Privacy Policy

Last updated: 31 October 2026

Pixel World Canvas is made by Pilot Studios ("we"). This page says what we store about you, why, and what you can do about it.

What we store

• From Discord, when you open the game or sign in with Discord on the website: your Discord user id and display name. Inside Discord, also the list of servers you are in and whether you can manage them, so your pixels count for the right server and server admins get moderation tools. We do not get your email address, messages or voice.
• From Google, if you sign in with Google on the website: your Google account id, first name and profile picture address (the picture is shown only to you, in the corner of the screen). We do not get your email address. A Google sign-in is a separate player from a Discord sign-in.
• From playing: every pixel you place (position, colour, time), your paint charges, coin balance, shop items, protected plots, custom colours, templates you share, where you last were on the map, and reports you file.
• Purchases: what you bought, when, the amount, and whether it was refunded or disputed. Inside Discord this comes from Discord's purchase records. On the website, Stripe processes the payment and we receive the payment's id, amount and status. We never see or store card details.
• Moderation: art that was hidden or reported, with who painted and who reported it, so decisions can be reviewed and undone.
• Analytics: events such as "joined", "painted" or "bought", stored with ids only (your Discord id, no names, no email, no IP address), plus whether you play on Discord or the website, on desktop or phone. We use them to count players and see what works.
• Server logs: your IP address is used briefly for rate limits and abuse protection and kept only in short-lived logs.

To pick where you start on the map, your browser sends its time zone and language; we use them once and don't store them.

Who sees it

Other players never see who painted a pixel or from which server: they see only when it was painted. Moderators (server admins on their own server's canvas, and our moderators on the World map) can see who painted art they are reviewing. We don't sell or rent your data and don't use it for advertising.

Services we use: Discord (sign-in, purchases inside Discord), Google (optional website sign-in), Stripe (website payments), OVH (our server, in the US), OpenFreeMap (map tiles; inside Discord they load through Discord's proxy).

Cookies and local storage

Only what the game needs; no advertising or tracking cookies.

• pc-session: keeps you signed in on the website (30 days). pc-oauth-state: protects the sign-in step (10 minutes).
• pm-guest (cookie and local storage): a random id for guest play on test versions of the game.
• Local storage: your last place on the map, your selected colour and your template settings, so the game opens where you left it. While you sign in, it also keeps where you were for up to 15 minutes, so you come back to the same spot, and when the "Sign in to paint" note was last shown, so it shows at most once a day.

Children

You must be at least 13, or older where your country's law or your Discord or Google account requires it. The game is not made for younger children and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you think a child under 13 is playing, email us and we will delete the account's data.

How long we keep it

Pixels and pixel history: while the canvas exists. Purchase records: as long as tax and accounting law requires. Analytics: kept in summary form; raw events may be deleted sooner. Hidden art: kept for review and legal reasons.

Your choices and rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, or for it to be deleted, at pixelcanvas-support@googlegroups.com. When we delete an account, its pixels stay on the map but are no longer linked to you, and its coin balance is removed; purchase records the law makes us keep stay until we may delete them. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California) you may have further rights; email us and we will help.

Changes and contact

We update this page when what we store changes; the date above says when. Contact: pixelcanvas-support@googlegroups.com