Privacy Policy

1 Information We Collect

We collect different types of information depending on how you interact with Gamezgrid:

Information you provide directly:

• Account registration — username, email address, and password (stored as a secure hash) when you sign up.
• Profile updates — any optional details you choose to add to your account.
• Communications — messages or feedback you send us via email or contact forms.

Information collected automatically:

• Usage data — pages visited, games played, time spent, and navigation paths through the site.
• Device & browser data — browser type and version, operating system, screen resolution, and language settings.
• IP address — used for approximate geo-location (country/region level), security, and fraud prevention.
• Cookies & similar technologies — see Section 3 for full details.

We do not collect:

• Payment or financial information (Gamezgrid is entirely free — no purchases required).
• Government-issued ID numbers or sensitive personal data.
• Precise GPS location.

2 How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Create and manage your Gamezgrid account and authenticate you securely.
• Operate, maintain, and improve the games, features, and overall platform.
• Personalise your experience — for example, remembering your preferences.
• Send transactional emails (password resets, account confirmations). We do not send marketing emails unless you opt in.
• Analyse aggregate usage trends to understand which games and content are most popular.
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions, abuse, or security breaches.
• Comply with our legal obligations.

We process your data on the following legal bases (where applicable under GDPR and similar frameworks):

• Contract performance — providing the service you signed up for.
• Legitimate interests — security, fraud prevention, and service improvement.
• Consent — optional analytics cookies (you may withdraw consent at any time).
• Legal obligation — where required by applicable law.

3 Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Gamezgrid uses cookies and similar technologies to deliver and improve the service.

Essential cookies (always active):

• Session authentication cookies — keep you logged in during your visit.
• Anti-forgery tokens — protect form submissions against CSRF attacks.

Analytics cookies (optional, requires consent):

• We may use privacy-friendly analytics tools to understand aggregate traffic patterns. No individual user profiles are built for advertising purposes.

Third-party affiliate links: When you click a promotional banner or affiliate link on our site, the destination website may set its own cookies. We have no control over those cookies and recommend reviewing the privacy policy of each third-party site you visit.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. Disabling essential cookies will prevent you from staying logged in.

4 Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers — trusted third parties that help us operate the platform (e.g., hosting providers, email delivery services). They are bound by confidentiality obligations and may not use your data for their own purposes.
• Affiliate partners — clicking an affiliate link takes you to a third-party site. We share only anonymous click-tracking data; we do not pass your name, email, or account details.
• Legal requirements — we may disclose data if required by law, court order, or to protect the rights and safety of Gamezgrid, our users, or the public.
• Business transfers — if Gamezgrid is acquired or merged, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

5 Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymise your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it longer (e.g., for fraud prevention or legal disputes).

Server logs that contain IP addresses are automatically purged after 90 days.

6 Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure — request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.
• Withdraw consent — revoke any consent you previously gave (e.g., analytics cookies) without affecting lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address in Section 11. We will respond within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.

7 Children's Privacy

Gamezgrid is intended for general audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). If you believe a child has provided us personal information without parental consent, please contact us immediately and we will delete that data promptly.

8 Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to affiliate partners, advertisers, and other external websites. Clicking these links takes you outside Gamezgrid, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of external sites.

9 Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. These include:

• HTTPS encryption on all pages.
• Passwords stored using strong cryptographic hashing (ASP.NET Core Identity).
• Anti-CSRF tokens on all authenticated forms.
• Regular security reviews and dependency updates.

No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. If you suspect a security breach affecting your account, please contact us immediately.

10 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we will notify registered users via email or a prominent notice on the site. Your continued use of Gamezgrid after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11 Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal data, please reach out: