Last Modified: April 2024
Solitaire Network (hereafter referred to as “website”, “we”, “us”, “our”) offers free games that are ad-supported. This privacy policy explains what data is collected, how and why it is used, how you can control this use of data, and the lawful basis for using the data.
We (the first party) and third parties such as Google, store and access data on your device using local storage and cookies to provide visitors with expected services, and when third parties serve ads. Some data is used with your consent, and other data is used without consent when there is a legitimate interest or a legal basis for doing so.
For more information about data storage and cookies in general, see the AboutCookies.org website. Or for an in-depth explanation of cookies please see Google’s use of cookies.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to assert your data rights, please Contact Us.
Solitaire Network does not have login or registration. We (first party) do not collect or store any personally identifiable information about anyone, unless you offer it to us voluntarily via email or by liking or posting on our Facebook page. You may at any time request that your emails to Solitaire Network be deleted by visiting our Contact page.
To protect your privacy in relation to Facebook plug-ins, Solitaire Network does not use the Facebook plug-ins on this website, but shows our own simple hyperlink to our Facebook page. You may at any time delete your posts on our Facebook page or to unlike our page and posts. Here is a link to our Facebook page.
Solitaire Network itself does not use analytics, although third parties such as Google may in relation to ad serving.
Solitaire Network itself does not use first party cookies. Although cookies are not harmful, they get transmitted to servers by their design.
This website, for first party data, only uses local storage. Personally identifiable information is never stored in this data. Additionally, our local storage data is never transmitted to servers, not even to our own server. When used in this way, this protects your data better than if we used cookies.
The remainder of this page will explain the various types of data used by Solitaire Network and third parties, such as Google.
This section refers to this website’s use of strictly necessary data storage and retrieval. Third-party usage is available later on this page.
In order to determine if we need to ask you for data consent, we need to first determine if you are in a location that requires consent. Except for this very broad approach we do not attempt to learn of your location.
When necessary to comply with GDPR and other regulations, Solitaire Network will ask for your consent to store data on your device. The use of local storage on your device is necessary to remember choices that you make.
When consent is given, a piece of data called “sn_consent” is placed in your local storage. It contains a simple value of 1 or 0. This allows us to honor your data storage choice thereafter. There is also a data storage setting for Dark Mode called sn_darkmode that contains a value of 1 or 2 and is set the first time Dark Mode is requested to be changed.
It is possible to restrict this use of data by using your browser’s settings to not allow local storage and/or cookies. This is not recommended since it would prevent the website from functioning as you would expect. As it pertains to strictly necessary data, this approach to restrict data storage would result in repeated requests for consent each time you change a preference.
No personally identifiable information is ever placed in this setting. This data is never shared, not even with Solitaire Network’s own server.
This section refers to this website’s use of consented data usage. Third-party usage is available later on this page.
Solitaire Network provides settings to customize your game-playing experience. These settings allow you to choose your preferences such as which card deck you prefer, whether you want sounds on or off, whether you want the game to Auto-play when winning becomes a foregone conclusion, and other settings such as these. These settings, and the data stored and retrieved on your device allows the settings to be remembered each time you start a new game or come back to the website.
These game settings are only used for your convenience and are only stored upon your request for these services.
Each setting is stored in its own piece of data in your browser’s local storage and contains a simple number from 0-3. Here are the names of the settings stored in local storage that this website uses to store your game preferences: sn_winnable, sn_soundon, sn_green, sn_decknum, sn_autoplay, sn_position, mj_dimtiles.
No personally identifiable information is ever placed in any of these settings. This data is never shared, not even with Solitaire Network’s own server.
It is also possible to restrict this use of data by using your browser’s settings to not allow local storage and/or cookies. This is not recommended since it would prevent the website from functioning as you would expect and your choices would not be remembered next time you play a game or visit the site in the future.
To revoke or reset your previous consent of this type of data, simply clear your browser's cookies and other site data (cache). See this helpful guide if you need help doing this.
This section refers to this website’s use of legitimate interest data. Third-party usage is available later on this page.
This website uses limited and anonymous usage data as you play games on the site. When you play a game, the website will record various statistics about your gameplay such as whether you won the game, your score, how long the game took, and similar data such as these. This data is then used to provide all website visitors with summary information such as how many players are currently online, how many times each game has been played, the highest score achieved by any player, the percentage of games won collectively by all players, and similar types of statistical information such as these.
This data is of public interest and consists of the basic functionality of what is expected by the players of this website. We, therefore, consider the use this data to be a legitimate interest for public benefit, in accordance with Article 6(1)(e) of GDPR.
No personally identifiable information is ever used when handling this data. This data is shared only with Solitaire Network’s server for the purpose of providing all visitors with expected features and functionality. It is never sold or directly shared with any third parties.
Solitaire Network use Google services to display ads in order to maintain this site as a free service. This site shares information with Google for this purpose. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve personalized ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Or you may alternatively opt-out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
You may also review How Google uses your data.