What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. Similar technologies, such as local storage and pixels, work in a comparable way. In this policy, "cookies" covers all of them.
Who sets cookies on PuzleFix
PuzleFix is run by The AI Barn, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom (hello@theaibarn.com). We do not set our own tracking cookies. The cookies on this site are set by Google services we use.
Your consent
Visitors in the UK, the European Economic Area and Switzerland are asked for consent through Google's Privacy & messaging tool, a Google-certified consent management platform. Our pages use Google Consent Mode v2: until you choose, every page tells Google's tags that consent for advertising storage, advertising user data, ad personalisation and analytics storage has been denied. If you accept, those settings change in line with your choice. If you decline, analytics and personalised advertising cookies are not used, although Google may still show non-personalised or limited ads that use cookies only where the law allows, for example for fraud prevention and frequency capping.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the privacy and cookie settings link shown on the site.
Cookies we use
| Provider and purpose | Examples | Typical duration | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google consent tool: remembers your consent choice | FCCDCF, FCNEC | Up to 13 months | No (strictly necessary) |
| Google Analytics 4: measures how the site is used | _ga, _ga_* | Up to 2 years | Yes |
| Google AdSense: shows, measures and limits adverts, and personalises them where you agree | IDE, __gads, __gpi and similar | Up to 13 months | Yes, except limited uses allowed by law |
Cookie names and durations are set by Google and can change. Google explains its cookies at policies.google.com/technologies/cookies and its advertising cookies at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Other ways to control cookies
- Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. Blocking all cookies may stop some features from working.
- Opt out of personalised Google adverts at Google Ads Settings.
- Opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Opt out of some third-party advertising cookies at www.aboutads.info.
Tools and local storage
Our word tools download the word list to your browser so searches can run on your device. Your browser may keep a cached copy to make the next visit faster. This is not used to identify you.
More information
Our privacy policy explains how personal data is handled and your rights. Last updated: October 2026.