This Privacy Policy explains how Azerothdle ("Website", "we", "us" or "our") handles information in connection with your use of the Website.
1. Data Collection and Analytics
The Website does not require account registration and does not intentionally collect personal information such as names, email addresses or user profiles.
When you access the Website, certain technical information may be automatically processed by our servers and by the services that deliver the Website. This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Date and time of access
- Basic request and error logs
This information is processed for security, maintenance and operational purposes. It is used solely to maintain website functionality, monitor security and diagnose technical issues. Under EU law IP addresses may qualify as personal data, and they are handled accordingly. We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating and securing the Website. The Website does not sell, rent or trade user information.
The Website currently uses no analytics services. Requests to the Website pass through Cloudflare, which delivers and protects the Website and operates under its own privacy policy. Cloudflare processes data on servers that may be located outside the EU, including in the United States.
We also use the following third-party services:
- Hosting providers (for the Website, its database and server logs)
2. Local Storage and Game Data
Game progress, statistics and preferences, such as your daily guesses, the abilities unlocked in your spellbook, your daily streak and the Icon Quiz hard mode settings, are stored locally in your browser via local storage. Clearing your browser data may delete your game progress, spellbook, streak and preferences. You can clear it at any time through your browser settings.
When you play a daily game, we do send limited play data to our servers: which game you played, the date, each wrong guess as you make it, and, when you find the answer, the answer and how many guesses you needed. A win is recorded against a one-way hash derived from your IP address and browser, which we cannot reverse, so the same win is not counted twice. This data is used only to show aggregate figures, such as how many people found the answer and which wrong guesses were most common.
When you play Descend the Mines, each guess is checked on our servers. Your first right answer to each question and your final depth are stored against the same one-way hash, so each player counts once per day, and are used only to show how your depth compares with other players that day. We also count how often each answer and each wrong guess is given, with no hash or other identifier attached, to learn which answers are rare and which right answers are missing. Those counts are kept for 180 days.
When you send a suggestion through the Suggest form, we store what you wrote, your answer to its question, where you opened the form and when. To limit how many suggestions one visitor can send in a day, it is also stored against the same one-way hash for two days, after which the hash is removed. Please do not include personal information in a suggestion.
3. Data Retention
We do not maintain user accounts and therefore do not store personal user profiles.
Server logs are kept only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting. The game data described in Section 2 is kept for 30 days and then deleted automatically.
Suggestions are kept so we can read them and plan what to add, without the one-way hash after the first two days.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The Website does not set any cookies at all. We use no cookies for tracking, profiling or advertising. Your game progress is kept in your browser's own storage instead, as described in Section 2. If this changes in the future, this policy will be updated and, where required, consent will be requested before any such technologies are used.
5. Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or the minimum age required by applicable law). If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so appropriate steps can be taken.
6. Your Rights
If you are in the EU or UK, you have the right to request access to your personal data, request its correction or deletion, object to or restrict its processing, and request data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. See the Contact section below to get in touch.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
8. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
Email: [email protected]