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Privacy Policy

We use public game data to show source readings and estimated rankings. When you visit, server logs, analytics, and advertising partners may process information about your visit as described below. If you contact us, we use your message to reply.

Information we collect

  • Basic server logs (IP, user-agent, request path, timestamp) that help us prevent abuse and keep the site running.
  • Usage analytics that show how people interact with the site and which pages are most helpful.
  • Contact form submissions when you reach out to us—we use these solely to respond to your request.
  • We do not run an account system, profile users across sites, or sell any personal information.

Analytics

MMO Populations uses Google Analytics 4 and Plausible Analytics to understand site usage. These services can process browser, device, and visit information to produce reports. We do not combine their reports with other data to identify individual visitors. You can limit analytics through your browser settings, content blockers, or Google's analytics opt-out tools.

Data sources for player counts

Our rankings use public source readings such as platform counts and community signals. We combine and store these data points in aggregate. We do not collect personal player information or private account details from game publishers.

Cookies & storage

We aim to run the site with as few cookies as possible. Functional cookies may be set for load balancing or remembering lightweight preferences. GA4 can set cookies where required for its reporting. Plausible does not use cookies. You are free to clear or block cookies without losing access to the core experience.

Advertising

The site loads an advertising tag from PubNation. Advertising services may use cookies or similar tools as described below. You can limit these through your browser settings.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Retention & security

Server logs are typically retained for up to 30 days unless we need them longer to investigate abuse or ensure platform stability. Analytics data is kept in line with each provider’s default retention policy. We apply reasonable security measures such as TLS, access controls, and monitoring to protect the information we store.

Your choices

You can opt out of analytics by using browser-based blockers or disabling scripts from analytics providers. If you submit a message through our contact form and would like it deleted, include that in your request and we will confirm once it’s removed.

Contact

Questions or requests related to privacy? Email hello [at] mmo-population.com.