Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Welcome to feath.top (the "Website"), a blog dedicated to publishing articles about board games. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected] or at our mailing address: 4873 Maple Dr, Denver, CO 80202.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our blog. The types of information we may collect include:

• Personal Information Provided Voluntarily: When you submit a comment on an article, fill out a contact form, or subscribe to a newsletter (if available), you may provide us with your name, email address, and any other content you include in your message.
• Automatically Collected Information: When you visit feath.top, certain information is automatically collected by our server and analytics tools. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device type, and your browsing behavior on our site (such as pages viewed, time spent on pages, and links clicked).
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze trends, and administer the Website. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To operate and maintain the blog, including displaying articles and managing comments.
• To respond to your inquiries, comments, or requests submitted through our contact form.
• To improve our content and user experience based on aggregated analytics.
• To monitor and analyze usage trends and preferences to better understand our audience.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or abusive behavior (e.g., spam comments).
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of use.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our blog articles, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. We reserve the right to moderate or delete comments that violate our comment policy (e.g., spam, offensive language, or off-topic content).

Contact Forms

If you use our contact form ([email protected]), we collect your name, email address, and the message you submit. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry. We retain contact form submissions for customer service purposes but do not use the information for marketing unless you explicitly opt in. We will not share your contact form data with third parties except as required by law.

Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to improve your experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the basic functionality of the Website (e.g., remembering your cookie preferences).
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site by collecting anonymous data on page visits, time on site, and click patterns. We use this data to improve our content.
• Comment Preference Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again.

You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Website. We do not use cookies for advertising or tracking across other websites.

Basic Analytics

We use basic analytics tools (such as server logs and possibly a third-party service like Google Analytics) to collect aggregated, non-personal information about how users interact with our blog. This includes data like the number of visitors, pages viewed, referral sources, and browser types. This information is used in aggregate form to help us improve our content and user experience. We do not link this data to any personally identifiable information. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

How We Protect Your Information

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. We encourage you to use caution when submitting personal information online.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. For example:

• Comment data is retained indefinitely so that we can recognize follow-up comments and maintain thread continuity.
• Contact form submissions are retained for a reasonable period to address your inquiry and for record-keeping.
• Analytics data is retained in aggregated form for as long as needed for analysis.

If you wish to request deletion of your personal data, please contact us at [email protected].

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., if we are required to retain it by law).
• Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
• Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

Third-Party Links

Our blog may contain links to third-party websites, such as board game publishers, online retailers, or other resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately at [email protected], and we will take steps to delete such information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

• Email: [email protected]
• Mailing Address: 4873 Maple Dr, Denver, CO 80202

We are committed to addressing your concerns and will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.