Privacy Policy

1. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how the Game Guide Hub games section ("we", "us", "our") at www.rss.org/games/ handles personal information when you visit our pages, play our free online games, or interact with our content.

This policy applies only to the /games/ section. Other sections of www.rss.org operate independently and may have their own policies.

2. What Information We Collect

We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to play our games. We do automatically collect certain technical information when you visit:

• Device and browser information: Browser type, operating system, screen resolution, language preference
• Usage information: Pages visited, time spent, links clicked, game interactions, referral source
• IP address: Used for security, fraud prevention, and approximate geographic location
• Cookies and local storage: Game state (your progress), preferences (dark mode, colorblind mode), consent choices

We do not collect: your name, email, phone number, postal address, or payment information, unless you voluntarily contact us.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Operate and improve our games and content
• Save your game progress and preferences locally on your device
• Display relevant advertising via Google AdSense
• Measure traffic and content performance via analytics
• Detect and prevent abuse, fraud, or technical issues
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (local storage, session storage) to:

• Strictly necessary: Remember your cookie consent choice, save game state
• Functional: Remember theme/dark mode, colorblind mode, hard mode setting
• Analytics: Understand how visitors use our games (Google Analytics 4)
• Advertising: Show relevant ads (Google AdSense, including personalized ads if you consent)

5. Advertising and Google AdSense

We display advertisements on our games pages via Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to:

• Display ads relevant to your interests (with consent)
• Measure ad effectiveness
• Limit how often you see the same ad
• Detect and prevent ad fraud

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:

• Google Ads Settings
• YourAdChoices (US)
• Your Online Choices (EU)

For more information, see How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

6. Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our games. Analytics data is collected only after you accept cookies via our consent banner. The data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.

To opt out of Google Analytics across all sites, install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Third-Party Services

The /games/ section uses the following third-party services:

• Google AdSense – Display advertising (Privacy Policy)
• Google Analytics 4 – Traffic analytics (Privacy Policy)
• Google Fonts / gstatic.com – Web fonts (Privacy Policy)
• Cloudflare – CDN and security (Privacy Policy)

8. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share limited technical information with:

• Our advertising partner (Google AdSense) for ad delivery
• Our analytics partner (Google Analytics) for traffic measurement
• Law enforcement when required by valid legal process

9. Data Retention

• Cookies: Up to 2 years (or until you clear them)
• Local game state: Stored on your device only — never sent to us
• Analytics: Default Google Analytics retention (14 months)
• Server logs: 30 days

10. Your Privacy Rights

For visitors in the European Economic Area (GDPR)

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restrict or object to processing
• Receive your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent at any time
• File a complaint with your local data protection authority

For visitors in California (CCPA / CPRA)

You have the right to:

• Know what categories of personal information we collect and how we use it
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information (we do not sell, but ad cookies may qualify as "sharing")
• Non-discrimination for exercising your rights

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email below.

11. Children's Privacy

Our games are general-audience and may be played by children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU). We follow the rules of tagging our content as not directed to children under 13 in Google AdSense. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

12. International Data Transfers

Our service providers (Google, Cloudflare) may process data in the United States and other countries. These providers are certified under valid international transfer mechanisms (Standard Contractual Clauses, EU-US Data Privacy Framework where applicable).

13. Security

We use industry-standard security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of data. Our site is served over HTTPS via Cloudflare. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be highlighted on our pages.

15. Contact Us