Cookie Policy

What cookies and browser storage are

Cookies are small text files that a website or third-party service can store in your browser. They are often used to remember preferences, keep a session active, measure site performance, protect a site from abuse, or support advertising and attribution.

Browser storage works in a similar practical way, but it is not always a cookie. localStorage, for example, stores values in your browser on the same device. A site can use it to remember simple preferences without sending that value with every page request.

Similar technologies can include pixels, beacons, scripts, server logs, browser cache, request headers, and network requests to service providers that help operate site features.

WordyLab's current cookie approach

WordyLab's current approach is limited: use what is needed to load the site, remember simple preferences, understand broad site performance, and protect the service. The site does not currently run display ads or active affiliate tracking.

WordyLab's analytics are designed not to include newsletter email addresses, solver inputs, result contents, clue text, or answer lists. They are used to understand site performance and broad feature usage, not to build personal profiles from puzzle activity.

If WordyLab later enables advertising, affiliate tracking, a cookie banner, account features, paid features, or any materially different browser technology, this policy will need to be updated before visitors are asked to rely on the changed practice.

Cookie and storage categories

Analytics and performance measurement

WordyLab uses limited analytics to understand whether the site is useful, which pages are working, whether links are being used, and whether important features are functioning correctly.

Analytics is intended to measure broad behavior and site health. It is not intended to collect newsletter email addresses, solver inputs, clue text, answer lists, or the contents of contact messages.

Some browsers, extensions, or privacy settings may limit analytics or similar technologies. Where a browser sends privacy signals that WordyLab can reasonably honor, WordyLab aims to respect those signals.

External resources

Some pages may load external resources such as embedded content, analytics scripts, or links to websites that WordyLab does not operate. Core site fonts are served from WordyLab. When your browser requests an external resource, that provider may receive standard technical request information.

External websites and service providers have their own privacy and cookie practices. If you leave WordyLab through an external link, the destination site's policy applies to what happens there.

Advertising and affiliate technologies

WordyLab does not currently run display advertising or active affiliate tracking. If that changes, this policy and related notices should be updated before visitors are asked to rely on the new practice.

If WordyLab later enables an ad network, that provider may use cookies, web beacons, device information, or identifiers to serve, measure, limit, personalize, or report on ads. Required controls would depend on the provider and applicable law.

If affiliate links are enabled later, tracked merchant links may use sponsored link attributes, and the destination merchant may set its own cookies after you leave WordyLab.

Newsletter and contact technologies

Newsletter signup does not require a cookie. If you submit a newsletter form, WordyLab may store your email address, signup source, consent, and timestamps in systems used to operate the newsletter.

Email providers may use delivery logs and similar technical data to send, deliver, suppress, bounce, or unsubscribe emails. Those activities are covered in more detail by the Privacy Policy.

How to manage cookies and browser storage

You can control cookies and browser storage through your browser settings. Most browsers let you delete cookies, clear site data, block third-party cookies, limit tracking prevention exceptions, use private browsing, or block specific third-party requests.

Clearing cookies or local storage may reset display preferences, consent-banner state, or other browser-only settings. Blocking site assets, scripts, or external resources may change how some pages load or behave.

If advertising is enabled in the future, additional ad controls may be available through the ad provider. Those controls would depend on the provider, browser settings, and any consent choices required at that time.

Do Not Track and privacy signals

Some browsers and extensions send privacy signals or block tracking technologies. WordyLab aims to respect browser privacy signals where they are available and technically practical.

Other privacy signals, browser controls, and content blockers may affect cookies, analytics, affiliate links, external resources, or ad technologies differently depending on the browser and extension settings.

Changes to this policy

WordyLab may update this Cookie Policy as the site, browser technologies, providers, advertising status, affiliate status, or legal requirements change. When the policy is updated, the date at the top of the page will change.

Contact

For cookie or privacy questions, email privacy@wordylab.com or use the WordyLab contact page.