Updated: 3 July 2025
Wordle Hints (“wordlehints.co.uk”, “we”, “us”) recognizes the importance of maintaining your privacy. We value your privacy and appreciate your trust in us. This Privacy Policy applies to current and former visitors to our website. By visiting and/or using our website at https://wordlehints.co.uk (“website”), you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy explains the information practices that apply to personally identifiable information that we collect about you as an individual (“Personal Information”), when you visit and/or use our website.
Advertising and Analytics
We use third-party services such as Google AdSense and Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to serve advertisements and analyze website traffic.
Google AdSense may use cookies and similar technologies to show personalized ads based on your visits to this and other websites. These technologies may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and browsing behavior. You can learn more about how Google uses data in advertising here, and you may opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s Ads Settings.
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is used to better understand how users interact with the website. GA4 may collect anonymized data such as your device type, pages visited, and time spent on site. This data is used only to improve website performance and user experience. GA4 does not collect personally identifiable information.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data by these third-party services in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. To allow such cookies, check the box where it says “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment”.
We use cookies based on your consent, which you can provide or withdraw at any time. You can manage your cookie preferences or withdraw consent by visiting our Cookie Policy.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
We use Akismet for comment spam detection. Only the personal data necessary to carry out Akismet’s core function of protecting this site against comment spam is collected from commenters. We do not sell the data you send to the Akismet service, and Akismet does not retain it for long. Akismet has short retention periods, between two weeks and ninety days for the vast majority of spam-related data, after which it is automatically deleted from Akismet’s databases. Anyone can opt out of all long-term tracking for the small subset of data Akismet retains longer by using their contact form. For more information, please visit the Automattic Privacy Notice.
Under GDPR, we rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis for collecting and processing data associated with comments. You have the right to object to this processing.
Media
We do not have the option for you to upload media such as images, pdfs or other files to our website. In an instance where this option becomes available to you and you choose to upload media on this website then the following will apply: You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. The comment section on this website is sometimes called “Join the discussion”.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you want to request your data to be removed from this website, you have to write an email to [email protected]. The data is associated with the email address you fill into the comment and/or discussion form(s). If we receive a data removal request from you at the above email address, we will manually review and process your request.
Under GDPR, you have the following rights:
- The right to access your personal data.
- The right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”).
- The right to restrict processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to object to data processing.
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.