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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 3, 2025

Welcome to Twist & Solve (https://twistandsolve.blogspot.com/) – a mystery blog dedicated to thrilling short stories, riddle hunts, logic challenges, brain games, and clue-based interactive content. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect the personal information of our users.

1. Who We Are

Twist & Solve is a personal blog founded by Parthiban and Varsha – a couple passionate about mysteries, logical storytelling, and creative brain workouts. Together, we craft weekly content that challenges the intellect and encourages critical thinking through fun and engaging puzzles, detective fiction, and online clue hunts.

2. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website (https://twistandsolve.blogspot.com), associated services, comment sections, puzzle submissions, subscription forms, and any other interaction you may have with our content.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Voluntary Information

  • Comments: When you leave comments on blog posts, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
  • Subscription: If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter or email updates, we collect your name and email address.
  • Puzzle Submissions: If you submit your own puzzle or mystery for publication, we collect your name, email, and any other content submitted voluntarily.

3.2 Automatic Data Collection

  • Cookies: Our blog uses cookies to enhance your experience and analyze traffic via Blogger’s built-in analytics. Cookies help track which pages are visited and for how long.
  • Usage Analytics: We may collect anonymized information about how users interact with our site, such as page views, time spent, devices used, and bounce rates. This helps us optimize our mystery stories and puzzles for better engagement.

4. How We Use Your Information

  • To improve the content, experience, and design of our mystery and puzzle blog.
  • To respond to your comments, submissions, and inquiries.
  • To send you newsletters or updates if you have subscribed.
  • To prevent spam and ensure user safety.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your device. Twist & Solve uses cookies to personalize content, remember user preferences, and understand user behavior through platforms like Google Analytics or Blogger’s analytics tools. You can disable cookies through your browser settings.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to host or analyze content:

  • Blogger: Our blog is hosted on Google Blogger. Your data is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
  • Google Analytics: Helps us monitor traffic patterns and user interaction.
  • Disqus/Commenting Platforms: If used in the future, they may collect data under their own policies.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. You may request deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction or deletion of your data
  • Withdraw consent for email subscriptions
  • Disable cookies via your browser

9. Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If a parent or guardian believes that their child has provided us with personal information, please contact us to have it removed.

10. Data Security

We use industry-standard measures to protect your information, such as secure hosting, CAPTCHA protection on forms, and SSL (HTTPS) encryption provided by Blogger.

11. International Users

This blog is based in India but may be accessed globally. If you're accessing from the EU, you have GDPR rights including access, rectification, and erasure of data. By using this site, you consent to your data being processed in India under Indian data laws.

12. External Links

Our blog posts may contain links to external websites or puzzle tools. We are not responsible for their content or privacy policies. Please review those websites individually.

13. SEO Optimization and Privacy

Our use of SEO tools and content enhancements (like keyword targeting for phrases such as “mystery blog,” “riddle hunt,” and “online clue puzzles”) are designed to improve your experience and help like-minded readers discover our platform. We never use SEO tools to track personally identifiable information.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. You are encouraged to check this page periodically.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to access, correct, or delete your information, please contact us at:

Email: twistandsolve.blog@gmail.com
Website: https://twistandsolve.blogspot.com/

16. Consent

By using Twist & Solve, submitting a puzzle, commenting, or subscribing, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with it.

Thank you for trusting Twist & Solve – where every puzzle holds a hidden twist!

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