This Privacy Policy explains what information GamesDesert (“we,” “us” or “our”) collects when you visit gamesdesert.com, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using the website, you agree to this policy and to our Terms & Conditions.
1. Who We Are
GamesDesert is a free website for playing browser-based online games. Our website address is https://gamesdesert.com. You can contact us at gamesdesertofficial@gmail.com or through our contact page.
2. You Can Play Without Giving Us Personal Information
You do not need to give us your name or email to play games on GamesDesert. However, some features ask for information, and our website and our partners automatically collect certain technical data, as described below.
3. Information We Collect
a) Information you give us
- Contact form: your first name, email address and message, so we can reply.
- Newsletter: your email address, if you subscribe to updates. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails or by contacting us.
- Reviews and comments: the name, email address and text you enter, plus your star rating. Your name and review may be shown publicly on the game page. Your email address is not displayed.
- Accounts: if we offer accounts and you create one, the details you register with.
b) Information collected automatically
When you visit, our servers and tools may automatically record technical information such as your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, language, referring page, pages and games visited, and the date and time of your visit. We use this to keep the website secure, understand how it is used, and improve it.
When you submit a comment or review, we may also record your IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.
c) Game progress stored on your device
Some games save settings, scores, coins or progress in your browser’s local storage on your own device. This data stays in your browser and is not sent to an account on our servers. You can clear it at any time in your browser settings, but you may lose your game progress.
4. How We Use Information
- To run, maintain and improve the website and its games;
- To respond to your messages, bug reports and requests;
- To send newsletter updates if you subscribed;
- To display reviews and moderate comments;
- To prevent spam, abuse and security problems;
- To measure traffic and understand which games are popular;
- To show advertising that helps keep the website free;
- To comply with the law.
We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage and pixels) for the following purposes:
- Essential: to make the website work, remember your cookie choices, and, if you log in or leave a comment, remember your session or details (for example, comment cookies can last up to one year if you opt in).
- Analytics: to understand how visitors use the website, for example through Google Analytics or similar tools.
- Advertising: to show and measure ads, described in the next section.
You can control or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website work.
6. Advertising (Google AdSense)
GamesDesert is supported by advertising. We use Google AdSense and may use other advertising partners to display ads on our pages.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website and other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Ads may be personalized or non-personalized, depending on your location and your consent choices.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
We do not control the cookies set by advertisers, and their use is covered by their own privacy policies. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we ask for your consent for non-essential cookies and personalized ads through a consent banner, and you can change your choice at any time.
7. Third-Party Games and Embedded Content
Some games and content on GamesDesert are made by third-party developers and embedded in our pages. These embedded games and other embedded content (such as images or videos) may collect data about you, set their own cookies and track how you interact with them, as if you had visited their own website. We do not control this, so please see the privacy policies of the relevant developers or platforms.
8. Who We Share Information With
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only with:
- Service providers that help us run the website, such as hosting, email, spam filtering (for example, automated spam-detection services) and analytics providers;
- Advertising partners, as described above;
- Authorities or other parties where required by law, or to protect our rights, users or website from fraud, abuse or security threats.
If a comment includes your email, an anonymized string created from it may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture. Gravatar’s privacy policy is at automattic.com/privacy.
9. How Long We Keep Information
- Contact messages: kept as long as needed to deal with your request, then deleted or archived.
- Newsletter emails: kept until you unsubscribe.
- Comments and reviews, with their metadata: kept until they are removed, so we can keep the discussion on the page and recognize returning commenters.
- Server and analytics data: kept for a limited period needed for security and statistics.
10. Children’s Privacy
GamesDesert is a general-audience website and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it. Children under 13 should not use our forms. Advertising on our site is served by third parties, and we do not knowingly show personalized ads to children.
11. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live (for example, the EEA, the United Kingdom, or California), you may have the right to:
- ask what personal data we hold about you and request a copy;
- ask us to correct or delete your personal data;
- object to or restrict certain uses of your data, and withdraw consent at any time;
- opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for targeted advertising;
- complain to your local data protection authority.
To make a request, email us at gamesdesertofficial@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity first, and we may keep data we must hold for legal or security reasons. We will not treat you unfairly for using your privacy rights.
12. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information, but no website or internet transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. Where Your Information Is Processed
We and our service providers may process information in countries other than where you live, which may have different data protection laws.
14. Links to Other Websites
Our website may link to other websites, including our social media pages. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, so please read their policies.
15. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Please check back occasionally.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to use your rights, contact us at gamesdesertofficial@gmail.com or through our contact page.