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GOG's policy highlights that user-generated content, such as forum posts and game reviews, may be retained indefinitely unless removed by the user or required by law. It also states that your personal information may be transferred and processed in countries outside your region, like the US, Canada, or Brazil, which might have different privacy protections. GOG shares personal data with 'Trusted Partners' who act as independent data controllers and adhere to their own privacy policies. If you link third-party accounts, those third parties' policies will govern their processing of your data, and community integrations in GOG GALAXY may also be subject to separate private policies, for which GOG is not responsible. Furthermore, some of your personal information and activity data will be visible to other GOG users to foster community, and communications or public posts through GOG services may reveal personal details.
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User-generated content retained indefinitely.
Information you post on public forums and game reviews will be retained until you decide it should be removed, though the company may remove it by applicable law or their discretion.
Why it matters: Any content you post on public forums and game reviews may be kept by the company indefinitely unless you request its removal, or the company removes it by applicable law.
information that you post on our public forums and your game reviews will be retained until you decide that it should be removed as well. We don’t want to interfere with your posts and expressions without your permission, however we may decide to remove them or be required to remove them by applicable law.
HOW WE HANDLE YOUR INFORMATION, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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Data processed, stored, and transferred outside your country of residence.
Your information may be processed, stored, and transferred outside your country of residence, including outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, to countries like the United States, Canada, or Brazil. These countries may not offer the same level of privacy protection as your originating country or the EEA.
Why it matters: Your personal data may be stored and processed in countries, such as the United States, Canada, or Brazil, which may have different privacy laws that could offer less protection than in your home country.
Your information may be processed, stored and transferred outside your country of residence and beyond the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, such as the United States, Canada or Brazil. Privacy laws in these countries may not offer the same level of protection as in your country or in the EEA. But whenever we’re sharing your personal information outside the EEA and Switzerland, we will do so on the basis of the EU standard contractual clauses and/or other lawful measures to transfer your data and establish adequate protection of your personal information - feel free to reach out to us via e-mail at: [privacy@gog.com](mailto:privacy@gog.com) if you wish to know more.
* payment service providers;, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use & Sharing
This section reviews how your data is used, shared, and profiling and targeting practices. Findings here include user-impacting terms that are broad, inconvenient, or one-sided but common and usually reversible with effort.
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Personal information shared with "Trusted Partners" who act as independent data controllers.
GOG shares personal information with "Trusted Partners" who act as independent data controllers. These partners independently determine the purposes and means of processing the shared personal information, and their processing is governed by their own privacy policies.
Why it matters: Your personal information may be shared with various third parties, such as developers, publishers, and advertising partners, who can use your data according to their own privacy policies, potentially without GOG's direct control over their specific uses.
The processing of personal information by such Trusted Partners is governed by their respective privacy policies.
* data hosting and cloud service providers;, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
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Information collected from third-party linked accounts is governed by their policies.
If you link your GOG account to a third-party account, GOG may collect limited information from that third party. The processing of your personal information by such third parties is governed by their own rules and policies, and users are advised to check those third-party terms and privacy settings.
Why it matters: When you link third-party accounts, those third parties' privacy policies and terms will govern how they process your information, meaning you're subject to their rules in addition to GOG's.
If you link your GOG account to an account offered by a third party, this third party may provide us with limited information about you (for example your social media handle, avatar, e-mail, friend list, as applicable). Processing of your personal information by such third parties is governed by their own rules and policies. For more information on how those third parties process your personal information, please refer to such third party’s terms and conditions, so check your privacy settings.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Community integrations for GOG GALAXY may be governed by separate private policies.
If you connect accounts from other platforms to GOG GALAXY using community integrations, these integrations may be governed by separate private policies, and GOG is not responsible for their use of your information.
Why it matters: Using community integrations with GOG GALAXY means that other companies may handle your data under their own policies, and GOG will not be responsible for how they use your personal and non-personal information.
Please be informed that community integrations may be governed by separate private policies and we are not responsible for the use of your personal and non-personal information by anyone other than GOG
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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Some personal information made accessible to other GOG users.
Some personal information, like username and avatar, and other information derived from activity on GOG services, is accessible to other GOG users to help them find gamers with similar tastes and build the community.
Why it matters: Other users can see your username, avatar, and information derived from your activity on GOG services, which may impact your privacy within the community.
Some elements of your personal information and some information about your use of GOG services are accessible to other GOG users. For example: other users of GOG services will be able to see your username and avatar (if you choose to have one). We may also display other information derived from your activity on GOG services. We do this to help GOG users to find gamers with similar tastes and to build the GOG user community. You can manage the privacy settings of your GOG user profile in your GOG account.
Other Users, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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User communications and publicly shared content are accessible to others.
