Privacy Policy for WordDrop.co

Last Updated: 4/8/2025

Welcome to WordDrop! This Privacy Policy explains how WordDrop.co ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you play our game.

By using WordDrop, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

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Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our game service to you. The types of information we may collect include:

• Account Information (Registered Users): When you register an account, we collect your username and email address. Your password is stored securely using hashing and is not directly accessible by us.
• Guest User Information: If you play as a guest, we generate a unique guest username (e.g., "Guest_XXXX") and assign a unique player identifier which may be stored in your browser's session storage or via a cookie to allow you to resume guest sessions across visits. We do not collect email addresses or passwords for guest users.
• Gameplay Information: We collect data related to your gameplay, including:
  • Game session details (difficulty, start/end times, grid state, score).
  • Words found during gameplay, points scored for each word, and timestamps.
  • Player statistics such as high scores, current/max streaks, games played, total words found, and word length distribution.
  • Your preferred difficulty setting.
  • Association between your player profile (guest or registered) and your game sessions.
• Technical Information & Cookies:
  • Like most websites and online services, we may automatically collect certain technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and access times through standard server logs.
  • We use cookies or similar technologies necessary for the functioning of the service, such as maintaining your login session (for registered users) and tracking your guest player ID. ASP.NET Core Identity uses cookies for authentication management.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To provide and maintain the game functionality (saving progress, tracking scores and stats, managing game sessions).
• To authenticate users and manage accounts.
• To allow guest users to persist their progress across sessions.
• To display leaderboards based on player high scores.
• To implement and track daily challenges.
• To store user preferences, such as preferred difficulty.
• To monitor and analyze usage to improve the game (e.g., fixing bugs, balancing difficulty).
• To ensure the security of our service.

Data Storage and Security

Your information (including profile, stats, and game data) is stored in our application database. We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Cookies

We use cookies as described above for essential functions like authentication and guest identification. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our game (especially features requiring login or guest persistence).

Data Sharing

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties except as necessary to provide the game service (e.g., with hosting providers) or as required by law.

Gameplay information like high scores and usernames may be displayed publicly on leaderboards.

User Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to access, correct, or delete your data. Please contact us if you wish to inquire about these rights.

Registered users can typically manage some profile information through their account settings (if available). To request deletion of your account and associated data, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our game is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 (or applicable age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.