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This policy explains what AnagramSolverFree.com collects, why, and what you can do about it — including our full cookie disclosure in section 3. It is written to be read, not to be skimmed past. The short version: we collect very little, we never store the letters you type, and we do not sell anything about you.
This policy applies to anagramsolverfree.com and every tool, word list, guide, and article on it (the "Service"). It does not cover third-party sites you reach by clicking a link or an advertisement here.
For any privacy matter, contact [email protected]. For users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, AnagramSolverFree.com acts as the data controller for the limited personal data described below.
By using the Service you accept this policy. If you disagree with it, please stop using the Service.
The only way to give us personal information is to email us. When you do, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever is in your message. We use it to answer you and for nothing else.
Like virtually every website, our servers and analytics record technical information when you visit:
This is used in aggregate to understand which tools get used, find pages that are broken or slow, and decide what to build next. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from it.
This matters more than anything else on this page, so we will be explicit.
The letters you type into our solvers are never stored. Queries are processed in your browser or in temporary server memory, matched against our dictionary files, returned to you, and discarded. We do not log them, we do not keep a database of letter combinations, and we do not associate them with your IP address or any identifier. Nobody at AnagramSolverFree.com can see what you searched for, because there is no record to look at.
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device so it can recognise your browser on a later visit. Related technologies — local storage, session storage, pixels, and web beacons — do similar jobs. For simplicity this section calls all of them "cookies".
First-party cookies are set by the site you are visiting. Third-party cookies are set by someone else whose code runs on the page, such as an advertising network.
These keep the site working — load balancing, basic security, and remembering that you dismissed a notice. They cannot be switched off from within the site, and they do not identify you personally.
These remember your choices so you do not have to make them again: which dictionary you last selected, your filter settings, your theme. They are stored in your browser's local storage and never leave your device.
Turning them off costs you nothing except convenience. The solver resets to defaults on each visit.
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which tools get used, which pages are slow, and where people give up. The data is aggregated. We do not use it to identify individuals.
Our advertising partner, Google AdSense, sets cookies to limit how often you see the same advertisement, to measure whether ads worked, and — unless you opt out — to personalise which ads you see based on your browsing across other sites.
These are third-party cookies. We do not control them and we do not receive your browsing history from them.
| Category | Set by | Purpose | Typical lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | First party | Security, load balancing, notice dismissal | Session to 12 months |
| Preferences | First party (local storage) | Dictionary choice, filters, theme | Until you clear it |
| Analytics | Third party | Aggregate traffic and performance measurement | Up to 24 months |
| Advertising | Third party | Frequency capping, measurement, personalisation | Up to 24 months |
Exact cookie names and lifespans are set by our partners and change when they update their systems. The categories above are stable; individual entries are not.
Worth repeating here: no cookie on this site stores what you type into the solver. There is no "recently searched" cookie, no query history, and nothing for an advertiser to read. See section 2.3.
Where the law requires consent before non-essential cookies are set — notably in the EEA and the United Kingdom — visitors from those regions are shown a consent notice on first visit, and advertising and analytics cookies are not set until a choice is made. You can change your decision at any time through the cookie settings link in our footer.
Outside those regions, cookies are set as described above, and the controls in section 4.2 remain available to you.
Most browsers can send a "Do Not Track" signal. There is still no agreed industry standard for how sites should respond, and we do not currently respond to it. We do honour the Global Privacy Control signal where applicable law gives it effect.
The Service is free because it carries advertising served by Google AdSense, a third-party advertising network. We also use Google Analytics 4 for traffic measurement.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet. These vendors receive your IP address automatically when an ad loads. We do not control which specific ads you see and we do not receive your browsing history from them.
You can turn off personalisation without turning off ads entirely. You will still see advertising; it will simply be less relevant, which is the trade.
In your browser. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies, and block third-party cookies specifically while allowing first-party ones. Look under Settings, then Privacy. Blocking third-party cookies stops ad personalisation and leaves every tool on this site fully functional. Private or incognito windows discard cookies when you close them.
Through industry opt-outs. These cover many networks at once:
On mobile. On iOS, use Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. On Android, use Settings → Google → Ads and turn on "Opt out of Ads Personalisation".
The Service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. Under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), operators must obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from a child under 13.
Our tools are designed so that this situation rarely arises: no account is required, no personal details are requested, and nothing a user types is stored. The only route by which a child could send us personal information is email, and children under 13 should not email us without a parent's permission.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has sent us personal information, email [email protected] and we will delete it. You may also review what we hold, ask us to delete it, and refuse any further collection.
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR you have the right to access your personal data, correct it, erase it, restrict how we process it, object to processing, receive it in a portable format, and withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent.
Our legal bases are: legitimate interest for aggregate analytics and site security; consent for personalised advertising cookies where consent is required; and performance of a request for email correspondence you initiate.
To exercise any right, email us with Privacy Request in the subject line. We respond within 30 days. You also have the right to complain to your national data protection authority.
Under the CCPA as amended by the CPRA you have the right to know what categories of personal information we have collected, to request deletion, to correct inaccurate information, to opt out of sale or sharing, to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.
We do not collect sensitive personal information as the CPRA defines it.
We do not sell personal information, and we never have. We do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising in exchange for money or anything of value.
Note that under the CPRA's broad definition, allowing a third-party advertising network to set cookies can itself count as "sharing". If you want to prevent that, use the controls in section 4.2 or block third-party cookies. Everything on the site continues to work.
The entire site is served over HTTPS with TLS encryption. Our hosting is kept patched. Access to anything we do collect is limited to people who need it.
No website can promise perfect security, and we will not pretend otherwise. What we can say is that the most sensitive thing you could give us — the words you are searching for — is never written down in the first place.
| Data | Retention |
|---|---|
| Search queries and letters entered | Not retained at all |
| Analytics data | Up to 26 months, then deleted automatically |
| Server logs | Up to 90 days |
| Email correspondence | Up to 24 months after the matter is closed |
| Preference cookies | Up to 12 months, or until you clear them |
The Service is delivered through a global content delivery network, and our analytics and advertising partners operate internationally. Your information may therefore be processed in countries whose data protection laws differ from your own, including the United States.
Where personal data is transferred out of the EEA or the UK, our partners rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.
Our pages and advertisements link to sites we do not control. Clicking through takes you outside this policy. We are not responsible for what those sites collect or how they behave, and we encourage you to read their own privacy policies.
We may update this policy. When we do, we change the "Last updated" date at the top. If a change materially affects your rights, we will put a notice on the site before it takes effect.
Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Questions, complaints, or requests about this policy — including anything about cookies — go to [email protected]. Put Privacy Request in the subject line for anything involving your legal rights so it reaches the right queue.