Privacy Policy

In short

Your theme, game progress and Pokédex history live in your browser and never reach our servers. We use Google Analytics to learn which pages you enjoy, so we can make more of what you want. It sets cookies and sends Google details of your visit. There are no ads on this site, and we never sell your data. In the EU, the UK and Switzerland it only runs after you press Accept, and anyone can switch it off on the cookie page. The only things stored on our side are the ones you choose to publish or sign up for, listed below.

Who we are

Daily Pokemon is a fan-run editorial project at pokedaily.net. It is not affiliated with The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures Inc., or GAME FREAK. For privacy questions, email hi@pokedaily.net.

What reaches our servers

• Page requests. Our host, Cloudflare, processes your IP address and browser details to deliver each page and block abuse. We don't keep request logs.
• Google Analytics. When it's on, Google records the pages you view, how you arrived, your rough location (country and city), and your device and browser. It sets cookies that tell one visit from the next. Google doesn't store your full IP address, and we've switched off Google signals and ad personalisation, so it isn't used for advertising. Google keeps this data for 2 months and may process it in the United States.
• Visit counts. Cloudflare Web Analytics also records page views, referrers, countries and device types as totals. It sets no cookies and stores nothing in your browser.
• What you type into Ask Dia or PocketScopes. Used to answer you, then discarded. A popular answer may be cached for a few hours, with nothing that identifies who asked. Site search runs in your browser and sends nothing.
• Reactions on stories. They add to a public count. Nothing about you is recorded.

We don't collect names, addresses, payment details, precise location or logins, and we don't build profiles.

Only if you choose

• A Trainer Card. The handle you pick and the stats you choose to show are stored so the card can be shared. Email us and we'll delete it.
• The email newsletter. If you subscribe, your email address is held by our newsletter provider, Buttondown, to send it. Unsubscribe from any email to remove it.

What stays in your browser

These live in your browser's localStorage and never reach our servers:

• Your theme: dp.theme
• Game results: dp.game and the arena keys
• Pokémon you've viewed and caught: dp.passport, dp.caught
• Pokédex filters and recent searches: dp.typeFilter, dp.showForms, dp.search.recent
• Your PocketScopes sign and birthday: ps.sign, ps.bday
• Your team builder team and Pocket deck: pokedaily.teamlab.v1, pd:tcg-pocket:deck:v1
• Your Trainer Card edit key, if you claimed one: dp.trainer.handle, dp.trainer.claimToken
• Whether you've seen the privacy notice: dp.consent

Clear them any time with your browser's "Clear site data". We never see, sync or back up any of it.

If you use Take your progress with you to move them to another device, the code, QR code or file holds your data and goes only where you take it; we never receive it.

Reference pages you open, such as Pokédex entries and the type chart, are also kept in your browser's cache so they open with no connection. That copy stays on your device too. You can see and remove them on Offline pages.

Services the site relies on

• Cloudflare hosts the site, counts visits as described above, and may set a strictly technical bot-protection cookie.
• Google Analytics shows us which pages people read so we know what to make next, as described above, under Google's privacy policy. You can also block it in every site at once with Google's opt-out add-on.
• Video players. Most daily videos play from our own storage. If one plays from TikTok or YouTube, their player loads only when you press play and follows their own privacy policy.
• Font and image services deliver web fonts, sprites and card art. They may see your IP address when your browser fetches a file. They set no cookies through us.
• Buttondown sends the newsletter, only to people who subscribe.

Cookies

Google Analytics sets cookies to count visits: after you accept in the EU, the UK and Switzerland, and by default elsewhere. We set no advertising cookies. You may also see a strictly technical bot-protection cookie from Cloudflare, and video players set their own cookies after you press play. Every cookie, and the switch to turn analytics off, is on the Cookie Policy page.

Your rights

Wherever you live, you can ask what we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, or object to its use. Because almost everything lives in your browser, you can usually do that yourself by clearing site data. For a Trainer Card or a newsletter address, email hi@pokedaily.net and we'll act within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

The site is for a general audience. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (under 16 in the EU). If you think a child has given us any, email us and we'll delete it.

How long things are kept

• Trainer Cards: until you ask us to delete one.
• Newsletter addresses: until you unsubscribe.
• Google Analytics visit data: 2 months, then Google deletes it.
• Cloudflare visit counts: kept only as totals.
• Request logs: we keep none.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.

Contact

Questions, complaints or data requests:
hi@pokedaily.net