Word Trails: Search & Discover
Android Package ID: com.brainteasergames.wordtrails
Effective Date: September 22, 2026
Last Updated: September 22, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Word Trails: Search & Discover ("Word Trails", "the App", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, processes, stores, and shares information when you install, access, or use the App.
Word Trails is a word-search puzzle and discovery game that may include level progression, destinations, achievements, virtual coins, hints, daily challenges, rewarded advertisements, optional in-app purchases, and account-based cloud saving.
By using Word Trails, you acknowledge the data practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information collected depends on the features you choose to use.
Word Trails uses Firebase Authentication to provide account sign-in functionality.
Users may be able to sign in using:
Email and password
Google Sign-In
When you create or use an account, information processed may include:
Email address
Display name
Google profile information made available through Google Sign-In
Profile image, where available
Firebase User ID
Authentication provider
Account creation and sign-in information
IP address
Device or browser user-agent information
Firebase Authentication may process email addresses, passwords, IP addresses, and user-agent information in order to provide authentication, account management, security, and abuse prevention.
We do not intentionally store your password in plain text.
Word Trails may use Google Cloud Firestore to store game information associated with your account.
This information may include:
Current level
Completed levels
Unlocked countries or destinations
Puzzle progress
Coin balance
Hint balance
Word-reveal balance
Daily challenge progress
Consecutive-day streaks
Rewards
Badges
Achievements
Game preferences
Music and sound settings
Other information required to synchronize your game progress
This data allows Word Trails to save and restore your progress and provide game features associated with your account.
If you choose Sign in with Google, Google may provide Word Trails with information necessary to identify and authenticate your account.
Depending on your Google Account and permissions, this may include:
Your name
Email address
Profile image
Google account identifier
Word Trails uses this information to authenticate you and associate your saved game data with your account.
Signing in to Word Trails does not give Word Trails access to your Google password.
Word Trails is a free-to-download game that may display advertisements through Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads SDK.
Advertising formats may include:
Banner advertisements
Interstitial advertisements
Rewarded video advertisements
Other advertising formats supported by Google AdMob
Rewarded advertisements are optional advertisements that may provide in-game benefits such as virtual coins or other rewards after successful completion.
Google's advertising technology may automatically collect or process information such as:
IP address
Device identifiers
Advertising identifiers where permitted
App interactions
App launches
Taps
Video views
Advertising interactions
Diagnostic information
Performance information
Device and account identifiers
This information may be used for purposes including:
Displaying advertisements
Advertising measurement
Analytics
Fraud prevention
Security
Improving advertising performance
The availability of personalized advertising depends on applicable law, your region, your consent choices, your device settings, and the advertising configuration used by Word Trails.
Where required by applicable privacy laws, Word Trails may ask for your consent before certain advertising technologies are used.
For users in regions where consent is required, privacy options may include:
Consent to personalized advertisements
Non-personalized advertisements
Limited advertising
Withdrawal or modification of advertising consent
The exact options available may depend on your location and Google's advertising privacy requirements.
Word Trails may use Google's consent-management technology to collect and manage advertising privacy choices.
Word Trails may offer optional digital purchases through Google Play Billing.
Purchases may include items such as:
Virtual coins
Hints
Word reveals
Game bundles
Remove Ads
Other digital game items
Google Play processes payments.
Word Trails does not directly receive or store your complete credit-card, debit-card, bank-account, or other payment-card information.
For purchase verification and delivery of digital items, information processed may include:
Product purchased
Purchase status
Transaction or order information
Purchase token
Entitlement status
Purchase and payment information processed directly by Google is subject to Google's applicable privacy policies and terms.
Word Trails may provide virtual coins, hints, reveals, achievements, badges, rewards, or similar digital game items.
Information about these items may be stored with your game profile so that the App can:
Maintain your balance
Deliver rewards
Restore eligible purchases
Track progress
Prevent misuse or fraud
Synchronize game information across supported devices
Virtual game items do not represent money stored by Word Trails and have no cash value unless expressly required by applicable law.
Information collected through Word Trails may be used to:
Create and authenticate accounts
Provide Email/Password login
Provide Google Sign-In
Save game progress
Restore game progress
Synchronize progress between supported devices
Maintain virtual coin and reward balances
Manage hints and word reveals
Track achievements and badges
Provide daily challenges and streaks
Deliver game content
Display advertisements
Provide rewarded advertisements
Verify purchases
Restore eligible purchases
Prevent cheating, fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access
Maintain account and App security
Diagnose technical problems
Improve App stability and functionality
Comply with legal obligations
Respond to privacy or support inquiries
We do not sell users' personal information.
Word Trails relies on third-party technology providers to operate certain features.
