Privacy Policy for Giiks Game City (GGC)

Who We Are
Welcome to Giiks Game City (GGC), where we are dedicated to building a vibrant esports community. Our website address is: https://ggcgh.com. GGC’s mission is to develop an inclusive and professional esports scene across Ghana and Africa, and we are committed to maintaining the privacy and security of our users.

Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent. This helps us detect and reduce spam, ensuring a safe environment for everyone.

To provide additional functionality, an anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media
If you upload images to our site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as these can be accessed by other visitors who download the images. This ensures that your privacy is protected, especially in a public and interactive environment like GGC.

Cookies
To enhance your experience on our site, GGC uses cookies for several purposes:

• Comments: When you comment on our site, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
• Login: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.Once you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for a year. Choosing “Remember Me” will keep your login active for two weeks, but logging out will remove the login cookies.
• Editing and Publishing: If you edit or publish content on our site, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser, containing the post ID of the content you edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Content on the GGC website may include embedded elements (like videos, images, articles, etc.) from other sites. Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other site directly, meaning these third-party sites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content. If you are logged in to those sites, they may track your interaction with the embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Otherwise, GGC does not share personal data with third parties unless required for security or administrative purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve follow-up comments, creating a more seamless community experience.
• Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their profile. Registered users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided to us. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold, except for data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to maintain a safe and enjoyable experience for the GGC community.