Privacy Policy for doddle.me

Effective Date: 10 October 2025

Disclaimer: This is a template and is not legal advice. You should consult with a legal professional to ensure your privacy policy is fully compliant with all applicable laws and regulations, including the UK GDPR.

1. Introduction

Welcome to doddle.me ("we," "us," "our"). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights in relation to it.

This policy applies to our website, www.doddle.me (the "Service"). By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect very little information to keep our Service simple and private. The only personal information we may collect is:

Email Address (Optional): You may choose to voluntarily provide us with your email address. This is not required to play the game.

We do not collect any other personal data, such as your name, address, or age.

3. How We Use Your Information

If you choose to provide your email address, we will use it only for the following purposes:

To send you the daily word game, if you subscribe to that feature.
To send occasional announcements or updates about the Service.
To respond to any queries or feedback you send us.

We will never sell your email address to third parties.

Our legal basis for processing this information under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is your consent, which you give by voluntarily providing your email address. You can withdraw this consent at any time.

4. Data Storage and Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to secure your information and protect it from unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure. The data we collect is stored on secure servers.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your email address for as long as you wish to remain subscribed to our communications. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email we send, or by contacting us directly. Once you unsubscribe, your email address will be permanently deleted from our active systems.

6. Third-Party Services

We do not share your email address with any third parties for marketing purposes. We may use a trusted third-party service (e.g., an email service provider) to manage our email communications. These providers are carefully selected and are also required to comply with data protection laws.

7. Your Data Protection Rights (UK GDPR)

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at admin@doddle.me.

8. Request Data Deletion

You can request the permanent deletion of your email address from our records. Enter your email in the form below to automatically generate a deletion request to our admin team.

9. Cookies

Our website may use "cookies" to enhance user experience. Cookies are small files placed on your device. We only use cookies that are essential for the basic functionality of the game (e.g., to save your progress for the current day). We do not use tracking or advertising cookies. You can set your web browser to refuse cookies, but note that some parts of the Service may not function properly.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We advise you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: admin@doddle.me
Website: www.doddle.me