Worthle Privacy Policy
At Worthle, we believe the best daily web puzzle is one you can open and enjoy immediately—without account walls, invasive trackers, or data harvesting. Here is a clear, human-readable breakdown of how we handle data.
Privacy at a Glance
- No User Accounts: You do not need an email, phone number, password, or third-party OAuth sign-in to play.
- No Personal Data Collection: We do not ask for or collect your name, location coordinates, contact details, or payment information.
- 100% Client-Side Progress: Your streaks, guessed figures, theme preferences, and card binder are saved directly on your device via browser
localStorage. - No Ad Pixels or Brokers: We do not sell user data to data brokers, ad networks, or credit reporting agencies.
1. Data Stored Locally on Your Device (Browser LocalStorage)
To make the game remember your streak from day to day and keep your unlocked trading cards accessible, Worthle utilizes your browser's native LocalStorage API. This information never leaves your device:
| Key Name | Purpose | Sample Value |
|---|---|---|
| worthle_theme | Saves your preferred UI appearance (Dark or Light Mode). | "dark" |
| worthle_country | Stores the selected country dataset (United States, UK, or Canada). | "US" |
| worthle_stats_v2 | Aggregated play counts, current win streak, max streak, and guess distributions. | { played: 14, winStreak: 5 } |
| worthle_binder | Stores unlocked trading cards collected during daily completions and showdown streaks. | [ "pelosi", "romney" ] |
You can erase all of this data at any time by clearing your browser cache and local site data for worthle.app.
2. Privacy-Respecting Analytics (Umami)
We use Umami Analytics to monitor aggregate site health, page views, and game popularity. Unlike traditional tracking tools (such as Google Analytics or Facebook Meta Pixels):
- No Cookies: Umami does not store tracking cookies or persistent identifiers on your machine.
- No Device Fingerprinting: IP addresses are anonymized and hashed on the fly.
- GDPR & CCPA Compliant: No personally identifiable information (PII) is ever recorded, stored, or transmitted to third parties.
3. Public Data Sources & Disclosures
All net worth estimates, asset disclosures, salaries, and committee listings featured in Worthle are compiled exclusively from public government records and open journalistic publications, including:
- United States: Official U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Office of Public Records (OGE Form 278e annual financial disclosures filed under the Ethics in Government Act and STOCK Act of 2012).
- United Kingdom: The Register of Members' Financial Interests published by the UK House of Commons Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
- Canada: Public registry reports from the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada.
- Public Reference Material: Non-partisan civic repositories including OpenSecrets, Ballotpedia, and Wikipedia.
Disclaimer: Congressional and parliamentary financial reports require lawmakers to disclose assets in broad value ranges (e.g. $1,000,001 to $5,000,000) rather than exact dollar balances. Worthle uses midpoint calculations and vetted research estimates for educational trivia and entertainment purposes.
4. External Links & Third-Party Services
Worthle pages may contain links to external sites such as Wikipedia (for figure biographical references), X/Twitter (for social updates), or Fomr (for player feedback forms). Once you navigate away from worthle.app, your activity is subject to the privacy policies of those respective third-party platforms.
5. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Worthle is a general audience educational trivia game. Because we do not request, harvest, or collect personal information from any user, we do not knowingly solicit or store data from children under the age of 13 in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
6. How to Delete Your Data
Because Worthle stores your gameplay data exclusively within your local browser, you retain complete sovereignty over it. To wipe your game history:
- Open your browser's Developer Tools or Settings menu.
- Navigate to Privacy & Security → Clear Browsing Data.
- Select "Cookies and other site data" or clear Local Storage for
worthle.app.
Upon refresh, your game will reset to a clean initial state.
7. Questions & Contact
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, methodology disclosures, or suggestions to improve user privacy, we welcome your feedback: