WHO WE ARE

Gold Star Gamers (“GSG,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.

MEDIA

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from uploaded images.

COOKIES

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you won’t need to re-enter your details next time you comment. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. When you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display choices.

Login cookies last two days.

Screen options cookies last one year.

Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks.

Logging out removes the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited those websites directly.

These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content—including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include any data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

CONTACT US ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please reach out to us: martha@goldstargamers.org

We take your privacy seriously and will do our best to respond promptly to any inquiries.