These services may include:
Used to:
Create accounts
Authenticate users
Provide Email/Password login
Provide Google Sign-In
Protect accounts against unauthorized access
Used to store and synchronize information such as:
User-associated game progress
Rewards
Game balances
Achievements
Settings
Used to provide optional authentication using a Google Account.
Used to:
Display advertisements
Provide rewarded advertisements
Measure advertising performance
Prevent advertising fraud and abuse
Used to:
Process in-app purchases
Verify transactions
Manage purchase entitlements
These services are provided by Google and may process data according to Google's own privacy policies and applicable service terms.
We do not sell personal information.
Information may be shared with service providers where necessary to provide Word Trails and its features.
This may include sharing or processing through:
Google Firebase
Cloud Firestore
Firebase Authentication
Google Sign-In
Google AdMob
Google Play Services
Google Play Billing
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
Comply with applicable law
Respond to lawful legal requests
Protect the security of Word Trails
Prevent fraud or abuse
Protect users
Protect legal rights
Investigate security incidents
We take reasonable measures intended to protect information processed through Word Trails.
Word Trails relies on established Google services, including Firebase and Google Play infrastructure, for important account, storage, advertising, and transaction functions.
Information transmitted through supported Google services may be protected using encryption in transit.
Access to account-associated game data is intended to be limited according to authentication and application security rules.
However, no internet-connected system, application, transmission method, or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security.
Account-associated information may be retained for as long as your Word Trails account remains active and for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the App's functionality.
This may include:
Authentication information
Saved game progress
Level history
Virtual currency balances
Hint and reveal balances
Achievements
Badges
Rewards
Destination progress
Game preferences
When an account is deleted, information associated with that Word Trails account will be deleted or anonymized as applicable, except for limited information that must reasonably be retained for:
Legal compliance
Fraud prevention
Security
Accounting
Transaction verification
Dispute resolution
Such information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for those purposes.
Users who create a Word Trails account may request deletion of their account and associated personal data.
Where account deletion is available within the App, users can access the account settings and select the account-deletion option.
The App may require confirmation before completing permanent deletion.
Deleting a Word Trails account may permanently remove account-associated information including:
Account association
Saved game progress
Completed-level information
Destination progress
Virtual coin balance
Hint balance
Word-reveal balance
Daily challenge information
Streak information
Badges
Achievements
Rewards
Game preferences
Other game information associated with the account
Deletion cannot normally be reversed after it has been completed.
Users who cannot access the App may request account deletion through the Account Deletion page published on the official Word Trails website.
The user may be required to provide the email address associated with the Word Trails account so that account ownership can be verified before deletion.
Deleting your Word Trails account does not delete your Google Account.
Your Google Account is controlled separately by Google.
Google advertising technology may use an advertising identifier or other device identifier where permitted.
Users may be able to reset or delete their Android advertising identifier or change advertising privacy settings through their Android device or Google settings.
Depending on configuration and applicable privacy requirements, Word Trails may provide non-personalized or limited advertisements instead of personalized advertisements.
Word Trails is designed as a general word-search puzzle game.
We do not knowingly use the App to collect personal information from children in a manner that violates applicable children's privacy laws.
Where age-related requirements apply, advertising, data processing, and other features will be handled in accordance with applicable law and Google Play requirements.
Parents or legal guardians who believe that personal information relating to a child has been processed improperly may submit a privacy inquiry using the contact method described below.
Google and other service infrastructure used by Word Trails may process or store information in countries other than the country where you live.
Where required, such processing is subject to applicable privacy laws, contractual protections, and safeguards maintained by the relevant service providers.
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights relating to personal information.
These may include the right to:
Request information about personal data processing
Request access to certain personal data
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of personal information
Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
Object to certain processing
Restrict certain processing
Request portability where applicable
Rights vary depending on jurisdiction and may be subject to legal limitations.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect:
New game features
Changes to Firebase services
Changes to advertising practices
Changes to Google Play requirements
Changes to legal requirements
Changes to data-processing practices
When this Privacy Policy is updated, the Last Updated date at the top of the page will be changed.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
For questions about this Privacy Policy, personal information, or account deletion, users can contact the publisher of Word Trails: Search & Discover through the official Developer Contact information displayed on the App's Google Play Store listing.
When submitting a privacy or account-related request, include:
The name Word Trails: Search & Discover
The email address associated with your Word Trails account, where applicable
A short description of your request
For account-deletion requests, users may state:
"Word Trails Account Deletion Request"
We may request reasonable verification before providing access to, changing, or deleting account-associated information in order to protect the account from unauthorized requests.
This Privacy Policy applies specifically to:
App Name: Word Trails: Search & Discover
Android Package ID: com.brainteasergames.wordtrails
Platform: Android
Distribution: Google Play
This Privacy Policy governs the privacy practices associated with this App.