Privacy policy
Last updated: 8 November 2026
This policy explains how Mikolaj Studios handles personal information when you use this website, mikolajstudios.com. Each of our games has its own privacy policy, linked from the game's page, because the games work separately from the website.
The short version
- We count visits to our pages so we can see which ones people like. We don't use cookies for this, and we can't tell who you are. You can turn it off. Your game progress stays the same.
- There are no advertising trackers, and no forms asking for personal details.
- The game on our home page saves your progress in your own browser. It never leaves your device.
- Our hosting company's servers see your IP address when they send you a page, as every website's servers do.
- If you email us, we use what you send only to reply to you.
- We don't sell your information, and we don't use it for advertising.
Who we are
Mikolaj Studios is a trading name of MD Digital Productions Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 13409273), with its registered office at 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX. We are the controller of the personal information described here, which means we decide how it's used. You can reach us at hello@mikolajstudios.com or on +44 20 8064 1188.
What we collect, and why
When you visit
The website is hosted by Vercel Inc. To send you each page and keep the site secure and working, Vercel's servers handle technical information about your visit: your IP address, the page you asked for, the time, your browser and device type, and the page that linked you here. Vercel handles this for us as our hosting provider, keeps its server logs for only a short time, and also followsits own privacy policy. We don't use this information to identify you, and we don't combine it with anything else.
Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running a website that is secure and works properly.
Counting visits
We count visits to our pages so we can see which ones people like. We don't use cookies for this, and we can't tell who you are.
- Vercel, who host our website, count visits for us.
- For each page view they note the page, the website you came from, your browser and type of device, and a rough location such as the country, worked out from your internet address.
- To avoid counting the same visit twice they use a scrambled code made from your connection, and throw it away after 24 hours.
- We only see totals, and we never use them for advertising.
- Our basis is our legitimate interest in improving the website. Vercel handles it only on our behalf.
- You can object at any time with the switch below, and we'll stop counting your visits on that browser.
We only count our own pages, never a page that doesn't exist, and we leave out anything after a ? or # in the address, because that can hold text someone typed. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, we don't count your visits. OurCookies page explains how your choice is remembered.
When you email us
If you email us (for example at hello@mikolajstudios.com, support@mikolajstudios.com or press@mikolajstudios.com), we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you write. We use it only to reply and to deal with your message, and we never add you to a mailing list. Our email is hosted by Hostinger.
Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in answering the messages people send us. We keep emails for as long as we need them to deal with your message and any follow-up, and no longer than two years after our last message to each other, unless the law requires us to keep them for longer.
What stays on your device
The game on our home page (the XP bar, the achievements, the hidden bottles, the bonus level and your studio code) saves your progress in your own browser's local storage, so it's still there next time. It stays on your device: we can't see it, and it's never sent to us or anyone else. Your studio code is worked out on your device from your achievements. Our Cookiespage lists exactly what's saved, and has a button that clears it.
What we don't do
No advertising or social media trackers, no forms, no online accounts and no newsletters. Fonts, pictures and videos come from our own website.The only measurement is the visit counting described above, which uses no cookies. No other analytics code is loaded.
Children
Our website is for families, and children are welcome to explore it. Playing the website game does not require a name, email address or account; its progress stays on the device. Website hosting still processes the technical information described above. If you're under 13, please ask a parent or carer before you email us. If you think a child has sent us personal information, tell us and we'll delete it.
Visit counting is the same for everyone: it never tells us who anyone is, and anyone can turn it off with the switch. Turning it off changes nothing else on the website.
Who we share information with
Only with the companies that help us run the website and our email, and only so that they can do that:
- Vercel Inc. (United States) hosts the website and counts visits for us.
- Hostinger hosts our email.
We don't sell personal information or share it for advertising. We would only disclose it if the law required us to.
Information sent outside the UK
Vercel is based in the United States, and our service providers may handle information in other countries. When information leaves the UK, it's protected by the safeguards that UK law requires, such as the UK–US data bridge or the standard contract terms approved for international transfers.
How long we keep it
- Server logs: a short time, as set by Vercel.
- Emails: as long as we need them, and no longer than two years after our last message to each other.
- Your progress on your device: until you clear it. We never have it.
- Visit counts: Vercel throws the scrambled code away after 24 hours, so the page views it keeps can't be linked to anyone. We can look back over 12 months of totals.
- Your "Don't count my visits" choice: in your browser, until you change it or clear it.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it, limit how we use it or stop using it. You can also object to how we use it: for visit counting, the switch above does it straight away. To do any of this, email hello@mikolajstudios.com. It's free, and we'll reply within one month.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, please tell us first so we can put it right. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, atico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.
Links to other websites
Our pages link to other websites, such as the app stores and our channels on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X and TikTok. Those websites have their own privacy policies and cookies, which we don't control. We only link to them: nothing from those websites loads on our pages.
Our games
Each game has its own privacy policy: Gnome Heist and River Rations.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll publish the new version here and change the date at the top. We will explain material changes before they take effect and ask for a new choice when a change requires your consent.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello@mikolajstudios.com, or write to MD Digital Productions Ltd, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX.