Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 14, 2026

This policy explains what information is collected when you visit Hint by Hint (hintbyhint.com), operated by HintByHint (“we”, “us”), and the choices you have.

The short version

You don’t need an account, and we don’t ask for your name or email to use the site.
We use analytics to see which pages are useful, and we plan to show ads through Google AdSense. Both use cookies or similar technologies.
Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), we ask for your consent before non-essential cookies are used.
You can contact us at contact@hintbyhint.com with any privacy question or request.

Information we collect

Hosting and security (Cloudflare Pages). The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and delivered through Cloudflare’s network. To deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, Cloudflare processes technical information about each request — such as your IP address, browser and device type (user agent), the page requested, the referring page, and the date and time. Cloudflare handles this data under its own privacy policy. We don’t run our own servers or keep our own server logs; we can see aggregated traffic and security statistics in our Cloudflare dashboard.

If Cloudflare security features such as bot protection or challenge pages are switched on, Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security cookies (for example __cf_bm or cf_clearance) to tell people apart from automated traffic. These are not used for advertising. Cloudflare’s cookie documentation describes them.

Analytics. We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used: for example, which pages are visited, roughly where visitors are located (country or city level), what device and browser they use, and events such as opening a hint or an answer. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar identifiers. We use this information only in aggregate to improve the site.

Information you send us. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it only to reply and to fix the issue you raised.

We do not sell your personal information, and we don’t knowingly collect sensitive information.

Advertising and cookies

We plan to show ads served by Google, including through Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices, or in Europe at youronlinechoices.eu.
If you opt out, or don’t give consent where it’s required, you may still see ads, but they won’t be personalized.

Google explains how it uses data from sites that use its services here: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Visitors from the EEA, the UK and Switzerland will see a consent message the first time they visit. You can accept or decline non-essential cookies, and change your choice at any time using the “Privacy settings” link in the site footer. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site will still work, though ads may be less relevant.

Legal bases (EEA / UK visitors)

We process personal data:

to run and secure the site (our legitimate interests);
for analytics and advertising cookies, on the basis of your consent;
to answer messages you send us (our legitimate interests in responding).

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to complain to your local data protection authority. California residents may also ask what personal information is collected and request its deletion, and we do not sell or share personal information for money. To make a request, email contact@hintbyhint.com. Much of the data described here is held by Google; you can also manage it through your Google account and the opt-outs above.

How long we keep data

Analytics data is kept for the retention period set in Google Analytics (no longer than 14 months). Emails are kept only as long as needed to deal with your message. Request logs processed by Cloudflare are kept according to Cloudflare’s own retention practices; we don’t store separate copies.

Children

Hint by Hint is a general-audience site and is not directed at children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

International transfers

Our service providers, including Cloudflare and Google, may process data in countries other than yours, such as the United States. Where required, these transfers rely on appropriate safeguards provided by those providers.

Changes to this policy

We’ll update this page if our practices change, and revise the effective date above.

Contact

Privacy questions or requests: contact@hintbyhint.com