Privacy Policy
Built by gamers, for gamers. We treat your data with the same respect, transparency, and restraint we expect as players ourselves.
Zero Data Selling
We never sell, rent, broker, or monetize your gaming activity, reviews, or identity to third-party data conglomerates. Ever.
Guest-Mode Freedom
Browse, rate, bookmark, and curate backlogs completely anonymously. Guest mode saves data locally in your browser with zero remote profiling.
Instant Self-Service Purge
Want to leave? Delete your account anytime directly in Settings > Danger Zone. Your credentials, tokens, and records are wiped immediately.
Table of Contents & Quick Navigation
1. Introduction & Gamer Privacy Mission
Welcome to Game Argon ("Game Argon", "we", "our", or "us"), available at https://gameargon.com. Game Argon is a community-first video game catalog, review aggregator, and player discussion platform.
Our core thesis is simple: gaming platforms should serve players, not data surveillance markets. This Privacy Policy explains with total clarity what information is collected when you visit our website, how that data is used, the measures we take to protect your privacy, and the statutory legal rights available to you under modern data protection frameworks including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), United Kingdom GDPR, and the California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA).
2. Information We Collect
The information collected depends strictly on how you choose to interact with Game Argon:
A. Guest Mode (Unauthenticated)
When using the platform without logging in, your experience is stored entirely in your local browser storage. This includes your game backlog status, ratings, bookmark collections, and guest reviews. No personal identifiers (such as names or emails) are transmitted to or stored in remote databases.
B. Authenticated User Accounts
When you register an account, we collect only the minimal data required for identity and community interaction:
- Account Credentials: Username and email address provided during signup or OAuth authentication via Supabase.
- Profile Details: Public display name, avatar URL, optional bio, and chosen privacy flags.
- Player Contributions: Written game reviews, star ratings (0.5 to 5 stars), category breakdowns, pros/cons, playtime tags, community discussion posts, comments, reactions, and custom curated game lists.
C. Technical & Diagnostic Logs
When your browser requests pages, our edge hosting infrastructure (Vercel) automatically logs standard, non-personally identifiable diagnostic headers (e.g., HTTP status code, request timestamp, and general country location) strictly for routing, performance optimization, and DDoS mitigation.
3. Information We Explicitly Never Collect
To eliminate ambiguity, Game Argon explicitly avoids collecting intrusive data:
- ✕Financial Details: We do not store credit card numbers or bank info.
- ✕Precise GPS Location: We never poll your device GPS or hardware sensors.
- ✕Biometric Data: No facial scans, voice recognition, or biometric tokens.
- ✕Cross-Site Trackers: We never deploy Facebook Pixels or data broker SDKs.
4. How We Use Your Information
All processing is governed by strict necessity under lawful bases (Article 6 GDPR):
- Platform Operation: Authenticating your session, storing your game lists, and syncing your library across authorized sessions.
- Bayesian Community Ratings: Calculating aggregate, weighted community score consensus across game titles to help fellow players discover great games.
- Platform Security & Spam Prevention: Protecting community discussion threads from automated bots, review bombing, harassment, and unauthorized access.
- Direct Communication: Responding directly when you submit support or feedback inquiries via our contact form.
6. Third-Party Integrations & Privacy Modes
When external services are utilized to enhance your experience, we enforce maximum privacy configurations:
- 🎬 YouTube Video Player (Trailer Embeds):Trailers are loaded through YouTube's Privacy-Enhanced Mode (
youtube-nocookie.com). This ensures YouTube does not set tracking cookies on your device unless you choose to play the trailer. - 🔒 Supabase Cloud (Authentication & Database):Account authentication and community data persist on enterprise-grade, SOC-2 compliant Supabase infrastructure with strict Row-Level Security (RLS) policies preventing unauthorized cross-user queries.
- 🎮 Steam & Gaming Metadata APIs:Game box art, trailers, and official release descriptions are retrieved via official developer endpoints. No personal player identifiers are ever shared with external game publishers.
7. Advertising & Monetization Transparency
We strictly uphold Google Publisher Policies and Google AdSense partner guidelines:
- No Sensitive Category Monetization: We do not target advertising based on sensitive personal categories.
- No Rewarded Review Fraud: We never accept payment in exchange for positive review scores or manipulated community ratings.
- Non-Intrusive Contextual Ads: Any prospective advertising deployed on Game Argon will prioritize contextual relevance (gaming titles) rather than invasive user-tracking networks.
8. Your Rights (GDPR, UK GDPR & CCPA/CPRA)
Regardless of your geographic location, we provide comprehensive statutory data rights:
Right to Access & Portability
You have the right to request a complete machine-readable copy of your profile, reviews, and contributed lists.
Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten")
You can permanently erase your account, reviews, and profile data instantly via self-service controls or direct email.
Right to Rectification
You can edit your username, avatar, and authored reviews at any time directly in your account dashboard.
California CCPA/CPRA Rights
California residents have the right to know what personal info is collected and the right to opt-out of data sales (we do not sell data).
9. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)
Game Argon is intended for general audiences aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area).
If a parent or legal guardian believes that a child has provided us with personal information without required consent, please contact us immediately at contact@gameargon.com. We will proactively delete the account and associated records within 48 hours.
10. Data Retention & Instant Account Deletion
We retain personal information only for as long as your account remains active and necessary to fulfill community features.
You retain absolute autonomy over your data. You can delete your account at any time by navigating to Settings > Danger Zone (/settings/danger-zone). Once confirmed, your authentication credentials, personal profile, and associated direct records are permanently purged from active databases immediately.
11. Technical Security & Infrastructure
We deploy rigorous technical safeguards to protect your personal data:
- Encryption in Transit: All HTTP traffic is secured with TLS 1.3 / HTTPS encryption.
- Encryption at Rest: All stored database objects and backups are encrypted using AES-256 standards.
- Row-Level Security: Database policies ensure users cannot read or modify private data belonging to other players.
- Zero Password Storage: Passwords are never stored in plaintext and are securely hashed using modern cryptographic algorithms.
12. Policy Revisions & Audit Log
We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect platform evolution, new features, or legislative requirements. When material updates are made, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document. Continued usage of Game Argon following the posting of modifications indicates your acknowledgment of the updated policy.
13. Contact Information & Data Protection Inquiries
If you have questions, feedback, or would like to exercise any of your statutory GDPR or CCPA data protection rights, our dedicated privacy team is available at:
Email: contact@gameargon.com
Direct Message: https://gameargon.com/contact
Response SLA: We respond to all formal verified privacy requests within 48 business hours.
Looking for community rules? Read our Terms of Service or check out About Game Argon.
