Privacy policy

Privacy on solitaire-free.nz

This page explains, in plain English, what happens to your information when you play Solitaire on solitaire-free.nz. We have tried to keep it short and readable, because a privacy policy is no use to anyone if it cannot be understood.

The short version: you do not give us anything, and we do not want anything. There is no sign-up, no account, no email address to hand over, and no advertising on this site.

The short version

  • No account. You can play every game straight away. There is nothing to create, confirm or remember.
  • No email address required. We do not ask for one, so we cannot send you anything.
  • No advertising. There are no ads of any kind, no pop-ups and no paywalls, so there are no advertising trackers or ad networks involved.
  • No download or install. The games run in your browser, so nothing is placed on your computer beyond the ordinary browsing files described below.
  • No payments. The site is completely free, with no in-app purchases and no gambling, so we never handle card or bank details.

What is stored on your own device

Your browser needs a small amount of space to make the games behave sensibly. This information stays on your device, it is not a profile of you held somewhere else.

  • Your settings. Things like sound on or off, table colour, zoom level and whether you prefer Klondike Turn 1 or Turn 3.
  • Your current game. So that a game in progress is still there if you close the tab and come back.
  • Your local tally. Wins, time and moves for the game you are playing are counted for your own interest.

None of that is tied to your name, because we do not know your name. If you clear your browser's stored data, or use your browser's private or incognito window, those settings and statistics are cleared with it.

How to clear it yourself

  1. Open your browser's settings or preferences.
  2. Find the section for privacy, history or site data.
  3. Choose to clear cookies and site data. You can usually do this for one site only.

After that, the site will simply start again with its default settings, and every feature, Hint, unlimited Undo, Restart, Auto Play and the rest, will still be available to you.

Information sent automatically by your browser

Whenever anyone visits any website, their browser sends some technical information to the server so that the page can be delivered. That normally includes your IP address, the type of browser and device you are using, and the page you asked for. This is how the internet works, and it is not something a website can switch off.

We use this only to keep the site running and secure, for example, to see that pages are loading properly or to deal with attempted abuse. We do not use it to build a profile of you, and we do not sell it. Where such records are kept by our hosting provider, they are kept for a short period and then discarded.

Children

Solitaire is a quiet card game and anyone is welcome to play it. Because we do not collect personal information from anybody, we do not collect it from children either. There is no chat, no messaging and no way for players to contact each other on this site.

Other websites

If we ever link out to another website, for example, to a source we have quoted in an article on the blog, that site will have its own privacy practices. We have no control over them, so it is worth reading their policy if you are curious.

Your rights in New Zealand

Personal information in New Zealand is covered by the Privacy Act 2020, which is administered by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. Among other things, it gives you the right to ask an organisation what personal information it holds about you and to ask for corrections. You can read about those rights on the Privacy Commissioner's website at privacy.org.nz.

In practice, there is very little for us to show you: we hold no accounts, no email lists and no player profiles. If you ask us for a copy of your personal information, the honest answer will almost certainly be that we do not have any.

Changes to this page

If the way the site works ever changes, for instance, if we add a new feature that needs to remember something, we will update this page to say so plainly. We will not quietly start collecting personal information or showing advertising.

Questions

If something here is unclear, or you would like to know more about how a particular part of the site behaves, you are welcome to get in touch through the details on our About page.

Otherwise, that is the whole story. The site exists for the simple pleasure of a game of Patience: large, clear cards, readable text, no timer nagging you, nothing to pay and nothing to join. Head back to the games and deal a fresh hand whenever you like.