Effective Date: April 11, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how FlipWord.app ("we," "us," or "our") handles information in connection with the FlipWord web application (the "Service") hosted at flipword.app.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
- Game State Data (LocalStorage): We use your browser's LocalStorage to save game configuration settings (like number of players, rounds, timer duration) between sessions *on your device only*. This data is not transmitted to our servers.
- Google Analytics Data (If Consent Given): If you consent, we use Google Analytics to collect pseudonymous usage statistics, such as page views, session duration, general user demographics (like country), game events (like game start, round completion, answers), and technical information (like browser type). This helps us understand how the game is being used and improve it. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data. You can learn more about Google Analytics' data practices here and opt-out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on here.
- Google AdSense Data (If Consent Given): If you consent, Google AdSense may collect data to serve personalized ads. See Section 3 for details.
2. How We Use Information
The information collected is used for the following purposes:
- To enable game functionality (saving configuration locally).
- To understand usage patterns and improve the Service (via Google Analytics, requires consent).
- To display advertisements which support the Service (via Google AdSense, personalization requires consent).
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We and our third-party partners use the following technologies:
- LocalStorage: Essential for saving game settings on your device. This is not a traditional cookie but browser storage.
- Google Analytics Cookies (If Consent Given): Used by Google Analytics to gather usage statistics if you provide consent via our consent banner.
- Google AdSense Cookies (Third-Party): Google AdSense, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (like the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your visit to this site and other sites on the Internet. If you consent, Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized ads to you. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of many third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices. Even if you reject consent via our banner, Google may still show contextual (non-personalized) ads which may involve the use of cookies for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting, and to combat fraud and abuse.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, please see: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
4. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
- LocalStorage data remains solely on your device.
- If ads are enabled, anonymous or pseudonymous data related to ad impressions and clicks, and potentially data for personalization (if consent is given), is shared with Google AdSense as part of their service.
- If analytics are enabled (consent given), pseudonymous usage data is shared with Google Analytics.
5. Your Choices and Rights (Consent Management)
You have choices regarding your information:
- Consent Banner: You can grant or deny consent for Analytics and Ad Personalization cookies via the consent banner presented on your first visit (or if your consent status expires or is cleared). Your choices are respected via Google Consent Mode.
- LocalStorage: You can clear your browser's LocalStorage through your browser settings, which will reset game configurations.
- Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can manage or delete cookies, including those used by third-party advertisers, as described above (see Section 3 links for AdSense opt-outs).
- Analytics Opt-Out: You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on link provided in Section 1.
Depending on your jurisdiction (e.g., GDPR, CCPA), you may have additional rights regarding your data. Please contact us if you wish to inquire about these rights.
6. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold depending on the jurisdiction, e.g., 16 in the EEA/UK). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can promptly obtain parental consent or remove the information.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: m.mazurowski@ai-wall.com