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Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 9, 2026

Background

Gold's Games understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, goldsgames.gg ("Our Site"), and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. By using Our Site and our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:

  • "Account": an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site or our game servers;
  • "Cookie": a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;
  • "Personal Data": any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified by reference to an identifier, including but not limited to names, identification numbers, location data, and online identifiers;
  • "Services": the game servers, website, and associated platforms operated by Gold's Games.

2. Information About Us

Our Site and Services are operated by Gold's Games, a community-run S&Box gaming network operated by independent developers in the United States.

3. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Our Site and our Services, including our game servers. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

4. What Are Your Rights?

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more using the details in Section 12.
  • The right to access the personal data we hold about you. See Section 10 for details on how to make such a request.
  • The right to rectification if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Section 12.
  • The right to deletion, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold. Please contact us using the details in Section 12.
  • The right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

For more information about exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Section 12.

California Residents

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected about them, request its deletion, and opt out of its sale. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us using the details in Section 12.

5. What Data Do We Collect?

Depending upon your use of Our Site and Services, we may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data:

  • 64-bit Steam IDs, Steam Community names, and URLs to Steam Community avatar images;
  • Internet Protocol (IP) address;
  • Connection timestamps and session duration;
  • Web browser type and version;
  • Operating system;
  • In-game data including gameplay statistics, inventory, economy balances, and other persistent game state;
  • Moderation records including reports, warnings, bans, appeals, and associated evidence;
  • Discord usernames when referenced in moderation records.

Our Site and Services use the Steam Web APIs to retrieve data about users only when those users connect to our game servers or authenticate via Steam. The data we store from the Steam Web APIs includes 64-bit Steam IDs, Steam Community names, and URLs to Steam Community avatar images.

6. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

Your personal data may be used for the following purposes:

  • Providing, managing, and maintaining your Account;
  • Providing and managing your access to Our Site and game servers;
  • Persisting your in-game progress, inventory, and preferences across sessions;
  • Enforcing our rules and processing moderation actions, including bans and appeals;
  • Displaying live server status and player counts on Our Site;
  • Analysing usage of Our Site and Services to improve game balance, fix bugs, and develop new features;
  • Communicating with you, including responding to support requests;
  • Complying with applicable legal requirements and protecting against fraudulent or unauthorised activity.

7. What We Do Not Do

  • We do not sell your personal data. Ever.
  • We do not share your data with advertisers or data brokers.
  • We do not use your data for targeted advertising.
  • We do not collect payment information. We have no store, no microtransactions, and no paid services.
  • We do not send unsolicited marketing emails.

8. How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Data?

We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

  • In-game data is retained for as long as our Services are active so your progress persists across sessions.
  • Connection logs and IP addresses are retained for a reasonable period for security and moderation purposes, then purged.
  • Moderation records (bans, warnings, appeals) may be retained indefinitely to enforce our rules consistently.

You can request that your account and its associated personal data be removed by contacting us using the details provided in Section 12. Upon such a request, we will remove your personal data that is not necessary for us to manage our Services and enforce our rules.

9. Do We Share Your Personal Data?

We may share limited data with the following third-party services, each of which operates under its own privacy policy:

  • Steam (Valve Corporation) for authentication and game platform services.
  • Discord for community communication. We may reference Discord usernames in moderation records.
  • Hosting and infrastructure providers. Our servers are hosted in the United States. Server logs (including IP addresses) may be retained by our hosting provider for security and abuse prevention.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

10. How Can You Access Your Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data we hold about you, you can request details of that data and a copy of it. All such requests should be directed to the contact details provided in Section 12.

There is no charge for such a request. We will respond to your request within 45 days of receiving it. In some cases, particularly if your request is complex, additional time may be required, and you will be kept informed of our progress.

11. Cookies

Our Site may place and access certain Cookies on your computer or device. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our Services.

The following strictly necessary Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

  • Session cookies used to identify your active session and maintain your logged-in state as you navigate Our Site. Required for core functionality.
  • Security tokens used to protect against cross-site request forgery and other malicious activity. Required for security.

You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. By default, most browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. Please consult the help menu in your browser if you are unsure about adjusting your settings.

Please note that disabling Cookies may cause certain features of Our Site to not function properly.

12. How Do You Contact Us?

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a data access or deletion request, please use the following details:

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our Services in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site with an updated "last updated" date. Continued use of Our Site and Services following any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.