🔒 Privacy Policy

📋 Information We Collect

🎮 Game Data

We collect minimal data necessary to provide you with the best gaming experience:

• Game Progress: Your completed themes, difficulty preferences, and game statistics
• Game Settings: Sound preferences, vibration settings, and difficulty level choices
• Performance Data: Game completion times and accuracy metrics (anonymized)

🌐 Technical Information

We automatically collect certain technical information to ensure our game works properly:

• Device Information: Browser type, operating system, screen resolution
• Usage Analytics: Pages visited, time spent playing, feature usage (anonymized)
• Error Reports: Technical issues and performance problems (no personal data)

🍪 Cookies and Local Storage

We use cookies and local storage to:

• Remember your game preferences and progress
• Maintain your session while playing
• Improve game performance and user experience
• Provide personalized content recommendations

🎯 How We Use Your Information

🎮 Game Enhancement

• Save your game progress and preferences
• Provide personalized difficulty recommendations
• Track your learning progress and achievements
• Improve game mechanics and user interface

📊 Analytics and Improvement

• Analyze game usage patterns to improve features
• Identify and fix technical issues
• Develop new themes and difficulty levels
• Optimize game performance across different devices

🔒 Data Security

📤 Data Sharing

🚫 We Do NOT Share Personal Data

We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with third parties, except in the following limited circumstances:

• Legal Requirements: When required by law or legal process
• Service Providers: With trusted partners who help us operate our game (under strict confidentiality agreements)
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger or acquisition (with notice to users)

📊 Anonymous Analytics

We may share anonymized, aggregated data that cannot identify individual users for research and improvement purposes.

👤 Your Rights

🔍 Access and Control

You have the right to:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Correction: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data
• Portability: Export your game data in a readable format
• Objection: Object to certain data processing activities

🎮 Game Data Management

• Clear your game progress and start fresh
• Reset your preferences and settings
• Opt out of analytics and performance tracking
• Manage cookie preferences through your browser

👶 Children's Privacy

🌍 International Users

🌐 Global Accessibility

Smart Word Search is available worldwide. If you are accessing our game from outside the United States, please note that:

• Your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States
• We comply with applicable international data protection laws
• You have the same privacy rights regardless of your location

📝 Policy Updates

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make changes:

• We will post the updated policy on this page
• We will update the "Last Updated" date
• For significant changes, we will provide additional notice
• Continued use of our game constitutes acceptance of the updated policy