Privacy Policy

Information stored on your device

Solo challenge progress, daily guesses, cry progress, type-lab progress, trainer XP, levels, badges, Pokémon discoveries, sound and motion preferences, and a multiplayer reconnect token are stored in your browser’s local storage. This lets the site continue a game without creating an account.

Starting over replaces that challenge’s saved run. Trainer progress remains until you clear site data, use browser controls to remove it, or the browser removes it. ShadowDex does not receive trainer or solo progress merely because it is saved locally.

Temporary multiplayer data

When you create or join a lobby, ShadowDex processes the trainer name you enter, lobby code, game settings, answers, scores, timestamps, and a cryptographically generated player token. Do not use a real full name or other personal information as a trainer name.

This information is used to synchronize the match. Lobby records and answers expire four hours after the lobby is created and are removed during normal cleanup. ShadowDex does not provide public profiles, public chat, or a searchable lobby directory.

Advertising, cookies, and consent

ShadowDex uses one manually placed Google AdSense banner within each of its four original long-form learning guides. Advertising is not placed on the homepage, game and challenge screens, multiplayer lobbies, results, reviews, loading or error states, the guide directory, or the site’s trust and policy pages.

Automatic AdSense placements are disabled during policy review so an advertisement cannot be inserted into an excluded game or navigation screen. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies on monetized guides to deliver, measure, personalize, or limit advertising according to your region and consent choices.

Where personalized advertising is permitted by your consent choices and applicable settings, cookies can help Google and other advertising partners choose ads using previous visits to ShadowDex and other websites. Other ad networks participating in Google’s advertising services may also use cookies for this purpose.

Where required, Google’s consent message provides options to consent, reject, or manage advertising choices. You can opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings and manage participating third-party companies’ interest-based advertising through WebChoices. These controls do not necessarily remove all ads. Use the links below to review those choices and Google’s explanation of advertising technologies; browser settings also let you manage cookies.

Server and security information

Like most hosted websites, infrastructure providers may process routine request information such as IP address, browser type, requested URL, timestamps, and security logs to deliver the site, prevent abuse, and diagnose failures.

ShadowDex does not ask for payment information, precise location, government identifiers, passwords, or Pokémon account credentials.

Your choices and contact

You can clear local game data in your browser, decline optional advertising consent where offered, or contact hello@shadowdex.ca with a privacy question. Because solo progress has no account identifier and normally never leaves the device, the ShadowDex Team may be unable to recover or identify it.

This policy will be updated when data practices materially change. The updated date at the top of the page indicates the current version.