Quotedle (“we”, “us”, or “the site”) is a simple browser-based word game hosted at playquotedle.com. We respect your privacy and try to collect as little data as possible. This page explains what we store, what third-party services may see, and what choices you have.
1. Who we are
Quotedle is an independent project maintained by Liam Collins. For any question about this policy, or a request to delete or correct data related to you, please email [email protected].
2. What data Quotedle itself stores
Quotedle does not require an account, does not ask for your email, and does not
operate a user database. The following information is stored
locally in your browser using the localStorage API,
and never sent to our servers:
- Which daily puzzles you have completed, and in how many guesses
- Your current streak and your best streak
- Your lifetime win/loss distribution (used for the stats screen)
- A small amount of preference data (for example, whether you have seen the how-to-play screen)
This data lives on your device. It is tied to the browser you are using. If you clear your browser’s site data, open the site in a different browser, or use a private/incognito window, that data resets. We have no way to recover it because we never receive a copy.
3. Server logs
When your browser requests a page from Quotedle, the hosting provider (Cloudflare) receives standard web traffic information: an IP address, a user-agent string, the URL requested, and a timestamp. These logs are used only for security, abuse prevention, and aggregate traffic statistics. We do not link these logs to any identity.
4. Third-party services
Google AdSense
Quotedle displays advertising via Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may place cookies and similar technologies on your device in order to serve, limit, and measure ads. Specifically:
- Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- For more information about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services, see policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
Hosting
The site is hosted on Cloudflare. Cloudflare’s privacy practices are described at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
5. Cookies
Quotedle itself does not set any cookies. Cookies that appear on your device while using the site are set by Google AdSense or by Cloudflare for security purposes. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking or deleting cookies will not affect your ability to play.
6. Children’s privacy
Quotedle is a word puzzle suitable for a general audience, but we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. Because the site requires no account and stores no personal information on our servers, there is no data to associate with a child or any other specific individual. Parents and guardians who are concerned about advertising to minors can block ad cookies or use an ad-blocking browser extension.
7. Your choices
- Opt out of personalized ads: Visit Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info/choices.
- Clear your game stats: Clear site data for playquotedle.com in your browser settings, or delete the localStorage entry from the developer tools.
- Block cookies entirely: Most browsers let you block third-party cookies. The game works fine with them blocked.
- Contact us: For anything not covered here, email [email protected].
8. GDPR and regional rights
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or a jurisdiction with similar data-protection rules, you have a right to request information about any personal data we hold about you, to ask that we correct or delete it, and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Because Quotedle does not collect personal data on its servers, most of these requests will simply confirm that we have no records to produce.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the site grows. When we do, we will change the date at the top of this page and, for any significant change, add a note on the home page for at least a week.
10. Contact
Questions or requests about this policy go to [email protected].