Privacy Policy

What This Policy Covers

This policy explains what information is collected, used, and stored when you visit scrandle.co. The website is dedicated to the browser game Scrandle, which its homepage plays, alongside a small number of closely related titles chosen to sit comfortably next to it. The site publishes 1 game category: Food Games. Every game runs directly in your browser with no download, plugin, user account, login, or stored password required.

This site lists and embeds these games from third-party providers, but it did not build, develop, or publish any of them. If a title stops working, it is deactivated rather than left broken on the site. This document outlines how our direct features, embedded game frames, analytics, and advertising services handle visitor data.

Information We Collect Automatically

When you browse the site, several technical details are recorded first-party to keep the service running smoothly. Every page view records the path, page type, game id where applicable, device class, the referring host, never the full referring URL, and a timestamp. No third party receives any of this recorded data. Raw page-view rows are kept for 3 days and then deleted, with only daily aggregate totals preserved beyond that time.

Visitor counts are generated using a daily hash of a secret, the date, your IP address, and your browser user-agent. Because the date is part of the hash, your visit counts once per day and cannot be linked from one day to the next. No IP address is stored in the visitor counter. In addition, an internal session cookie maintains your session across pages, expiring after 30 minutes of inactivity.

When you use on-site search, we log the query text, browser user-agent, referring page, session identifier, and a hashed version of your IP address that is never stored in readable form. When you like or favourite a game, your IP address is stored so the same action is not counted twice.

Information You Send Us

You may choose to send us information through forms available across the site. When you use the contact form, we store the name, email address, subject, and message you submit. Messages are readable by site administrators and remain stored until manually deleted. Along with your message, we store your IP address and browser user-agent string to enforce a rate limit of 3 submissions per hour and to block abusive senders.

Every game page also includes a report form. Submitting a report stores the reason selected from a fixed list, including copyright, your written description, your email address if you choose to provide one, your IP address, and a timestamp. The IP address limits reports to three per item per address per day. Reports are stored with a status and marked reviewed, resolved, or dismissed in the admin area, recording which administrator handled it and when.

Comments You Post

Visitors can leave comments on game pages. When you post a comment, the site stores the commenter name you enter, your comment text, your IP address, and your browser user-agent string. You may also choose to provide an optional email address, which is stored alongside your submission.

Comments are not removed on an automated schedule. A posted comment stays on the page until it is removed. If a game is deleted from the site, all comments associated with that specific game are deleted along with it. Because comments are displayed publicly on the website, any name or message you submit in the comment form will be visible to other visitors who view that game page.

Search Queries

When you use the search bar on our site, we keep an internal log of search activity to understand what titles visitors look for. Each search record stores the submitted search text, your browser user-agent string, the referring page from which you initiated the query, and your active session identifier.

We also process your IP address during search requests to maintain system operations. However, the IP address in these search logs is stored only as an irreversible hash, never in readable form. This means search records cannot be viewed as plain IP addresses in the log files.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies and similar technologies are used on this site for it to function properly. Our site sets its own first-party session cookie so your visit holds together smoothly across different pages. This session cookie is restricted to HTTP requests, is sent over HTTPS where the connection allows, expires automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity, and has its identifier replaced every 30 minutes.

In addition to our session cookie, external services and embedded game providers may use cookies or similar identifiers. If analytics or advertising services are enabled on the site, those services may set their own identifiers under their respective policies. Furthermore, games are embedded on our pages via iframes from third-party providers. These external providers set their own cookies and receive visitor IP addresses when their content loads. We do not control the cookies or operational practices of those third-party providers.

You can manage cookie settings, clear stored data, or disable storage tools directly within your web browser controls. Keep in mind that some site features, advertisements, analytics or embedded games may behave differently when browser storage or third-party scripts are restricted.

Analytics

We monitor general website traffic to understand how our pages are used. First-party page views record the path, page type, game id, device class, referring host, and timestamp. Raw page-view records are deleted after 3 days, leaving only daily summary totals. Our visitor counter uses a hash of a secret, the date, your IP address, and your user-agent, storing no IP address in any form.

