By Darshan Somashekar & Neal Taparia - 09/27/2024
Last updated Friday, September 27, 2024
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at I'm a Puzzle (“Company”, “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), part of our parent company Unwind Media ("Unwind Media"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us using the Contact Us link at the bottom of any page.
When you visit our Site, https://im-a-puzzle.com, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy notice. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Site, and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy notice as the "Services").
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our Services. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services and other technical information. This information is used to maintain the security and operation of our Services, for our internal analytics and reporting purposes, and may be sent to third-parties as described below, in “Will your information be shared with anyone?”
We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Services for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business and advertising needs.
We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Business needs: We may disclose your information to:
Unwind Media and I’m A Puzzle partner with ad management and technology services providers. Below you will find a list of these partners and links to their privacy policies. You may choose to opt-out of their advertising related capabilities or opt-out more broadly through partners like the Digital Advertising Alliance, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative.
Amazon Publisher Services - Publisher Audiences: We share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed form) with our partner/service provider, Amazon Publisher Service – Publisher Audiences. We may also share hashed and de-identified email addresses with Amazon Publisher Services – Publisher Audiences, which uses that information to create a link between your hashed email and its databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email and in-app etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. The Amazon Publisher Services Privacy Policy is here: https://aps.amazon.com/aps/privacy-policy/
Google: Google Ads’ privacy policy is here: https://policies.google.com/privacy and additional information about their use of information from sites that use their services here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
ID5: We may choose to share information with our partner ID5 for the purposes of ad targeting. You can learn more about how ID5 operates and choose to opt-out of ID5 data collection here: https://id5-sync.com/privacy
Index Exchange: Index Exchange’s privacy policy is here: https://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/. You can learn more about how Index Exchange operates and choose to opt-out here: https://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/rights-exercising-rights/
Magnite/The Rubicon Project: Magnite’s privacy policy is here. https://www.magnite.com/legal/advertising-technology-privacy-policy/. You can learn more about how Magnite operates and choose to opt-out here: https://www.magnite.com/legal/user-choice-portal/
Microsoft Monetize: Microsoft’s privacy policy is here: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en/resources/policies/platform-privacy-policy. You can manage your privacy choices for Microsoft Monetize’s platform, including opt out and deletion requests, through Microsoft Monetize’s privacy center: https://monetize.xandr.com/privacy-center/
LiveRamp: When you use our websites and enter your email address they may share with LiveRamp and its group companies information that they collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, or information about your browser or operating system, with any of the following, acting as “joint controllers” (as applicable and defined in the GDPR). Acting as “joint controllers” (as applicable and defined in the GDPR). LiveRamp uses this information to create an online identification code that Publishers like Unwind Media may store in their first-party cookie for use in online, in-app, and cross-channel advertising. This may be shared with advertising companies to enable interest-based and targeted advertising. LiveRamp uses this information to create an online identification code for the purpose of recognizing you on your devices. This code does not contain any of your directly identifiable personal data and will not be used by LiveRamp to re-identify you.
Detailed information on LiveRamp’s data processing activities is available in LiveRamp’s privacy policy: https://liveramp.com/privacy/. You have the right to withdraw your consent or opt-out to the processing of your personal data at any time: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
OpenX: OpenX’s privacy policy is here: https://www.openx.com/legal/privacy-policy/. You can learn more about how OpenX operates and choose to opt-out here: https://www.openx.com/privacy-center/ad-exchange-privacy-policy/#:~:text=To%20opt%20out%20on%20a,Android%20or%20iOS%20app%20store
Yes, we use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy: https://im-a-puzzle.com/cookie-policy.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the link at the bottom of any page.
If you are a resident of a country within the European Economic Area (EEA), the GDPR and relevant data protection laws grant you certain rights. These include the ability to access your personal data, request its deletion, or limit its processing.
You can manage your consent preferences here.
To access or delete any personal data held by Unwind Media and I'm a Puzzle in connection with advertising on the Site you accessed, please contact us at puzzlesupport@im-a-puzzle.com.
Additionally, if you'd like to view our list of advertising partners or adjust your cookie tracking preferences, you can do so by clicking the ad preferences link at the bottom of each of the Sites (available in the EU).
If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm
Laws in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and potentially other states grant residents the right to opt out of the "sale" of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under these laws, sharing your information with service providers for advertising may be considered a "sale." To opt out of this, click the "Your Privacy Rights" link located in the footer of the Site you visited. If the Site doesn’t have that option, you can find the opt-out link on the privacy policy page from which you were directed.
You also have the right to request details on the categories of personal information we may have shared and the types of third parties that received it. To make such a request, contact us at puzzlesupport@im-a-puzzle.com. Please note, we do not share your name, contact details, or other sensitive information with third parties. The categories of third parties we may share information with for advertising purposes include supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.
If you would like to delete your account information and statistics tied to your usage, please contact us by sending an email to puzzlesupport@im-a-puzzle.com.
Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at puzzlesupport@im-a-puzzle.com