Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 4, 2026 | Last Updated: August 4, 2026
1. Who We Are and Scope of This Policy
Cinder Games ("the Website," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at cindergames.site. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our users' personal information. This Privacy Policy explains in detail how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your information when you visit or use our Website, including any games, features, or services accessible through the Website.
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of the Website, regardless of their location. By accessing or using Cinder Games, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your information as described herein. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our Website.
For the purposes of applicable data protection laws — including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom, the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) in Brazil, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in California, United States — the data controller responsible for your personal information is:
2. Information We Collect
We collect several categories of information to provide, maintain, and improve our Website. The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with our Website.
2.1 Information You Provide to Us Voluntarily
- Account Information: If you choose to create an account on our Website, we collect your chosen username, email address (optional), and a hashed version of your password. Account creation is entirely optional — you can play all games without registering.
- Contact Information: When you contact us via our contact form or email, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you choose to include in your message. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry.
- Game Preferences and Feedback: Any game ratings, favorites, or feedback you submit through our platform.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
- Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you interact with our Website, including: pages visited, games played and duration of gameplay sessions, features used (search, categories, filters), referring and exit URLs, click patterns and scroll behavior, and interaction with advertisements.
- Device and Browser Information: We collect technical information about the device you use to access our Website, including: browser type and version, operating system and version, device type (desktop, tablet, or mobile), screen resolution and color depth, language preferences and time zone, and Internet Protocol (IP) address.
- Performance Data: We may collect information about Website performance and errors, including page load times, JavaScript errors, network request logs, and crash reports. This helps us identify and fix technical problems.
2.3 Information We Do NOT Collect
We want to be clear about what we do not collect: we do not collect financial information (credit card numbers, bank account details), we do not collect government-issued identification numbers (Social Security, passport numbers), we do not collect precise geolocation data (GPS coordinates), we do not collect health or biometric data, and we do not collect data from children under 13 (see Section 11).
3. How We Collect Your Information
We collect information through the following methods:
- Direct Collection: Information you provide when creating an account, filling out our contact form, or communicating with us via email.
- Automated Technologies: As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we use automatic data collection technologies including cookies, local storage, session storage, web beacons, and log files to collect the information described in Section 2.2.
- Third-Party Sources: We may receive information about you from third-party advertising partners and analytics providers, including aggregated demographic data and interest-based advertising segments.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide Our Services: Operating and maintaining the Website, enabling game play, processing your account registration and login, saving your game preferences and history, and responding to your inquiries and support requests.
- To Improve Our Website: Analyzing usage patterns to understand which games and features are most popular, identifying and fixing bugs and performance issues, developing new features and improving existing ones, and conducting user experience research.
- To Personalize Your Experience: Recommending games based on your play history and preferences, customizing category suggestions, and remembering your filter and search preferences.
- For Advertising: Displaying advertisements through Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and other advertising partners, measuring ad performance and user engagement with ads, and delivering relevant advertisements based on your interests (with appropriate consent where required by law).
- For Security and Legal Compliance: Detecting and preventing fraudulent activity, unauthorized access, and abuse of our Website; complying with legal obligations and responding to lawful requests from government authorities; and enforcing our Terms of Service.
5. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR & LGPD)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Brazil, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal data:
- Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a) / LGPD Art. 7(I)): We rely on your consent for: placing non-essential cookies on your device, sending you marketing communications (if applicable), processing your data for personalized advertising purposes. You may withdraw your consent at any time through the mechanisms described in this policy.
- Legitimate Interests (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) / LGPD Art. 7(IX)): We process your data based on our legitimate interests to: operate, maintain, and improve our Website; analyze usage to enhance user experience; protect our Website from fraud and abuse; and serve non-personalized (contextual) advertisements. We have balanced our legitimate interests against your data protection rights and concluded they do not override your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
- Contractual Necessity (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)): When you create an account, we process your data as necessary to provide the account services you have requested.
- Legal Obligation (GDPR Art. 6(1)(c)): We may process your data to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
6.1 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit them. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Cookies may be "session cookies" (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).
6.2 Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies (Always Active): These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies. They include session management cookies that maintain your login state and preference cookies that remember your filter and category selections.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They tell us which games are most popular, how long users spend on pages, and where users come from. We use this information to improve our Website and your experience.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies are set by our advertising partners (Google AdSense & Google Ad Manager) to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on our Website and other sites. They do not store personal information directly but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and device.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your game history, favorite categories, and display preferences. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
6.3 Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can control and manage cookies in several ways:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies, accept only certain cookies, or alert you when cookies are being sent. Visit your browser's help documentation for specific instructions: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge.
- Google Ad Settings: To control personalized advertising from Google, visit Google Ad Settings to turn off ad personalization.
- Industry Opt-Out Programs: You can opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) in the US, the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) in Europe, and the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC) in Canada.
- Mobile Device Settings: On iOS, go to Settings > Privacy > Tracking to limit ad tracking. On Android, go to Settings > Google > Ads to opt out of ad personalization.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Website and limit your ability to use some features.
7. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
7.1 Game Content Providers
The games featured on Cinder Games are embedded from third-party game hosting platforms. When you play a game, your browser loads content directly from these external servers. These third-party providers may collect their own data about your interaction with the game, governed by their respective privacy policies. We do not control and are not responsible for the data collection practices of these game providers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party game platform that hosts content you access through our Website.
