Privacy Policy

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide—and the reasons why you are asked to provide it—will be made clear at the point we request it.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you send us, and any other information you choose to provide.

When you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you (directly or through partners) for customer service, updates, and marketing
• Send you emails
• Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

5LetterWords.org follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes IP addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable and are used for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like many websites, 5LetterWords.org uses cookies to store information including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. This information is used to optimize the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of a third-party vendors on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to our site and other sites on the internet. Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Our Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below with links to their privacy policies:

• Google — https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Advertising Partners’ Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of 5LetterWords.org.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their advertisements and links that appear on 5LetterWords.org, which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or personalize the advertising content you see on websites that you visit.

Note: 5LetterWords.org has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

5LetterWords.org’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We therefore advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information, including their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data it has collected.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that the business has collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access — You have the right to request copies of your personal data (a small fee may apply).
• The right to rectification — You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure — You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing — You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing — You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability — You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Protecting children while using the internet is a priority. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. 5LetterWords.org does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child provided such information on our website, please contact us immediately and we will promptly remove it from our records.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Advertising

This site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purpose of placing advertising on the site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, please see: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other operational needs. When we make changes, we will post the updated policy on this page and revise the “Last updated” date above. Where required by law, we will also provide additional notice. Your continued use of 5LetterWords.org after any changes become effective means you accept the updated policy.

Questions

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please email us at contact@5letterwords.org.