Privacy policy

What we collect

• Contact form submissions — name, email address, and message text when you contact us. Also logs the request IP address for abuse prevention. Retained for 90 days, then deleted.
• Email subscriptions — your email address when you sign up for our weekday email and weekly recap. We send editorial content (puzzle, reveal, what we found); from time to time the email may include shop offers, sponsor messages, or affiliate links, each clearly labeled. Unsubscribe at any time from any email.
• Puzzle progress— your daily completion state and streak are saved in your browser's local storage. This data never leaves your device and is not transmitted to our servers.
• Analytics — page views via a cookieless analytics provider, anonymized by design; no personally identifiable information is stored.
• Error reports — if the site crashes, our error-tracking provider captures a stack trace and may include the URL and browser type. No account data is included.

Why we collect it

• Contact form data — to respond to your message (legitimate interest).
• Email subscriptions — to send you our weekday email, weekly recap, and related messages (consent).
• Analytics — to understand which content is useful so we can make more of it (legitimate interest).
• Error tracking — to fix bugs before they affect other readers (legitimate interest).

Data retention

• Contact form submissions — 90 days, then deleted.
• Email list — retained until you unsubscribe. Unsubscribe link in every email.
• Analytics — never stored as raw events; aggregated anonymously.
• Puzzle progress — browser local storage only; persists until you clear it yourself.

Your rights

GDPR (EU/UK residents): You have the right to access, correct, delete, or export any personal data we hold about you. You may also object to processing or request that we restrict it.

CCPA (California residents): We do not sell personal information. You have the right to know what we collect and to request deletion.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us with your request. We will respond within 30 days.

Cookies and browser storage

We use a small amount of browser localStorage for site functionality — your daily puzzle progress and streak, per-puzzle hint state, and your dismissal of in-site notices. This data lives only in your browser and is never transmitted to our servers.

We do not set first-party tracking cookies. Our analytics provider is cookieless. We do not set third-party advertising cookies and do not use tracking pixels.

Third-party providers

We use a small number of trusted third-party providers for hosting, email delivery, error tracking, analytics, storefront, and order fulfillment. Data is shared with each only as needed to operate the corresponding feature. Contact us for the current list of providers.

We do not sell your data to any party and do not use it for advertising.

Contact

For data requests or privacy questions, use the contact form. We read and respond to every message.