Last updated: October 2026

This privacy policy explains how the Cup and Counter website (cupandcounter.com), operated by Little Big Byte, handles information when you visit. It also covers the optional Twitch integration in the Cup and Counter game (see Twitch Integration in the Game).

What We Collect

We use Google Analytics, provided by Google LLC, to understand how visitors find and use this site.

If you are in Europe, Google Analytics only runs if you agree to it. This covers the European Union, the wider European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The first time you visit, a banner asks whether you accept it. Until you choose Accept, Google Analytics is not loaded at all and nothing about your visit is sent to Google. If you choose Reject, or simply ignore the banner, it stays that way.

Everywhere else, Google Analytics runs by default, and you can turn it off.

We decide whether to ask from your device’s time zone setting, which is checked on your device and never sent to us. If it is set to a European time zone, or one we cannot place, we ask.

Whichever applies, you can change your mind at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of the page. Choosing Reject stops Google Analytics and deletes its cookies from your browser.

When it runs, Google Analytics sets cookies on your device (see Cookies) and sends Google information such as the pages you view, the site that referred you, your browser and device type, and an approximate location derived from your IP address. Google Analytics does not log or store IP addresses. We have turned off Google’s advertising features for our analytics, so this information is not used to personalise ads. Google may process this information in the United States and other countries where it operates. See Google’s privacy policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

The information Google Analytics collects about your individual visits is deleted automatically after 14 months. Totals built from it, such as the number of visitors in a month, are kept after that, and cannot be traced back to you. It is tied to a random identifier in the cookies, not to your name or email address, so we have no way to look it up for you by either.

We do not run any other analytics, tracking scripts or advertising pixels. We previously used Plausible Analytics, a cookie-free tool that we hosted ourselves. It is no longer used.

Cookies

The only cookies we set are Google Analytics cookies. In Europe they are set only if you accept them; elsewhere they are set unless you turn Google Analytics off (see What We Collect). There are two: _ga, and a second whose name begins with _ga_. They let Google Analytics tell a returning visitor from a new one, and they last for up to two years unless you delete them or withdraw consent. We do not use advertising cookies of any kind.

Once you accept or reject Google Analytics, we remember your choice on your own device, using your browser’s built-in storage rather than a cookie, so that it applies across the site and the banner does not ask again on every page. It is not sent to us or used to identify or track you, and it is removed if you clear your browser’s stored data for this site.

This site is also served through Cloudflare, which may set functional cookies for security and performance purposes (such as bot protection). These are strictly necessary for the site to be delivered reliably and securely. You can read more in Cloudflare’s privacy policy.

This site also embeds a YouTube video. We embed it through youtube-nocookie.com, so YouTube (owned by Google) does not set cookies unless you press play. You can read more in Google’s privacy policy.

The homepage embeds a Steam store widget, served by Valve Corporation. Because the widget loads as part of the page, Valve may set cookies and receive your IP address and browser information when the page opens, without any interaction from you. The widget is not loaded on smaller screens, where a plain link to the Steam store page is shown instead. You can read more in Valve’s privacy policy.

Third-Party Services

This site loads resources from the following third-party services:

  • Cloudflare: used to host and deliver this website. Privacy policy.
  • Google Analytics (googletagmanager.com): used to understand how visitors use this site, as described in What We Collect. In Europe, only for visitors who accept it. Privacy policy.
  • YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com): used to embed the game trailer on the homepage. Privacy policy.
  • Steam (store.steampowered.com): used to embed the store widget on the homepage. Privacy policy.

This site contains links to external services including:

  • Steam (store.steampowered.com): Valve Corporation’s privacy policy applies when you visit their store page.
  • Twitter / X (x.com): X Corp’s privacy policy applies.
  • Facebook (facebook.com): Meta’s privacy policy applies.
  • Instagram (instagram.com): Meta’s privacy policy applies.
  • YouTube (youtube.com): Google’s privacy policy applies.
  • TikTok (tiktok.com): ByteDance’s privacy policy applies.
  • Google Drive (drive.google.com): Google’s privacy policy applies when you access the press kit.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites.

Twitch Integration in the Game

Cup and Counter can optionally connect to Twitch, provided by Twitch Interactive, Inc., so that streamers can let their viewers take part in the game from chat. This section explains what happens when you use it. If you never connect a Twitch account, the game does not contact Twitch and none of this applies.

What the game receives from Twitch. When a streamer connects their Twitch account, Twitch asks them to approve the connection and shows exactly which permissions the game is requesting. Once approved, the game receives:

  • The streamer’s Twitch username, display name and user ID, so it knows which channel to connect to.
  • An access token that lets the game act within the permissions the streamer approved. The game never sees the streamer’s Twitch password.
  • Messages posted in the streamer’s chat while the game is connected, including each chatter’s username and display name.
  • Activity on the streamer’s channel while the game is connected, including the username and display name of the person involved:
    • raids, including the raiding channel and how many viewers it brought;
    • subscriptions and gifted subscriptions, including the tier and any message attached;
    • Bits cheers, including the amount and any message attached;
    • hype trains, including their level, progress and top contributors;
    • channel point redemptions, including the reward chosen and any text the viewer entered;
    • polls, including the options and vote totals.

How it is used. The game uses this information only to run the Twitch features while you play, such as showing chatters’ names in the game, responding to chat commands, celebrating raids, subscriptions, Bits and hype trains in the game, letting viewers spend channel points on in-game effects, and running polls that let viewers vote on what happens in the game. To run polls, the game creates and ends them on the streamer’s channel with the streamer’s permission. Viewers who chat, subscribe, cheer, raid or redeem channel points in a channel where the game is connected may see their username appear on stream. The game receives only vote totals from polls, not how any individual viewer voted.

Where it is kept. All of this is handled by the game on the streamer’s own computer. It is not sent to Little Big Byte, and we do not run any server that receives Twitch data. Chat messages, channel activity and viewer names are used while the game is running and are not saved after you quit, except where a name is kept as part of your save file (for example, a regular customer named after a viewer). The access token is stored on the streamer’s computer so the game can reconnect next time, until the streamer disconnects Twitch in the game’s settings.

Sharing. We do not sell, rent or share Twitch data with anyone, and we do not use it for advertising or to build profiles of streamers or viewers.

Your choices.

  • Streamers can disconnect Twitch at any time from the game’s settings, which deletes the stored access token from their computer. They can also revoke the game’s access from the Connections page in their Twitch settings.
  • Deleting a save file removes any viewer names stored in it.
  • Viewers who do not want their name to appear can avoid chatting in a channel that is using the integration, or ask the streamer to remove them. Because we never receive Twitch data, we hold nothing about you to look up or delete, but you are welcome to contact us with any questions.

Twitch’s own handling of your information is covered by the Twitch Privacy Notice, and use of Twitch is subject to the Twitch Terms of Service.

Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact us at:

Little Big Byte
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
contact@littlebigbyte.com

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will reflect any changes.