Privacy Policy

MOG.LAB is a real-time face-rating game. The product only works because we process video from your camera. This page explains exactly what that means for your data.

What we collect

• Video frames during a round. While a round is live we sample your camera at roughly 2 frames per second for about 15 seconds. Each frame is downscaled to a long edge of 480 pixels and encoded as a JPEG before it leaves your browser.
• Your handle (display name). Whatever you typed when you joined the queue. We do not require an email or real name.
• Round outcome and ELO.Win/loss/tie/void, the ensemble's 0–10 score, and the resulting rating change.
• IP address. Used to rate-limit new accounts and to detect abuse. Not sold, not shared with third parties.
• Device fingerprint. A random ID kept in your browser (cvc_device_id in localStorage) used solely to rate-limit join attempts from the same browser.

What we don't collect

• Audio. Your microphone is never requested.
• Your contacts, your social accounts, or any third-party login.
• Your geolocation (beyond what your IP coarsely implies).
• Persistent biometric templates. We do not store a face embedding attached to your identity.

How long we keep frames

By default, frames are held in our inference server's memory only long enough to score the round — a maximum of 60 seconds from upload. They are never written to disk and are evicted from memory after that TTL.

The single exception is if you opt into “Help us improve”on the landing page. With that toggle on, the frames from your rounds may be retained anonymously and reviewed by our calibration team to improve the model. You can revoke this at any time and we'll delete the associated frames within 30 days.

What “biometric data” means here

The face geometry and embeddings derived from your camera feed are processed by AI models — a CNN scorer, an ArcFace embedding, and (on close calls) a multimodal LLM. These are processed in memory to produce one number for the round.

We do not use the result for identity verification, for advertising, or to identify you across other services. We do not share derived biometric data with third parties.

Your rights

• Deletion. Email privacy@mog.lab to request deletion of round history tied to your handle.
• Opt out of “Help us improve”.Uncheck the toggle on the landing page; future rounds will not be retained, and we'll delete prior retained frames within 30 days.
• Opt out of leaderboard appearance. Toggle in your settings panel (shipping in a later release).
• Residents of California, EU, UK, and similar jurisdictions: you have additional access, portability, and objection rights. Email the address above and we'll honor them.

Third parties we use

• Anthropic— for the close-call MLLM judge call (sees pairs of frames; bound by Anthropic's zero-retention policy for API traffic).
• Hosting and infrastructure providers (Vercel, our GPU host). They see encrypted traffic and IP addresses but not frame contents at rest.

Children

MOG.LAB is for adults. See our Terms for the age requirement and how to report underage use.

Changes

If we materially change this policy we'll bump the “last updated” date and ask you to re-consent on next visit.

Contact

Privacy questions, deletion requests, complaints: privacy@mog.lab.