Giant Gamers Privacy Policy

1. Legal Entity & Scope

Giant Gamers and its associated digital services (including giantgamers.com, giantgamers.uk, giantgamers.top, giantgamers.us, and giantgamers.stream) are operated under CodePC (Sole Proprietorship / DBA Watertown, NY 13601 | EIN: 82-4580938). This Privacy Policy governs all websites, online games, media streaming hubs, community tools, and applications operated across our multi-region network.

2. Core Privacy Commitments

• No Data Brokering: We never sell, rent, monetize, or trade your personal data to advertisers, data brokers, or third parties.
• Privacy by Design: We collect only the minimum information strictly required to run gaming, audio streaming, and community services.
• Local Storage First: Client settings, game preferences, volume levels, and audio states remain stored locally on your device via standard browser localStorage.
• Strong Cryptography: Central user passwords and security credentials are encrypted using robust Argon2id key derivation.

3. Information We Collect & How It Is Handled

Depending on which features you use across our ecosystem, we may process:

• Universal Account Data: When registering at account.giantgamers.com, we store your chosen username, email address, password hash (Argon2id), and account creation timestamp.
• Gaming & Telemetry Data: In Spirit Beasts TCG, in-game deck compositions, match histories, and soft-currency balances are stored securely in authoritative server databases. Historical records from retired projects may remain preserved for legal, security, and archival purposes. Retro Arcade game scores and progress are strictly browser-local unless voluntarily submitted to public community leaderboards.
• Household & Device Pairing (HouseCat): HouseCat operates via dedicated household enrollment tokens and device hardware identifiers. Household telemetry is isolated from website tracking and used solely for local optimization and family dashboard reports.
• Network Telemetry & Uptime: Diagnostic logs, IP connection data, and request paths are processed by edge proxy servers (Buffalo, Dallas, Dublin, Los Angeles) to detect security threats, DDoS attacks, and enforce rate limits. Diagnostic logs are scrubbed regularly.

4. External Integrations & Embedded Players

When you interact with interactive features on our portal:

• Twitch & Kick Players: Video streams embedded on /streams and the homepage load directly from official platform domains (player.twitch.tv and player.kick.com). These third-party services may set cookies and process your IP address under their respective privacy policies.
• 24/7 Radio Stream: Giant Gamers Radio audio streams directly from our AzuraCast streaming relay servers. Anonymous listener connection counts are tallied to provide the live listener metric, without logging user listening histories.
• Community Forums: Our community forums (forum.giantgamers.com) run on XenForo with SSO authentication, allowing community discussion under clear community conduct standards.

5. Cookies & Local Preferences

We do not use third-party advertising trackers, pixel beacons, or behavioral tracking networks. We utilize essential, first-party cookies for:

• Maintaining secure, authenticated sessions (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax).
• Saving your visual interface preferences (dark neon theme, audio volume, WebCat companion display toggles).
• Remembering language and regional portal preferences.

6. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

Protecting children's online safety is fundamental to Giant Gamers. Our casual games and media portals are built to provide wholesome, family-friendly gaming environments. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verified parental consent. Parental management features in HouseCat allow parents to oversee household computers and set tailored restrictions.

7. Your Rights & Data Control

You have full sovereignty over your data. At any time, you may:

• View, update, or export your account details via https://account.giantgamers.com/.
• Request complete deletion of your account, forum profile, and game records by contacting our privacy team.
• Clear your browser cookies and localStorage cache to reset all client preferences instantly.

8. Contact & Data Inquiries

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, data requests, or security inquiries, please contact our team:

• Email: privacy@giantgamers.com or support@giantgamers.com
• Corporate Inquiries: CodePC, Watertown, NY 13601 (https://codepc.net/)