Privacy Policy

Who operates WERD

WERD is created and operated by mini tech co. This policy explains how information is handled when you use werd.gg.

Information we process

When you first play, Supabase creates an anonymous account with a random identifier. We store that identifier with your puzzle results, including whether you won, incorrect attempts, completion time, and puzzle date.

If you sign in with PuzzParty, PuzzParty shares your PuzzParty ID, username, name, and photo with WERD. We store your PuzzParty ID and username alongside the anonymous identifier of each browser you sign in on, so your results and streaks follow you across devices. Results you saved in a browser before signing in join your account. We do not store your PuzzParty name or photo.

Our hosting and infrastructure providers may process standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, request time, and requested pages for security, reliability, and operational logging.

Browser storage

WERD uses local browser storage to keep your anonymous authentication session, your PuzzParty sign-in if you use one, and to restore an unfinished game, timer, attempts, clue, and completed status. This storage is necessary for the requested game functionality. Clearing site data removes the local session and game state, and WERD may then recognise you as a new anonymous player.

We do not use advertising or behavioural-tracking cookies.

Analytics

WERD uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand aggregate traffic and improve the game. It does not use cookies. Vercel may process anonymised information such as the page visited, referral source, visit time, approximate location, browser, operating system, and device type. We do not use this information to identify individual players.

How we use information

We use this information to operate the game, restore progress, calculate personal and community statistics, maintain streaks and leaderboards, prevent duplicate submissions, investigate abuse, and keep the service secure.

Sharing and service providers

Scores are not public. If you sign in with PuzzParty, your results for each day’s puzzle are shown with your PuzzParty name, username, and photo to your PuzzParty friends who also play WERD. Other game information is used for personal or aggregate statistics and is not sold.

We rely on service providers including PuzzParty for optional sign-in and friend lists, Supabase for authentication and database infrastructure, Vercel for hosting and cookie-free web analytics, Google Fonts for typography, and esm.sh to deliver a browser software dependency. These providers may process technical information under their own terms and privacy policies.

Retention and your choices

Game results and anonymous identifiers may be retained while needed to provide statistics, leaderboards, security, and service history. You can clear local WERD data through your browser settings. If you disconnect WERD from your PuzzParty account or delete that account, we remove your PuzzParty ID and username from WERD, and your past results remain only as anonymous history. To request access, correction, or deletion of server-side information, contact mini tech co. through minitech.co. We may need information from your active browser session to identify an anonymous account.

Children

WERD is a general-audience word game and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

We may update this policy as the game or legal requirements change. The date above will show the latest revision.