Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 27, 2026

This policy explains what data the game Tebing and this website use, why, and what choices you have. By playing Tebing, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Summary

• Tebing doesn't need an account and never asks for your real name, email, or phone number.
• Game progress is stored on your own device. The only thing sent to our server is world ranking scores (nickname, score, and a random ID), and you can turn that off.
• Online versus mode uses some third-party services to connect players. These services process your IP address.
• Tebing may show ads from Google. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads.

2. Data stored on your device

Tebing stores the following in your browser's local storage (localStorage):

• completed levels, stars, best times, and height records;
• daily challenge results and your streak;
• the Endless high score list;
• style choices (helmet, shirt, rope colors) and unlocked items;
• best-run ghost recordings (your fastest climb on each level);
• daily missions, badges, and game statistics (such as holds grabbed and meters climbed);
• language, sound, vibration, ghost, and world ranking settings;
• your nickname and random ID for the world ranking.

This data is not sent to our server, except the world ranking scores described in section 4. The game also keeps a copy of its files on your device (a service worker) so it can be played offline. You can delete all of it at any time by clearing the site's data in your browser settings, or by uninstalling the installed app.

3. Data we don't collect

We don't collect real names, email addresses (unless you email us yourself), location, contacts, or any other personal data. Tebing currently uses no analytics services.

4. World ranking

If World ranking is on in Settings (it is on by default), Tebing sends the following to our leaderboard server after you set a daily challenge time record or finish an Endless run:

• the nickname shown on the board (by default Climber plus a random number; you can change it);
• the score (time or height), number of falls, play time, and which board it is for (date or week);
• a random ID created on your device so your score can be updated. This ID contains no personal data and is never shown to other players.

The leaderboard server runs on Cloudflare (Cloudflare Workers and the D1 database). To prevent spam, your IP address is used briefly to limit how often scores can be sent. Only a one-way random fingerprint of the IP address, which changes every day, is stored, and that record is deleted within two hours. Scores are deleted automatically after 60 days. Your nickname is visible to all players, so don't use your real name if you don't want to be recognized. You can turn off score sending in Settings at any time, or ask us to delete your scores by email, quoting your nickname.

5. Online versus mode

To connect players in a room, Tebing uses these services:

• PeerJS (the peerjs.com signaling server), to introduce the players' devices to each other;
• STUN servers from Google and Cloudflare, to find a direct connection route;
• Cloudflare TURN, to relay data when the network doesn't allow direct connections;
• public MQTT brokers (HiveMQ, EMQX, and Eclipse Mosquitto) as a backup route.

During a race, the only data sent is the room code, player number (P1–P10), and the climber's position and movement. No names, chat, or personal data. The services above process your IP address and technical connection data. On direct device-to-device connections, your IP address may also be visible to the devices of other players in the same room. If you don't want this, don't use online versus mode. Solo mode, the daily challenge, Endless, and versus against the computer don't use these services.

6. Ads and cookies

Tebing may show ads provided by Google (for example Google AdSense) to support development of the game.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
• How Google uses data from sites that use its services is explained on this Google policy page.

Visitors from the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland will be asked for consent to advertising cookies through a consent form before personalized ads are shown.

Rewarded ads only play when you choose them yourself, for example to continue from where you fell or to unlock a style item. Tebing never shows ads in the middle of a versus race.

7. Sharing results

When you tap Share, the result card image is created on your own device and sent only through the app you choose, such as WhatsApp. If your device doesn't support sharing, the text and link are copied to the clipboard. We never receive a copy of what you share.

8. Hosting

This site is hosted by Cloudflare. Like almost every web server, the hosting provider may log technical request data (IP address, browser type, and access time) for security, attack protection, and service operation. Cloudflare may use technical cookies to tell visitors apart from bots; these cookies are not used for advertising.

9. Children

Tebing can be played by all ages, but it is not directed specifically at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are a parent or guardian and have questions, please contact us.

10. Your choices

• Clear the site's data in your browser to delete all saved progress.
• Turn off World ranking in Settings so no scores are sent, or ask us by email to delete your scores.
• Avoid online versus mode if you don't want your IP address processed by the connection services.
• Manage or turn off personalized ads in Google Ads Settings.

11. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated, for example when features or ad providers change. The date of the latest update is always shown at the top of this page.

12. Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to adeardian1994@gmail.com.