Additionally, the site may use Google Analytics to measure traffic. When Google Analytics is enabled, it may use cookies or similar identifiers to collect measurement data under Google's own policies. We do not transmit our internal page-view logs to external third parties, but third-party analytics tools operate under their own data practices and configurations.

Advertising

The site may show advertisements served by Google AdSense to support the ongoing availability of our games. When Google AdSense is enabled, Google may use cookies and similar identifiers to deliver advertisements under its own policies. We do not configure or determine the specific ad targeting mechanics, as Google manages advertisement delivery and identifier usage directly according to its own privacy rules and individual visitor settings.

Our audience includes school-age children, so personal information is treated with extra care, and nothing this site collects is used to build an advertising profile of a child. Any data collected directly on our site for technical operations remains separate from advertising delivery systems.

If you wish to manage your advertising preferences or review how Google uses data across its network, you can consult Google's published privacy resources and ad settings tools. Third-party advertising services operate under their own terms, and any cookies or identifiers placed by those networks are governed by the respective policies of the advertising provider.

Third-Party Games and Embedded Content

Our site is dedicated to the game Scrandle, which is playable on the homepage, along with a small selection of related games in 1 published category: Food Games. Every game runs directly in your web browser with no download, plugin, user account, or registration required. If a title stops working, it is deactivated rather than left broken on the site.

All games on this site are embedded in iframes from third-party providers. This site lists and embeds these titles; it did not build, develop, or publish any of them. When you load a game page, the embedded iframe connects directly to the servers of the third-party provider hosting that game. As a result, those third-party providers receive your IP address and may set their own cookies or local identifiers to operate their game files.

We do not control these third-party providers or the technologies they choose to deploy inside their embedded frames. We encourage you to review the privacy notices and policies of the respective game hosts if you want to understand how they process technical data and cookies.

Children’s Privacy

Our audience includes school-age children, so personal information is treated with extra care. Nothing this site collects is used to build an advertising profile of a child.

We do not require user accounts, logins, or stored passwords to play Scrandle or any other game on the website. Children and families can access the site without creating a profile or providing personal contact details. When optional interactive features are used, such as the contact form, game report forms, or public comments, only the information entered into those fields is processed. Parents and guardians who have questions about data handling or who wish to discuss information submitted through our forms can reach the operator using the contact details provided below.

How Long We Keep Data

First-party session cookies expire automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity.

Raw page-view log rows are deleted after 3 days, with only aggregated daily totals retained beyond that timeframe.

Contact form messages, including name, email address, subject, message, IP address, and user-agent string, are readable by site administrators and remain stored until manually deleted.

Game issue reports, which include report details, timestamps, administrator handling status, and IP addresses, are stored in the admin area for review.

Game comments remain published until removed, and all comments associated with a specific game are deleted if that game is removed from the catalog.

Your Rights and Choices

You have several choices regarding the information collected when you browse our site. You can configure your browser to block, limit, or delete cookies and local storage mechanisms at any time. You can also adjust browser settings to restrict third-party scripts or clear cached data. Because playing games on this site never requires an account or registration, you can explore and play titles without providing identifying profile details.

If you have submitted information through our public comment fields, contact form, or game report forms, you can contact the site operator to request the removal or correction of your submitted data. Notices and requests about this page reach the operator at privacy [at] scrandle [dot] co, which is an active and monitored mailbox.

When reaching out with a privacy inquiry or deletion request, please provide relevant details—such as the specific message content, game page, or submitted comment—so that the corresponding entry can be identified. We review and process requests sent to our designated privacy address.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our technical practices, site features, or embedded content. When updates are made, the revised policy will be posted directly on this page. We encourage visitors and parents to check this page periodically to stay informed about how information is handled on scrandle.co.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, feedback, or formal requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of information on scrandle.co, you can reach the site operator directly by email at privacy [at] scrandle [dot] co. That mailbox exists and is regularly monitored to receive and review incoming privacy notices, data inquiries, and form submission questions.