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Privacy Policy

The short version sits at the top, in plain language. The longer version follows, numbered, for anyone who needs the specifics.

Last updated 31 May 2026Effective immediatelyPlain-language summary below
The short version

We keep your streak and your settings on your own device. We don’t sell your data, we don’t run third-party ad trackers, and we collect the bare minimum needed to print the paper and keep the lights on. Everything below just says that more carefully.

01 What we collect

We are a small paper and we like our records the same way. Here is the whole of it, in plain terms.

Game progress
Your streak, completed editions, and stats — stored locally in your browser so your clipping is yours. We don't need an account to keep it.
Settings
Your preferences (reduced motion, contrast) live in local storage on your device and never leave it.
Basic analytics
Aggregate, anonymised counts — how many people played today, which game, on what kind of device. No names, no profiles.

02 What we don’t

  • We don’t sell, rent, or trade your personal information to anyone, for any price.
  • We don’t run third-party advertising networks or cross-site tracking pixels.
  • We don’t build a behavioural profile of you to follow you around the rest of the web.

03 Cookies & storage

We use a small amount of local storage to remember your progress and preferences, and a single first-party cookie to keep you signed in if you choose to create an account. That’s the extent of it. You can clear both at any time from your browser, and the games will still play — you’ll simply start a fresh streak.

04 Your choices

Because almost everything lives on your device, you’re largely in control already. You can clear your local data, opt out of anonymous analytics from your settings, or write to us to ask what — if anything — we hold against your account. We’ll answer in plain language and within a reasonable time.

The best privacy policy is the one you barely need, because there’s barely anything to protect.— Our standing aim

05 Contacting the desk

Questions about any of the above go to the editor directly. We read everything, and we’d genuinely rather hear from you than have you wonder. If we ever change this policy in a way that matters, we’ll date it at the top and say plainly what changed.

— Greatest Games desk. Last set in type on 31 May 2026.

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