Cookie policy
Last updated: 29 October 2026.
Cookies and similar browser technologies have different purposes. PlayRove uses local/session storage and cache as well as a server-set guest cookie. Analytics is optional and off before a valid choice; continuing to scroll or play is not consent. We apply this opt-in approach globally rather than infer your location.
| Storage | Purpose | Duration / choice |
|---|---|---|
| Game progress, results, sound, practice history and downloaded word-data cache | Provide play, restore progress and remember requested settings | Until cleared, cache eviction or bounded game-history cleanup. Essential to those requested features. |
| playrove.privacy.v1 | Remember the privacy choice and policy version | 180 days; necessary to respect that choice. |
| playrove.auth.v2 (session storage) | Verified access token, expiry and minimal account identity for requested sign-in | Token expiry or tab/session end; no refresh token stored. |
| playrove.ranking.v1 and playrove.attempt.v1.* | Remember optional leaderboard participation and current attempt | Preference until changed/cleared; attempt markers for the tab/session. |
| playrove_guest (first-party HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax cookie) | Recognise a guest who requests ranking; not usage analytics | New cookies up to 30 days. Older cookies may retain the previous one-year expiry. Not created for ordinary local play. |
| playrove.analytics.visitor, .session, .source and .attempt.* | Consented PostHog activity measurement, coarse attribution and duplicate-event control | Only after adult opt-in. Consent window up to 180 days, visits rotate after 30 minutes idle, attempt history capped at 256 markers. Removed on withdrawal. |
Choose and change your mind
“Reject analytics” and “Allow analytics (18+)” are equally available. You can still play if you reject. If your browser blocks saving the choice, analytics stays off. An old opt-out preference is never converted into an opt-in. Choices apply to this browser, not every device. If a choice expires or the policy version changes, analytics stays off until you choose again. A privacy signal such as Global Privacy Control also blocks our optional analytics.
Withdrawal stops future analytics and clears its browser identifiers. It does not remove essential progress or sign you out, nor erase already received server data. Use browser site-data controls to clear all local data, but export progress first. Account and leaderboard deletion requests go through our contact page.
Advertising and external services
Ads are disabled, so no advertising cookies or marketing pixels are loaded by this version. This control is not an advertising-consent platform and is not represented as a Google-certified CMP. If ads are introduced, their legal/vendor consent requirements must be assessed separately. Self-hosted tutorials, fonts and images do not load a third-party player. Following an external link leaves PlayRove and is covered by that service's policies.