7.2 Advertising Partners
We work with the following advertising partners to display advertisements on our Website:
- Google AdSense: Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings. For more information about how Google uses data when you use our Website, visit How Google Uses Information From Sites or Apps That Use Our Services.
7.3 Analytics Providers
We may use third-party analytics tools to measure traffic, usage trends, and Website performance. These services collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior patterns. We use this information to improve our Website and understand user needs. We do not identify individual users through analytics data.
7.4 Data Sharing Circumstances
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We may share data with third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, analytics, and advertising. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the services we request.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Cinder Games, our users, or the public.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. You will be notified of any change in ownership or use of your personal information.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information for other purposes with your explicit consent.
8. Advertising and Personalized Ads
Our Website is supported by advertising revenue, which allows us to provide all games free of charge. We display advertisements through Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, and may work with other advertising networks. Here is how advertising works on our Website:
- Contextual Advertising: Some ads are based on the content of the page you are viewing (contextual advertising), not on your personal data or browsing history.
- Personalized Advertising: With your consent (where required by law), we and our advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity across different websites to show you ads that are more relevant to your interests.
- Non-Personalized Advertising: Users in the EEA, UK, and certain other jurisdictions may see non-personalized ads by default unless they consent to personalized advertising.
You can opt out of personalized advertising at any time through the following links:
9. Data Retention and Deletion
We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Our retention practices are as follows:
- Account Data: If you create an account, your account information is stored in your browser's local storage until you choose to delete it or clear your browser data. Account data resides on your device, not on our servers.
- Usage Data: Non-personal usage and analytics data may be retained indefinitely in aggregated form for analytical purposes.
- Cookie Data: Different cookies have different lifespans. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies typically expire within 30 days to 24 months, depending on their purpose. You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.
- Communication Records: Information from your contact form submissions and email correspondence is retained for up to 24 months to maintain context for ongoing conversations and for our legitimate business records.
To request deletion of your personal data, please contact us at contact@cindergames.site. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically 30 days under GDPR).
10. Data Security Measures
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We implement and maintain appropriate technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include:
- Encryption of data in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL) protocols.
- Regular security assessments and monitoring of our systems for potential vulnerabilities.
- Access controls that limit employee and contractor access to personal data based on job responsibilities and need-to-know principles.
- Secure software development practices, including code reviews and dependency management.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We encourage you to take steps to protect yourself online, including using strong passwords, keeping your browser and operating system updated, and being cautious about the information you share on any website.
11. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Our Website is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the applicable minimum age for digital consent in your jurisdiction, such as 16 in some EEA countries). We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States and similar laws in other jurisdictions.
We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the applicable age of digital consent. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the applicable age, we will take immediate steps to delete such information from our records. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at contact@cindergames.site.
We recommend that parents and guardians: monitor their children's online activities, use parental control tools available through web browsers and operating systems, and educate their children about online privacy and safe internet practices.
12. Your Rights Under GDPR, LGPD, and CCPA
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
12.1 GDPR Rights (EEA and UK Residents)
- Right of Access (Art. 15): You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to verify that we are lawfully processing it.
- Right to Rectification (Art. 16): You have the right to request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Art. 17): You have the right to request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten") where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
- Right to Restrict Processing (Art. 18): You have the right to request suspension of processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability (Art. 20): You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- Right to Object (Art. 21): You have the right to object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3)): Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint (Art. 77): You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your data violates the GDPR.
12.2 LGPD Rights (Brazilian Residents)
- Confirmation and Access (Art. 18, I-II): You have the right to confirm whether we process your data and to access that data.
- Correction (Art. 18, III): You have the right to correct incomplete, inaccurate, or out-of-date data.
- Anonymization, Blocking, or Deletion (Art. 18, IV): You have the right to request anonymization, blocking, or elimination of unnecessary or excessive data or data processed in non-compliance with the LGPD.
- Portability (Art. 18, V): You have the right to data portability to another service or product provider.
- Information About Sharing (Art. 18, VII): You have the right to information about public and private entities with which we have shared your data.
- Revocation of Consent (Art. 18, IX): You have the right to revoke your consent at any time.
12.3 CCPA Rights (California Residents)
- Right to Know: You have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the preceding 12 months.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA. However, you have the right to opt out of any future sale of personal information.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@cindergames.site. We will verify your identity before processing your request and will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically 30 days, extendable by an additional 60 days for complex requests under CCPA).
13. International Data Transfers
Cinder Games is operated and hosted in the United States. If you access our Website from outside the United States, including from the EEA, UK, or Brazil, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers are located. These jurisdictions may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country of residence.
When we transfer personal data from the EEA, UK, or Brazil to countries without an adequacy decision, we implement appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection laws. These safeguards may include the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with our service providers, binding corporate rules, or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms. By using our Website, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside your country of residence as described in this policy.
14. Do Not Track Signals
Some web browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want your online activity tracked. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Our Website does not currently respond to DNT browser signals. However, you can exercise control over tracking through the cookie management and ad opt-out mechanisms described in this policy.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational needs. When we make material changes, we will:
- Post the updated Privacy Policy on this page with a new "Last Updated" date.
- Notify you through a prominent notice on our Website for significant changes.
- Where required by law, obtain your renewed consent for material changes that affect the processing of your data.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices. Your continued use of the Website after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
16. Contact Information and Complaints
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority in your country of residence: