Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide

We do not require any signup, account creation, or personal information to play games on 2048 Quest. You can use the site anonymously.

If you contact us through the Contact page, we collect only:

• Your email address, so we can reply
• The content of your message

Information collected automatically

When you visit 2048 Quest, our systems and service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address for rate limiting and abuse prevention
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referrer URL
• Approximate geographic location derived from IP

This data may be collected through:

• Google Analytics 4 for anonymous aggregate statistics
• Cloudflare for hosting, security, and performance
• Google AdSense when advertising is enabled

Local storage on your device

We use your browser's localStorage to save your best score for each 2048 theme. This data stays on your device, is not transmitted to our servers, can be cleared by you at any time, and does not identify you personally.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Operate and maintain 2048 Quest
• Understand aggregate site usage
• Detect and prevent abuse, spam, or malicious activity
• Respond to support requests
• Display relevant advertisements when ads are enabled

We do not:

• Sell your data to third parties
• Send you marketing emails
• Share your individual usage with others

3. Cookies

2048 Quest may use cookies for the following purposes:

• Analytics - Google Analytics 4 may set cookies to measure aggregate site usage. You can opt out through Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Advertising - Google AdSense and partners may use cookies to show relevant ads when advertising is enabled.
• Preferences - Basic site preferences, although we currently set very few of these.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. Doing so should not break the game itself, though analytics data may no longer be collected.

4. Advertising

2048 Quest may display ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by:

• Visiting Google's Ad Settings
• Using aboutads.info for US and Canada
• Using youronlinechoices.eu for Europe

For more detail, see Google's Privacy Policy.

5. Third-Party Services

We may rely on third-party services such as:

• Google Analytics 4 for usage statistics
• Google AdSense for advertising when enabled
• Cloudflare for hosting, CDN, and security
• GitHub Pages / Cloudflare Pages for hosting

Each service operates under its own privacy policy and data handling rules.

6. Your Rights

Under GDPR (European Economic Area, UK, Switzerland)

• Access the data we hold about you
• Rectify inaccurate data
• Erase your data
• Restrict processing
• Object to processing
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with your local authority

Under CCPA (California residents)

• Know what personal information we collect
• Delete your personal information
• Opt out of the sale of personal information, which we do not sell
• Receive non-discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through the Contact page.

7. Children's Privacy

2048 Quest is suitable for all ages, but we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us so we can delete it.

8. Security

We use standard measures to protect data, including:

• HTTPS encryption for site traffic
• Cloudflare security and DDoS protection
• No password database, since there are no user accounts

No method is 100% secure, but we aim to minimize collection and protect what we do handle.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent change. Continued use of 2048 Quest after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact

For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, please contact us through the Contact page.