The short version
The LAX JAM app collects no personal data. There are no accounts, ads or in-app purchases, and no tracking across other apps. To see how the game is played, the app sends anonymous usage events (no name, email or advertising ID), and you can turn that off in SETTINGS → SHARE USAGE. Your settings and progress stay on your device.
This website collects one thing on purpose: the email address you give us to hear about the launch. We use it only to email you about LAX JAM, we never sell it, and you can have it deleted at any time.
Who we are
LAX JAM is an independent arcade lacrosse game. It is made and published by Forecheck LLC (doing business as Forecheck Games), a Utah company, which is responsible for the information described here. In this policy "LAX JAM", "we", "us" and "our" mean Forecheck LLC as the developer and publisher of the LAX JAM game and the operator of PlayLaxJam.com. This policy covers the LAX JAM app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android (including beta versions distributed through TestFlight and Google Play testing) and the website at playlaxjam.com.
Questions about privacy go to jordan@playlaxjam.com.
The LAX JAM app
What the app collects
Nothing that identifies you. The app does not ask you to create an account, does not show ads, does not include advertising SDKs, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites. It does not use your camera, microphone, photos, contacts or location.
Anonymous usage events
To learn how the game is played (which modes people choose, how far they get, and whether games are balanced), the app sends short usage events to PostHog, an analytics service, for example "a game started in International Cup mode" or "a game ended 7–5". Each event carries a random ID made for this install of the app, the app version, the device model, the operating system version, the language and region setting, and the screen size. It never carries your name, email address, contacts, location or an advertising identifier, and the random ID isn't linked to you or to anything outside the app.
You can turn this off at any time in SETTINGS → SHARE USAGE. Once it's off, the app sends nothing more.
What stays on your device
The game saves your settings (for example sound, controls and difficulty) and your progress and records (for example International Cup results and unlocked Superstars) in the app's own storage on your device. That data isn't sent to us. It is removed when you delete the app. On Apple devices it syncs between your own devices through your iCloud account, and it may be included in your iCloud or device backups under Apple's terms. On Android it may be included in your device's own backup to your Google account (Android Auto Backup) under Google's terms. We can't see any of it.
Purchases
LAX JAM is a paid app with no in-app purchases. The purchase is handled by Apple through the App Store or by Google through Google Play. We never see your payment details. The stores give developers sales reports that don't identify individual buyers.
Crash reports and diagnostics from Apple
If you have turned on sharing with app developers in your device settings, Apple may send us crash reports and usage statistics that Apple collects. Apple anonymizes this data before we receive it, and we use it only to fix bugs and improve performance. You can turn it off at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Analytics & Improvements.
Beta testing through TestFlight
If you test a beta version, Apple's TestFlight service may share with us the name and email address you used to join (when you were invited by email), the device model and system version, crash logs, and any screenshots and feedback you choose to send. We use this only to run the beta and fix problems, and we delete tester details when the beta programme ends or when you ask. Apple's handling of TestFlight data is covered by Apple's own privacy policy.
Online play
Online games (where available) run through Epic Online Services, Epic Games' free service for multiplayer games. To join a lobby the app signs in silently and anonymously with an identifier Epic creates for this device; there's no Epic account, email or password. Other players see only a generated player name, never your real name, and there's no chat. Epic processes the connection and the device identifier to run the match, under Epic's own privacy policy. You can skip online play entirely; everything else works offline.
This website
PlayLaxJam.com sets no cookies, shows no ads and loads no third-party trackers, analytics, fonts or embeds. Everything on the page comes from our own site.
The site is hosted by Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare processes technical information to deliver the site and protect it from attacks, including your IP address, browser type and the pages you request. Cloudflare may keep this information in short-lived logs for security and reliability. We don't use it to identify you.
The launch email list
When you enter your email address in a "Get updates" form, we store:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your email address | To email you when LAX JAM launches and, now and then before that, with news about the game. |
| The date and time you signed up, and which form you used | To keep a record of your consent. |
| Your country, as estimated by Cloudflare from your connection | To time launch emails for different regions. We don't store your city or precise location. |
| A one-way scrambled code (a salted hash) made from your IP address | To stop the same connection from submitting the form over and over. We never store the IP address itself, and the code can't be turned back into it. |
Our legal basis for this, where the law asks for one (for example in the UK and European Union), is your consent. You can withdraw it at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any email we send or by emailing jordan@playlaxjam.com.
We will not sell, rent or trade your email address, and we won't use it for anything other than news about LAX JAM.
Who we share information with
We share information only with service providers that help us run LAX JAM, only as much as they need, and only under agreements that require them to protect it:
- Cloudflare hosts the website and stores the email list.
- An email delivery service. When we send launch emails we may use an email service provider to deliver them on our behalf. It receives your email address only to send our messages.
- PostHog receives the anonymous usage events described above.
- Epic Games runs online play through Epic Online Services.
- Apple and Google distribute the app and process purchases, crash reports and beta-testing feedback as described above.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect the rights, safety or property of our players or others, or as part of a sale or reorganization of the LAX JAM business, in which case this policy continues to apply to your information.
We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
How long we keep it
We keep your email address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, or until we stop sending LAX JAM news, whichever comes first. When you unsubscribe we delete your address, or keep only the minimum needed to make sure we don't email you again. The rate-limiting code is kept with your signup record and deleted with it.
Your rights and choices
Wherever you live, you can ask us to:
- tell you whether we hold information about you and give you a copy;
- correct it;
- delete it;
- stop emailing you.
Depending on where you live (for example the UK, the European Economic Area, or US states such as California), you may have further rights, including to object to or restrict how we use your information, to data portability, and to complain to your local data protection authority. We will not treat you differently for using any of these rights.
To use any of them, email jordan@playlaxjam.com from the address you signed up with. We'll reply within 30 days.
Because the app keeps your game data only on your device, you can delete all of it yourself by deleting the app. The usage events aren't linked to you, so we can't pick out yours by name or email; turning off SHARE USAGE stops any more from being sent, and deleting the app removes its random ID for good.
Children
The LAX JAM app doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children; its usage events are anonymous and not linked to anyone. The website's email list is meant for people aged 13 and over (or the minimum age for consent in your country), and we don't knowingly collect email addresses from younger children. If you believe a child has signed up, email us and we'll delete the address.
Security
The site is served only over encrypted HTTPS connections. The email list is stored in Cloudflare's infrastructure, and access to it is limited to the LAX JAM team. No system is perfectly secure, but we keep what we collect small so there's little to protect.
International transfers
LAX JAM is run from the United States, and our service providers (Cloudflare, PostHog and Epic Games) operate data centres in the United States and around the world. Your information may therefore be processed outside your country. Where the law requires it, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as our service providers' standard contractual clauses, for these transfers.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy we'll update the date at the top. If a change affects how we use information you've already given us, we'll tell you by email or in the app before it takes effect.
Contact us
Email jordan@playlaxjam.com with any question about this policy or your information.