Privacy Policy
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This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you visit arrow-puzzle.online (the “Site”), how it is used, which third parties are involved, and the choices you have. We have tried to write it in plain language. If anything is unclear, contact us at [email protected].
The short version
- You can play Arrow Puzzle without an account. We never ask for your name, email address, phone number or any other personal details in order to play.
- Your game progress (current level and highest level in each difficulty mode) is saved only in your own browser using local storage. It is not sent to our server.
- The Site uses third-party services – Google AdSense for advertising, 51.la for anonymous visitor statistics, ShareThis for share buttons and Google Fonts for typography. These services may set cookies or read similar identifiers on your device.
- Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalised advertising cookies are used.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time using the links in the “Your choices” section below.
Who is responsible
arrow-puzzle.online is an independent hobby project run by a small independent developer (see About). For the purposes of data protection law, the operator of the Site is the data controller for the limited information processed by the Site itself. Third-party providers named in this policy are responsible for their own processing under their own privacy policies.
Information we collect
Information stored on your device
The game uses your browser’s local storage under the key arrow-escape-v2 to remember your selected difficulty and your current and highest level in each mode. This data never leaves your device, is not a cookie, and is not readable by us. You can delete it at any time by clearing site data for arrow-puzzle.online in your browser settings.
Server logs
Like almost every website, the web server that delivers the Site automatically records basic technical information for each request: IP address, date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and the browser’s user-agent string. These logs are used only to keep the Site secure and running (for example, to detect abuse or fix errors) and are deleted or anonymised within 30 days.
Information you send us
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write. We use it only to reply to you and do not add you to any mailing list. We delete correspondence when it is no longer needed, normally within 12 months.
What we do not collect
We do not ask for or knowingly collect sensitive information (such as health, religion or sexual orientation), we do not request your precise geolocation, and we never pass personally identifiable information such as names or email addresses to advertising partners.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. The Site itself does not set any first-party cookies for game play. Cookies and similar identifiers (such as advertising IDs, local storage and pixels) may be set by the third-party services listed below when their scripts load on our pages.
| Provider | Purpose | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdSense | Showing advertisements, measuring ad performance, preventing fraud and, where permitted, personalising ads | Google advertising |
| 51.la | Anonymous visitor statistics (pages viewed, visit duration, device type, approximate country) | 51.la |
| ShareThis | Share buttons so you can share the game on social networks | ShareThis privacy policy |
| Google Fonts | Delivering the typeface used on the Site (your IP address is sent to Google when the font loads; no cookies are set) | Google Fonts privacy FAQ |
Advertising and Google AdSense
The Site is free to play and is supported by advertising served through Google AdSense. In connection with this:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Other third-party vendors and ad networks may also serve ads on the Site and use cookies or web beacons in the same way. A list of the vendors Google works with is available in Google’s ad technology providers list.
- These cookies and identifiers may be used to show personalised (interest-based) ads, non-personalised ads, to limit how often you see an ad, to measure ad performance and to detect invalid traffic.
You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Your choices and how to opt out
- Personalised ads from Google: visit Google Ad Settings to turn off ad personalisation.
- Other participating vendors: opt out at aboutads.info (US) or youronlinechoices.eu (EU/UK).
- Consent in the EEA, UK and Switzerland: when you first visit from these regions, a consent message provided through Google’s certified consent management platform lets you accept or reject the use of cookies for advertising. You can change your choice at any time using the “Privacy and cookie settings” link that appears on the page after you have made a choice.
- Browser controls: you can block or delete cookies and local storage in your browser settings. The game will still work; it simply will not remember your level.
Legal bases (EEA/UK visitors)
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on: your consent for personalised advertising and non-essential cookies; our legitimate interests for keeping the Site secure, measuring basic usage and serving non-personalised ads; and the performance of a request you make when you email us. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of personal data about you, to object to or restrict processing, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Residents of California and other US states with privacy laws may have the right to know what personal information is collected, to request deletion and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising; you can exercise the opt-out using the controls in the section above. Because the Site does not hold accounts or profiles, most data relevant to you is held by the third parties named above, but we will help you with any request sent to [email protected].
Children
Arrow Puzzle is a general-audience logic game and is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Security and retention
The Site is served only over HTTPS. We keep the small amount of data we control for as short a time as possible, as described above. No method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the information we handle.
International transfers
Our hosting provider and the third-party services listed above may process data in countries other than your own, including the United States and China. Where required, these providers rely on recognised transfer mechanisms such as standard contractual clauses.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the Site or the services it uses change. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. Significant changes will be highlighted on this page.
Contact
Questions or requests about privacy: [email protected]. You can also use our contact page.