Privacy Policy

Who is responsible

The controller responsible for data processing on this website is: Illya. You can reach us at contact@gaming-cave.com.

Hosting and server logs

This website is hosted by Cloudflare, Inc. (101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) on its global network. When you visit a page, Cloudflare processes technical connection data (IP address, requested URL, browser type, timestamp) in server logs to deliver the site securely and defend against attacks. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure, fast website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Cloudflare participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Analytics

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-first measurement tool. It does not use cookies, does not fingerprint your device, and does not track you across sites. It gives us only aggregate page-view counts and page-speed measurements (how fast pages load and respond, Core Web Vitals).

We also use Google Analytics 4, a service of Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC (USA), to understand which pages are read and how visitors move through the site. It uses cookies (such as _ga) and collects usage data such as pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser. If you visit from the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, Google Analytics runs without cookies and without storing identifiers until you agree in the consent banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); you can withdraw that choice at any time through the banner. Elsewhere, analytics cookies are set when you load a page; visitors from certain US states can opt out via the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link, and anyone can block cookies in the browser or install Google’s opt-out add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). IP addresses are not logged or stored by Google Analytics 4. See https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

We show ads served by Google AdSense, a service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) and Google LLC (USA). Google and its ad partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, measure their performance, limit how often you see them, and — with your consent — personalize them.

If you visit from the EEA, the UK, or Switzerland, personalized advertising runs only after you agree in the consent banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can refuse, allow non-personalized ads only, or change your choice at any time through the banner. Visitors from certain US states can opt out via the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.

How Google uses data from sites that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can also manage ad personalization in your Google account at https://adssettings.google.com.

Cookies

Apart from the advertising and analytics cookies described above, this website sets no cookies of its own. Advertising and analytics cookies are only set in line with the choice you make in the consent banner where consent is required.

Affiliate links

Articles contain affiliate links to Amazon marketplaces and to some brands’ own online stores (currently Razer). We do not transmit any personal data to Amazon, the stores or their affiliate networks; only when you click such a link does your browser connect to them. Amazon links go straight to Amazon. Razer links first pass through the tracking domain of the affiliate network Impact.com (impact.com), which records the referral and forwards you to the store; Impact.com and the store then process your data under their own privacy policies. See our Affiliate Disclosure page for details on how these links work.

Comments

If you leave a comment on a review or a room design, the name you enter and the text of your comment are published on that page in the language you wrote it in and stored in a database hosted by Cloudflare (D1, Europe). We do not ask for an email address and no account is created.

To limit spam, every comment goes through Cloudflare Turnstile (see Hosting above) and we store a salted hash of your IP address — never the address itself — for 30 days, to apply posting limits and to block addresses that abuse the form. Readers can report a comment; after several reports it is hidden until we review it.

To have a comment removed or corrected, email us with a link to the page and the name you used. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in letting readers discuss the gear we write about (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and, for the publication of your comment, your request to publish it.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal data, the right to restrict or object to its processing, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Since this site stores no personal data about you beyond transient technical logs held by our host, most requests are best directed to us by email so we can assist.