This policy covers the WordTym app for Android and iOS, listed in the stores as WordTym: Word Search, and this website, wordtym.com. WordTym is published by Rdn Labs (“we”), who is responsible for the information described here.
What stays on your device
WordTym keeps everything it needs on the device you play on:
- the puzzle in progress, and for each finished puzzle its theme, size, time, hints used and score;
- your word collection, levels, trophies, records and streaks;
- your settings;
- problem reports: if the app crashes, it saves a short note of what went wrong and the last few things you did in the app, so the cause can be found.
None of this is sent to us. There is no WordTym account and no WordTym server that receives it. A problem report leaves your device only if you share it yourself from Settings, and you can clear them there at any time.
Backups
Export a backup in Settings writes your progress to a file, saved wherever you choose. We never receive it.
Your device's own backups also cover WordTym. On Android, Google's device backup and device-to-device transfer include the app's progress and settings, following your Android backup settings. On iPhone and iPad, iCloud and computer backups include the app's data as they do for other apps. Those backups are handled by Google or Apple under their own terms.
Ads in the free version
The free version shows ads served by Google AdMob, through the Google Mobile Ads software built into the app: banners on some menu screens, and a full-screen ad after you leave a finished puzzle. To serve and measure those ads and to prevent fraud, Google may collect:
- device identifiers, such as the advertising ID on Android;
- approximate location, estimated from your IP address;
- which ads were shown and how you interacted with them;
- information about the app and your device, and diagnostics about how the ads performed.
Google uses this as described in how Google uses information from apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy. We don't receive any of it in a form that identifies you. We see only totals, such as how many ads were shown.
Your choices
- In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, the app asks for your consent before Google personalises ads. In US states with privacy laws, it offers the opt-outs those laws require. Where any of these apply, Privacy choices in Settings lets you change your answer at any time.
- On iPhone and iPad, WordTym never asks to track you, so it has no access to your device's advertising identifier.
- On Android, you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device's settings, under Privacy and then Ads.
- Ads in WordTym are limited to content rated for general audiences, PG and below.
If you buy Remove ads, the ad software is never started: no ads are requested, nothing is collected for them, and you are never asked for consent.
Purchases
Remove ads is bought through Google Play or the App Store, and the store handles the payment. We never see your card or payment details. The store tells the app whether you own Remove ads, and the app keeps a note of that on your device so it can open without ads when you're offline. The store's own privacy policy covers the purchase itself.
Permissions
On Android, WordTym uses network access (to load ads and check your purchase), vibration (the tick when you find a word, which you can turn off in Settings), and the advertising ID and billing permissions that come with the ads and Google Play purchase software. It does not ask for your location, contacts, photos, microphone or notifications. On iOS it asks for no permissions at all.
What we collect
We collect nothing through the app. We run no analytics and keep no profile of you. We only receive information you choose to send us, such as an email to support or a problem report you share. We use it to answer you and fix what went wrong, we keep it only as long as that takes, and we never sell it or share it with anyone.
This website
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics or ads. The puzzle on the home page runs entirely in your browser and saves nothing. Like any website, the servers that deliver these pages may keep standard access logs, such as IP address and browser type, for security and reliability.
Children
WordTym is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we'll delete it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, for example under the GDPR, the UK GDPR or US state laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, to object to or limit how it's used, and to withdraw consent. Because the only information we hold about you is what you've emailed us, the quickest way to use these rights with us is to write to us. For information Google collects for ads, use Privacy choices in the app and Google's own controls.
Where EU or UK law applies, personalised ads rely on your consent, which you can withdraw in Privacy choices. Answering your emails relies on our legitimate interest in helping you. Some US state laws treat showing personalised ads as “selling” or “sharing” personal information; you can opt out of that in Privacy choices. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page changes with it. If a change affects what the app collects, we'll say so in the app's release notes.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or a request about your information: lab@reidell.net. See also the terms of use.