What Are Cookies Anyway?
Cookies are small text files that get stored on your device when you visit websites. They're basically tiny notes that help websites remember things about you between visits.
When you come back to our site, these files tell us things like whether you've been here before, what language you prefer, or which companies you were comparing last time. Nothing sinister, just practical stuff that makes the site work better for you.
We also use similar technologies like pixel tags and local storage. They work differently under the hood, but serve the same basic purpose of helping us understand site usage and improve functionality.
Types of Tracking We Use
Not all tracking serves the same purpose. Here's how we categorize what we use on gamonplayhub.com:
Essential
These keep the site functioning. Without them, you couldn't log in, save comparisons, or use basic features. They're necessary for the platform to work at all.
Functional
These remember your preferences like display settings, filter choices, or which industries you're interested in. They make your experience more convenient.
Analytical
These help us understand how people use the site. Which comparison tools get used most? Where do people get stuck? This data helps us make improvements.
Marketing
These track your activity to show you relevant content and measure campaign effectiveness. They help us reach people who might find our comparison tools useful.
What We Actually Track
Here's a breakdown of the specific tracking technologies we use on gamonplayhub.com and what each one does:
Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
---|---|---|---|
session_id | Essential | Maintains your login session and keeps you authenticated while browsing | Session |
user_preferences | Functional | Stores your display settings, language choice, and filter preferences | 12 months |
comparison_history | Functional | Remembers companies you've compared so you can easily revisit them | 6 months |
analytics_visitor | Analytical | Tracks page views and user journeys to help us improve site navigation | 24 months |
feature_usage | Analytical | Monitors which tools and features get used to prioritize development | 18 months |
campaign_tracking | Marketing | Measures effectiveness of our outreach and content distribution | 90 days |
How This Helps Your Experience
The tracking we do isn't just for our benefit. Here's what you get out of it:
Personalized comparisons: When you return to the site, we remember which industries you're interested in and which comparison metrics matter most to you. This saves you time reconfiguring filters every visit.
Faster performance: By caching certain preferences and data locally, we reduce server requests and make page loads quicker. Your comparison results appear faster because we're not starting from scratch each time.
Better tools: Our analytics show us which features people actually use and which ones cause confusion. This directly influences what we fix, improve, or add next.
Relevant content: If you're primarily looking at tech companies, we can surface more relevant industry insights rather than showing you information about sectors you never explore.
Third-Party Tracking
Some tracking on our site comes from external services we use. We try to keep this minimal, but certain functionality requires third-party tools.
Analytics Providers
We use external analytics services to get a more complete picture of site usage. These providers have their own privacy policies and tracking methods. The data helps us understand broader patterns we can't easily see with our own tools.
Content Delivery Networks
To make the site load faster globally, we use CDNs that may set performance tracking measures. These are primarily technical and help route your requests to the nearest server.
Security Services
Our security infrastructure uses tracking to identify and block malicious activity. This protects both us and you from attacks, fraud attempts, and automated abuse.
Managing Your Preferences
You have several options for controlling tracking on gamonplayhub.com. Here's how to adjust what data we collect about your activity.
Browser Settings
All modern browsers let you control tracking technologies. The exact steps vary, but here's where to look in the most common browsers:
Chrome
Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. You can block all tracking, allow only certain types, or clear existing data.
Firefox
Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. Firefox offers enhanced tracking protection with multiple levels you can customize.
Safari
Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data. Safari includes intelligent tracking prevention that blocks many third-party trackers by default.
Edge
Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data. Edge offers tracking prevention with balanced, strict, or basic modes.
What Happens If You Block Everything
You can absolutely use gamonplayhub.com with most tracking disabled, but some features won't work as well. Here's what you'll experience:
- You'll need to log in every time you visit since we can't maintain your session
- Your preferences and filter settings won't save between visits
- Comparison history won't be available, so you'll lose track of companies you've analyzed
- The site might load slightly slower since we can't cache your preferences locally
- You might see less relevant content since we can't remember what industries interest you
Essential functionality will still work fine. You can search for companies, view comparison data, and use the core tools. You'll just have a less personalized experience.
How Long We Keep Tracking Data
Different types of data have different retention periods based on their purpose:
- Session data expires when you close your browser or log out
- Preference settings stay for 12 months from your last visit
- Analytical data is retained for 24 months, then aggregated and anonymized
- Marketing tracking expires after 90 days unless you interact with new campaigns
- Security logs are kept for 36 months to help identify pattern abuse
You can request deletion of your tracking data at any time by contacting us. We'll clear everything except what we're legally required to keep for security and compliance purposes.
Changes to This Policy
We update this policy occasionally when we change how we use tracking technologies. If we make significant changes that affect what data we collect or how we use it, we'll notify active users through email and display a notice on the site.
Minor updates like clarifying existing practices or fixing typos might happen without notification. The "last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the most recent changes.
We recommend checking this policy every few months if you're concerned about tracking practices. We try to keep it readable and honest about what we're actually doing with your data.
Questions About Our Tracking?
If you want more information about specific tracking technologies we use, need help adjusting your preferences, or have concerns about your data, reach out to us.
No. 24號, Datong Rd, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan 330
Phone: +88662217385
[email protected]