Privacy

Free trivia and X profiles

When you choose X sign-in, we receive your stable X account ID, name, handle and profile-photo URL. We store those details with your site account, match results, monthly rankings and awards. We use the X access token only during sign-in and do not retain it. We do not request permission to publish posts, follow accounts or read direct messages.

Your name, handle, approved message, approved profile picture and scores can appear publicly on the leaderboard and monthly champion page. Uploaded pictures are resized in your browser and stored in our hosted file storage. Pending changes are visible only to you and site reviewers. Signing in again refreshes your X name and photo; it does not replace an approved custom picture. Public spotlight shares preserve a snapshot of the player’s approved message, name, handle, photo and score. We copy the photo into our hosted storage so those shared pages and images can remain available after a profile change or a new winner. Profile edits do not rewrite previously shared snapshots. Account or content removal requests can be sent to support@thelastword.lol.

New purchases are disabled during the free trivia launch. The payment sections below apply to retained historical records and refund support. Contact support@thelastword.lol for account or content removal.

1. Information we collect

When you sign in, we store your verified email address, account identifier and session records. Sign-in codes expire after ten minutes; sessions last up to thirty days unless you sign out. Email addresses are private and are not added to a marketing list. We use Resend to deliver sign-in codes and account or page updates, and retain delivery references to avoid duplicate messages. Short-lived hashed network identifiers help limit abusive sign-in requests. Cloudflare Turnstile checks browser and network signals before we send an email code to help prevent automated abuse.

We collect the information you choose to submit, including your public message, attribution, optional recipient, optional destination link, bid amount, acceptance of the Terms, and related timestamps. These fields are intended for public display, so do not put private or sensitive information in them.

To operate payments and ranking, we may receive and store transaction references, checkout and payment identifiers, payment status, amount, currency, and the email address or other contact information returned by the payment provider. Our hosting and security providers may also process technical data such as IP address, device or browser details, request logs, and fraud signals.

2. Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe or another payment provider identified at checkout. The Last Word does not directly receive or store your complete card number. The payment provider handles payment details under its own privacy policy and may use them for payment processing, fraud prevention, compliance, and dispute handling.

3. How we use information

We use information to create and rank submissions, confirm payment, publish permanent share pages and social-preview images, operate and secure the Site, prevent abuse and fraud, handle refunds or disputes, comply with law, respond to requests, and improve the service. For free trivia, we store account identifiers, question identifiers and versions, mode, shown and answered times, answer latency, correctness, match or opponent identifiers, and the same class of hashed network identifier already used to limit abusive sign-in requests so an owner can review impossible timing, repeated synchronized patterns, or account clusters. Those flags say “needs review”; they are not an automatic finding of cheating and they do not suspend an account by themselves.

Public submission content may also appear in promotions for The Last Word. We do not sell complete payment-card information, and we do not claim that private transaction data is part of your public message.

4. When information is shared

Public submission fields are shared with anyone who visits or receives a link or preview. We also share information with service providers that support hosting, storage, security, analytics if enabled, communications, and payment processing; with professional advisers when necessary; or when required to comply with law, protect rights and safety, investigate abuse, or complete a business transfer.

5. Retention

Published messages and their permanent share pages may remain available after they leave the homepage or ranking. We retain transaction and operational records for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, preserve ranking integrity, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal or accounting obligations. Public caches and social networks may retain older previews outside our control.

6. Your choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain personal information, or to object to certain uses. Email support@thelastword.lol to make a request and include the submission URL or transaction details needed to verify it. We may keep information where retention is required or permitted for security, disputes, legal compliance, or the integrity of paid rankings.

7. Security, children, and changes

We use reasonable safeguards, but no online service can promise perfect security. The main site’s accounts, ranked games, and online friend games are intended for ages 13 and up. Kids Learning is a separate solo game for ages 8–12, with its own Kids privacy notice. People who are not legally able to buy a placement should not submit payment information. We may update this policy as the service changes; the effective date above identifies the current version.

8. Contact

For a privacy request or question, email support@thelastword.lol. Do not send complete payment-card numbers or other highly sensitive information with your request.