Privacy Policy for The New York Times Games
Last Updated: March 20, 2026
Welcome to The New York Times Games! This Privacy Policy explains how The New York Times Company ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you use our games, puzzles, and related services (collectively, "NYT Games"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe and enjoyable experience.
Information We Collect
When you access and use NYT Games, we automatically collect certain information about your device and your activity on our services. This information helps us understand how our services are used, improve your experience, and ensure the security of our platforms. The types of information we collect include:
- IP Address: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is collected to estimate your general geographic location, which can help us provide localized content, troubleshoot issues, and for security purposes.
- Browser Type and Operating System: We collect information about the type of web browser and operating system you are using to access NYT Games. This helps us optimize our services for different platforms and identify common technical issues.
- Pages Viewed: We track which pages and features within NYT Games you access and interact with. This data helps us understand user engagement, identify popular games, and improve the design and functionality of our services.
This information is generally collected in an aggregated and anonymized form, and we do not use it to directly identify you personally.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
NYT Games uses "cookies" and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze service usage, and for advertising purposes. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that allow us to remember your preferences, keep you logged in (if applicable), understand how you interact with our services, and deliver relevant content and advertising.
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the basic functionality of NYT Games, such as maintaining your session.
- Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how users interact with our services by collecting information about traffic sources, page views, and user behavior.
- Preference Cookies: These remember your choices and settings to provide a more personalized experience.
- Advertising Cookies: These are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests.
You have the option to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of NYT Games.
Third-Party Services
We may use third-party service providers to help us operate and improve NYT Games. These third parties may have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Examples include analytics providers that help us understand user behavior and advertisers that help us display relevant ads.
These third-party services have their own privacy policies that govern their use of information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with through NYT Games.
Advertising
NYT Games may display advertisements. To make these advertisements more relevant to you, we and our third-party advertising partners may collect and use information about your activity on NYT Games and other websites and apps over time. This includes information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
You can often opt out of interest-based advertising from many ad networks through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) consumer opt-out pages.
Children's Privacy
NYT Games is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 13, we will delete such information from our records.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personally identifiable information, please contact us using the information below so we can take appropriate action.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us:
By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us