Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 27, 2026 @ 00:26:00 EDT
Effective Date: October 27, 2026 @ 00:26:15 EDT

1. Information WordGeek May Collect

   1. Usage, Technical, and Voluntary Contact Information

      • Basic website usage information that may be available through hosting, server logs, browser activity, security tools, or standard website operation
      • Name, email address, or contact details if you voluntarily contact WordGeek.net
      • Information voluntarily included in messages, feedback, corrections, suggestions, or other communications you send
      • Technical information such as browser type, device type, approximate location, referring pages, pages visited, timestamps, IP address, or similar diagnostic information where available

   2. Third-Party Service and Contribution Information

      • Information collected by third-party tools, embedded services, analytics, or external platforms used by the website
      • Transaction, contribution, customer-contact, and related information made available by a payment processor when you voluntarily use a hosted payment page

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2. How Information May Be Used

   1. Operational, Security, and Support Purposes

      • To respond to inquiries, corrections, feedback, or other communications
      • To improve website content, layout, performance, usability, security, and reliability
      • To monitor, protect, troubleshoot, or maintain the operation and integrity of the website
      • To investigate spam, abuse, security issues, technical problems, or misuse of the website
      • To support analytics, measurement, and other website services provided by WordGeek.net or third-party service providers
      • To process and document voluntary contributions through a third-party payment processor and respond to contribution-related questions
      • To comply with legal obligations, court orders, law enforcement requests, or other lawful requirements where applicable

   2. No Sale or Rental of Personal Information

      WordGeek.net does not sell or rent personal information for money. Some privacy laws define “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising more broadly and may treat certain third-party technology disclosures as covered activity even when no money is paid for personal information. Available cookie and privacy choices are described below and in our Cookies Policy.

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3. Cookies and Third-Party Tools

   1. Standard Website and Security Technologies

      WordGeek.net may rely on standard browser, hosting, server, security, analytics, or platform technologies. These tools may use cookies, local browser storage, log files, web beacons, tracking pixels, IP addresses, embedded content, or similar technologies to operate, secure, improve, measure, or support the website.

   2. Third-Party Service Providers and Consent Choices

      Information collected by third-party services is handled according to the privacy policies, settings, and terms of those providers. WordGeek.net does not directly control the data practices of third-party service providers. Where required by applicable law, visitors may be presented with consent or privacy choices regarding cookies or the collection and use of information by third-party services. For additional details, please review our Cookies Policy.

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4. Voluntary Contributions and Stripe

   1. Stripe-Hosted Payment Processing

      WordGeek.net uses a Stripe-hosted payment page for voluntary contributions. If you choose to contribute, Stripe may collect payment details, contact information, device or browser information, and transaction information under Stripe’s own terms and privacy practices.

   2. Payment Credentials and Transaction Records

      WordGeek.net does not directly receive or store the complete card or bank-account credentials that you enter on Stripe’s hosted page. WordGeek.net may receive transaction details and contact information that Stripe makes available for payment records, support, security, and legal compliance. You can review Stripe’s Privacy Policy for more information.

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5. Messages and Sensitive Information

   1. Guidance Against Sending Sensitive Information

      Users are strongly encouraged not to send sensitive personal, medical, financial, legal, employment, account-access, or other highly confidential information unless absolutely necessary. Outside the Stripe-hosted contribution page, WordGeek.net does not request health-related, complete financial-account, government-identification, password, or other highly sensitive information as part of normal website use.

   2. Responsibility for Voluntary Communications

      If you choose to send information voluntarily, you are responsible for the content of that communication. While reasonable steps may be taken to protect communications, no internet-based message, email, form, or website transmission can be guaranteed fully secure.

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6. Information Sharing and Data Retention

   1. How Information May Be Shared

      WordGeek.net may share or disclose information when reasonably necessary to operate the website, respond to communications, protect the website, process voluntary contributions, comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, investigate misuse, or work with hosting providers, email providers, payment processors, security tools, analytics services, or other service providers.

      WordGeek.net does not sell or rent personal information to third parties for money.

   2. Data Retention

      WordGeek.net may retain communications, transaction records, logs, or related information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including website operation, security, documentation, legal compliance, dispute prevention, troubleshooting, contribution records, or content improvement. Information may then be deleted or archived, subject to applicable legal, accounting, security, and operational requirements.

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7. Your Choices

   1. Communication, Browser, and Data Requests

      You may choose not to contact the website, may limit what information you provide, and may use browser settings to block or manage cookies and similar technologies where available. You may contact WordGeek.net to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information that you voluntarily submitted. WordGeek.net may need to verify the request and may retain information when required or permitted for legal, security, accounting, recordkeeping, or operational purposes.

   2. Browser Privacy Signals

      WordGeek.net does not currently operate its own site-wide mechanism that changes website behavior in response to “Do Not Track,” Global Privacy Control, or similar browser signals. Browsers and third-party services may respond to those signals independently. Where applicable law requires WordGeek.net or a service provider to recognize a consent or opt-out preference, the required choice will be honored through the available controls.

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8. Data Security and Children’s Privacy

   1. Data Security

      WordGeek.net uses reasonable administrative and technical measures appropriate to the information and services involved. No website, email, payment service, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. If WordGeek.net becomes aware of a data incident, it will evaluate and provide notices as required by applicable law.

   2. COPPA Compliance & Children’s Privacy

      WordGeek.net is a general audience website and is not directed toward children under the age of 13. In strict compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information without your verifiable consent, please contact us immediately at webmaster@wordgeek.net. Upon actual knowledge of such an event, we will take immediate steps to permanently delete that information from our records.

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9. Changes to This Privacy Policy and Contact

   1. Changes to This Privacy Policy

      WordGeek.net may update, revise, or amend this Privacy Policy at any time, with or without notice, and all terms are subject to change without notice as the website grows, changes, or adds new features, services, or third-party technologies. Updated versions become effective on the date stated in the revised policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent, WordGeek.net will provide it as required.

   2. Contact

      Questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy may be sent to webmaster@wordgeek.net.

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