Any communications users have via GOG services (e.g., private messages, chat, forums, multiplayer games) may reveal screen name, other details about the user, and communication content. Additionally, any information and content shared publicly through GOG services (e.g., forums, user profile) will be accessible to other GOG users and others, and users are advised to be careful with sharing contact or private information.
Why it matters: Your communication and public posts on GOG services can be seen by other users, and potentially others, including your screen name and other personal details, so you should be careful about what information you share publicly.
Please remember that any communications you have via GOG services (e.g. via private messages, chat or the GOG forums or via multiplayer games like GWENT) may reveal your screen name, other details about you and the content of any communications by you with other users. Also, any information and content you share publicly using GOG services (e.g. on our forums or your GOG user profile) will be accessible to GOG users and others. Consider carefully with whom you share your information and avoid sharing contact or private information about yourself.
Other Users, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Usage of Google's reCAPTCHA.
GOG services use Google's reCAPTCHA to prevent automated abuse, which processes personal information like IP address and device information, with Google acting as an independent data controller according to its Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Why it matters: When interacting with certain forms on GOG services, Google will collect some of your personal information (like IP address and device details) as part of its reCAPTCHA service to prevent spam, and Google's own privacy policy will apply.
Certain forms in GOG services require the use of Google's reCAPTCHA to prevent automated abuse. This plugin checks if you are a person in order to prevent certain website functions from being (ab)used by spam bots (particularly comments). Google processes personal information such as IP address and device information as an independent data controller in accordance with its [Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [Terms of Use](https://policies.google.com/terms).
* payment service providers;, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
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Profiling for marketing purposes, with opt-out option.
GOG may profile your personal information for personalizing or targeting marketing communications, offers, and adverts. However, they state they do not perform automated decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects you, and you can object to receiving personalized offers or ads at any time.
Why it matters: Although GOG may profile your information to tailor marketing communications, they provide options to opt-out if you do not wish to receive personalized offers or advertising news.
Whenever we are personalizing or targeting our marketing communications, offers and adverts, we may profile your personal information. However, we do not carry out automated decision-making, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. If you decide that you no longer want to receive personalized offers, product recommendations from us, or no advertising news at all, you can object to this at any time via [this form](https://support.gog.com/hc/pl/requests/new?form=other&product=gog) or at privacy@gog.com.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
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Use of cookies for data collection.
GOG collects information about users via cookies, and users can find more details in their Cookie Policy and manage consents in the Cookie Declaration.
Why it matters: The company uses cookies to collect information about you, and you should review their Cookie Policy and Cookie Declaration to understand and manage your preferences.
We also collect information about you via cookies. You can find out more about this in our Cookie Policy [here](https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000498685-Cookie-Policy). You can also manage your consents in our Cookie Declaration which you can find in the footnote of our website. The Cookie Policy and Cookie Declaration are a part of this Privacy Policy.
COOKIES, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
These clauses cover account cancellation, termination, and data retention after cancellation, as well as automatic renewals and their disclosures. Findings here include user-impacting terms that are broad, inconvenient, or one-sided but common and usually reversible with effort.
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Limited data retained after account closure for tax, legal, and accounting purposes.
If you close your GOG account, limited data about you may still be retained for tax, legal, and accounting purposes, subject to applicable law.
Why it matters: Even after closing your account, some of your data may still be kept by GOG for tax, legal, and accounting compliance, meaning not all your data will be immediately deleted upon closure.
If you choose to close your GOG account, limited data that we collect about you may still be retained for tax, legal and accounting purposes and subject to applicable law;
HOW WE HANDLE YOUR INFORMATION, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
Gotchas
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Protections
This section highlights explicit, source-backed consumer benefits including commitments around data privacy, user control, and fair practices.
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No collection of personal information from children under 16.
GOG explicitly states they do not and will not knowingly collect personal information from any child under the age of 16.
Why it helps: This protects children under 16 by ensuring their personal information is not knowingly collected by GOG, aligning with child privacy regulations like COPPA.
We do not and will not knowingly collect personal information from any child under the age of 16.
Clear consent withdrawal rights for certain data processing.
For purposes other than providing services, meeting legal obligations, or legitimate interests, GOG will ask for user consent, and users are entitled to withdraw this consent at any time without impacting the validity of processing before withdrawal.
Why it helps: This ensures users have control over their data for certain processing purposes, explicitly granting them the right to withdraw consent at any time, which supports personal data autonomy.
For other purposes we will ask for your consent and you will be entitled to withdraw this consent any time, with no impact on the validity of the processing before your consent has been withdrawn.
WHY DO WE USE YOUR DATA? (LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DATA PROCESSING), paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Strong security measures to protect personal data.
All information provided by users is stored on GOG's secure servers or those of their Trusted Partners. They implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
Why it helps: This commitment to secure storage and protective measures helps safeguard user personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or damage, enhancing data security.
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or those of our Trusted Partners. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage.
HOW WE HANDLE YOUR INFORMATION, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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