Privacy

Last updated 23 July 2026

Scout is operated by Smokestack Games. This page says plainly what we collect and what we do with it. If anything here is unclear, email marissacheves@gmail.com and ask.

What we collect

• If you list a game: the game link, genre, why you're selling, your asking range, your contact, and any analytics CSV exports you upload.
• If you apply for deal flow: your studio or fund name, what you buy, your budget band, and your contact.
• If you subscribe by email: your email address and which page you used.

We do not use analytics or advertising trackers, and we don't set cookies except one that remembers a subscriber's drop access key.

What we do with your analytics exports

Your exports are the sensitive part, so this is the section that matters. We use them to build your listing and to check the numbers are internally consistent and consistent with public Roblox data.

• We publish the derived metrics, not the raw files. A listing shows DAU, retention, MRR, ARPPU, payer conversion, play-through rate and Home Recs share. We never hand your raw CSVs to an acquirer.
• Your game stays anonymous until you say otherwise. Listings identify a game by genre and age. Your game's name, link and your identity are only shared with an acquirer after you approve that specific introduction.
• We don't sell your data and we don't use it to build a product you didn't agree to. If we ever want to use aggregate, anonymized benchmarks across listings, we'll ask you first.

Where it's stored

Submissions are stored on Vercel's infrastructure in the United States. Access is limited to Smokestack Games staff working on Scout. We keep submissions while your listing is active and for up to 12 months after, so we can answer questions about a past deal.

Deleting your data

Email marissacheves@gmail.com and ask us to remove your listing or your data. We'll pull the listing the same day and delete the underlying files within 30 days. You don't have to give a reason, and there's nothing to cancel — listing is free and carries no agreement.

Third parties

We use Vercel for hosting and storage, Stripe for subscription payments (Stripe handles card details; we never see them), and an email provider to send notifications and the weekly drop. We query Roblox's public API to verify listings — that request contains only a public game ID.

Contact

Smokestack Games — marissacheves@gmail.com