In one breath
- You never make an account. There's nothing to log into.
- Your display name, emoji and a random device id live in your browser — not on our servers.
- Rooms exist only in server memory while people are in them, then vanish.
- We don't run ads, and we never sell or rent your data. There's nothing to sell.
No account, ever
There is no sign-up, no login, no password, and no email required to use Person Picker. You open the site, start or join a room, and play. Because we never ask you to register, there's no profile, no account database, and no credentials for anyone to leak.
What's stored on your device
To save you retyping things every time, your browser remembers a few small values in its own localStorage. This data stays on your device and is not sent to us except as needed to place you in a room. Specifically:
- Your last-used display name and emoji avatar, so you're pre-filled next time.
- A random, anonymous device id that lets you rejoin a room after a refresh or a dropped connection. It isn't tied to your identity and doesn't follow you around the web.
- Your light or dark theme preference.
You can wipe all of it at any time by clearing your browser's site data for Person Picker. Nothing here is permanent, and none of it is a tracking cookie.
What happens inside a room
When you join a room, the name and emoji you chose are shared with the other players in that room — that's the whole point, so everyone can see who's in and watch the same pick land together. While a game is live, the room and its player list exist only in our server's memory. When the last person leaves, the room closes and its contents are gone. We don't archive rooms, transcripts, or results, and there's no history of who got picked.
No ads, no selling, minimal tracking
We don't show ads and we don't sell, rent, or trade any information about you. We aren't building advertising profiles. We may keep basic, aggregate operational logs (for example, error counts or how many rooms are active) to keep the service running and stop abuse, but these aren't used to identify or track individuals.
Classrooms and younger players
Person Picker is popular in classrooms, and it's built to be safe there: it collects no personal information, requires no account, and stores nothing after a room closes. Players only ever provide a display name and an emoji, which can be a nickname or anything you like — there's no need to use a real name.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change how this works, we'll update this page and move the "last updated" date above. Since the product is deliberately data-light, we don't expect that to happen often.
Questions?
Happy to answer them. Head to our contact page and send a note. This policy is written to be readable rather than scary — if anything here is unclear, tell us and we'll fix the wording.