Privacy Policy

Useful Crosswords is designed to be used without an account. We collect as little data as possible.

What we store locally

Your puzzle progress and completion history are saved in your browser’s local storage. This data never leaves your device unless you explicitly share it.

Analytics

We collect anonymised gameplay events (puzzle started, completed, cells filled) to understand how puzzles are being played. These events do not include any personally identifiable information.

Advertising and cookies

This site uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense may use cookies and similar technologies to show ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. This includes personalised advertising unless you opt out.

Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland are shown a consent prompt before any advertising cookies are set. You may withdraw or adjust consent at any time by refreshing the page.

To learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services, visit policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. To opt out of personalised advertising, visit google.com/settings/ads.