**Last Updated:** May 20, 2026

Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the limited technical data processed by Discord Connections (the "Activity") to deliver the puzzle matrix and evaluate your selections during active gameplay.

## 1. Core Principles & Data Minimization
This Activity is designed in strict accordance with data minimization principles:
* **No Personal Data Collection:** This Activity does not collect, track, store, or transmit any personally identifiable information (PII), including your real name, email address, physical location, phone number, or biometric data.
* **No Account Creation:** Users are not required to create an account, register profiles, or provide credentials to interact with the game.
* **No Persistent Database Tracking:** Historical gameplay sessions, user configuration preferences, or incorrect word combinations are processed in real-time and are **not** logged persistently in a backend user database.

## 2. Information Processed In Real-Time
To render the game mechanics functional within Discord's embedded sandbox framework, our systems handle the following volatile information:
* **Gameplay Validations:** When you select exactly four word cards and submit a guess, those four data points are transmitted as a secure network packet to our cloud backend server (`Render`) to check for a category match. This request is validated instantly in memory, and the server does not store or log your specific guess parameters after returning the response payload.
* **Standard Server Infrastructure Logs:** Our cloud hosting platform (`Render`) automatically records standard, non-identifiable web telemetry data (such as incoming IP addresses, request timestamps, and routing paths) to monitor infrastructure health, prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and maintain server stability. These infrastructure logs are automatically rotated and deleted by the host provider.

## 3. Third-Party Services & Frame Architecture
This Activity operates as an iframe embedded directly inside the Discord desktop and mobile applications. Data transmission and asset delivery are supported by the following third-party platforms, whose privacy policies govern their respective environments:
* **Discord:** Powers the sandboxed iframe runtime engine and application connection layer.
* **Vercel:** Hosts and serves the compiled front-end user interface files and visual assets.
* **Render:** Hosts and compiles the backend API web service handling the game matrix array.

## 4. Data Encryption & Security
All network traffic traveling between your local Discord client app, the Vercel CDN, and the Render backend cluster utilizes standard secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) encryption layer. This prevents unauthorized interception or tampering of data packets moving through the proxy mapping networks.

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**Contact Information:** For any data privacy inquiries, documentation compliance requests, or support issues, please contact the developer, **Akhult1**, through your verified Discord interface.
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