Privacy
Policy
Draft, pending legal review
Last updated: October 14, 2026
Homicide Unit (homicideunit.com) is a browser game based in Pennsylvania, in the United States. This policy explains what we collect when you use the site, why, and what you can ask us to do with it. Questions: support@homicideunit.com.
What we collect
- Your account: your email address, the username you choose and your password. We store passwords only in scrambled (hashed) form, so nobody here can read them.
- Your games: your case progress, notes, scores, and when you first opened each case. Your username and scores appear on public leaderboards. Your email never does.
- Purchases and pre-orders: what you bought, when, and the amount. Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card number; Stripe tells us the payment went through and the email used for it.
- Messages you send us: contact-form messages, help-chat conversations with Sgt. Ronpuski, and support emails.
- Email sign-ups: if you ask to hear about new cases, the email address you give.
- Technical data: your IP address and basic browser information, which our servers log to keep the site running and secure (for example, to limit repeated login attempts).
Cookies
We use one cookie to keep you signed in. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies. We count visits to our pages without cookies: to tell how many different people visited on a day, we use a scrambled code made from your IP address and browser with a secret that changes every day and is then deleted, so it can't be traced back to you. Stripe sets its own cookies during checkout to process payments and prevent fraud.
How we use it
- To run your account, save your games and show leaderboards.
- To process purchases, pre-orders and refunds.
- To answer your messages and send emails you need, such as password resets and receipts.
- To tell you about new cases, only if you asked to hear about them. Every such email has a way to stop them.
- To keep the site secure and working.
We don't sell your personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.
Who else handles it
We use a few service providers to run the site. They handle your information only to provide their service to us:
- Stripe for payments.
- Render, which hosts the site and its databases.
- Resend and our email provider, to send and receive email.
- Anthropic, which powers Sgt. Ronpuski's help chat. What you type in the chat is sent to Anthropic to write his replies.
We may also share information if the law requires it, or to protect players and the site from fraud or abuse.
How long we keep it
We keep your account information while your account is open. Purchase records are kept as long as tax and accounting rules require. If you ask us to delete your account, we delete or anonymize the rest.
Your choices and rights
You can ask us to show you, correct or delete your personal information, or to stop emailing you. Email support@homicideunit.com from the address on your account. Depending on where you live (for example California, the EU or the UK), you may have further rights under local law, and we'll honor them.
Children
Homicide Unit is rated Teen 13+ and is not meant for children under 13. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you think a child has given us information, email us and we'll delete it.
Security
We use encrypted connections, hashed passwords and limited access to keep your information safe. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a password you don't use anywhere else.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If the change is significant, we'll tell you by email or on the site.