Privacy
What Quick Simple Games records when you play, why, and for how long.
Last updated 15 November 2026
What this covers
Quick Simple Games runs this site, quicksimplegames.com, and the games on its game sites (such as sudoku.quicksimplegames.com). Every game is listed on our All games page.
What we record
When you open this site or one of our games, the page tells us:
- which page or game you opened, and when;
- when a game starts and ends: the level or mode, how it ended (for example won, finished or left), how long it took, and how many people and computer players were in it;
- when you open How to play or tap Share;
- how long a page or game was in view: we count only while it is on screen, and stop counting 2 minutes after your last tap, key press or scroll;
- which links to our other games a page showed you, and, if you followed a link from one of our pages or a link we shared (for example in a message or post), which one.
With each of these we keep:
- A random ID. Made up the first time you visit, kept in a cookie called
qsg_vid, and the same across this site and all our games. It is not linked to your name, email or phone. - A play ID. A random ID made when a game starts and sent with that game’s events, so its start and end can be matched. Your browser keeps it for up to 3 days, so a game you come back to still matches.
- Your country. Worked out from your internet address. We don’t store the address itself.
- Device type. Phone, tablet or computer.
- Your time zone. For example UTC+5:30, so we can see what time of day people play.
What we don’t record in it
- Your name, email address, phone number or precise location.
- What you type, the words you guess or your moves.
- Your internet address.
We only see what happens on our own pages while they’re open. We don’t see or record other tabs, other apps, other websites or your browsing history.
Why
To count how many people play each game, how long a game takes, how many come back, and which games they move between, so we can decide what to improve and build next. We analyse activity under the random ID to understand how our games are played, and use only totals to make decisions. We don’t try to find out who anyone is. We don’t sell this information or use it for advertising.
Running the games
Separately from the record above, each game keeps what it needs to run, linked only to a random player ID kept in your browser (in that game’s own cookie or browser storage), not to your name, email or phone:
- Multiplayer games: the name you type to join a room, the room code and your seat. These are deleted soon after the game ends. Your browser may remember the name you typed so you needn’t type it again; that copy stays on your device.
- Word games: your progress on each puzzle. Some also keep the words you found, how many seconds of play into the puzzle you found each one, your points and rank, and how many hints you used. Daily puzzle progress is kept for up to about 26 months, so that leaderboards can be added later; practice puzzles for up to 30 days.
- Word reports: when you report a missing or wrong word, we keep the word and the puzzle (not who reported it) for a year so we can review it.
- Limits on misuse: to stop misuse (one device making too many new player IDs, trying too many room codes or opening too many connections), a one-way scrambled form of your internet address is kept for up to 2 days.
Suggestions for other games
This site and our games show links to other Quick Simple Games, chosen from a fixed list that is the same for everyone, not from what you’ve played.
Children
Our games are suitable for all ages but aren’t designed for children under 13.
How long we keep it
The record above is deleted automatically 13 months after your last visit, and the cookie expires 13 months after your last visit too. Deleting the cookie in your browser settings gives you a new random ID; the games keep working.
Where it is kept
On Amazon Web Services in Mumbai, India.
Questions and requests
To ask a question, or to ask us to delete what we hold, write to quicksimplegames@gmail.com.
Changes
If this changes, we’ll update this page and its date.