Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

RetroInHand is a family-owned and operated retro gaming publication based in the United Kingdom. We operate the website at retroinhand.co.uk.

For the purposes of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, RetroInHand is the data controller for personal information collected through this website. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at support@retroinhand.co.uk.

2. What Information We Collect

Information you give us

We only collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you email us directly. This may include your name and email address. We do not operate a user registration system, membership area, or newsletter at this time.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by our hosting provider and third-party services. This includes:

• IP address — collected by our hosting provider for security and performance purposes
• Browser type and version — used to ensure the site displays correctly
• Pages visited and time spent — used to understand how our content is being read
• Referring website — so we know how visitors find us
• Device type — desktop, mobile, or tablet

This information is collected in aggregate and is not used to personally identify individual visitors.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. RetroInHand uses cookies for the following purposes:

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They include cookies set by WordPress to maintain the security and proper functioning of the site.

Analytics cookies

We may use analytics services to understand how visitors use our site. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors and where they came from.

Advertising cookies

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of this website.

4. Advertising & Google AdSense

RetroInHand is a participant in the Google AdSense programme. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to display advertisements that are relevant to you based on your browsing history.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising at any time by:

• Visiting Google Ad Settings
• Visiting aboutads.info to opt out of third-party advertising cookies
• Installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on

For more information on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, please visit: How Google uses information from sites that use our services.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website may include content from or links to third-party services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies separately. Third-party services we use or link to may include:

• Google AdSense — for displaying advertisements. Google Privacy Policy
• Google Fonts — for typography. Fonts are loaded from Google's servers, which may log your IP address
• Pexels — images used in our articles are sourced from Pexels and are subject to their licence terms
• YouTube / External embeds — if we embed video content, those providers may set their own cookies

We do not share personally identifiable information with any third parties for marketing purposes.

6. How We Use Your Information

Any information we collect is used only for the following purposes:

• To provide and improve our website and content
• To respond to enquiries sent to us by email
• To display relevant advertising through Google AdSense
• To monitor website security and prevent abuse
• To understand which content is popular so we can produce more of it

We will never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We will never send you unsolicited emails or marketing communications unless you have explicitly asked us to.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Emails sent to us are retained for as long as needed to resolve your enquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter. Server logs are typically retained for up to 30 days.

8. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a resident of the United Kingdom or European Union, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct any inaccurate information
• Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — you can ask for your data in a portable format
• Right to object — you can object to us processing your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@retroinhand.co.uk. We will respond to all requests within 30 days.

If you are not satisfied with how we handle your request, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk, the UK's data protection authority.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at support@retroinhand.co.uk and we will take steps to delete it.

10. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the information we hold. Our website is served over HTTPS, which encrypts data in transit between your browser and our server. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our articles and pages may contain links to external websites. Once you click a link and leave RetroInHand, this privacy policy no longer applies. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the privacy practices of those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. When we do, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests relating to this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please get in touch:

We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 5 working days.