Privacy Policy for Wordqueens.com 👑

1. Overview

At Wordqueens.com ("we", "our", "us"), we take your privacy very seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website (wordqueens.com), create a profile, and play our free games.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 User Profile and Authentication (Firebase)

When you create an account on Wordqueens.com (e.g. via Google Sign-In), we store necessary information to link your profile to you. This includes:

• Email address and display name (from your sign-in provider).
• Game progress (XP, level, solved puzzles, Crown Jewels and daily streak).
• Social data (your friends list, pending friend requests and season trophies).

This data is securely stored on Google Cloud servers via Firebase, used solely to provide your personal gaming profile and cloud save services.

2.2 Analytics & Statistics (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., which games are most popular). The system collects anonymized data, including approximate geographic region, browser type, and site navigation paths.

2.3 Advertising (Google AdSense)

To keep WordViking.com 100% free, we utilize ad networks like Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve personalized ads based on past visits to our site or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising via our consent banner or by visiting Google Ads Settings.

2.4 Contact Form

If you use our contact form, we ask for your name, email address, and a message. This information is securely transmitted and used exclusively to respond to your inquiry.

3. Cookies and Local Storage

WordViking.com uses cookies and local browser storage (localStorage) to enhance your user experience. These are used for:

• Essential Functions: Keeping you logged in, protecting against spam, and saving local high scores when playing without an account.
• Preferences: Remembering your choices in our cookie consent banner.
• Analytics & Ads: Traffic analysis via Google Analytics and serving relevant ads.

On your first visit, a consent banner lets you choose whether to accept essential cookies only or all cookies. You can clear cookies at any time in your browser settings.

4. Data Sharing

We never sell, trade, or transfer your personal data directly to third parties. The only exception is trusted technology partners helping us operate the site under strict confidentiality terms:

• Google / Firebase: For database management, authentication, and server hosting.
• Ad Partners: For ad delivery (where consent is granted).

5. Your Rights & Profile Deletion

Under global privacy regulations (including GDPR), you retain full ownership of your data. You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data.

How to delete your profile: You can permanently delete your profile and all associated stats, friends, and game history directly from your profile settings by clicking "Delete Profile and All Data". Alternatively, contact us to request data removal.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please feel free to get in touch via our contact form.