PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: September 28, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the WordIt! Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide, maintain and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created by You to access certain features of the Service, including saved progress and leaderboards.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Application refers to WordIt! Fun & Brainy Word Game, the software program provided by the Company.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Sideways.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Application or the Website or both.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically when using the Service, including information relating to how You interact with the Service and the games You play.
Website refers to WordIt!, accessible from https://www.wordit.in.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

WordIt! does not require You to create an Account in order to play the games.

Certain features, including saving and accessing progress and participating in leaderboards, require You to create or sign in to an Account.

When You create or access an Account, We may collect personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. This may include:

Email address
First name and last name, where provided through an account or sign-in method
Username
Account information associated with Your use of the Service

When You contact Us with a complaint, question or support request, We may also collect information that You provide to Us, such as Your name, email address and the contents of Your communication. Certain technical information, such as IP address or device information, may also be associated with a support request where necessary to help us investigate or respond to it.

Game and Usage Data

When You use WordIt!, We may collect and store information relating to Your use of the games. This may include:

Games and puzzles played
Game history
Scores and results
Streaks
Time taken to solve puzzles
Progress and achievements
Leaderboard position
Other information necessary to provide and improve the Service

Some game information may be stored locally on Your Device. Local information may be removed when You uninstall the Application.

When You participate in a leaderboard, the username You choose may be visible to other WordIt! players. Your real name is not displayed on the leaderboard.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), device type, operating system, browser type and version, the pages or features of our Service that You visit or use, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent using the Service, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data, where applicable.

We use Google Analytics and Firebase services to help us understand how the Service is used, maintain the Service, identify issues and improve the experience.

Information From Third-Party Sign-In Services

The Company allows You to create or access an Account using supported third-party sign-in services, including Google.

If You choose to register or sign in through a third-party sign-in service, We may receive information made available to Us through that service, such as Your name and email address.

We use this information to create and manage Your Account and provide the features associated with it.

Information Collected While Using the Application

While using Our Application, We may collect information necessary to provide features of Our Application, including game and usage information described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not require access to Your precise location in order to play WordIt!.

You may control permissions granted to the Application through Your Device settings where applicable.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar technologies where necessary to operate, maintain and understand the use of Our Website and Service.

Tracking technologies used may include cookies, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze how the Service is used.

The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Website or Service.
Necessary / Essential Cookies. These Cookies may be used where necessary to provide services available through the Website and to enable You to use certain features.
Functionality Cookies. These Cookies may allow the Website to remember choices You make when You use the Service and help provide a more convenient experience.

Cookies may be "Persistent" or "Session" cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We may update the technologies used by the Website from time to time as the Service develops.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service and provide features such as saved progress and leaderboards.
To save and provide game progress: to store and display Your game history, scores, streaks, puzzles played, solve times and other information associated with Your use of WordIt!.
To provide leaderboards: to calculate and display leaderboard positions and scores using the username You have chosen.
To provide and improve the Service: to understand how players use WordIt!, identify technical problems and improve games, puzzles and features.
To provide customer support: to respond to complaints, questions, requests and other communications You send to Us.
To provide notifications: to send notifications relating to the availability of games or puzzles, such as informing You when a puzzle is live. We do not use these notifications for promotional marketing.
To provide promotions: WordIt! may display promotional banners for products or stores operated by Sideways. These promotions may direct You to Sideways' stores on external services such as Amazon. These promotions are not personalized advertisements based on Your personal information.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our Service and evaluating and improving our Service, products and user experience.

Sharing Your Personal Data

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share or allow access to information with Service Providers that help us operate, maintain, analyze and improve the Service. This includes services such as Firebase and Google Analytics.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, acquisition or similar transaction.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case We will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or are under common control with Us.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
For legal purposes: We may disclose Your information where required or permitted by applicable law, legal process or valid requests from public authorities.

We do not sell Your personal information.

We do not provide Your personal information to third parties for personalized advertising.

Sharing Scores and Game Results

WordIt! may allow You to share scores or game results through external applications or services, such as WhatsApp and other sharing services available on Your Device.

When You choose to share information through an external service, that information is handled according to the privacy policy and practices of that external service. WordIt! does not control how an external service uses information You choose to share with it.

Leaderboards

If You choose to participate in a leaderboard, Your selected username and relevant game results may be displayed to other WordIt! players.

We do not display Your real name as part of the leaderboard.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.

Game and account information may be retained for as long as Your Account remains active or as necessary to provide features such as progress tracking and leaderboards.

If You delete Your Account or request deletion of Your Personal Data, We will take reasonable steps to delete the information associated with Your Account, subject to information We may need to retain because of legal obligations, legitimate business requirements or other lawful purposes.

Information stored locally on Your Device may be removed when You uninstall the Application.

We may retain certain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

This means that information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Your jurisdiction.

Your use of the Service and submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer where permitted by applicable law.

The Company will take reasonable steps to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You, subject to applicable legal requirements.

WordIt! provides users with the ability to delete their Account and associated data.

You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete personal information that You have provided to Us.

To request assistance with deletion or other privacy-related requests, You may contact Us at:

play@sideways.co.in

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when We have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice where required by applicable law before Your Personal Data becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as a court or government agency.

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

WordIt! is designed to be suitable for family use and may be used by children.

We do not intentionally require children to create an Account in order to play the games. WordIt! can be played without an Account.

Certain features, such as saved progress and leaderboards, require an Account. Where an Account is created, the information described in this Privacy Policy may be collected and processed in connection with that Account.

Parents or guardians who have questions or concerns about information associated with a child's use of WordIt! may contact Us at play@sideways.co.in.

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data in a manner that is not permitted under applicable law, We will take reasonable steps to address and delete such information where required.

Links to Other Websites and Services

Our Service may contain links to other websites or services that are not operated by Us.

For example, WordIt! may contain promotional links to Sideways' stores on external services such as Amazon.

If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site or service. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Your use of third-party services is governed by their respective terms and privacy policies.

Third-Party Services

WordIt! uses certain third-party services to help operate and understand the Service, including Firebase and Google Analytics.

These services may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms.

We use such services to support the operation, maintenance, security, analytics and improvement of WordIt!.

We do not authorize these services to use Your Personal Data for purposes inconsistent with the services they provide to Us, subject to the terms applicable to those services.

Your Choices

You may choose to play WordIt! without creating an Account.

If You create an Account, You may use the available Account controls to manage or delete Your Account and associated information.

You may also contact Us regarding access, correction or deletion of Your Personal Data.

You can control notifications through Your Device settings, where applicable.

You can also control certain permissions granted to the Application through Your Device settings.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time.

We will let You know of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Where required by applicable law, We may also provide additional notice through the Service or by other appropriate means.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted, unless otherwise stated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: play@sideways.co.in
By visiting our website: https://www.wordit.in

WordIt! Fun & Brainy Word Game
Operated by Sideways