The BuildingPrivacy policy
We want The Building to be a place where you can relax, so we keep data collection to a minimum and explain clearly what happens with it.
1. Who we are
The Building is a free browser game available at https://cozyblock.games. In this policy, "we" and "us" refer to the team that runs the game. You can reach us through the contact page.
2. What we store today
The game has no user accounts and no database. Your progress is saved only on your own device, in your browser's localStorage:
- your character (name, appearance and personality traits);
- your apartment layout, finishes and door setting;
- your relationships with the residents and the building's event log;
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a random player identifier (for example
p-3f9a…) that is not linked to your identity; - small technical values such as the last time you played, used to prepare the "While you were asleep…" summary.
3. Multiplayer: what other players see
When multiplayer is available, the game exchanges small messages with our server (Azure Functions on Microsoft Azure) so that people in the same building can see each other. While you play, the following is shared with the other players in your building: your random player identifier, your character's name and appearance, your apartment number, layout and door setting, your position and movements, the chat messages you type and the interactions you choose (for example "Say hi").
To deliver these messages we store them temporarily in Azure Table Storage and delete them automatically after about 10 minutes. We also store which apartment belongs to your random player identifier and when you last played (updated a few times a day), so that every player gets a different home; apartments unused for 30 days are given to new players. We also store your random player identifier together with a secret token, so that nobody else can send messages in your name; this record contains no personal data. If you buy a family house we also store its colors with it. Notes and gifts that players leave on an apartment door are kept, with the sender's character name, until the owner reads them; then they are deleted from our server and stay only in the owner's browser. Chat is filtered for offensive words on our server and in the game, and it is shown only to players who are close to you in the building. Please never share personal information in chat. If multiplayer is unavailable, the game keeps working offline and nothing is sent.
Talking to game characters. When you use "Talk" with a Resident, a shop worker or a neighbor walking around, the message you type, the last lines of that conversation, your character's name and the character's name, role and place are sent from our server to Anthropic's Claude API, which writes the character's reply. Their replies are generated by AI. These conversations are private: other players do not see them, and we do not store them on our server (they stay in your browser until you close the page). Anthropic processes them under its own commercial terms and privacy policy. Please never share personal information with the characters.
4. What we do not collect
We do not currently use analytics, advertising, tracking pixels or third-party cookies, and we do not ask for your email address, real name or location.
Like any website, our hosting provider (Microsoft Azure Static Web Apps) automatically processes technical data such as your IP address and browser type in order to deliver the pages securely. This processing is governed by the provider's own privacy terms.
5. Planned changes
We are open about what is coming, and we will update this policy before any of it goes live:
- Saved progress and sign-in. A later version will keep your apartment on our servers (Azure) with an anonymous identifier and, if you choose to sign in, the minimum data needed to recover it on another device.
- Advertising. To keep the game free, we plan to show Google AdSense ads in reserved spaces outside the game area. Google and its partners may then use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland will be asked for consent through a certified consent banner before any advertising cookies are set. You can learn more in how Google uses data in advertising and opt out of personalised ads in Google Ad Settings.
- Privacy-friendly analytics. We may add aggregated, privacy-respecting usage statistics to understand which features people enjoy.
6. Children
The Building is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it.
7. Your choices and how to delete your data
Because your progress lives in your browser, you are fully in control of it. To delete it, clear the site data for this website in your browser settings (often under "Cookies and site data" or "Storage"). This permanently resets your character and apartment.
Once online features launch, you will be able to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the data we hold about you by contacting us.
8. Security
The site is served only over HTTPS with security headers that restrict which scripts and connections the page may use.
9. Changes to this policy
We will update this page whenever our practices change and adjust the effective date above. Significant changes will also be announced in the game.
10. Contact
Questions or privacy requests? Visit our contact page.