Privacy Policy

How we protect your data and respect your privacy

Last updated: March 2026

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Game Deals ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website at game-deals.app.

We take your privacy seriously and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).

Data Controller

This website is operated as a private, non-commercial hobby project by an individual developer.

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:

Email: support@game-deals.app

Data We Collect and Process

1. Browser Local Storage

What we store: Your filter preferences and wishlist

Where: Stored locally in your browser only (not on our servers)

Legal basis: Consent (TDDDG § 25)

Purpose: To save your filter preferences and wishlist

Retention: Until you clear your browser data or withdraw consent

Your control: You can clear this data anytime by clearing your browser's local storage or declining consent

2. Email Contact

What we collect: Your email address and message content when you contact us

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)

Purpose: To respond to your inquiries

Retention: As long as necessary to process your inquiry

3. Anonymous Website Analytics

Tool: Umami (self-hosted, open-source)

What we collect: Anonymous aggregate page views and country-level geography

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)

Not collected: No cookies, no IP addresses stored, no fingerprinting, no personal data

Purpose: To understand general usage patterns and improve the website

Important Notice:

Filter preferences and wishlist data are stored in your browser's local storage only. Analytics data is anonymous and aggregate only, no individual visitors can be identified. No personal data is stored on our servers.

Third-Party Services

External Image CDNs

Game cover images are loaded from the following third-party Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). These services may log your IP address when images are loaded:

  • Steam (Fastly CDN) - shared.fastly.steamstatic.com
  • Epic Games - cdn1.epicgames.com
  • GOG - images.gog-statics.com
  • Amazon - m.media-amazon.com
  • PlayStation - image.api.playstation.com, gmedia.playstation.com
  • Nintendo - www.nintendo.com
  • Humble Bundle - hb.imgix.net
  • Microsoft - store-images.s-microsoft.com

Please refer to each service's privacy policy for information about their data processing practices.

BuyMeCoffee

We provide a link to support us via BuyMeCoffee (buymeacoffee.com/cla33ic). When you click this link, you are redirected to BuyMeCoffee's website. Please refer to theirprivacy policy for information about their data processing.

Social Media Links

We provide links to our social media profiles. Clicking these links redirects you to external platforms:

  • X/Twitter (x.com)
  • GitHub (github.com)
  • Discord (discord.gg)

These platforms may process your data according to their own privacy policies.

What We DON'T Do

✓We do not use cookies

✓We use privacy-friendly, self-hosted analytics (Umami), anonymous aggregate page views and country-level geography only. No cookies, no fingerprinting, no personal data

✓We do not collect individual browsing behavior or create visitor profiles

✓We do not share your data with third parties (except as disclosed above)

✓We do not display advertisements

Your Rights Under GDPR

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

  • Right of Access (Art. 15 GDPR): You have the right to request information about the personal data we process about you.
  • Right to Rectification (Art. 16 GDPR): You can request the correction of incorrect personal data.
  • Right to Erasure (Art. 17 GDPR): You can request the deletion of your personal data. For localStorage data, clear your browser's local storage or decline consent.
  • Right to Data Portability (Art. 20 GDPR): You can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR): You can object to the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7 GDPR): You can withdraw your consent to localStorage usage at any time by declining the consent banner or clearing your browser data.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your data protection rights have been violated.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@game-deals.app

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data:

  • All data transmission is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS
  • localStorage data never leaves your browser
  • No personal data stored on our servers
  • Regular security updates to our platform

However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. We will notify users of any material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please contact us:

Email: support@game-deals.app

For our full contact information, please see our Legal Notice

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