Privacy Policy


Effective date: March 29, 2026

RetroGamesOnline.org (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, when we share it, and what choices and rights you may have when you use our website and related services.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

  • Technical and usage information: IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, session activity, approximate location based on IP, and interaction data.
  • Account information: If you create an account or log in, we may collect your username, email address, encrypted password, and related account data.
  • Facebook Login information: If you sign in using Facebook Login, we may receive information from Meta such as your Facebook ID, name, and email address, depending on your permissions and Meta account settings.
  • Comments and user content: If comments are enabled and you post a comment, we may collect your name, username, email address, comment content, reply data, and moderation status.
  • Favorites and activity data: If you use account-based features such as favorites, we store the games you save to your account.
  • Voting and abuse-prevention data: When you vote on games, we may store your IP address and related vote data to prevent repeated or fraudulent voting.
  • Contact information: If you contact us, we may collect your email address and any information you include in your message.
  • Cookies, local storage, and similar technologies: We and certain third parties may use cookies, local storage, pixels, scripts, and similar technologies for site functionality, analytics, login, sharing tools, security, and user preferences.

2. How We Use Information

We use personal information to:

  • operate, maintain, and improve the website;
  • create and manage user accounts;
  • enable login features, including Facebook Login;
  • display and moderate comments;
  • store favorites and support account features;
  • measure traffic and usage trends through analytics tools;
  • enable social sharing features through ShareThis or similar tools;
  • detect spam, abuse, fraud, unauthorized access, and other security issues;
  • respond to inquiries, requests, and legal obligations.

3. Comments and Public Content

If you post comments on the site, your name or username and your comment content may be displayed publicly. Your email address is not intended to be published publicly, but it may be stored by us for moderation, anti-spam, and communication purposes where necessary.

If you choose to save your comment information in your browser, your name and email may be stored locally on your device using browser storage for convenience.

4. Facebook Login

If you choose to sign in using Facebook Login, Meta may share certain profile data with us, such as your Facebook ID, name, and email address. We use this information to authenticate you, create or connect your local account, and allow you to use account-related features on the site.

Your use of Facebook Login is also subject to Meta’s own privacy practices and policies.

5. Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics may collect information such as page visits, browser and device data, IP-related information, and cookie identifiers. This information helps us measure traffic, understand user behavior, improve content, and maintain site performance.

Google may also receive information automatically from your browser when you visit a site that uses Google services. Please review Google’s own privacy and data-use information for more details.

6. ShareThis and Social Sharing Tools

We may use ShareThis or similar sharing tools on game pages and other parts of the website. These tools may collect information about your device, browser, interactions, pages viewed, cookies, and related usage data. This information may be processed by ShareThis under its own privacy notice and may be used for analytics, sharing functionality, and other purposes described by that provider.

If you interact with social sharing tools, the relevant third-party provider may collect information directly from your browser or device.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for essential site functions, account sessions, security, preferences, analytics, comment convenience features, and social or sharing tools. Some cookies are set by us, and some may be set by third-party services such as Google, Meta, or ShareThis.

Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some technologies may affect how the site functions.

8. How We Share Information

We may share information in the following circumstances:

  • Service providers: with vendors and providers who help us host, secure, analyze, maintain, or operate the website;
  • Third-party platform providers: with providers involved in tools you choose to use, such as Meta for Facebook Login, Google for Analytics, and ShareThis for sharing tools;
  • Legal and safety reasons: when necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, enforce our terms, or protect rights, property, users, or the public;
  • Business transfers: if our business or assets are reorganized, merged, sold, or transferred.

We do not state that we “sell” personal information for money. However, some third-party tools may collect information directly through cookies, scripts, or similar technologies and may process it under their own privacy notices. Depending on your location and applicable law, certain third-party data flows may be treated as “sharing” or similar regulated activity.

9. International Data Transfers

Some of the third-party services we use may process information in countries outside your own jurisdiction, including the United States. Where applicable, these providers are responsible for their own international data transfer practices and safeguards under their own privacy policies.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including account management, comment moderation, analytics, security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, and dispute resolution.

For example:

  • account information may be retained while your account remains active and for a reasonable period afterward;
  • comments may be retained until removed by you, removed by us, or no longer needed;
  • security and log data may be retained as needed to detect abuse, investigate incidents, and meet legal obligations.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

12. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability, and the right to withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing.

If you are a resident of a jurisdiction such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or certain U.S. states including California, you may also have additional privacy rights under applicable law.

To make a privacy request, contact us at the email below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

13. Children’s Privacy

RetroGamesOnline.org is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.

14. Third-Party Services and Their Policies

Third-party services linked to or used on this website may have their own privacy notices and practices. We encourage you to review them directly, including:

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and revise the effective date above.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to submit a privacy-related request, contact us at:

[email protected]