⚽ RETRO GAFFER

Privacy

Last updated: 2 July 2026

The short version: Retro Gaffer has no ads and needs no account or email to play. We use Google Analytics to understand how the game is played — but only if you accept it on the consent banner; decline and it never loads. Your game saves on your own device, and anything sent for the optional online features is tied to a random anonymous ID, never your name or email.

What's stored on your device

Retro Gaffer is a browser game. To let you pick up where you left off, it saves data in your browser's local storage — this stays on your device and we can't read it:

Your career / squad / progress (your autosave).
Settings & preferences (e.g. sound on/off, whether you've seen the tutorial).
A random anonymous ID for online play (a string like g-xxxx) — not linked to your identity.
Your cloud-save key (if you use cloud backup) so this device can re-sync its backup.
Your analytics choice (accept or decline) — and, only if you accept, the cookies Google Analytics sets.

You can clear all of it any time by clearing this site's data in your browser. (Heads-up: that also deletes your local save — so back it up first if you want to keep it.)

What's stored on our servers

Nothing is sent to our servers unless you use an optional online feature. When you do, we store the minimum needed to make it work, keyed by your random anonymous ID (with automatic expiry):

Online leagues, quick challenges & matchmaking — your chosen squad (as a game code), match results, and your anonymous ID, so opponents can play the fixture.
Ranked ladder — your anonymous ID, a club name you choose, and your rating/results.
Cloud save — a copy of your save, stored under a key so you can restore it on another device or after your browser clears its data. If you use a passphrase, it's turned into a key on your device — your username and passphrase are never sent to or stored by us.

None of this requires your real name, email, or any sign-up. Club/manager names are whatever you type in — please don't put personal information there.

Analytics & cookies

We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how the game is played — which features get used, where people drop off — so we can improve it. It only loads if you tap Accept on the consent banner; if you Decline, it never loads and sets no analytics cookies. When it's enabled, Google sets cookies and receives anonymous usage data (screens viewed, rough region, device/browser type), handled under Google's privacy policy. You can change your mind any time by clearing this site's data, and browser privacy settings or ad-blockers that block Google Analytics are respected automatically.

We run no ads, we don't sell or share your data, and we use no other third-party trackers. Apart from Google Analytics (only with your consent) and the online features above, the only network calls the game makes are to our own services and your browser fetching the game itself.

Children

Retro Gaffer is suitable for general audiences and doesn't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. Since no account or personal data is required to play, there's nothing to collect.

Your control

Delete local data: clear this site's storage in your browser settings.
Cloud save: a backup expires automatically if unused, and backing up again overwrites it.

Changes

If this policy changes, we'll update it here and bump the date above. Material changes will be noted on the updates page.