Privacy
We never sell your information.
What we ask for
When you start, the form asks for your first and last name, your ZIP code, your email, and the software you use now, and your phone number. You build a drawn character; the game never asks for a photo. As you play, the game keeps your progress, like which houses you've cleared and which rules you've missed.
If you add your appraiser license, the game looks up your license state and number in the public national appraiser registry. Your license number stays private. Other players only see your Licensed badge. We only use it so Crowd Calls are scored by licensed appraisers. If the registry lists a phone number for you, we fill it in. You can change it.
Why we ask
Your email and PIN are how the game saves your progress and brings it back. Your phone number is to reach you about your account, prizes, and reminders if wanted. Your answers about software help Gunter, the team that makes this game, learn what appraisers need. And the rules people miss tell us which practice files to make next.
We text or call your phone number only to send you sign-in codes. We never sell it or share it, and we don't send marketing texts. Reply STOP to stop texts at any time. See our text message terms.
If you win the season prize, we ask for a copy of your license or trainee registration, a photo ID and a signed W-9 (a tax form). We use them only to check you can win, to pay out the prize and to file taxes when the law says we have to. A trainee who wins also gives written consent for a background check. We keep these papers for the tax years the law asks for, and we never sell them.
We email you about prizes and offers. You agree to that with the box on the sign-up that says "I agree to receive emails from Subject2 about prizes and offers." We never sell your information.
Your PIN
We don't keep your PIN itself. We keep a scrambled copy that can check a PIN you type, but can't be turned back into the numbers.
What other players see
The leaderboard shows your first name, the first letter of your last name, your state, your character and this week's points, like "Maria S., FL". Never your full name, email, phone or ZIP code. Every player is on it.
Your answers and our reports
The game keeps the answers you pick, with your progress, so it knows what to show you next. We also use answers to make the game better and to build reports on how players answer, like how many picked C4 for a worn-out kitchen. For those reports, answers are used without your name, email or phone. Reports only ever show totals across many players, never one person's answers, and never a group too small to hide who's in it. We don't sell or share anyone's answers. They never go into Gunter's software or into any appraisal report. We keep them only as long as the game needs them, and you can ask us to delete yours any time.
How the game is used
To see where the game is hard to use and where it helps, we use PostHog, an analytics service. It records how the game is used: the pages you open, the buttons you tap, errors, and, once you've tapped Next on the first screen or signed up, sometimes a replay of a visit. Anything you type, like your email, PIN or phone, is hidden from those replays. PostHog knows you only by a game number, never by your name, email or license. Like your answers, we use it only to make the game better, and we never sell it.
Some orders show a short sponsor video or picture. We host those with Mux (video) and Supabase (pictures), so they see that your phone asked for it, like any website you visit. They don't get your name, email, license or phone, and it never touches your prize score.
We run ads on Facebook, Instagram and Reddit. To see which ads bring people in, once you tap Next on the first screen, the page you're on and the moment you sign up are shared with Meta (the company behind Facebook and Instagram) and Reddit. That's all. Once you have an account, they see nothing about your game, and we never send them your name, email, license or phone. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, nothing goes to either. We also keep the link or site that first brought you here, like an ad or a post, so we know what works.
When you buy the Season Pass, the card box is Stripe's, so your card number goes straight to them and we never see it. We send Stripe your name and email so it can check the card and email your receipt, plus your game number so we know which account paid. They don't get your answers, your license or your phone. We don't keep your card, and nothing renews.
To keep the leaderboard fair, the game also notes the internet address, the browser and the kind of device you play from, and roughly where that address is, like the city. It notes them each time you sign in, once a day on each device you play from, and with each file you turn in. We use it only to spot cheating, like one person playing many accounts or a program playing for someone, to have a record if a score is ever questioned, and to keep the game running. Only we see it, and we never sell it. We keep it through the end of the season plus 90 days, then delete it.
Your privacy choices
You can turn off the ad measurement and the visit replays for this browser at any time.
Where it's kept
Your answers, your character and your progress are saved on the game's own server, so you can pick up on another device.
Asking us to delete it
Want us to delete what we have about you, or have a question about it? and we'll take care of it.
Subject2 is an independent practice game. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Appraisal Foundation, the GSEs or any agency. Subject2's questions are a mix: some are checked by working appraisers, and some are written with the help of AI. AI can be wrong, and so can we. Always check the official rules for your own work.