Privacy Policy for Gameloce.online
Our Promise to You About Your Privacy
Hello, and welcome. I’m so glad you’re taking a moment to read our Privacy Policy.
My name is Chloe, and I’m the person who started Gameloce.online. I know that clicking on a "Privacy Policy" can feel like you’re about to read a long, complicated document full of confusing legal language. I want you to know, right from the start, that this page is different.
Your trust means the world to us. Without it, this friendly little community we’re building simply couldn’t exist. That’s why I want to have a very open and honest conversation with you about your privacy. I want to explain, in simple, everyday language, what information we collect when you visit, why we collect it, and—most importantly—how we protect it.
Think of this page as a guided tour where I show you exactly how we handle things behind the scenes. Our goal is to be completely transparent, so you can feel safe, comfortable, and confident while you enjoy the games and content on our site.
So please, let’s walk through this together.
1. The Information We Collect
To make our website work and to create a better experience for you, we need to collect a little bit of information. It’s helpful to think about this in two simple categories: information you choose to give us, and information that’s collected automatically as you browse.
a) Information You Choose to Give Us
This is any information that you knowingly and actively provide. Right now, this is very limited on our site.
Your Email Address: If you decide to subscribe to our newsletter or if you send us a message through our contact form, you will share your email address with us. We only use this to send you the newsletter you asked for or to reply to your message. That’s it.
b) Information That’s Collected Automatically
When you visit almost any website on the internet, your computer or phone automatically shares some basic information. Think of it like this: when a letter is delivered, the postal service needs to know both the destination and the return address. The internet works in a similar way.
Here is the type of information that is collected automatically when you visit Gameloce.online:
Log and Usage Data: This includes your IP address, which is a unique number assigned to your device on the internet. Our server needs this to know where to send the webpage you want to see. It also includes basic information like the type of browser you’re using (like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari), your operating system (like Windows or macOS), the date and time you visited, and which pages you looked at. We use this general information to understand how people are using our site and to keep it secure.
Cookie Information: We use cookies to help our site function and to make your visit smoother. We’ll talk a lot more about cookies in a dedicated section below, because we want you to understand them completely.
2. How and Why We Use This Information
We are very thoughtful about why we collect any piece of information. We don’t collect data just for the sake of it. Every piece of information has a specific, helpful purpose.
Here are the simple reasons we use the information we collect:
To Run and Maintain Our Website: The most basic use of your information (like your IP address) is simply to make the website show up on your screen. It’s a fundamental part of how the internet works. We also use this information to monitor our site for technical problems, like errors or crashes, so we can fix them quickly.
To Improve Your Experience: We use tools like Google Analytics to look at broad, anonymous patterns. For example, we can see which articles are the most popular, how long people generally spend on a page, or which games are being played the most. This is incredibly helpful for us! It tells us what you enjoy, so we can create more of the content you love. It helps us understand what’s not working, so we can improve it. We never look at this on an individual level; we only look at the big picture.
To Keep Our Community Safe: We monitor for unusual activity to protect our website from security threats like spam or hacking attempts. This helps keep the site, and your visit, safe.
To Communicate With You: If you’ve signed up for our newsletter or sent us a message, we use your email address to get in touch with you, just as you’d expect.
To Support Our Site Through Ads: We use advertising partners like Google AdSense to show ads on our site. This is what allows us to keep Gameloce.online free for everyone to use. These partners use data to show you ads that are more likely to be relevant to you. We’ll explain this in more detail below.
Our Biggest Promise: We will never sell your personal information to anyone. Period.
3. A Friendly Guide to Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The word "cookie" can sound a bit mysterious, but the idea is actually quite simple.
What is a cookie? A cookie is a tiny text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit. Think of it like a little digital ticket stub. It helps the website remember you and your preferences for a short time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering the same information.
We use a few different types of cookies for different reasons:
Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. For example, they might help with site navigation or security. You can’t really turn these off without breaking parts of the site.
Performance & Analytics Cookies: These are the cookies that help us understand how you and other visitors use our site. They are provided by services like Google Analytics. They collect anonymous information and help us see things like which pages are most visited. This is purely to help us improve our website.
Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used by our advertising partners, like Google AdSense, to make the ads you see more relevant to you. For example, if you’ve been looking at cozy farming games, you might be more likely to see an ad for a new one. These cookies track your browsing habits across different websites to build a general profile of your interests.
You Are in Control of Cookies
Your privacy is yours to manage. You have the power to control and/or delete cookies as you wish. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences through their settings. You can usually:
See what cookies you have and delete them one by one.
Block cookies from a specific website.
Block all cookies from being set.
Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
Please know that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some parts of our website might not work as well as they should.
4. Our Partners (Third-Party Services)
We don’t do everything on our own. We rely on a few trusted partners to provide certain services for our website. It’s important for you to know who they are and what they do.
Google Analytics: We use this service to help us understand how our visitors engage with our site. Google Analytics collects anonymous data and compiles it into reports that show us our site’s trends. Google has its own robust privacy policy, which you can read to understand how they handle data.
Google AdSense: This is the service we use to display advertisements. Google and other third-party vendors use cookies (specifically, the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your previous visits to our site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
These third-party services have their own privacy policies that govern how they use your information. We have chosen them because we trust them, but we encourage you to read their policies to be fully informed.
5. Your Rights Regarding Your Information
We believe you should always have control over your personal information. Depending on where you live, you have certain rights regarding your data. We honor these rights for all our users, no matter their location.
The Right to Access: You have the right to ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
The Right to Correction (Rectification): If you believe any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to correct it.
The Right to Erasure (The "Right to be Forgotten"):
