🎮 Your Privacy Matters to Us

At The Rippers Gaming, we believe your privacy is as important as your gaming stats. We’re built by gamers, for gamers, and we treat your personal information the same way we treat our own gaming accounts—with serious protection and respect.

📊 What We Collect (The Necessary Stuff)

When You Join Our Community:

• Basic Info: Your username, email, and whatever you choose to share in your profile
• Gaming Preferences: The games you play, platforms you use, and your gaming style
• Social Activity: Your posts, comments, groups you join, and messages (so we can keep the community awesome)

Technical Stuff We See:

• Device Info: What you’re playing from (PC, console, mobile)
• Activity: When you’re online, what you’re doing on the site
• Security Data: IP addresses and login times to keep hackers out

🎯 Why We Need This Info

To Make Your Gaming Experience Better:

• Connect You with other players who share your interests
• Personalize your feed with content you actually care about
• Keep You Safe from spammers and troublemakers
• Help You Find teammates and gaming partners

We Never:

• Sell your data to anyone (that’s just wrong)
• Spy on your private conversations
• Share your personal info without your permission

🔐 Social Logins (The Easy Way In)

When you use Google or Facebook to login:

• We only get your basic profile info (name, email, profile pic)
• We can’t see your passwords or access your private social media stuff
• You can disconnect these anytime from your settings

🎛️ Your Control Center

You Can Always:

• Edit or delete your profile information
• Leave any group you’ve joined
• Delete your posts and comments
• Download all your data
• Say goodbye and delete your account entirely

Your Responsibilities:

• Keep your login info secure
• Be cool to other community members
• Don’t share anything you wouldn’t want public

🛡️ How We Protect Your Castle

Our Security Setup:

• Encryption: Your data is scrambled so only we can read it
• Regular Checks: We constantly look for vulnerabilities
• Limited Access: Only trusted admins can see backend data
• Backups: Your info is safely stored (but regularly cleaned up)

🍪 Cookies (Not the Chocolate Chip Kind)

We use cookies to:

• Keep you logged in during gaming sessions
• Remember your preferences
• Make the site load faster
• Show you relevant content

You can disable these in your browser, but the site might not work as well.

🤝 Who We Work With

Trusted Partners:

• Hosting providers who keep our servers running
• Security services that protect us from attacks
• Analytics tools that help us improve the site

All partners are required to protect your data as seriously as we do.

⏰ How Long We Keep Your Stuff

We Keep:

• Your account info as long as you’re active
• Your posts and comments unless you delete them
• Security logs for 30 days to prevent abuse

We Delete:

• Inactive accounts after 2 years
• Your data immediately when you request deletion
• Old backups regularly

👶 Young Gamers

If you’re under 16, please get permission from a parent or guardian before joining. We don’t knowingly collect data from young gamers without consent.

🔄 When Things Change

If we update this policy, we’ll:

• Post the changes clearly on the site
• Give you 30 days notice for major changes
• Let you decide if you’re still cool with the new terms

📞 Got Questions? We’re Here!

Contact Our Privacy Team:

• Email: parzival3197@gmail.com
• TeamSpeak: Join our support channel
• Site DM: Message any admin

We typically respond within 48 hours. If you’re really concerned, use email for the fastest response.

⚖️ Your Rights (The Legal Stuff)

Depending on where you live, you might have rights to:

• Know what data we have about you
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your personal data
• Limit how we use your information
• Get a copy of your data
• Object to how we use your data

We’ll never charge you for exercising these rights.

🚫 No Drama Policy

We handle all privacy concerns seriously and promptly. If you’re not happy with how we handle your data, you can always contact your local data protection authority.