Privacy Policy

Who we are

t e c g o t h i c a is an indie game development project run by ‘RiotJayne’ aka ‘SlvtSammich’ on Twitch. The website addresses are as of writing:

https//tecgothica.com

https://blog.tecgothica.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Mailing List

Emails supplied to our playtester mailing list will never be shared with third parties, and will never be used in malicious ways. In fact, they will only be used for their explicit purpose, which is to mail users a notice of future game releases, specifically with the intention to have them playtest the game if they so choose. Any additional requests to extend the types of received emails will be requested via email in advance, and have to be agreed upon by the user.

Use of the emails within the mailing list by the third party mailing list operator, ‘sendinblue’ or ‘Brevo’ is subject to their own privacy policy, which can be found here: https://www.brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. Embedded content will most likely be used from Itch.io where our games profile is, and YouTube.

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

Media

For users that register on our website (if any), uploading images to the website should be done with caution to avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Be aware, visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Who we share your data with

For users that register on our website (if any), be advised requests for a password reset would include the IP address in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

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

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

What rights you have over your data

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

Where your data is sent

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