Effective Date: July 23, 2026
Welcome to GameNora ("GameNora", "we", "our", or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect your information when you visit or use our website, create an account, or play games available through GameNora.
By using GameNora, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you use certain features of GameNora, you may voluntarily provide personal information, including:
- Username
- Email address
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Password (stored only in encrypted or hashed form)
- Messages sent through contact forms or support requests
- Any other information you choose to provide
Providing this information is voluntary, but some features may not be available without it.
Account Information
When you register for a GameNora account, we create and maintain an account that allows you to access account-related features.
We collect and store:
- Username
- Email address
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Encrypted or hashed password
- Account preferences
- Login timestamps
- IP addresses associated with sign-ins for security purposes
We use this information to:
- Create and manage your account
- Authenticate your identity
- Secure your account
- Prevent unauthorized access
- Detect spam, abuse, and fraud
- Provide customer support
- Comply with applicable laws
Passwords are never stored in plain text. They are protected using industry-standard cryptographic hashing.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit GameNora, certain information is collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Language settings
- Screen resolution
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Navigation activity
- Referring website
- Date and time of visits
- Crash reports and diagnostic information
This information helps us improve performance, security, and user experience.
2. Cookies and Similar Technologies
GameNora uses cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember your preferences
- Keep you signed in
- Improve website performance
- Analyze visitor behavior
- Measure advertising performance
- Detect fraud and abuse
- Deliver personalized advertisements where permitted by law
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some features of GameNora may not function correctly if cookies are disabled.
Where required by law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies.
3. Google AdSense
GameNora displays advertisements through Google AdSense and its advertising partners.
Google may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and similar technologies to display personalized or non-personalized advertisements, measure advertisement performance, limit repetitive advertisements, detect invalid traffic, and improve advertising services.
Google may collect information including your IP address, device identifiers, browser information, approximate location, and browsing activity.
You can learn more about Google's advertising practices by visiting Google's Privacy & Terms pages. You can also manage your advertising preferences through Google's Ad Settings.
Where required by applicable law, personalized advertising will only be enabled after obtaining your consent through our consent management platform.
4. Google Analytics
GameNora uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website.
Google Analytics may collect:
- Device information
- Browser information
- Session duration
- Pages visited
- Clicks and interactions
- Traffic sources
- Approximate geographic location
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect usage information.
5. Cloudflare
GameNora uses Cloudflare as a content delivery network (CDN), DNS provider, and security service.
Cloudflare may process:
- IP addresses
- Browser information
- Security logs
- Network diagnostics
- Request headers
This information is used to improve website performance, detect malicious traffic, prevent abuse, and enhance website security.
6. Embedded Games
Many games available on GameNora are developed, hosted, or distributed by third parties.
When you launch or interact with an embedded game, the third-party game provider may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
GameNora is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party game developers or hosting providers.
7. How We Use Your Information
We use information we collect to:
- Operate and maintain GameNora
- Create and manage user accounts
- Authenticate users
- Save user preferences
- Improve website functionality
- Analyze website traffic
- Deliver advertisements
- Respond to inquiries
- Provide customer support
- Detect fraud and abuse
- Maintain website security
- Comply with legal obligations
8. Legal Basis for Processing (EEA and UK)
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process personal information under one or more of the following legal bases:
- Your consent
- Performance of a contract
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Legitimate interests that are not overridden by your rights and freedoms
9. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third parties, including:
- Cloudflare
- Hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners
- Customer support providers
- Government authorities when required by law
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to maintain your account, provide our services, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.
11. Account Deletion
You may request deletion of your GameNora account at any time by contacting us or through your account settings, if available.
After receiving a valid request, we will delete or anonymize your personal information unless we are required to retain certain data for legal, security, fraud prevention, or regulatory purposes.
12. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence where permitted by applicable law.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Correct inaccurate information
- Request deletion
- Restrict processing
- Object to processing
- Withdraw consent
- Receive a copy of your data
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
14. Children's Privacy
GameNora is not intended for children under the age of 13 or the minimum age required by applicable law.
We collect a user's date of birth during registration to help determine eligibility for our services and comply with applicable laws regarding children's privacy.
If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child who is not legally permitted to use our services, we will delete that information as soon as reasonably possible.
15. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information.
- HTTPS encryption
- Password hashing
- Access controls
- Security monitoring
- Firewall protection
- Cloudflare security services
While we strive to protect your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.
16. Third-Party Links
GameNora may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they visit.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated Effective Date. Continued use of GameNora after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
18. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or your privacy rights, please contact us through the Contact page available on GameNora.