Last updated 22 September 2026.
The controller for personal data processed through groveholt.com is the operator of groveholt.com. Contact: [email protected].
| Item | Why | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Naming you in the game | Until you delete the account |
| Email address | Identifying the account so you can log back in | Until you delete the account |
| Password hash | Letting you log in without us ever holding the password | Until you delete the account |
| Sign-up date | Support and abuse handling | Until you delete the account |
| Google account identifier | Only if you chose to sign in with Google, so we recognise you next time | Until you delete the account |
There is nothing beyond that table. No legal name, no address, no date of birth, no telephone number and no card details at any point, because this site sells nothing. Your password exists here only as a hash that cannot be turned back. We keep all of it to provide the account you asked for and for no other purpose. Deleting the account from your account page wipes the lot at once, with no waiting.
| Item | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Coin balance, level, missions, game settings | Continuing your game | Until you clear browser data |
| Age confirmation | Not asking again on every page | Until you clear browser data |
| Cookie choice | Remembering your consent | Until you clear browser data |
All of that lives on the device you are holding and is never sent on to us.
Signing in through Google is a convenience rather than a requirement; the email form does the same job. Use it and Google shows you the request to approve, then returns three things: a permanent identifier for your Google account, your email address, and your first name, which we propose as a nickname. That is the whole list. No contacts, no calendar, no Drive, no profile photo, no permission to act on your behalf, and no sight of your password. What Google does with the sign-in is a matter for Google's privacy policy.
We store the identifier, the email address and the nickname you confirm, and we store nothing else. Delete the account here and all three are gone at once. You can revoke our access whenever you want to, in "Third-party apps with account access" inside your Google account - the games are unaffected and you sign in by email and password after that. No Google script loads on these pages, so nothing is sent to Google unless you press the Google button. Lawful basis: performance of a contract.
Pick "Accept all" and we use Google Analytics and Google Ads tags to count visits and to find out whether an advert ended in play, for instance a first spin. Google gets your IP address, information about your device, and those events. Pick "Essential only" and the tags operate in consent mode, without cookies and without advertising identifiers. Lawful basis: consent.
Standard web-server request logs are retained for a short while by our host, for security. Basis: legitimate interests.
You may at any time see what we hold, have it corrected or erased, restrict or object to how it is processed, and withdraw consent. Deleting your account erases the account records immediately; clearing this site's data in your browser clears everything else. You can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca.
Grove Holt is an adults-only site, 19 and over. Coins are virtual, hold no monetary value and cannot be purchased, sold, withdrawn or exchanged. There is nothing to buy, no prize of real-world value, and what you manage here says nothing about real-money gambling.
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