Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2024

Introduction Twisted Voxel, accessible at https://twistedvoxel.com, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and relevant privacy legislation in the United States. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the management of personal information we collect.

Who We Are Twisted Voxel is a gaming news website dedicated to providing the latest news, reviews, and insights into the gaming industry.

Information We Collect

1. Personal Data:
   • Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it, whose privacy policy is available at Automattic’s Privacy Policy. Upon approval, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
2. Technical Data:
   • Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience. Cookies store information such as your login status and personal preferences when you interact with our site. Specific cookies details are:
     • If you leave a comment, your details might be saved in cookies to avoid re-entering them. These last one year.
     • Temporary cookies determine if your browser accepts cookies, with no personal data saved.
3. Embedded Content:
   • Articles may include embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites that behave as if the visitor has visited the other website. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with embedded content.

How We Use Your Information

• Service Provision: To administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, and statistical purposes.
• Communication: To notify you about changes to our service and to interact with you when necessary.
• User Experience: To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and your computer.

Sharing Your Data

• Your data may be shared with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as site hosting, maintenance, and support. These third parties are obligated to safeguard your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.

Data Security We implement security measures to ensure the safety of your personal data. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Your Rights

• You have the right to access, correct, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your data.
• You can object to our processing of your data and, where we rely on your consent, withdraw that consent at any time.

Retention of Your Data

• Comments and related metadata are retained indefinitely. Personal information provided by registered users is stored in their user profile and can be viewed or edited at any time. Only website administrators have the ability to see and edit that information.

Transfers of Data

• We use an automated spam detection service that may check visitor comments.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

• We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact Us For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email: contact at twistedvoxel.com.

Acknowledgment By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy.