Privacy Policy
Rack Attack Word Game (the app)
Last updated: November 3, 2026
The short version
The developer collects no data from you. Rack Attack has no accounts of its own, no analytics, no advertising,
no tracking and no third-party code. What you do in the game stays on your device, and, if you play a friend,
in your own Game Center account.
What the app stores, and where
- On your device only. Your nickname, your avatar (one of the built-in pictures, or a photo you choose),
your settings, your games in progress, and the history and statistics of the games you have played. They
are kept in the app’s own storage on your device. The developer cannot see them, and they are never sent to
the developer.
- Your photo. If you choose a photo as your avatar, the app reads only the one photo you pick, crops it to
a square, shrinks it, and keeps the small copy on your device. The app never asks for access to your photo
library and cannot browse it. The photo is never uploaded.
- Game Center. When the app opens it asks Game Center whether you are signed in, so that Play a Friend can
tell you if you need to sign in. If you are signed in, the app also checks Game Center for your friend games.
A game against a friend is played through Apple’s Game Center. The game data (the board, the moves and the
tiles needed to continue the game) is stored by Apple in the Game Center accounts of the two players. The
other player sees your Game Center name, and the app shows you their Game Center name and, if they have one,
their Game Center photo. Your custom nickname and your photo from this app are not shared. How Apple handles
Game Center data is described in Apple’s privacy policy. Playing
against the computer or passing the device to someone beside you sends no game data anywhere.
What the app does not do
- It does not collect personal information, usage data, diagnostics or identifiers for the developer.
- It does not contain advertising, analytics or any third-party software development kit.
- It does not track you, and does not share data with data brokers or other companies.
- It does not use your location, contacts, camera, microphone or health data.
- It makes no network connections of its own. The only network use is Apple’s Game Center, for signing in and
for friend games.
- Word definitions come from the dictionary built into iOS, on your device. Apple’s dictionary panel has its own
“Search Web” and “Manage” buttons; they act only if you tap them, and the app is not involved.
- When the dictionary has no entry for a word, the app offers “Search the web”. Only if you tap it, the app hands
that one word, and nothing else, to your browser, which searches for it with your default search engine; the
app itself sends nothing and collects nothing.
Children
The app has no accounts of its own, no chat, no purchases and no links that leave the app other than the policy and
support pages (and, only if you tap them, Apple’s dictionary panel’s “Search Web” button and the app’s “Search
the web” button for a word with no definition). It collects nothing from anyone, including children.
Deleting your data
Everything the app stores is on your device. Delete a game against the computer or a Pass and Play game from the
“In progress” list on the home screen (the app asks you to confirm), or delete the app, and it is removed from your
device. A friend game is left by resigning it in the game; its data is held by Game Center and managed through
Game Center and your Apple account.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Questions about this policy: support.rackattackwordgame@kevinsmith.net, or see the support page.