Launched: March 25, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how LootSink (the “Website”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our Website. This policy also outlines your rights regarding your personal information and is intended to comply with applicable United States privacy laws.
1. Introduction
Thank you for visiting LootSink. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for our community of gamers. This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our Website, accessible to users worldwide.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information from you:
- Information You Provide Directly:
- When you create an account (if applicable), we may collect your username, email address, and password.
- If you contact us through email or other means, we may collect your name, email address, and any other information you provide in your communication.
- If you participate in community features such as comments (if implemented), we may collect the content of your posts and any associated information.
- Information Collected Automatically:
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) created by your use of the Website. Log Data may include your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, how you interact with links on the Website, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your Browse activities. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience, understand user activity, and personalize content. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them).
- Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Website, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our Website and its content, including our short article reviews and detailed video scripts for the gaming community.
- To personalize your experience on the Website, such as remembering your preferences or recommending content relevant to your interests as a gamer.
- To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and providing updates or information related to the Website or the gaming industry, such as our daily lootdrops on our X account.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Website to understand what content resonates most with our audience of gamers.
- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities.
- To enforce our Terms of Service and other policies, including our Community Guidelines, to ensure a positive environment for our gaming community.
- To administer contests, promotions, surveys, or other features aimed at engaging our gaming community.
4. Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We utilize third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf. Our website is hosted on Kinsta, which provides robust and secure hosting infrastructure. We use Cloudflare for website security and performance optimization, which involves processing website traffic to protect against threats. Our content management system is WordPress, and any data collected through WordPress (such as through plugins for comments or analytics) is subject to this policy.
- With Third-Party Platforms: If you interact with our social media pages (e.g., on Discord at @LootSink, X at @LootSink, and YouTube at @LootSinkOfficial), information may be shared with those platforms according to their respective privacy policies.
- In Response to Legal Process: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal process, protect our rights or property, or protect the safety of our users or the public.
- In Connection with a Business Transfer: If LootSink is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties with your consent or at your direction.
- Aggregated or Anonymized Information: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you with third parties for various purposes, including analytics and reporting on trends within the gaming community.
5. Data Security
We take reasonable measures, including leveraging the security features provided by Kinsta and Cloudflare, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
6. Your Rights Under US Law
Depending on the state in which you reside, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable US privacy laws. These rights may include:
- The Right to Know: You may have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the purposes for collecting the personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
- The Right to Delete: You may have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- The Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information (If Applicable): While LootSink does not currently sell personal information in the traditional sense, if our practices change in the future, you may have the right to opt-out of such sales.
- The Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. WordPress and its plugins may also utilize cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may impact the functionality of our Website.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services, such as links to game developers, publishers, or social media platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these websites and services before providing any personal information.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is intended for a general audience interested in gaming. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our Website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. The effective date of this Privacy Policy is stated below.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Effective Date: March 25, 2025
Change Log
- March 25, 2025 – Policy launched.