Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

8th Pillar ("we", "us", "our", or "Company") operates the 8th Pillar website. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our website.

2. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website to you.

Types of Data Collected:

• Game Submissions: When you submit a game, we collect the game name, developer name, description, screenshot, URL, and category information.
• Ratings: When you rate a game, we store your rating and associate it with your session.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages (via session tracking).

3. Use of Data

8th Pillar uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our website
• To notify you about changes to our website
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website
• To provide customer care and support
• To gather analysis or valuable information about usage of our website
• To monitor the effectiveness of games and user engagement
• To detect, prevent and address technical and security issues

4. Cookies

We use cookies to maintain your session and track your interactions with our website. You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

5. Game Links

Our website contains links to external game websites and platforms (Steam, itch.io, official game websites, etc.). When you click through to play a game, you leave our website and are subject to the privacy policies of those external sites.

6. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our contact page.