Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last updated November 11, 2026.

GOC Poker Pals is for adults 18 and older. An account stores the email or phone you used to create your account, your display name, and the plan on that account. Chalupas are free, just for fun, never sold and never cashed out.

Microphone

Microphone. Talking to Tommy and Pinky is optional. It's only for signed-in members 18 and older, and it stays off unless you turn it on. You choose how the mic works. In Tap mode (the default), the mic turns on when you tap it, and you'll see when it's listening. It stops on its own when you send, tap again, stop talking for a few seconds, or after 30 seconds. In Hold mode, it listens only while you hold the button. The mic is never always on.

When the mic is listening, your web browser's built-in speech recognition turns what you say into text. Depending on your browser, your browser's maker may process that audio on its own servers under its own privacy terms. We never receive, record or store your audio. Only the text reaches us, and we handle it the same way as a question you typed. We don't use your voice to identify you, and we don't create a voiceprint.

If other people are near you while the mic is listening, their words may be picked up too. That text reaches us the same way yours does. Please use the mic only where the people around you are OK with being heard.

Hands-free (optional). If you turn on hands-free, your mic keeps listening until you turn it off, the chat closes, you switch tabs or leave the page, it hears no speech for 60 seconds, or 10 minutes pass. It's off by default and never turns on by itself. Your browser does the speech-to-text, and your browser's maker may process the audio under its own privacy policy. We never receive or store audio, and we never create voiceprints. Only the text you send as a question reaches us, and we handle it the same way as a typed question. Hands-free is only for signed-in members 18 and older. People near you may be heard, so please use it only where they're OK with that.

You can stop using the mic anytime, and you can block microphone access in your browser's settings.

Full Stats

Game stats, including the display names of players you've played against, shown only to you; you can opt out of appearing in others' stats. Kept while your account is open; deleted within 7 days of account deletion.

Private messages (now turned off). Private messages sent between friends while the feature was on are stored on our servers, kept for up to 90 days from when they were sent, then deleted. Messages that were reported, or that we must keep for legal reasons, may be kept longer, until the review or legal need ends.

We share your information only with the services that run GOC Poker Pals, and only what each one needs:

An outside AI service. It gets the text of the questions and requests you send to Tommy Bot™, Pinky Bot™ or your helper, so it can answer them. It also gets the recent messages in that conversation so it can follow along. When you ask for help at a table, it also gets your display name and what you can see at that table (your cards, the board, the bets and the players' display names). When you ask for a picture, it gets your description of the picture. Your chat text is sent to an outside AI service to generate a reply. That service may keep it for up to 30 days for abuse checks.
Stripe, our payment processor. If you buy a membership, Stripe gets your email and your GOC Poker Pals account ID, and you enter your card details on Stripe's checkout page. We never see your full card number.
Cloudflare, our hosting provider. Our website and server run on Cloudflare, so everything you send us passes through and is stored on Cloudflare. When Tommy Bot™ or Pinky Bot™ reads an answer aloud, the text of that answer (not your question, and not your name) is sent to an outside AI voice service that turns it into audio. That service may keep the text and the audio under its own terms. We may keep the audio for up to 30 days, stored by the answer text only and never linked to your account, so the same answer doesn't have to be made twice. If that service isn't available, Cloudflare or your browser's own voice may read the answer instead.
Your browser's maker, if you use read-aloud. When the bots read answers aloud using your browser's voice, some browsers send that answer text (not your voice) to the browser maker.
An outside AI voice service, if you have answers read aloud. It gets only the text of the bot's answer and turns it into speech.
Your browser's maker, if you use the mic. Depending on your browser, your browser's maker may process your audio on its own servers to turn it into text, under its own privacy terms (see Microphone).
Our voice relay provider, if you use friends voice calls. It handles your audio and connection details only to pass audio between you and your friend.

We never sell your personal information.

Storage on this device

Your browser keeps a few small notes for this site. When you visit as a guest, the Tommy Bot™ and Pinky Bot™ intro uses these, and none of them is sent to us. For this visit only (cleared when you close the tab): pp_welcome_fi-home and pp_talk_greeted_index (they already greeted you) and pp_opener_bubble (you already saw their chat note). On this device until you clear site data: pp_registered, set when you sign in or register here, so the intro doesn't play for you again, even after you sign out. pp_skit_n: which sign-in skit played last in this browser (1 or 2), so Tommy and Pinky take turns. pp_skit_at: when each skit last played on this device, so the same skit does not play again for 24 hours. pp_skit_hi: which short welcome line to show when a skit is not due. They stay on this device and aren't sent to us. Your sign-in and settings, like sound and theme, are also kept in your browser.

Mic mode: your choice of Tap or Hold is saved only in this browser on this device so it's remembered next time. It isn't sent to us. Your mic choice (text only, tap, hold or hands-free) and whether answers are read aloud are saved only in this browser on this device, so they're remembered next time. They aren't sent to us.

Crew voice calls

If you and a friend both turn on a voice call, your audio travels between you through our voice relay provider, which passes it along and hides your internet address from your friend. We don't record or store calls, and we don't transcribe them. We keep a short record of who called whom, when the call started and ended, and why it ended, for 30 days, so we can handle reports and abuse, then we delete it.

On this device until you clear site data: pp_voice_miss_tommy and pp_voice_miss_pinky, up to 50 of your recent questions that the bots didn't have a ready answer for. They aren't sent to us.

This tab only: pp_builder_turns, your last few messages with your helper while you build (up to 6), sent with your next request so it can follow along. They clear when you close the tab.

If a chat message suggests someone may be going through a hard time, your browser keeps a temporary note for that visit (pp_crisis_calm) so Tommy Bot™ and Pinky Bot™ stay calm and show support resources. While it's on, your later chat messages include a simple 'stay calm' signal so our replies stay gentle. We don't store that note or signal, and it clears when you close the tab.

On this device until you clear site data: goc_bug_notice_seen (you closed our "we're brand new" notice, so it shows only once on this device) and pp_fantasy_day (the day you closed the fantasy football coming-soon card, so it shows at most once a day). Neither is sent to us, and we don't use them to track you.

Membership renewal agreement

When you start a membership, we keep a record of your agreement to the renewal terms for at least 3 years (or 1 year after your membership ends, if that's later).

Reports

Reported chats and activity may be reviewed. We review messages and activity when content is reported to us, for example with the in-game Report button or by email to hello@gocpokerpals.com. We may ask the people involved for information. We don't promise to monitor all play or private chats.

Advertising

GOC Poker Pals may show optional ads from Google to signed-in players who are 18 or older and in the United States. We do not show these ads to guests, to anyone under 18, or to visitors in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland.

If you choose to watch an optional ad from the Vault, and the ad finishes, we may add Vaulted Chalupas to your account. Chalupas are free, just for fun, never sold and never cashed out, and they have no cash value. You never have to watch an ad to play. A skipped or failed ad gives you no Chalupas and no penalty. We do not reward anyone for clicking an ad. Ads are labeled "Ad."

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. Even with non-personalized ads, cookies or similar technology may still be used for things like frequency capping, fraud prevention, and reporting.

On GOC Poker Pals, we ask Google to show non-personalized ads only, so the ads you see here aren't picked based on your other browsing.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at https://www.aboutads.info. See How Google uses information from sites that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. We don't sell your personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Questions: hello@gocpokerpals.com. We usually reply within 24 to 48 hours. Terms.