ZOMBIE NOOK

Privacy policy

Games by Zombie Nook, including Rail Nook, Classic Nook and Lost in the Nook. Last updated: 8 November 2026.

Who we are

Zombie Nook is a small indie game studio run by Salvatore Borrelli (VAT number IT04551251210), who is the data controller for the data described here. Contact us for more information.

The short version

Our games do not ask you to create an account and do not collect your name, email, location or contacts. The exceptions are the optional Hall of Fame of Lost in the Nook on our website, which shows a nickname that you choose, and its daily and weekly goals, which are kept under a random code made by your browser and never under your name. We do not sell data and we do not track you across other sites or apps. This website and our own web versions of the games show no ads. On other platforms where our games are offered (for example Facebook Instant Games, Y8 or GameMonetize), the platform may show ads and handles its own data under its own privacy policy.

What the game stores

  • Your progress: your level or coins, scores and records, whether you have seen a first-time tutorial, and (on the web) whether you muted the sound.
  • Where it is stored: in your own browser, on your device. When you play on Facebook Instant Games, your progress is saved with Facebook's game data service, linked to your Facebook player ID; we do not receive your name or profile.

The Hall of Fame

The web version of Lost in the Nook on this website has a public Hall of Fame with the ten best players. It is optional: you only take part if your score gets into the top ten and you choose to enter a nickname. The other versions of the game (for example on YouTube Playables) do not use it.

  • What is shown to everybody: your nickname (3 to 8 letters or digits that you choose; please do not use your real name), your score and the level you reached.
  • What our server keeps: your nickname, best score and level, the dates and number of your submissions, and a random code made by your browser that is stored only as a one-way hash (it lets us recognise your next game as yours; we cannot tell who you are from it). For each accepted game we also keep a line with the hash of the game recording, its score and level, to refuse a game sent twice. We do not keep the recording itself or any other personal data in the Hall of Fame. To stop abuse, the server counts submissions per network address for an hour, storing only a one-way hash of the address together with the hour; it is deleted automatically after two hours.
  • How it is checked: your game sends a recording of your moves, which our server plays again to confirm the score. We review nicknames and may replace a nickname that is not appropriate, or remove a player who cheats.
  • Where: in Google Cloud (Firebase), in the European Union (Belgium, europe-west1).
  • How long: only the ten best players are kept. When someone pushes you off the table, your nickname and record are deleted. You can also ask us to delete them at any time (see below).

Daily and weekly goals

The web version of Lost in the Nook on this website has daily and weekly goals (for example "stun 25 zombies") that give you coins. They are only in the web version on this website; the other versions of the game (for example on YouTube Playables) do not have them and do not contact our server.

  • Who takes part: everybody who plays the web version. You do not sign up and you do not need a nickname. After your first finished game your browser makes a random code and keeps it on your device.
  • What our server keeps: your progress on today's and this week's goals, your streak of days in a row, the coins won from goals, the dates and number of your games, and the random code stored only as a one-way hash (we cannot tell who you are from it). For each counted game we also keep a line with the hash of the game recording, its score and level, to refuse a game sent twice. We keep no name, email or other personal data for goals. If you are also on the Hall of Fame, the game shows your nickname next to your goals; the nickname is not stored with your goals. The same hourly counter per network address as in the Hall of Fame applies (a one-way hash of the address and the hour, deleted after two hours).
  • How it is checked: after each finished game, your game sends a recording of your moves, which our server plays again to count what you did. The coins you win are added to the coins saved in your browser.
  • Where: in Google Cloud (Firebase), in the European Union (Belgium, europe-west1).
  • How long: we keep this record while the game is in use, and we may delete records that have not been used for a long time. If you reset your stats or clear your browser data, your browser forgets its random code and your old record can no longer be reached by anyone, you included. You can also ask us to delete it (see below).

Our website

This website and the web versions of the games are hosted by Google Cloud Platform. Like any web host, it may keep standard technical logs (for example your IP address and the pages requested) for security and operation, as described in Google's policy. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits to this website (pages viewed, country, device and browser type, and how fast pages load). It does not use cookies, does not follow you across other sites and does not build a profile of you. We do not use advertising cookies.

Children

Our games are made for a general audience and are not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

Deleting your data

Apart from the Hall of Fame and the goals, we do not store player data on our own servers. Your progress is kept in your own browser, so to delete it, remove it there:

  • In the Hall of Fame: contact us with your nickname and score and we will delete your entry (and the record behind it). Clearing your browser data does not remove it, but it does not need to be removed for you to stop playing: once you are pushed off the table, it is deleted automatically.
  • Goals: our record is tied to a random code that only your browser knows, so we cannot find it by your name. If you are on the Hall of Fame, contact us with your nickname and we will delete your goals record together with your entry. If you are not, we cannot tell which record is yours: it holds no personal data, and once you clear your browser data or reset your stats it can no longer be linked to you. If you need it removed sooner, contact us and we will explain what we can do.
  • On our website: your progress is saved only in your browser. To delete it, clear the site data for zombienook.com in your browser settings. The game then starts from the beginning.
  • On Facebook Instant Games: your progress is kept by Facebook for your player ID, not by us, so we cannot see or delete it. Use the tools Facebook gives you to manage your game data (see the Facebook Help Center). You can also contact us and we will explain what we can do.
  • On other platforms (Y8, GameMonetize and similar): progress is saved in your browser on that platform's page; clear that site's data in your browser settings.

Your rights

Where data protection law such as the EU GDPR applies, you can ask to see, correct or delete data we hold about you, to object to its use, and to complain to your local data protection authority. Apart from the Hall of Fame and the goals we do not hold player data on our own servers, and what we hold there is not linked to your name, so in most cases there is nothing we can identify as yours; see how to delete your game data. Contact us and we will answer.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will appear on this page with a new date.