Privacy, in force from 10 November 2026
Privacy: 2 values in your browser, nothing on our side
Arcade Birch is a set of 21 static pages. It has no sign-up, no comment box, no newsletter and no advertising. The only things it remembers sit in your own browser, and you can delete both.
What the site keeps in your browser
The site writes 2 entries to localStorage, the small storage area every browser gives a website. Neither one is a cookie and neither is sent to us.
| Name | What it holds | When it goes away |
|---|---|---|
| abCookieChoice | The word "accepted" or "declined", after you press a button on the cookie bar. | When you clear site data in the browser. You can change it on the cookie page. |
| abBreakEnd | One number: the time at which your 5-minute break clock runs out. | When you press Stop or Reset on the clock. The site also deletes it 30 minutes after the clock ran out. |
What the site does not do
- It sets 0 cookies of its own on 10 November 2026.
- It loads no analytics script. The line ANALYTICS_SRC in our main.js file is empty. If we ever fill it in, the script will load only after you press Accept, and this page will name the service first.
- It makes no request to Google Fonts. The 2 font files, Jersey 15 and Sora, are served from arcadebirch.com.
- It embeds no game. Each of the 6 games opens on Poki or CrazyGames in your browser, after you click a link.
What the hosting company sees
Any web server writes an access log: your IP address, the time, the page asked for and the browser name. Our hosting company keeps that log to run the service and stop abuse. We do not join it with anything else and we do not build visitor profiles from it.
When you click through to a game
A link to Rally Point 5, QWOP or any other game on this site takes you to a site we do not run: Poki or CrazyGames. From that click on, the privacy policy of that site applies, and the 2 portals show adverts and ask about cookies in a notice of their own. Each fact card on Arcade Birch says whether the game asks for an account, and the Sources list under the card links to the pages we read on 10 and 11 November 2026.
When you email us
Write to [email protected] and we receive your address and whatever you put in the message. We use them to answer you. We keep the thread while the question is open and delete it once it is settled. We do not add your address to any list.
Your rights under UK data law
The UK GDPR gives you the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected and to have it erased. For this site that can only be an email you sent us. Ask at [email protected]. If you are unhappy with the answer you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Children and age rules
The site collects nothing from readers of any age. The hosts of the games set their own rules. Poki named 16 in the text we were shown, and CrazyGames names 13. What we found for each game is on its fact card and on the house rules page.