, export, correct or delete your data, and object to or withdraw consent for its use. Open Account & Privacy on your profile to export your data or delete it. For anything the profile doesn’t cover, such as your saved explorer and cosmetic unlocks, email axel@noosaga.com. If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to Datatilsynet, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, or your local authority.
We keep your data to provide the game you asked for (contract), to keep it secure and working (legitimate interest), and run optional analytics only with your consent.
Children
Noosaga isn’t aimed at children under 16. If you think a child has given us personal data, email us and we’ll delete it.
Questions
Email axel@noosaga.com or see the contact page. If this policy changes in a way that matters, the date above will change and we’ll say so on the site.