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Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 2026

1. Who We Are

Bold Print Games is an independent game studio based in Bonn, Germany. We are the data controller for personal data processed through this website and our game Book Crawl.

Contact: contact@boldprintgames.com

2. This Website

  • Hosting. This website is hosted by Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.). When you visit, Cloudflare processes your IP address and technical request data (such as time, page and browser) to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. See cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
  • Newsletter. If you subscribe, your email address is stored and processed by Buttondown (Buttondown, LLC) and used only to send you our newsletter (game announcements, development updates). See buttondown.com/legal/privacy.
  • Book Crawl pages. The basket page (/bookcrawl/basket) loads book covers directly from Open Library (Internet Archive), so your browser sends your IP address to the Internet Archive. Fonts are hosted on this website itself. Book details on the basket page are fetched through our server from Open Library; the books in your basket are only part of the page address and are not stored by us.
  • Affiliate links. The basket page links to online shops. Some of these are affiliate links (for example Amazon, as a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, and Bookshop.org): if you buy through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. When you click such a link, the shop may set cookies to attribute the purchase; that is covered by the shop's own privacy policy (for Amazon: amazon.com/privacy).

We do not use tracking cookies, analytics scripts, or advertising on this website.

3. The Game: Book Crawl

Book Crawl has no accounts, and we do not collect or store personal data about players on our servers, except bug reports you choose to send (see below). Your reading history, favorites, shelves, store layouts and settings are saved only on your own device. To work, the game connects to the following services, which receive your IP address and the requests described:

  • Open Library (Internet Archive): book searches, book details and cover images.
  • Google Books: only when you open a book's preview, the preview is loaded from Google. See policies.google.com/privacy.
  • boldprint.games (hosted by Cloudflare): curated shelf lists and store posters.
  • Multiplayer: lobbies and connections between players run through PurrNet's services. Your player name, character look and in-game actions are shared with the other players in your game. Text and voice chat are sent live to the other players and are not stored by us.
  • Real weather (only if the host picks the "Real" weather option): your approximate location (roughly your city) is looked up from your IP address via freeipapi.com, and the rounded coordinates are sent to MET Norway (api.met.no) to get the local weather. The location is kept on your device for one day.
  • Your basket: when you check out, the game opens our basket page in your browser (see section 2).
  • Bug reports (only when you send one from the game's "Report a bug" dialog): your message, your email address if you enter one (so we can reply), the game version and basic system information (operating system, processor, memory, graphics card), your approximate country (from Cloudflare), and, if you leave "Include logs" on, the end of the game's log files, which can contain file paths on your computer. Reports are sent to boldprint.games and stored in a Cloudflare D1 database; we use them only to fix bugs. Your IP address is not stored with the report.
  • Steam: if you play the Steam version, Valve processes data under its own privacy policy.

4. Legal Basis

The newsletter is based on your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). Hosting this website and providing the game's features (book data, previews, multiplayer, weather) are based on our legitimate interest in offering them to you (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)). Bug reports are based on your choice to send them (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). We do not sell or share your data with anyone else.

5. How Long We Keep Your Data

Your email address is retained for as long as you remain subscribed to the newsletter. You can unsubscribe and have your data deleted at any time (see Section 6). Data stored by the game stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the game. Bug reports are deleted after 12 months, or earlier on request.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Restriction — request that we limit how we process your data.
  • Portability — request your data in a portable format.
  • Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw consent — you can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email, or by contacting us directly.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@boldprintgames.com.

7. Right to Lodge a Complaint

If you believe we are processing your data unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. In Germany, this is the data protection authority of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW): ldi.nrw.de.

8. Cookies

This website does not set tracking or advertising cookies itself (shops you visit through affiliate links may set their own, see section 2). No cookie consent banner is required.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the site evolves. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.