Last updated: October 2025
Effective date: October 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how GameReliant.com (“GameReliant“, “we“, “our“, or “us“) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website located at https://gamereliant.com (the “Site”). It describes what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them in accordance with applicable data protection and electronic communications laws.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, provide better user experiences, and supply information to site owners.
Cookies may be:
- Session cookies, which expire once you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies, which remain stored until a defined expiry date or until you delete them.
Similar technologies such as pixels, tags, local storage, and JavaScript trackers may also be used for similar purposes. We collectively refer to these as “cookies” in this Policy.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons, including to:
- Ensure essential functionality — to allow you to navigate the Site and use core features like security and accessibility.
- Measure performance — to understand how visitors use the Site and improve its design and content.
- Remember your preferences — such as language, consent choices, and saved filters.
- Deliver relevant content and ads — to measure and personalize affiliate links and marketing performance where applicable.
- Comply with legal obligations — to record your cookie consent and provide opt-out mechanisms as required under GDPR and ePrivacy Directive.
We do not run games or process payment data. We only use cookies for analytics, user experience, and affiliate tracking.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features.
Examples:
- Remembering your cookie preferences.
- Security and anti-fraud cookies.
- Load balancing and caching.
Legal basis: Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) and compliance with legal obligations.
b) Functional (Preference) Cookies
These cookies remember choices you make, such as:
- Your region and language.
- Display preferences (light/dark mode, font size).
- Whether you have dismissed banners or notices.
Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
c) Analytics & Performance Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with the website, such as which pages are most visited and which links are used.
Tools used may include:
- Google Analytics 4 (with IP anonymization).
- Cloudflare Insights for performance metrics.
- Matomo (self-hosted) — where implemented.
Collected data is aggregated and not used to personally identify you.
Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
You can manage analytics cookies through our consent banner or via your browser settings.
d) Affiliate & Advertising Cookies
We partner with licensed, regulated gaming operators in Portugal (licensed by SRIJ — Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos) and other jurisdictions. When you click on outbound links to these partners, we may store a cookie or use a tracking parameter to record that you came from our Site.
These cookies:
- Do not collect personal data such as names or emails.
- Are used solely to attribute traffic and commissions for verified referrals.
- May involve external networks such as Income Access, MyAffiliates, or Affilka platforms of the licensed operator.
Legal basis: Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
You can withdraw consent anytime via the cookie banner or browser settings.
e) Social Media & Third-Party Content
Pages may embed external content (e.g., YouTube videos, X/Twitter or LinkedIn posts). These services may set their own cookies over which we have no control.
Please review those providers’ cookie policies for details:
4. How to Manage or Delete Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:
Through our Consent Banner
When you first visit the Site, you are presented with a banner offering options:
- Accept All — enable all optional cookies.
- Reject All — only necessary cookies remain.
- Customize — granular control over categories.
You can change or withdraw your consent anytime by reopening the banner (look for “Cookie Settings” link in the footer).
Through Your Browser
Most browsers allow you to:
- View which cookies are stored.
- Delete all or specific cookies.
- Block cookies from certain sites.
- Receive alerts before storing cookies.
Links for major browsers:
Note: blocking all cookies may impact site functionality.
5. Data Retention
Cookie lifetimes vary depending on their purpose:
- Session cookies expire automatically when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies are typically retained between 1 day and 12 months unless deleted earlier or renewed upon new consent.
Affiliate tracking cookies usually last 30–90 days, depending on the partner program.
6. Sharing and International Transfers
Some third-party providers (e.g., Google Analytics) may store data on servers outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
We ensure that such transfers occur under appropriate safeguards — including the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or other lawful mechanisms.
We do not sell, rent, or share personal data derived from cookies.
7. Your Rights under GDPR
You have the following rights regarding personal data linked to cookies:
- Access – to confirm whether we process your data.
- Rectification – to correct inaccuracies.
- Erasure – “Right to be forgotten.”
- Restriction – to limit processing in specific cases.
- Portability – to receive data in structured format (where applicable).
- Objection – to withdraw consent anytime.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at:
📧 [email protected]
8. Updates to This Policy
We may periodically update this Cookie Policy to reflect:
- Changes in applicable law or regulatory guidance.
- Introduction of new technologies or analytics partners.
- Modifications in our consent management system.
All updates will be published on this page with the “Last Updated” date.
9. Contact Us
For any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact:
GameReliant Privacy Team
📩 [email protected]
🌐 https://gamereliant.com