Privacy Policy

Last Updated: [9/2/2021]

Welcome to your home of AAA and independent video games, TV show and movie
review pertaining to nerd culture in the kingdom of Gamerholica. The Gamerholics (“The
Gamerholics,” “we” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it
through our compliance with this policy.

This policy governs our privacy practices with respect to you (“Visitors” or “you”) when
visiting our website located at thegamerholics.com (“Website”). This policy covers all
Visitors, including those who make a purchase (“Purchasers”), and those who create
an account (“Account Holders”).

This policy explains how and why we collect, use, share, and store your personal
information; and how you can update, manage, export and delete it.

What is “Personal Information”
Personal Information refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify,
contact, or locate the person that the information belongs to.
For what purpose does The Gamerholics use Personal Information?
We use Personal Information to:
● personalize the Website
● provide relevant service offerings
● fulfill buying and selling merchandise requests
● track analytics, like how long Visitors spent on a page and which buttons were
clicked
● operate the Website
● process orders
● enhance user experience
● analyze performance and traffic on our Website
● marketing
What Personal Information does The Gamerholics collect and why?
Here is the Personal Information we collect from all of our Visitors when they come to
our Website:

What we collect What Personal How and why we collect

Information we can
extract from this data

this information

IP Address We gain some information
about your identity by
seeing the country and city
you are located in, and the
name of your Internet
Service Provider.

We gather IP addresses to
determine how many
people visit the Website
and where they come from
for marketing purposes
and optimization, such as
which of our content,
categories, tags, and items
receive the most traffic.

Cookies, including third
party cookie data from
Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Twitch, and
Youtube, Reddit

*For more information,
please see the Cookies
section below

We gain some information
about your identity by
viewing your:
Device operating system
data
Browser type
Internet activity information
from referring sites
Geolocation data
(including country and city)

To personalise content and
ads, to provide social
media features and to
analyse our traffic. We also
share information about
your use of our site with
our social media,
advertising and analytics
partners who may combine
it with other information
that you’ve provided to
them or that they’ve
collected from your use of
their services.

In addition to the Personal Information mentioned above, you may choose to give the
following information if you make a purchase or make an account. See the chart below.
What we collect Why we collect this information
Name Create and save your account
Postal Address For shipping of orders
If you make a purchase, you will need to
provide your [financial information,
including Paypal information]Or
[Financial information, including Paypal
information credit card number and debit
card numbers]

To process orders for billing

Email address To create your login information

Phone number To process orders for billing
Age of Visitors
We gain some information about your
identity by requiring you to enter your age
when entering the website.

To analyze our website traffic, and to
[restrict those under the age of 13 from
visiting]Or [to comply with COPPA because some
content could be deemed as children’s
content under COPPA]

Visitors also have the option to make purchases as a guest, so that they won’t have to
input their name, postal and email address, or phone number to place an order.
More information on how cookies are used on The Gamerholics Website
This Website uses different types of cookies and similar tracking technologies. Some
cookies are placed by our authorized third party service providers that appear on our
pages.

We use cookies to personalise content, merchandise, and our advertisements by
analyzing how much traffic we get and how well it is distributed. We do this to improve
the store’s performance, and to figure out what parts of the website are more popular
and in which geographical regions for our developmental research.

● Necessary cookies to help make the website usable by enabling basic functions
like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website
cannot function properly without these cookies.

● Preference cookies to remember information that changes the way the website
behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

● Statistic cookies to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting
and reporting information anonymously to third party companies.

● Marketing cookies to track visitors across websites in order to display ads that
are relevant and engaging for the user.

● Third Party Cookies: cookies placed by our authorized third party service
providers that appear on our pages include: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
Hubspot, Rakuten, Twitch, Youtube, and Reddit. Our purpose for using these
cookies are to: (1) allow visitors to share content featured by The Gamerholics to

social media and (2) allow those third party companies to track your interactions
with our Website in order to present targeted advertisements and content on their
own websites.

You can at any time disable or decline some of these cookies from the cookie banner
on our Website, and you can see a complete overview of all the cookies on the bottom
of our homepage, after you click on the cookie banner. But, since some parts of our
service rely on cookies to work, those services could become difficult or impossible to
use.
How is Personal Information stored?
Personal information collected by The Gamerholics is stored on the website hosting
WordPress servers through the WooCommerce platform.
Personal Information collected by our authorized third party service providers may store
and retain information differently from The Gamerholics. Please read their privacy
policies to learn more.

We retain Personal Information for a limited period of time.
What organizations may Be collecting your Personal Information
In addition to our direct collection of information, our authorized third party service
providers may collect your Personal Information based on your consent to the cookie
banner. As explained above, we share information about your use of our Website with
our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other
information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their
services.

