The Run In

The Run In ("the game", "we", "us") is a free browser football/relegation-survival game available at therunin.app. This policy explains what information the game and this site collect, why, and what choices you have. It's written for this specific site — it isn't a generic template.

We're a small, independent, UK-based project. If anything here is unclear, email soccerstudiosuk@gmail.com and we'll do our best to help.

1. Information we collect

Game progress (stored on your device only)

The Run In doesn't use accounts, logins, or a server-side database. Your daily results, stats and "Manager's Ledger" history are saved using your browser's local storage (under the key dailyRelegation.v1), directly on your own device. This data never leaves your device, is never transmitted to us, and we have no way to see it. It stays there until you clear it via your browser settings.

Information collected automatically by hosting infrastructure

Like effectively any website, when you load therunin.app our hosting/content-delivery provider (Cloudflare) automatically processes standard technical data to serve the page and keep it secure — things like your IP address, approximate location derived from it, browser type, device type, and request timestamps. We don't use this for tracking or profiling; it's the ordinary operation of serving a web page, retained briefly by Cloudflare per their own practices.

Advertising and analytics

The Run In displays advertising, served via Google AdSense, to help cover hosting costs. As part of that:

• Google and its advertising partners set cookies or use similar technologies on this site to serve ads, measure their performance, and limit how often you see the same ad.
• This may involve Google or its partners collecting data such as your device identifiers, approximate location (from your IP address), browser/device information, and interactions with ads, in order to serve ads (including, potentially, personalised ads based on your activity on this and other sites).
• You can find out how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and control the personalised ads you see across the web at adssettings.google.com.

If we make material changes to how advertising works on this site, we'll update this policy and our Cookie Policy to match.

2. How we use information

The limited data described above is used only to: run and secure the site (via our hosting provider), let the game function and remember your progress on your own device, and to serve and measure advertising. We do not sell any information, and we don't otherwise attempt to identify individual visitors.

3. Cookies

The game itself doesn't set cookies directly (it uses local storage instead, described above) — advertising cookies are set by Google, separately. See our Cookie Policy for full details on the cookies advertising sets.

4. Sharing of information

We don't share, sell, or rent any personal information to third parties. The only third parties who process any data in connection with this site are: our hosting/CDN provider (Cloudflare), and Google and its advertising partners, strictly for the purposes described above.

5. Children's privacy

The Run In is a general-audience football game and is not directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. Advertising on the site is configured in line with applicable requirements for any traffic that may include children (for example, Google's rules for treating sites and users as child-directed where relevant).

6. International visitors

This site is operated from the United Kingdom but is accessible globally. Wherever you're visiting from, the limited technical data described above may be processed on servers outside your own country — for example, on Cloudflare's global network, and Google's advertising infrastructure — as part of normal internet operation.

7. Your rights

Because we don't collect or hold personal data about you beyond the routine technical data described above (which we don't tie to your identity), there's generally nothing for us to look up, correct or delete on request. Where UK GDPR does apply to any data we do process, you have the right to ask for access to, correction of, or deletion of your data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to data portability. You can contact us at soccerstudiosuk@gmail.com with any such request, and you also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll update the "Last updated" date above when we do, and reflect any significant changes in the Cookie Policy too.

9. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data? Email soccerstudiosuk@gmail.com, or see our Contact page.

This page explains the cookies and similar storage technologies used on therunin.app, what they're for, and how you can control them.

1. Cookies vs. local storage

A "cookie" is a small file a website asks your browser to store, usually sent back to the site on later visits. "Local storage" is a similar browser feature, but — unlike a cookie — it is never automatically sent over the network; it just sits in your browser until a site reads it, and it's only accessible to the site that created it. We call out the distinction because The Run In's own game data uses local storage rather than cookies — section 3 below covers the separate cookies Google sets here for advertising.

2. What we currently store

The Run In doesn't currently set any cookies. It stores one item of local storage on your device, purely to run the game:

3. Cookies set by advertising

The Run In displays advertising via Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners set their own cookies on this site — for example, to serve ads, measure how they perform, and limit repeat impressions. Typical examples Google uses across sites that show its ads include:

The exact cookies, names and durations are controlled by Google's own systems and can change — see Google's own explanation at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies. You can control ad cookies through your browser settings and the opt-outs listed in section 4 below, and we'll update this page and the table above if the details change.

4. Managing cookies and local storage

You're always in control of cookies and local storage through your own browser:

• Most browsers let you view, block, or delete cookies and site data for individual sites via their privacy/security settings.
• You can clear this site's local storage (including your saved game progress) by clearing site data for therunin.app in your browser settings.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising from Google specifically at adssettings.google.com, and from participating companies generally via youronlinechoices.com.

Note that blocking local storage entirely will stop the game from remembering your progress between visits.

5. Changes to this policy

We'll update this page whenever what we store changes. Check the "Last updated" date above.

6. Contact us

Questions about cookies or this policy? Email soccerstudiosuk@gmail.com. See also our Privacy Policy.

These terms cover your use of The Run In, the browser game at therunin.app ("the game", "the site"). By playing the game or otherwise using the site, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

1. What The Run In is

The Run In is a free, single-player browser game about managing a football club's fight against relegation over a run-in of matches. It runs entirely in your browser — no account or sign-up is required, and your progress is stored on your own device (see our Privacy Policy).

2. Who can use it

The game is intended for a general audience and isn't directed at children under 13. If you're under the age required to agree to terms like these in your country, please only use the site with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

3. Acceptable use

When using the site, please don't:

• Attempt to disrupt, overload, or gain unauthorised access to the site, its code, or its infrastructure;
• Scrape, copy, decompile, reverse-engineer, or redistribute the game or its underlying code except as permitted by applicable law;
• Use the site for any unlawful purpose, or in a way that could damage, disable or impair it for other players;
• Misrepresent your affiliation with the game, or use it to distribute malware or spam.

4. Intellectual property

The Run In — including its name, design, artwork, game mechanics as implemented, and underlying code — is the property of its developer, except where third-party components (such as fonts loaded from Google Fonts) are used under their own licences. You may play the game for personal, non-commercial enjoyment. You may not copy, modify, or redistribute the game or its code for commercial purposes without permission.

5. No warranty

The game is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We don't guarantee the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at all times — it's a small, independently run project, and things can occasionally break, change, or go offline, including permanently.

6. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss or damage arising from your use of, or inability to use, the site — this is a free game, not a commercial service with guaranteed uptime or support. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded (for example, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud).

7. Advertising and third parties

The site displays advertising via Google AdSense (see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy for details). Where the site links to or displays content from third parties (including ad networks), we aren't responsible for that third-party content, and your use of it may be subject to that third party's own terms.

8. Changes to the game or these terms

We may update, change, suspend, or discontinue the game or any part of it at any time, and may update these terms from time to time — for example, as the game evolves. We'll update the "Last updated" date above when we do. Continuing to use the site after changes take effect means you accept the updated terms.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer protections that may apply in your own country of residence.

10. Contact us

Questions about these terms? Email soccerstudiosuk@gmail.com, or see our Contact page.

For questions, feedback, bug reports, or enquiries about The Run In:

We read every message, though as a small independent project we can't always promise a fast reply. See also our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Terms of Use.