Privacy
Last updated 1 October 2026 · applies to the Lantern Alley web app and this website.
Lantern Alley has no accounts and does not ask who you are. Here is everything it keeps and everything it sends.
Kept on your device
Your progress — words learned, money, your home, settings — is saved in your browser's local storage on your device. It is not sent to us. Clearing your browser data, or using Menu → Start over, deletes it. Export save makes a file only you hold.
Sent when you post feedback
When you post on the feedback board (or from the game's Feedback button), we store:
- Shown publicly on the board: the kind of post, your message, the name you chose (if any), the game build, and the date.
- Kept private: the email you entered (if any), used only to invite you to test the Android or iPhone app; and a scrambled, daily-changing code derived from your internet address, used only to stop one device posting too fast. Your internet address itself is not stored.
Posts are stored with Cloudflare (our host), in a database only we can access. We may hide posts that are abusive, spam, or contain personal details. To have a post or your email removed, ask on the feedback board and say which post — we will remove it.
Optional anonymous test data
Test builds of the game can send anonymous progress events (for example "finished the Entrance") so we can see where players get stuck. These never include your answers, never record your screen, and are not tied to who you are. They can be turned off in the game under Menu → About. When this is switched on, the events go to PostHog, an analytics service. In the current build it is not active.
Other services the pages load
- Google Fonts supplies the typefaces, so your browser contacts Google when a page first loads (as with most websites).
- Cloudflare hosts the site and, like any web host, briefly processes connection details to deliver pages.
Kon's voice and all game audio are recorded files that ship with the game; nothing you say or type is sent anywhere to be spoken.
Children
Lantern Alley is a language-learning game for teenagers and adults studying for JLPT N2. It does not ask for anyone's age or identity. Please do not include personal details in feedback posts.
Changes and contact
If this changes, we will update this page and its date. Questions or removal requests: post on the feedback board.