At Level Up Gazette, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect when you visit https://levelupgazette.com/, how we use it, who we may share it with, and the rights you have over your data.
Level Up Gazette is an independent gaming publication based in the United Kingdom.
1. Who We Are
Level Up Gazette publishes gaming news, guides, reviews, retrospectives and features.
For the purposes of applicable data protection law, Level Up Gazette is responsible for the personal information it collects and uses through this website.
If you have questions about this policy or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Contact page: https://levelupgazette.com/contact-us/
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following information.
Information you provide voluntarily
When you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter or leave comments on our articles, we may collect your name, email address, comment content and any other information you choose to provide.
Website usage information
When you visit Level Up Gazette, our hosting provider and website services may process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages requested, referral sources and the date and time of your visit.
Cookies and similar technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functions, remember preferences, measure website usage and, where applicable, support advertising.
Further information is available in our Cookie Policy at https://levelupgazette.com/cookie-policy/.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process personal information for the following purposes:
- Operating the website: To deliver pages, maintain website functionality and protect the website from security threats and abuse.
- Responding to enquiries: To answer messages or requests submitted through our contact form or email.
- Managing comments: To display and moderate comments, where commenting is enabled.
- Providing newsletters: To send updates to people who have voluntarily subscribed.
- Improving our content: To understand how visitors use our website and identify opportunities to improve its performance and usefulness.
- Advertising: To support the website through advertising services, including Google AdSense if advertising is enabled.
We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the reasons for which it was collected.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under applicable UK data protection law, we rely on an appropriate legal basis when processing personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include:
Consent: Where you choose to receive marketing emails or consent to non-essential cookies and tracking technologies.
Legitimate interests: Where processing is reasonably necessary to operate, secure and improve our website, respond to enquiries or prevent misuse, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
Legal obligations: Where information must be processed or retained to comply with applicable law.
Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing already carried out lawfully.
5. Google Analytics and Website Statistics
We may use website analytics services, including Google Analytics, to understand how visitors find and use Level Up Gazette.
Depending on the analytics services enabled, information processed may include pages viewed, approximate location, device type, referral sources and website interactions.
Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies or similar non-essential tracking technologies will only be activated after appropriate consent has been obtained.
You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
6. Advertising and Google AdSense
Level Up Gazette may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display advertisements and help support the website.
Third-party advertising vendors, including Google, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to Level Up Gazette or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its advertising partners to display advertisements that may be relevant to users based on their visits to this website and other websites.
Visitors can manage their advertising preferences or opt out of personalised advertising through Google’s Ads Settings:
Visitors can also find information about opting out of some third-party advertising cookies at:
Where required, we will obtain appropriate consent before using non-essential advertising cookies or processing personal information for personalised advertising.
Further information about Google advertising and privacy is available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
7. Cookies and Your Choices
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website.
Level Up Gazette may use the following categories of cookies:
- Essential cookies: Required for core website functionality, security and administration.
- Analytics cookies: Used to understand website traffic and visitor interactions.
- Preference cookies: Used to remember selected website settings.
- Advertising cookies: Used by advertising partners where applicable, including for advertisement delivery and measurement.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Where a cookie consent tool is provided, you can use it to manage your preferences for non-essential cookies. Refusing non-essential cookies should not prevent you from reading our publicly available articles.
For further details, please visit our Cookie Policy.
8. Newsletter Subscriptions
If you subscribe to the Level Up Gazette newsletter, we use the email address you provide to send updates relating to our website and gaming content.
Newsletter subscriptions are voluntary.
You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in our emails, where available, or by contacting us directly.
We do not sell our newsletter subscriber list.
9. Sharing Information With Third Parties
We may share limited personal information with service providers that help us operate the website.
Depending on which services are enabled, these may include website hosting providers, analytics providers, email delivery services, spam-prevention services and advertising partners.
These providers may process personal information according to their respective roles, contractual obligations and privacy policies.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the security and integrity of our website.
We do not sell visitor contact details or newsletter subscriber lists.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.
Contact enquiries are retained for as long as necessary to respond and manage any relevant follow-up.
Newsletter subscription information is generally retained while a subscription remains active, subject to any information that must be retained for compliance purposes.
Comments and related information may be retained while the associated content remains published or as necessary for moderation and spam prevention.
Technical and security records are retained according to the needs of our website operations and the retention settings of relevant service providers.
We periodically review information held and delete or anonymise information when it is no longer required.
11. International Data Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where international transfers take place, we aim to ensure that appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
These may include recognised adequacy arrangements or approved contractual safeguards, where required.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.
These measures may include HTTPS encryption, website security controls, access restrictions and software maintenance.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
13. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information held about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Request restrictions on how your information is processed.
- Object to certain uses of your personal information.
- Request transfer of eligible personal information.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise these rights, please contact [email protected].
You also have the right to raise concerns with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
More information is available at https://ico.org.uk/.
14. Third-Party Websites
Our articles may contain links to external websites, including game publishers, retailers, gaming communities and other publications.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
We encourage readers to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they visit.
15. Children’s Privacy
Level Up Gazette is a general gaming publication and is not specifically directed at children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has supplied personal information to us without appropriate authorisation, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our website, advertising services, legal requirements or data protection practices.
When changes are made, we will update the date shown at the top of this page.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the information we collect or how your personal information is handled, please contact us.
Website: https://levelupgazette.com/
Email: [email protected]
Contact form: https://levelupgazette.com/contact-us/