Welcome to Wordsmith. This Privacy Policy explains how One Bright Studio ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use the Wordsmith mobile application (the "App").
Wordsmith is played by people of all ages, including children, and we have designed it to collect as little as possible. There are no accounts and no sign-in. We never ask for an email address, phone number, or other contact details.
We use Firebase Analytics to understand how the App is played so we can improve levels and difficulty. Events include levels started, finished or failed, hints used, Daily Word results, placement-test results, the age band chosen when a player is created, and purchase and ad events. Events never include player names or any text typed into the App.
Firebase also receives an app-instance identifier, device model, operating system and app version, and an approximate location (country or region) derived from the IP address. Collection of the advertising identifier is turned off.
Players who have not bought Remove Ads see banner ads, ads between levels, and optional rewarded ads (for example, to get an extra heart). To protect younger players:
To serve these ads and measure them (for example, counting impressions and preventing fraud), Google may process your IP address and the approximate location derived from it, device and app information, and ad interaction data.
The optional Remove Ads purchase is handled by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details. The App checks with Apple whether the purchase has been made.
Wordsmith is suitable for ages 5 and up and is played by children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Player names and ages never leave the device and the player's iCloud account, analytics events carry no names, and all advertising is child-directed and non-personalised.
While any player on the device is under 14, a grown-up check (typing a number written in words) is required before purchases, restoring purchases, opening links outside the App, or sharing results.
If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example in a support email, please contact us and we will delete it.
Wordsmith uses the following services, which process data under their own privacy policies:
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We may disclose information where required by law or to protect the safety and integrity of the App and its players.
Apple and Google may process data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. These providers use safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where required by law.
We process analytics data on the basis of our legitimate interest in running and improving the App, and we follow the UK Age Appropriate Design Code by keeping data collection minimal and ads non-personalised. You may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 as defined by COPPA; ad requests are child-directed and the advertising identifier is not used. California residents have the right to know, access, correct, and delete personal information. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising, and we will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post updates on this page and revise the "Last Updated" date.
If you have questions or requests related to this Privacy Policy, contact us:
We aim to respond within 30 days.