Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 22, 2026

PuzzleWalker.com ("PuzzleWalker", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use PuzzleWalker, how that information is used, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.

PuzzleWalker is an interactive map-puzzle and educational entertainment website. By using the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Account and authentication information

PuzzleWalker allows users to sign in through supported third-party authentication providers, including Google and Facebook. When you choose one of these providers, we may receive information the provider makes available to us according to your authorization and account settings.

This may include:

• name or display name;
• email address, where made available;
• profile image, where made available;
• a provider-specific account identifier; and
• other basic account information made available by the provider.

PuzzleWalker does not receive or store your Google or Facebook password.

1.2 Game and account information

When you play while signed in, we may store information needed to operate the game and maintain game history, including the puzzle or map played, game-session identifiers, game start/activity/completion times, completion time, attempts, hints used, correctly placed pieces, scores, stars, ratings, and leaderboard information.

1.3 Technical information

Our servers and security systems may receive technical information such as IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, referring page, requested resources, timestamps, and error or diagnostic information. This information may be used for security, fraud prevention, troubleshooting, service operation, and improvement.

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• create and maintain user accounts;
• authenticate users and maintain secure sessions;
• save and resume unfinished games;
• record game progress and calculate scores;
• operate leaderboards and game history;
• prevent fraud, abuse, cheating, and unauthorized access;
• diagnose technical problems and improve the website;
• understand general use of the service;
• display and measure advertising, where advertising is enabled; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

3. Facebook Login

PuzzleWalker provides Facebook Login as an optional method of authenticating a PuzzleWalker account. When you choose "Continue with Facebook", Meta may provide PuzzleWalker with information associated with your Facebook account that is made available through the Facebook Login service and authorized by you.

Depending on what Meta makes available, this may include your name, email address, profile picture, and a unique Facebook/Meta account identifier.

We use information received through Facebook Login to create or identify your PuzzleWalker account, authenticate you, maintain your login session, associate game activity with your account, save and restore unfinished games, maintain scores and rankings, and provide account-related functionality.

PuzzleWalker does not receive or store your Facebook password.

We do not sell information obtained through Facebook Login. Such information may be processed by service providers necessary to operate PuzzleWalker, including authentication, hosting, database, security, and infrastructure providers.

Facebook/Meta authentication is also subject to Meta's applicable terms and privacy practices. See Meta's Privacy Policy.

4. Google Sign-In

If you choose Google Sign-In, Google may provide PuzzleWalker with information authorized by you and made available through Google's authentication service. We use this information to establish and maintain your PuzzleWalker account and authenticated session.

For information about Google's privacy practices, see Google's Privacy Policy.

5. Cookies, Local Storage, and Similar Technologies

PuzzleWalker uses cookies and similar browser technologies for essential functionality, including authentication, session management, security, preferences, and game-related functionality.

PuzzleWalker may also use browser local storage or session storage for features such as temporarily preserving game state or remembering a pending puzzle during authentication.

Third-party services may use their own cookies or similar technologies according to their respective policies.

6. Google Advertising and AdSense

PuzzleWalker may use Google AdSense or other Google advertising services to display advertisements.

When Google advertising is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar identifiers to serve, measure, and personalize advertising, subject to applicable settings, consent requirements, and policies.

Users can manage Google's personalized advertising settings through Google Ads Settings. Google also provides information about data use on partner sites and apps through its partner-sites data-use information.

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share or make information available to service providers when reasonably necessary to operate PuzzleWalker. These may include authentication providers such as Google and Meta; hosting, database, and infrastructure providers; advertising and measurement providers where applicable; security and fraud-prevention providers; and government authorities or other parties where disclosure is required by law.

8. Public Game Information

Some game-related information may be displayed through public or semi-public features such as leaderboards. Depending on the feature, this may include a display name, score, completion time, stars, rating, or puzzle name.

Please avoid using sensitive personal information as a public display name.

9. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain account and game functionality, preserve game history and scoring integrity, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, and protect the security of the service.

10. Data Deletion and Account Removal

You may request deletion of your PuzzleWalker account and associated personal information at any time by following our Data Deletion Instructions or by contacting support@puzzlewalker.com.

When we receive and verify a deletion request, we will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize personal information associated with the account, subject to information that we are required or permitted to retain for legal, security, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, or other legitimate purposes.

Deleting your account may permanently remove saved games, game history, scores, leaderboard information, and other account-associated data.

11. Removing Facebook Authorization

You may remove PuzzleWalker's authorization through the account settings provided by Facebook/Meta. Removing Facebook authorization may prevent Facebook from being used to authenticate you, but it does not necessarily delete information already associated with your PuzzleWalker account.

To delete your PuzzleWalker account and associated information, follow the Data Deletion Instructions.

12. Children's Privacy

PuzzleWalker is a general-audience educational and entertainment website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable children's privacy laws.

If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal information to PuzzleWalker inappropriately, please contact support@puzzlewalker.com.

Where Google advertising services are used on a child-directed site or section, applicable Google requirements concerning child-directed treatment and personalized advertising will be followed.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no Internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Third-Party Websites and Services

PuzzleWalker may link to third-party websites or services. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or availability of third-party services. You should review their policies before providing personal information.

15. International Users

PuzzleWalker may be accessed from countries other than the country in which the service operator is located. Information may therefore be processed or stored in other jurisdictions, subject to applicable law.

16. Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or objection to certain processing of your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact support@puzzlewalker.com.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be changed when updates are made.

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