This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that we gather when you use Crosswordpuzzles (“Service”), as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it. By using the Service, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the practices described in this policy, you should not use the Service.
Information Collection and Use
Crosswordpuzzles (“We”, “Us”, “Our”) collects various types of information to better serve your needs. This can include personal information – that is, information that can be used to identify an individual – provided that you decide to share it with us. For instance, we may collect your name, email address, physical address, and phone number if you choose to sign up for our newsletter, participate in our forums, or purchase products or services.
In addition, we may also automatically collect non-personal information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, the pages you visit on our site, the pages you visited before coming to our site, and the pages you visit after leaving our site.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
Cookies
We use “cookies” to enhance your experience with our Service. These are small files that we store on your computer or device to help us remember your preferences, track advertisements, and remember your browsing history to improve our Service. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by adjusting your web browser settings.
Use of Your Personal Data
We may use your personal data for various purposes such as:
- To maintain and improve our Service.
- To manage your account and provide you with customer support.
- To communicate with you about our products, services, and related issues.
- To perform research about your use of our Service.
Sharing of Your Personal Data
We do not sell, rent, or lease our customer lists to third parties. However, we may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 13, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to this Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.