Terms of use

In short

• The game is free, with no advertising and no purchases.
• Playing requires no account. An account is only needed for ranked challenges and to find your games again on another device.
• Your nickname is public in the standings: choose it accordingly, and keep it decent.
• An abusive nickname or a score obtained by cheating can be removed, and the account closed.
• You can leave whenever you like and delete your account yourself.

Who offers this service, and what for

Yam's App is a Yam's (Yahtzee) score sheet and dice game, offered free of charge by a private individual, for leisure purposes (see the legal notice). By using the site or the Android app, you accept these terms.

The service is provided as is, with no subscription, no commitment and no payment.

The account

An account is optional. It is opened with a Google account or an email address, and is used to save your games, follow you from device to device, and take part in ranked challenges.

• One account per person. Opening several accounts to improve your odds in a standing is not allowed.
• Age 15. In France, a child under 15 cannot consent alone to this kind of service: below that age, ask a parent before signing in. The game itself stays usable without an account, at any age.
• Your email address is yours. Signing in works through a link sent to your inbox: whoever reaches your inbox reaches your account. No password is created.

Nicknames and player names

In ranked challenges, the nickname you type is displayed publicly next to your score. In a game with friends and family, player names are visible to the participants.

The following are not allowed:

• insults, hateful, racist, sexist or violent language;
• sexual content, or anything clearly unsuited to a family audience;
• impersonating someone else, or using a real person's name without their agreement;
• personal contact details (address, phone number, email address), yours or anyone else's;
• advertising, links and commercial messages.

A piece of advice rather than a rule: a nickname stays on display for a long time, and the weekly standings form a lasting roll of honour. A first name, a nickname or a made-up word is plenty.

Playing fairly

Ranked challenges rest on trust: the dice are rolled on your device. Modifying the game, using a program that plays for you, and any manipulation aimed at declaring a score that was not actually played, are therefore prohibited.

How Weekly Challenge games unfolded is recorded and reviewed before medals are awarded. A score that does not match the dice obtained is removed from the standings.

Also prohibited: disrupting the service (overloading it, automated requests), attempting to reach other players' data, and reusing the site's content beyond what the legal notice allows.

What can be removed, and how the decision is made

If the rules above are broken, the following measures may be taken, in proportion to what happened:

• removing a line from the standings (nickname and score);
• withdrawing a medal awarded on a non-compliant score;
• closing the account concerned, in serious or repeated cases.

These decisions are taken by a person, never automatically: there is no automatic filter and no algorithmic ranking of content on this site. The only automatic processing applied to nicknames is technical — removing invisible or distorting characters that would break the layout of the table.

If a measure concerns you and you have left an email address, you are told about it, with the reason. You can challenge it by simply replying: the decision is reviewed, and reversed if it was unfounded.

Reporting content or behaviour

To report an abusive nickname, an impersonation, a clearly faked score or any unlawful content, write to contact@theyamsapp.com.

Every report gets an answer: what was decided, and why. Reports are handled as quickly as possible — this site is run by one person, so allow a few days. Manifestly unlawful content is removed as soon as it is seen.

Leaving, and deleting your account

You can stop using the service at any time, without asking anyone.

Deleting the account is done from the game: Settings → Account → Delete my account. The page Delete my account sets out what is erased, what remains, and how to ask for a line to be removed from the standings.

Availability and liability

The service is offered free of charge and as is. It may be interrupted, changed or shut down, including without notice — for instance during an update, a failure at the host, or a change at a supplier.

No guarantee is given as to the absence of errors, the continuity of the service or the preservation of data. Your local games live in your browser: erasing them, switching devices or clearing the site's data makes them disappear. Signing in to an account is the only way to keep them safe.

The publisher cannot be held liable for indirect damage arising from use of the service, to the extent permitted by law.

Your data

How your personal data is handled is described in the privacy policy, which forms part of these terms.

Changes to these terms

These terms may change along with the site. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page. Continuing to use the service after a change means accepting the version in force.

Governing law

These terms are governed by French law. In the event of a dispute, and failing an amicable settlement, the French courts have jurisdiction. For any question about your data, you may also contact the French data protection authority, the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).