COOKIES
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 20/12/2022 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the European Economic Area.
1. Introduction
Our website, https://alpha-gamer.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”).
Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
2. What are cookies?
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device.
The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
3. What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
4. What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website.
In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
5. Cookies
5.1 Technical or functional cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known.
By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid.
We may place these cookies without your consent.
5.2 Statistics cookies
We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website.
We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.
5.3 Marketing cookies
Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
We ask your permission to place marketing cookies.
5.4 Social media buttons
On our website we have included buttons for Facebook and Instagram to promote webpages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share on social networks like Facebook and Instagram.
These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies.
The data that is retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. Facebook and Instagram are located in the United States.
6. Placed cookies
CloudFlare – Functional
Usage: We use CloudFlare for content distribution network (CDN) services. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the CloudFlare Privacy Statement
Name: __cf_bm
Expiration: 30 minutes
Function: Read and filter requests from bots
Wordfence – Functional
Usage: We use Wordfence for security and fraud prevention. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Wordfence Privacy Statement
Name: wf-scan-issue-expanded-*
Expiration: session
Function: Provide the identification of trusted web traffic
Google reCAPTCHA – Functional, Marketing
Usage: We use Google reCAPTCHA for spam prevention. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Google reCAPTCHA Privacy Statement.
Name: _grecaptcha
Expiration: Session
Function: Provide spam protection
Name: rc::c
Expiration: session
Function: Read and filter requests from bots
Name: rc::b
Expiration: session
Function: Read and filter requests from bots
Name: rc::a
Expiration: Persistent
Function: Read and filter requests from bots
WooCommerce – Functional
Usage: We use WooCommerce for webshop management. Read more
Sharing data: This data is not shared with third parties.
Name: wc_cart_hash_*
Expiration: Session
Function: Store items in shopping cart
Name: wc_fragments_*
Expiration: Persistent
Function: Stores session information
Google Analytics – Statistics
Usage: We use Google Analytics for website statistics. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.
Name: _ga
Expiration: 2 years
Function: Store and count pageviews
Name: _ga_*
Expiration: 1 year
Function: Store and count pageviews
Polylang – Functional
Usage: We use Polylang for locale management. Read more
Sharing data: This data is not shared with third parties.
Name: pll_language
Expiration: persistent
Function: Store language settings
Google Fonts – Marketing
Usage: We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.
Name: Google Fonts API
Expiration: expires immediately
Function: Read user IP address
Facebook – Marketing, Functional
Usage: We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.
Name: _fbc
Expiration: 2 years
Function: Store last visit
Name: fbm*
Expiration: 1 year
Function: Store account details
Name: xs
Expiration: 3 months
Function: Store a unique session ID
Name: fr
Expiration: 3 months
Function: Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name: act
Expiration: 90 days
Function: Store logged in users
Name: _fbp
Expiration: 3 months
Function: Store and track visits across websites
Name: datr
Expiration: 2 years
Function: Provide fraud prevention
Name: c_user
Expiration: 30 days
Function: Store a unique user ID
Name: sb
Expiration: 2 years
Function: Store browser details
Name: *_fbm_
Expiration: 1 year
Function: Store account details
Name: wd
Expiration: 1 week
Function: Read screen resolution
Name: csm
Expiration: 90 days
Function: Provide fraud prevention
Name: actppresence
Expiration: Session
Function: Store and track if the browser tab is active
Instagram: Marketing
Usage: We use Instagram for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more
Sharing data: For more information, please read the Instagram Privacy Statement.
Name: actppresence
Expiration: 1 year
Function: Store ad display frequency
Complianz – Functional
Usage: We use Complianz for cookie consent management. Read more
Sharing data: This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.
Name: cmplz_consented_services
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store cookie consent preferences
Name: cmplz_policy_id
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store accepted cookie policy ID
Name: cmplz_marketing
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store cookie consent preferences
Name: cmplz_statistics
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store cookie consent preferences
Name: cmplz_preferences
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store cookie consent preferences
Name: cmplz_functional
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store cookie consent preferences
Name: cmplz_banner-status
Expiration: 365 days
Function: Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed
7. Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Accept”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy.
You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
8. Your rights with respect to personal data
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
9. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.
10. Contact details
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the contact form on the contact page.