Privacy policy

Who we are. GamesChart is published by Aashish Khakhar, who is the controller for personal data collected through gameschart.com. You can contact us about privacy at info@gameschart.com.

No advertising. GamesChart has no advertising and no comments, and reading the site needs no account. Public pages set no cookies unless you accept analytics cookies in our cookie banner (see Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity below).

Contributor accounts (game developers and writers). Studios, publishers, developers and writers can sign in with their Google account to submit games, studio profiles or guides (see the For developers page). When you do, Google tells us your name, email address and profile picture; we never see your Google password. If you ask for access we also keep what you write in the request form (your name, studio or company, website, what you make and any message). We use this to review your request, to email you about it, to let you use the editor and to keep a record of who submitted and changed what. Signing in sets one strictly necessary cookie (__Host-gc_cms) that keeps you signed in for up to 12 hours, plus a short-lived one during sign-in; the editor also stores your session in your browser's local storage. Contact details you give for your studio are never published. The data is stored with Cloudflare (our host) and, for submitted content, in our private code repository on GitHub; invite and approval emails are sent through our email provider. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running a reviewed submission process you asked to join. We keep account and request records while you have access and for up to 12 months after, and the history of published content as long as the content is online. Ask us at any time to delete your account data.

Hosting and security. The site is a set of static pages served by Cloudflare (Cloudflare Pages and its content delivery network). To deliver pages and protect the site from attacks, Cloudflare processes the technical data your browser sends with every request, including your IP address, browser and device details, the page requested and the referring page. Cloudflare acts as our processor for this and keeps its logs under its own retention policy. If Cloudflare's security checks ever show you a challenge page, Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary cookie (cf_clearance) to remember that you passed it.

Visitor statistics. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views and measure how fast pages load. It runs a small script from Cloudflare on each page. Cloudflare states that it doesn't use cookies or local storage and doesn't fingerprint visitors. It records the page, the referring site, your browser, device type and country, and page-load timings, and reports them to us only as totals. We use this to see which pages are read and to fix slow pages. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running and improving the site.

Google Analytics (only if you accept). When you first visit, a banner asks whether we may use Google Analytics cookies. Until you choose, and if you reject, Google Analytics sets no cookies and only receives cookieless signals (such as that a page was viewed) that can't be linked to you across visits. If you accept, Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_<id>, kept for up to 2 years) so we can see how visitors move through the site: pages viewed, scrolling, outbound links, site searches, file downloads and copies from the Cite this page box, plus your approximate location, browser and device. Google Analytics doesn't log or store IP addresses, and we have turned off Google signals and ad personalisation. Google LLC processes this data as our processor, and it may be processed outside the UK under the safeguards described below. We keep Google Analytics data for 14 months. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you can change at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page; rejecting deletes the Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity cookies. We store your choice in your browser's local storage (gc_consent) for 6 months.

Microsoft Clarity. We use Microsoft Clarity to see how pages are used, so we can find and fix things that confuse or frustrate visitors (for example buttons that don't respond or pages people leave straight away). Clarity records how you interact with a page – clicks, taps, scrolling and mouse movement – and builds heatmaps and replays of visits from that, along with your browser, device, approximate location and the page you came from. It masks text you type into forms and other sensitive content. Clarity only runs if you accept analytics cookies; until then, and if you reject them, it isn't loaded at all. If you accept, Clarity sets first-party cookies (_clck, kept for up to 1 year, and _clsk, kept for 1 day) so that one visit can be followed across pages. Microsoft Corporation processes this data as our processor, and it may be processed outside the UK under the safeguards described below. Clarity keeps visit replays for 30 days and heatmap data for up to 13 months. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you can change at any time with the Cookie settings link; Microsoft may also set its own cookies on clarity.ms and bing.com when Clarity runs.

Email. If you email us, we receive your email address, name if given, and whatever you write. We use it only to reply and to deal with any correction you report, on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering you. Our email is hosted by our email provider, which processes messages on our behalf. We keep correspondence only as long as we need it for that purpose.

Links to other sites. Our pages link to publishers, stores and data sources. Those sites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them.

International transfers. Cloudflare, Google and Microsoft operate worldwide, so data may be processed outside the UK. Where it is, they rely on the safeguards UK data protection law requires, such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

Your rights. Under UK GDPR you have the right to ask for a copy of your personal data, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to data portability. To use any of these rights, email info@gameschart.com. We will reply within one month. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk, 0303 123 1113), but we would appreciate the chance to deal with your concern first.

Children. GamesChart isn't aimed at children. It covers games for players of all ages, and each game page shows the game's age rating. Reading the site needs no personal information, and analytics cookies are only set if a visitor accepts them. Contributor accounts are for adults submitting their own work. We don't knowingly collect personal data from children.

Changes. If we change how we handle personal data, for example by adding a new tool, we will update this page and its date first.