Your privacy
Privacy & storage centre
See what the site stores in your browser, what information is kept on the server, and which optional categories are currently enabled.
Your current choices
Cookies and browser storage
Optional entries are not created until the matching category is accepted.
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Cookie | Necessary | Maintains login, cart, checkout, form-security and anti-abuse state. | Browser session |
| pf_consent | Cookie | Necessary | Stores the privacy categories you selected and the policy version. | 180 days |
| pf-theme | Local Storage | Preferences | Remembers day or night mode on this device. | Until removed or consent is withdrawn |
| gamecycle_offline_collection | Local Storage | Offline storage & cache | Keeps an offline copy of a signed-in member’s collection on this device. | Until cleared, replaced or consent is withdrawn |
| gamecycle-v13-community | Service Worker Cache Storage | Offline storage & cache | Caches the offline page and selected static assets for the installable app. | Until the browser evicts it or consent is withdrawn |
Information stored on the server
| Information | Why it is used | Permission or requirement | Typical retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session identifier, cart contents and security tokens | Operate login, cart, checkout, CSRF protection and anti-abuse controls | Necessary service operation | Browser session or security retention period |
| Technical request data, including IP address, requested URL, time and browser/user-agent information | Deliver the site, diagnose errors, prevent abuse and maintain server security | Necessary service and security operation | According to hosting and security-log settings |
| Account profile: name, email, username, birthday, avatar, bio, public-profile setting and gaming handles | Create and operate customer accounts, community profiles and age-restricted trade-in checks | Requested account/community service | Until account deletion, subject to legal and dispute requirements |
| Collection, play status, personal ratings, wish list, price alerts, loyalty card number, loyalty points, tier, shared store credit, squad connections, follows, blocks and notifications | Provide requested member, social and alert features | Requested account features | Until removed by the member or account deletion |
| Order, address, contact, payment reference, fulfilment, tax, refund and support records | Complete purchases, provide support, prevent fraud and keep business records | Transaction and legal/business requirements | According to accounting, tax, chargeback and dispute requirements |
| Trade-in items, quote, payout preference, contact details and identification records supplied during a trade-in | Prepare offers, complete purchases from customers and meet resale/police-record obligations | Requested trade-in and applicable legal requirements | According to applicable resale and record-keeping requirements |
| Reviews, comments, votes, product questions and answers, public lists and activity-feed entries | Publish requested community contributions, calculate community signals and moderate content | Requested community service | Until removed, hidden, account deletion or no longer operationally required |
| Event RSVPs and comments, club memberships and posts, wanted titles, polls, challenges and looking-for-players posts | Operate community events, groups, voting, discovery and player-finding features | Requested community service | Until removed, expired, account deletion or no longer operationally required |
| Recommendation preferences, product views/clicks, cart and purchase signals, collection and rating signals, followed-collector overlap, recommendation feedback and generated recommendation scores | Generate private, explainable game recommendations and improve the member’s recommendation shelf | Explicit account-level personalization opt-in | Behaviour signals up to 180 days while enabled; generated cache approximately 30 minutes; disabling personalization clears behavioural history and feedback |
| Community reports, moderation decisions and posting suspensions | Investigate reports, enforce community guidelines and protect members | Community safety and service operation | According to moderation, dispute and security requirements |
| Recently viewed product IDs | Show recently viewed products and personalize browsing | Preferences consent | Up to 180 days |
| Search words, selected filters and result count | Improve product search and inventory decisions | Analytics consent | Up to 365 days |
| Saved cart, email address, item list and reminder status | Restore an opted-in cart and send limited cart reminders | Preferences and/or cart-reminder consent | Up to 30 days |
| Email delivery, payment-event, inventory, order-event and system logs | Deliver receipts, reconcile payments, troubleshoot failures and maintain store security | Service operation, fraud prevention and business records | Configured operational, accounting or dispute-retention period |
| Consent ID, selected categories, action and policy version | Remember and demonstrate the privacy choice without recording IP address or user agent in the consent log | Necessary compliance record | 180 days |
Service providers and external content
| Provider | When contacted | Information involved |
|---|---|---|
| Helcim | Only during secure card checkout, payment or refund processing | Payment and transaction details required by the processor |
| Email/SMTP provider | When the store sends receipts, account messages or consented reminders | Recipient address, subject and message content |
| Shipping carrier | When required to fulfil a shipped order | Delivery name, address, contact and parcel information |
| Hosting and infrastructure providers | Whenever the site, database, email or backups are hosted by an outside provider | Technical request data and the store records held in that provider’s systems |
| External product-image host | Only while a product image still points to an outside URL instead of a localized WebP copy | Normal web-request information and the requested image URL |
| YouTube or Vimeo | Only when a page contains and loads an embedded video | Normal web-request information and any data governed by the video provider |
| Discord | Only when staff configure a Discord webhook and publish a community announcement | Public announcement text, event title and public event URL; member browsing data is not sent through the webhook |
The exact payment, email and shipping providers depend on the store’s active settings. External links open under the other provider’s own privacy terms.
Access, correction and deletion
You can change or withdraw optional consent at any time using the button above. Withdrawing consent stops future optional collection and clears supported optional browser storage from this device. It does not automatically erase transaction, tax, fraud-prevention or legal records that the store must retain.
To request access, correction or deletion of eligible account information, contact the store.