Word Connect — Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 9, 2026. This policy covers the Word Connect game for Android and Windows, made by G. Thompson / Niagara Indie Apps. It applies to both editions: the one on Google Play and the one downloaded from niagaraindieapps.com. The game does not need an account, and every puzzle works without an internet connection.

Your game progress, coins, achievements, statistics, settings, daily challenge history and puzzles in progress are stored only on your device, in a local database. The game does not upload any of it anywhere.

Word Connect contains no advertising, no analytics, no crash-reporting services, and no location tracking. It does not use your camera, microphone, contacts or files, and it sends no notifications.

A backup file is created only when you choose Settings → Back up, and is saved to the place you choose. It is not sent to us.

Both editions include a free 3-day trial of the complete game. To run it, the app stores the time you first opened it, plus a random ID it creates when installed, on your device. That ID is not a hardware or advertising ID. Nothing is sent to us during the trial.

After the trial, the website edition is unlocked with a license bought on this website. When you activate a license, the app sends the following to our license server at niagaraindieapps.com: • your license key • this app's ID • the random device ID described above • the platform (Android or Windows) and the app version When the app later re-checks the license while online, or when you remove a device, it sends only your license key and that device ID. Our server stores a one-way hash of the device ID, the platform, the app version, and when the device was activated and last checked. It also records the IP address of each license request in a license activity log. We use this only to verify your license, enforce its limit of 2 devices, and prevent license abuse. Your game progress and statistics are never sent.

After the trial, the Google Play edition is unlocked with a one-time purchase through Google Play Billing. Google processes that payment under its own privacy policy; the app only learns whether the unlock has been bought. This edition never contacts our servers and we never receive your payment details.

Website licenses are bought on niagaraindieapps.com. The information you give at checkout (such as your email address) is covered by the site-wide Privacy Policy at niagaraindieapps.com/privacy. Card payments are processed by Stripe, and we never receive your full card number.

Coins in the game are earned by playing. They cannot be bought, so the game never asks for payment details.

You can delete all of your progress at any time in the app under Settings → Reset progress. Uninstalling the app also deletes the data it stored on your device. To free a device from your license, use niagaraindieapps.com/license/manage. To ask us to delete the license records we hold, contact us as described below.

Word Connect does not ask for or collect personal information from anyone.

If a future version of Word Connect changes how it handles data, we will update this page before that version is released.

For privacy questions, use the Contact page at niagaraindieapps.com/contact and select Word Connect.