Privacy Policy
In short
Hot Arcade World needs no account and no registration. Your high scores, trophies and settings stay in your own browser. If you choose a nickname for the global leaderboard, that nickname and your best scores are stored on our server. Google Analytics and advertising (Adsterra) are used only with your consent, which you can change at any time from "Cookie Preferences" at the bottom of every page. The site is intended for people aged 18 or over because of third-party ads.
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller for hotarcadeworld.com is Hot Arcade World, operated from Spain. Spanish data protection law applies: the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and the guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD), and Law 34/2002 on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSI-CE).
For any privacy request or question, write to dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech.
2. What we process, why, and for how long
| Purpose | Data | Legal basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing the games: high scores, number of runs, trophies, sound setting | Game progress and preferences | Not sent to us: stored only in your browser | Until you clear this site's data in your browser |
| Global leaderboard (only if you choose a nickname) | The nickname you choose, a random player id created in your browser, and your best score in each game | Consent, given by entering a nickname (art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); you can ask us to remove it at any time | While the leaderboard is online, or until you ask us to delete it |
| Hosting and security | IP address, browser user-agent and request details in our hosting provider's logs | Legitimate interest in running a secure site (art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) | As set by Microsoft Azure's standard log retention |
| Anonymous visit statistics (pages viewed, visitors online, how you reached the site) | The page path, a random id that lives only in the open tab, the referring site or campaign tag, a coarse device type, your country, and a one-day hash of your IP address and browser used to count unique visitors. To get your country, your browser asks the IP geolocation service ipwho.is; we keep only the country code, never the IP address. No cookies or local storage are used | Legitimate interest in knowing how the site is used (art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) | About 5 days |
| Web fonts (Google Fonts) | Your IP address and browser details, received by Google when your browser downloads the site's fonts | Legitimate interest in displaying the site consistently (art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) | As set by Google |
| Google Analytics | Usage data and analytics cookies | Consent (art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and art. 22.2 LSSI-CE), withdrawable at any time; nothing is sent without consent | Analytics cookies up to 13 months |
| Advertising (Adsterra) | Advertising cookies and identifiers used by Adsterra and its partners to show and measure ads | Consent (art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and art. 22.2 LSSI-CE), withdrawable at any time | As set by Adsterra; see its privacy policy |
| Messages you send us | Your email address and the content of your message | Legitimate interest in answering you, or steps you request (art. 6(1)(b)/(f) GDPR) | As long as needed to handle the request, then deleted |
We do not sell personal data for money, we do not build profiles of you ourselves, and we make no automated decisions with legal effects.
3. Who receives data
- Microsoft Azure hosts the site, its server functions and the leaderboard (data processor).
- ipwho.is receives your IP address when your browser looks up your country for our anonymous visit statistics; only the country code reaches us.
- Google provides the web fonts and, only with your consent, Google Analytics. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
- Adsterra serves the ads that keep the games free, only with your consent; Adsterra and its advertising partners act as independent controllers. See Adsterra's privacy policy.
Nicknames you choose are shown publicly on the leaderboard together with your best scores.
4. Transfers outside the European Union
Google and Microsoft may process data in the United States. These transfers rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, under which both companies are certified, and on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. Adsterra and its partners may also process data outside the EU under their own safeguards, described in Adsterra's privacy policy.
5. Your rights
You can ask to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to receive it in a portable format, and to withdraw any consent you gave, without affecting processing carried out before. Write to dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech; we answer within one month. To have your leaderboard entries removed, include the nickname you used.
Your game progress never reaches us: you can delete it yourself at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.
If you believe your data has not been handled correctly, you can lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, AEPD), www.aepd.es, or with the data protection authority of the country where you live.
6. Minors
Hot Arcade World is intended for people aged 18 or over, because the site shows advertising chosen by third parties, some of which may not be suitable for minors (the games themselves contain no adult content). We do not knowingly process the personal data of minors. If you believe a minor has provided us with data, for example a leaderboard nickname, contact us and we will delete it.
7. Cookies and local storage
Every item we or our partners store on your device, how long it lasts and how to change your choice is listed in our Cookie Policy. You can change your choice at any time with "Cookie Preferences" at the bottom of every page.
8. Your privacy rights in US states
Residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and other US states with consumer privacy laws have specific rights over their personal information. When ads are shown, Adsterra and its partners may collect online identifiers (such as cookie IDs and your IP address) and information about your activity on this site, to show and measure ads.
We do not sell personal information for money. However, allowing advertising partners to use these identifiers for personalised (cross-context behavioural) advertising can count as a "sale" or "sharing" under some state laws. We do not knowingly process the personal information of anyone under 18 for that purpose, and we do not use sensitive personal information.
To opt out, use the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link at the bottom of every page and switch off "Advertising". You can also ask to know, access, correct or delete your information by writing to dario_admin@resolvia-crm.tech, and you won't be treated differently for using any of these rights.
9. Changes to this policy
We update this page when what we collect or how we use it changes, and show the date of the last update at the top.