Privacy Policy

1. The short version

• You don't need an account, and we don't ask you to register.
• The letters, patterns, and words you type into our tools are processed in your browser. We do not store them or build a profile from them.
• The Site is supported by advertising. Advertising partners, including Google, use cookies and similar technologies, which means some information about your visit is collected by those partners. Details are in Section 4.
• We don't sell your personal information.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us

Contact messages. If you email us or use the contact form, we receive the information you include, such as your name, email address, and message. We use it only to reply to you and to improve the Site. We don't add you to any mailing list.

We don't offer accounts, purchases, comments, or user-generated content, so we don't collect registration, payment, or demographic information.

Information the tools process

Word Unscrambler, Anagram Solver, Crossword Solver, and Word Ladder. These run in your browser using a dictionary loaded onto your device. The letters and patterns you enter are not sent to our servers.

Word Origins (etymology) lookup. When you look up a word, that word may be sent to a third-party data source (such as Wiktionary) to retrieve its definition and origin, and that source may receive your IP address and browser details as part of the request.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the Site, our hosting provider and our service providers may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit. This is standard for any website and is used to operate, secure, and understand the use of the Site.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are popular. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information like pages visited and approximate location. You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. The Site and our partners use them to:

• remember simple preferences (such as your language choice, English or Spanish);
• measure how the Site is used; and
• deliver and measure advertising (see Section 4).

You can control or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the Site work. To learn more, visit aboutcookies.org.

4. Advertising (Google AdSense)

The Site displays advertisements served by Google AdSense and may in the future use other advertising partners. In this section:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this Site or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and/or other sites on the internet.
• Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, and device identifiers, and may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and the ads you view or click, to show you ads, limit how often you see an ad, measure ad performance, and prevent fraud and abuse.

Your choices about personalized advertising

• You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or optout.networkadvertising.org.
• You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
• On mobile devices, you can limit ad tracking in your device's privacy settings.

Opting out of personalized ads doesn't remove ads from the Site; the ads you see will just be less relevant to your interests.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Where required by law, we ask for your consent before using cookies and similar technologies for personalized advertising and measurement, using a consent message provided through Google. You can change your choice at any time through the privacy and cookie settings link on the Site.

5. How we use information

We use the information described above to:

• operate, maintain, and improve the Site and its tools;
• understand how the Site is used and fix problems;
• respond to messages you send us;
• show and measure advertising, which supports the cost of running the Site; and
• protect the Site against fraud, abuse, and security threats, and comply with legal obligations.

6. How we share information

We don't sell your personal information. We share information only:

• with service providers that help us run the Site, such as our hosting provider GoDaddy, who may process it only to provide services to us;
• with advertising and analytics partners, as described in Sections 2 through 4;
• if required by law, legal process, or a government request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Site, our users, or others; and
• in connection with a sale or transfer of the Site, in which case this policy will continue to apply to information we hold unless we notify you of a change.

7. Third-party links

The Site may link to other websites, such as sources for further reading. We don't control those sites and aren't responsible for their content or privacy practices. Please review their policies before giving them any information.

8. Data retention and security

We keep contact messages only as long as needed to respond.  We do not utilize any form of record keeping. Data collected by our hosting, analytics, and advertising partners is kept according to their own policies. We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no website or system can be guaranteed 100% secure.

9. Children's privacy

The Site is a general-audience site and is not directed to children under 13. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us an email with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.  We don't harvest or sell any contact or email information.

10. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal information, such as the right to know what we hold about you, to request access, correction, or deletion, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or of targeted advertising. This includes residents of California and certain other US states, and of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Because we collect very little personal information directly, requests will usually relate to messages you have sent us. To make a request, email us at the address below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on it. You can also use the opt-out tools in Section 4 at any time.

11. International visitors

The Site is operated from the United States. If you visit from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate, which may have different data protection laws than your country.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date. Please check back periodically.

13. Contact us

Questions or requests about this Privacy Policy can be sent to:

WordSoup.pro — wordsouppro@gmail.com