Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on your device to remember information about your visit. They can be set by the website itself (first-party cookies) or by third parties (third-party cookies), such as advertising providers or analytics services.
2. Local Storage (First-Party)
Wordsus exclusively uses browser local storage (localStorage) to securely save your user preferences on your own device. This data is never sent to any server:
- wordsus-theme: Your visual theme preference (light, dark, or system).
- wordsus-favorites: Books you have marked as favorites.
- wordsus-progress-*: Your reading progress per book.
- wordsus-recent: Recently read books.
3. Advertising Cookies — Google AdSense
Wordsus displays advertising through Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party advertising provider, may place cookies on your browser to deliver personalized ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
Specifically, Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve interest-based ads to visitors of Wordsus and other sites on the internet. This cookie is associated with the domain doubleclick.net.
Google's advertising cookies may collect information such as:
- Your IP address (anonymized)
- Cookie and device identifiers
- Pages visited and ad interactions
- Approximate geolocation data
For more information, see the Google advertising and content network privacy policy.
4. Traffic Analytics Cookies
We may use anonymized traffic analytics services (such as Cloudflare Web Analytics) to understand how users interact with the site. These services do not set personal tracking cookies or collect identifiable data.
5. How to Control and Disable Cookies
You have several options for managing advertising cookies:
- Google Ads Settings — opt out of personalized ads from Google.
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out — opt out of ads from multiple ad networks.
- Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out.
You can also clear cookies and local storage from your browser settings (Settings → Privacy → Site Data). The site will continue working normally, though you will lose your saved preferences.
6. Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to update this policy. Changes will be published on this page with the corresponding update date.