Last updated 9 November 2026
Rooted is made and run by Rodrigo Boaron Otero, an individual based in the UK. Contact: hello@rootedgame.app.
You can play without an account, and then your progress stays on your own device. If you choose to log in, we store your email and your game progress so it follows you to other devices. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies, and we don't sell or share your data.
When you log in with Google or an email link, we store your email address, your garden nickname and your game progress (scores, streak, best depths and unlocked packs). With Google, we only receive your email address and basic profile, never your password. We use this only to run your account. It's held by our database provider, Supabase, in its London data centre. Logging in keeps a small sign-in token in your browser's storage so you stay logged in. You can delete your account and everything stored with it any time from the Log in screen, and it's removed straight away (except purchase records, which we keep without your email for accounting).
To save your scores, streak, unlocked packs, settings and garden name, Rooted uses your browser's local storage. This stays on your device and is never sent to us. You can delete it any time with Settings › Reset my garden, or by clearing your browser data.
Our host, Cloudflare, receives your IP address and basic request details (like your browser type) when you load the game, to deliver the site and keep it secure. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits. It doesn't use cookies and doesn't identify you. The game's fonts load from Google Fonts, so Google also sees your IP address when the page loads.
If you email us, for example to report a missing answer, we use your email only to reply, and delete it when it's no longer needed.
Rooted is suitable for all ages and works fully without an account. Accounts are for players aged 13 and over; younger players can keep playing without one. We ask everyone to use a nickname, not their real name, for their garden.
Under UK data protection law, you can ask what we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Email us. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
If you use Friends, we create a friend code for you and store your nickname, who you're friends with, your daily scores and the results of challenges and races. Your friends can see your nickname, today's score, your garden stats (digs, streaks, deepest root, rare finds) and your win/loss record against them. While you're logged in, friends can see when you're online, and during a live race your current depth is sent to the other player. You can remove a friend any time from the Friends page.
To show the day's top dig, we store each player's first daily score with a random player ID, or your account if you're logged in. On its own it doesn't identify you.
Payments are processed by Stripe, which handles your card details under its own privacy policy; we never see them. We keep a record that your account bought Rooted Full, the amount, and the Stripe reference, so we can unlock it on your devices, handle refunds, and meet tax and accounting rules. We keep purchase records for as long as the law requires, even if you delete your account.
If we change how we use your information, we'll update this policy and the date at the top.