Welcome to Indie Game Lover (https://www.indiegamelover.com).
This policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience, and how you can control them.
COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: June 24, 2026
Indie Game Lover is responsible for your data. We will always ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA). You can change your settings with the cookie settings link on the footer.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They help the site recognize your device, remember your preferences, and track basic analytics so we can make the site work better for you.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use both Session Cookies (which expire as soon as you close your browser) and Persistent Cookies (which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them). These cookies fall into four main categories:
- Strictly Necessary: Essential for the website to function safely and properly.
- Security: Used to identify and prevent potential security risks.
- Analytics & Performance: Help us understand how users interact so we can improve experience.
- Advertising: Track ad performance and display relevant ads to visitors.
3. Third-Party Services We Use
We use trusted third-party providers to analyze our traffic and support the site. All data helps us understand what content indie game fans enjoy the most. These services place their own cookies on your device:
- PostHog: We use PostHog to analyze user behavior, track features, and improve our platform. You can read their data practices in the PostHog Privacy Policy.
- Patreon for payment subscriptions. You can read their data practices in the Patreon Privacy Policy.
- Google Analytics: Collects anonymous data like browser type, and pages visited to help us optimize our performance. You can read their data practices in the Google Policy.
- Google AdSense: Uses cookies to serve relevant ads based on your visits to this and other websites, tracking views and clicks. You can read their data practices in the Google Policy.
- We may use third-party newsletter service providers to send e-mails to users who have provided us with their contact information. To help measure and improve the effectiveness of our e-mail communications, the third-party service providers may place Cookies on the devices of these users.
Note: Data collected by our cookies is kept only as long as necessary and is automatically deleted.
4. How to Control and Delete Cookies
You can change your mind and withdraw your consent at any time.
Via Your Browser
You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. If you block all cookies (including strictly necessary ones), parts of our website may not work correctly.
To manage cookies in your specific browser, follow these official guides:
For Indie Game Lover, click the cookie settings button in the footer.
5. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please reach out to us at:
Email: contact - at - indiegamelover dot com
