Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are a small brand – PS4Linux. Our website address is: https://ps4linux.com. This Privacy Policy also applies to our forum, available at https://ps4linux.com/forums.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect their email and IP address with the purpose of excluding any spam content. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

While commenting on the forum, the forum software may collect your email address, just with the intention of alerting you of any updates in the discussion, you might be interested in.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your email address in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

The email popup also stores cookies. If you click on “No thanks,” a cookie is saved which persists for 30 days. Thus, you will not receive the email popup for the next 30 days. If you close the popup using the close button on top right, another cookie is saved. This cookie has a validity of 5 days, during which the popup will not appear for you.

This website also uses services such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content even if you do not have an account and are not logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. The IP address and email address collected while making a comment will be used for the purpose of spam detection and for providing the commenter with any updates or replies to their comment.

This website makes use of services such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense. You may go through their policies at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Services such as Google Analytics and Google AdSense also are able to see visitor data including the IP address and geographical location (not exact). You may go through their policies at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.