Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2, 2026

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how Home Is Where He Is Online collects, uses, and protects information when you visit https://homeiswhereheis.com. This site is an independent player resource for Home Is Where He Is and related visual novels. By using the site, you agree to the practices described below.

2. Information You Provide

We may receive information you choose to send by email, such as your name, email address, page URL, screenshots, feedback, copyright notices, privacy requests, or technical support details. We use this information only to review your message, respond when appropriate, investigate issues, and keep reasonable records of important requests.

3. Automatically Collected Information

Like most websites, our hosting provider, analytics tools, and security services may automatically process technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring pages, pages visited, approximate region, timestamps, and error logs. This information helps operate the site, prevent abuse, understand performance, and improve pages.

4. Cookies, Local Storage, and Game Saves

The site may use cookies, local storage, session storage, or similar browser technologies. These can support basic site preferences, analytics, advertising, embedded game behavior, and Ren'Py web save data. Game progress may be stored locally in your browser, which means clearing browser data can remove saves.

You can control cookies and storage through your browser settings. Blocking or deleting storage may affect analytics, ads, site preferences, embedded game loading, or saved progress.

5. Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand general site traffic, popular pages, device categories, and user interactions. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits and provide aggregated reports. We do not use analytics to collect passwords or private in-game choices.

You can learn more about Google's privacy practices at Google Privacy & Terms. You can also use browser settings or Google's opt-out tools to limit analytics tracking.

6. Advertising

This site may display third-party advertisements. Advertising partners may use cookies, scripts, pixels, or similar technologies to deliver ads, limit repetition, detect invalid traffic, and measure performance. These partners may process information about your browser, device, approximate location, and interaction with ads.

We do not control every cookie, script, landing page, or tracking method used by third-party ad networks. If an ad appears unsafe, misleading, broken, or inappropriate for the site, contact us with a screenshot and page URL so we can investigate.

7. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content

Our pages may link to official game pages, itch.io, recommendation sites, cloud-hosted game assets, external documentation, social platforms, or advertising destinations. Those websites have their own privacy policies and terms. We are not responsible for the practices of third-party websites.

8. How We Use Information

  • To operate, maintain, and improve the website.
  • To troubleshoot broken pages, loading errors, or embedded game issues.
  • To respond to contact, privacy, and copyright requests.
  • To measure traffic and improve content quality.
  • To detect abuse, spam, fraud, or security problems.
  • To display and manage advertising.

9. Data Retention

We keep email communications and request records only as long as reasonably necessary for support, legal, security, or operational purposes. Server logs and analytics data may be retained according to the settings of our hosting, analytics, and advertising providers.

10. Children and Mature Content

Home Is Where He Is includes mature psychological horror themes. This site is not directed to children. If you believe a child has sent personal information to us, contact contact@homeiswhereheis.com so we can review and delete it when appropriate.

11. Your Choices and Requests

Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or limitation of personal information you have provided to us. To make a request, email contact@homeiswhereheis.com. We may need information to verify and process the request.

12. Security

We use reasonable steps to operate the site securely, but no website, network, or online service can guarantee absolute security. Please avoid sending sensitive personal information through email.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the site changes, when laws or services change, or when we add new analytics, advertising, or content features. The updated date at the top shows when the policy was last revised.

14. Contact

Privacy questions can be sent to contact@homeiswhereheis.com.