Cookie Policy - Gameopedia

1. Background

1.1 We use cookies on our website available at https://www.gameopedia.com/ (“Website”) to distinguish you from other users of the Website. Cookies help us improve the Website and provide you with a good user-experience when you browse the Website.

1.2 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive and allow us to recognise you and make your visit easier and more useful when you revisit the Website.

1.3 In the tables below, you will see a description of each cookie that we use and how it functions. In general, please read our privacy policy available at https://www.gameopedia.com/privacy-policy/ to understand our data collection and processing practices.

2. Types of Cookies

2.1. We use the following types of cookies:

       (a) Essential Cookies. These cookies are sometimes called “strictly necessary” cookies and are required for the operation of our Website.

       (b) Analytical or Performance Cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website. This helps us improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.

       (c) Functionality Cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

       (d) Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.

2.2. Additionally, please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be performance cookies or targeting cookies:

        1. Google Analytics
        2. Callbell
        3. CookieYes GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice

2.3. Management of Cookies: There are many ways through which you can manage your cookies. Some way in which you may manage cookies include:

        (a) refusing to consent to cookies on the Website;

        (b) disabling the use of cookies through your browser settings; and

        (c) using cookie management tools to disable our cookies or third party cookies.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Name

Purpose

Google Analytics

_ga

2 years

Used to distinguish users.
_gid24 hoursUsed to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property- id>.
_gat1 minuteUsed to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property- id>.
AMP_TOKEN30 seconds to 1 yearContains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service.
_gac_<property-id>90 daysContains campaign related information for the user. Learn more.

Callbell

Data tracked by Callbell

  • End user’s phone number (if provided by the end user, implying consent)
  • End user username
  • Message exchange between our client and the end user
  • Date and time of the end user’s last activity
  • End user profile information (from public data shared by the end user)

Callbell gathers information on the identity of the end user (username, telephone number, user profile information) from external APIs. These external APIs collect such data from public information that the end user has consented to share on a third-party service (by way of example but not limited to, Whatsapp or Facebook). This end user’s identity information is stored within Callbell’s services for as long as Callbell’s customer wishes it to be stored in his/her Callbell account.

CookieYes GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice
CookieLawInfoConsent6 monthsRecords the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

viewed_cookie_policy

6 monthsIs the primary cookie that records the user consent for the usage of the cookies upon ‘accept’ and ‘reject’. It doesn’t track any personal data and is set only upon user action(accept/reject).
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary/cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary6 monthsRecords the default button state of the corresponding category. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that permits you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.