These organizations currently include: Paypal, WordPress, Woocommerce, Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, Hubspot, Rakuten, Twitch, Youtube, and Reddit.
Email marketing and updates
By providing your email address when creating an account or making a purchase, you
give us consent to send you promotional emails, advertise content or merchandise
featured on the Website, or to notify you of any changes made on our website or
polices.
We may also use Personal Information to respond to special requests from Visitors,
Purchasers, or Account Holders, or to provide requested information.
By responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at
privacy@thegamerholics.com, you may notify us that you want to & opt out; of receiving marketing emails. You won’t be able to opt out of messages that are considered

necessary for you to manage your account, such as receipts and emails that alert you to
changes in your account’s status that require your attention.

What choices are available to The Gamerholics Visitors regarding the collection,
use, and distribution of their Personal Information?

You can disable or decline some of the cookies we use from the cookie banner on our Website. But, since some parts of our service rely on cookies to work, those services could become difficult or impossible to use.

By responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at
privacy@thegamerholics.com, you may notify us that you want to opt out; of receiving
marketing emails. You won’t be able to opt out of messages that are considered
necessary for you to manage your account, such as receipts and emails that alert you to
changes in your account’s status that require your attention.

What Personal Information from Visitors, Purchasers, and Account Holders can
The Gamerholics authorized third party service providers have access to?
The Gamerholics has partnered with, and will continue to partner with authorized third
party service providers to operate the Website. As a result, these third parties may have
access to information pertaining to your interactions with this website, including what
purchases you made, and when.

How does The Gamerholics keep Personal Information secure?
The Gamerholics Website is password protected and Google reCaptcha Encryption is
implemented to protect the information of all our Visitors.
We try our best to maintain a secure site, but due to the risks inherent in electronic
communications and databases, we cannot guarantee or warrant that data breaches will
not occur. We are not liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such
occurrences in using our Website.

How can Account Holders update their Personal Information?
Account holders can update, manage, and delete information provided to us when
creating an account by visiting https://thegamerholics.com/my-account/ or by emailing
us at privacy@thegamerholics.com
Can a Visitor delete Personal Information collected by The Gamerholics?
In order to send us a request to delete Personal Information collected and stored by The
Gamerholics, please email us at privacy@thegamerholics.com. If you request that your
Personal Information be removed from our Website servers, it will be removed from our

systems and we will not use it for any purpose in the future, unless we need to keep it
for our record-keeping purposes or for compliance with law.
Please note that it may be impossible to completely delete some records pertaining to a
Visitor's entry and interaction with this Website and services provided by our authorized
third party service providers.
Can an Account Holder deactivate their account?
You may contact us by emailing us at privacy@thegamerholics.com to request to
deactivate your account. If you request that your account be deactivated, the account
will be removed from our systems, and any of your public comments on our Website will
be deleted.
What happens if the Privacy Policy changes?
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. This helps us stay up to
date with changes to our business and the most current laws. After a new version is
published, we will collect, store, use, and protect your Personal Information as we
outline in that revised policy.
Reminder About Third Party Services and Links:
The Gamerholics uses the services and plug-ins of third parties to enhance our website.
The Website contains links to other websites. Please note that you will be taken to
another website by clicking on one of these links. You are advised to read these linked
sites' privacy statements, given that its policies may differ from ours.
COPPA and Children Under 13
This section of the policy serves to comply with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Rule) and provide information in regards to collecting personal information
from children under the age of 13.
1. Because our Website may be accessed by children, some of the personal
information we collect might belong to children under the age of 13, (excluding
any data we are prohibited from collecting under COPPA, such as more
information than is reasonably necessary to participate in any activity)
2. We will provide parents with direct notice to parents and obtain verifiable parental
consent, with limited exceptions, before collecting personal information online
from children by using an Age Gate plug-in which will ask for the age of the user
and restrict those under the age of 13.

3. We will give parents the choice of consenting to the operator’s collection and
internal use of a child’s information, and we will prohibit the disclosure of that
information to third parties
4. We will give parents access to their child's personal information collected by The
Gamerholics so they can review it and/or have it deleted.
5. We will allow parents to opt out of further use or online collection of their child's
personal information by The Gamerholics.
6. We will maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the information The
Gamerholics collects from children, including taking reasonable steps to limit the
release of such information to other parties.
7. We will not retain personal information collected online from a child for longer
than is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. The
Gamerholics must also delete the information using reasonable safeguards to
prevent unauthorized access or use; and
8. We will not make a child's participation in an online activity contingent on him or
her providing more information than is reasonably required to participate in that
activity.