Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Duffball16 operates duffball16.com, a website focused on gaming content, community information, projects, events and related creator activities.

For privacy questions, you can contact us at info@duffball16.com or visit our Contact page.

2. Information We May Collect

Information you provide voluntarily

If you contact us, we may receive information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.

Technical and usage information

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be processed automatically by the website, hosting provider, security services or other service providers. This may include:

• IP address;
• browser and device type;
• operating system;
• pages requested and the time of access;
• referring pages or websites; and
• basic diagnostic, security and server-log information.

3. How We Use Information

Information may be used to:

• operate, maintain and improve the website;
• respond to messages and support requests;
• protect the website against abuse, fraud and security threats;
• understand general website performance and usage; and
• display and measure advertising when advertising services such as Google AdSense are enabled.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website and third-party services may use cookies, local storage, web beacons or similar technologies. These technologies can be used to remember preferences, provide website features, measure performance, prevent fraud and support advertising.

Where consent is required by applicable law, a consent notice or consent management platform may be shown before certain non-essential technologies are used.

You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how certain website features or third-party services work.

5. Google AdSense and Advertising

Duffball16 may use Google AdSense to display advertisements. When AdSense is active, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve, personalise and measure ads.

Google's use of advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve ads based on a visitor's activity on this website and/or other websites. Third parties may place or read cookies on a visitor's browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses or other identifiers as part of advertising, measurement, fraud prevention and related services.

You can learn more about Google's advertising technologies at Google's advertising technologies page and about how Google uses information from partner sites at Google's partner-sites information page.

You can manage personalised advertising preferences through Google Ads Settings.

For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Duffball16 intends to use a Google-certified consent management platform where required for Google advertising. The consent interface may allow you to accept, reject or manage advertising and privacy choices.

6. Third-Party Websites and Services

Duffball16 may link to or embed services operated by third parties, including gaming platforms, video platforms, social networks, community services, donation/payment providers, advertising providers and other external websites.

When you follow an external link or interact with an embedded third-party service, that provider may process information under its own privacy policy. Duffball16 does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party services.

7. Legal Bases and European Privacy Rights

Where the GDPR, UK GDPR or similar data-protection law applies, personal data may be processed when necessary for legitimate interests, to provide a requested service, to comply with a legal obligation, or based on consent where consent is required.

Depending on the law that applies to you, your rights may include the right to:

• request access to personal data;
• request correction of inaccurate personal data;
• request deletion of personal data in certain circumstances;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to certain processing;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
• request data portability where applicable.

To make a privacy request, contact info@duffball16.com. You may also have the right to complain to the relevant data-protection authority.

8. Other Regional Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and whether a particular privacy law applies to Duffball16, you may have additional rights concerning access, deletion, correction or certain uses of personal information.

Duffball16 does not sell personal information for money. Advertising providers may process information as described in this policy, subject to applicable consent and opt-out requirements.

9. Data Retention

Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to respond to requests, maintain security, resolve disputes or satisfy legal obligations.

10. Data Security

Reasonable measures are used to protect information, but no website, transmission method or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Children's Privacy

This website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided personal information that should be removed, please contact us.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, advertising setup or legal requirements. The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are published.

13. Contact Us