Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 20, 2026

Pokennection ("Pokennection", "we", "us", or "our") operates pokennection.org, a free daily Pokémon connections puzzle. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you when you use the website.

Pokennection is supported by advertising and may use analytics or advertising services after they are configured. This policy is written to describe those services transparently, but the specific providers and technologies active on a given day may change.

Information We Collect

Account information

If you create an account or sign in, we may collect your email address, display name, authentication-provider details, email-verification status, and information you choose to provide to support. An account is not required for every part of the website.

Game and usage information

We may collect puzzle dates, game results, progress, streaks, selected difficulty or game settings, language preference, and other information needed to provide the daily puzzle and maintain account features.

Device and technical information

When you visit the website, our hosting, security, and application systems may receive information such as your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, language, referring URL, pages or features requested, timestamps, and error or security-log data.

Cookies and local storage

We may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember language and game preferences, protect the service, measure usage, and—when advertising is enabled—support ad delivery and measurement. Some technologies are essential to the website; others may be optional depending on the service and your location.

How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• provide, maintain, and secure Pokennection and its daily puzzles;
• create and manage accounts, save progress, and provide support;
• understand how the website is used and improve gameplay, performance, and accessibility;
• detect abuse, fraud, cheating, security incidents, and technical failures;
• measure advertising performance and display contextual or personalized advertising when allowed by the applicable service and law; and
• comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect the rights and safety of Pokennection, users, and others.

Advertising and Third-Party Technologies

When advertising is enabled, we may work with Google AdSense and/or other advertising partners. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar identifiers to serve, measure, limit, or personalize ads based on a user's visit to this website or other websites. Depending on your location, settings, and consent choices, you may receive contextual ads, non-personalized ads, or personalized ads.

Google's advertising cookies may be associated with Google or other advertising domains. You can manage Google's personalized advertising choices at Google Ads Settings. You can also learn about controls for some third-party personalized advertising at AboutAds.info. For Google's explanation of how data may be used on partner sites, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Where applicable law or an advertising provider's requirements call for consent, we will request or honor the relevant consent signal before using non-essential cookies or personalized advertising. If you decline or withdraw consent, some features may still work and advertising may be limited or non-personalized.

Pokennection does not intentionally send your account password or email address to advertising partners for ad targeting. Advertising partners may nevertheless process device, browser, network, cookie, or similar technical signals as described in their own privacy policies.

When We Share Information

We may share information with service providers that help us host the website, authenticate accounts, store data, send email, provide analytics, prevent abuse, or deliver and measure advertising. These providers may process information only as needed to provide their services and under their own terms and policies.

We may also disclose information when required by law, in response to a valid legal process, to protect the security or rights of the service or another person, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or transfer of all or part of our assets.

We do not sell your account information as a standalone mailing list. Advertising partners may use their own cookies or identifiers for advertising and measurement as described above.

Data Retention and Security

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain account history, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, and enforce our agreements. We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information, or to request a copy of information you provided. You may also manage cookies through your browser and use the advertising controls linked above. To make a privacy request, contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your request before acting on it.

Children

Pokennection is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate. If the law in your location uses a higher age threshold, that threshold may apply.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our service, advertising partners, or legal obligations change. We will post the updated version on this page and revise the effective date. Your continued use of the website after an update means that you have read the updated policy to the extent permitted by law.

Contact Us

Questions or privacy requests can be sent to [email protected].

Pokennection is an independent fan-made project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokémon Company. Pokémon names, characters, and related trademarks belong to their respective owners.

This policy is general information, not legal advice. You should review it with qualified counsel for the jurisdictions and advertising products that apply to your operation.