Privacy Policy – Eventide Gaming

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Last Updated: June 29, 2026

Eventide Gaming respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we retain it, and the choices available to you.

By using Eventide Gaming, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Who We Are

Eventide Gaming is a gaming and technology publication operated by Elevate Holdings.

Our website address is:

Home

For privacy-related questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at:

Eventide Gaming
Orlando, Florida, United States
Email: eventidegaming1@gmail.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect limited personal and technical information to operate Eventide Gaming, communicate with readers, protect the website, prevent spam, improve content, understand visitor activity, send newsletters, and support advertising.

We may collect information when you:

Visit the website
Leave a comment
Subscribe to our newsletter
Contact us through a form or email
Submit a poll or quiz response
Interact with advertisements, embedded content, or social media features
Create or use an account, if account registration is available

We process information because you choose to provide it, because it is needed to operate the website or respond to you, because we have a legitimate interest in improving and protecting Eventide Gaming, or because we are required to do so by law.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information, such as health information, government identification numbers, financial account details, or precise location information. Please do not submit sensitive personal information through comments, forms, polls, quizzes, or email.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comment form. This may include your name, email address, website address, and comment.

We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection, moderation, website security, and abuse prevention.

An anonymized string created from your email address, also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to see whether you use it. Gravatar is operated by Automattic.

After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly next to your comment.

Automattic’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/

If Akismet Anti-Spam is enabled, comment-related information may be sent to Akismet for spam detection. This may include your IP address, browser user agent, referrer, site URL, and information you provide in the comment form, such as your name, email address, website address, and comment.

Comments and approved profile images may be publicly visible on Eventide Gaming.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data, including EXIF GPS data.

Visitors may be able to download images published on the website and extract location data or other metadata included in those files.

Contact Forms

When you submit a contact form, we may collect:

Your name
Your email address
Your IP address
Your browser information
The contents of your message
Any other information you choose to include in the form

We use this information to respond to your message, provide support, review requests, prevent spam, and maintain business communications.

We do not use contact-form submissions to subscribe you to our newsletter unless you separately choose to subscribe.

Contact-form submissions may be reviewed by Eventide Gaming staff or contractors when needed to respond to the request or maintain the website.

Polls

When you submit a poll response, we may collect your IP address to help prevent spam, abuse, duplicate voting, or other attempts to interfere with poll results.

We may also collect the answer or vote you submit.

Poll results may be displayed publicly in aggregated form. We do not publicly display your email address or other personal contact information through poll results unless you intentionally submit that information in a public area.

Quizzes

When you submit answers to an Eventide Gaming quiz, we may collect quiz-answer data to provide results, improve quiz content, understand reader engagement, and maintain website functionality.

We do not intentionally collect personally identifiable information through quizzes unless you voluntarily provide it through a related form or feature.

Quiz results or aggregate answer trends may be displayed publicly or used internally to improve Eventide Gaming content.

Newsletter Subscriptions

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect:

Your email address
Your name, if provided
Subscription preferences
Newsletter engagement information, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked

We use this information to send newsletters, updates, announcements, and Eventide Gaming content you requested.

Our newsletter is managed through Beehiiv.

You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter email.

Beehiiv’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://www.beehiiv.com/privacy

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Eventide Gaming and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies.

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

Keep the website secure
Remember preferences
Support comments and login functionality
Measure website traffic and performance
Prevent spam and malicious activity
Improve articles, features, and user experience
Measure advertising performance
Display advertisements
Support newsletter forms and embedded content

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website address in cookies.

These cookies are for your convenience, so you do not have to enter your information again when leaving another comment.

Comment cookies generally last for one year.

Login Cookies

If you visit a login page, we may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies.

This temporary cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you log in to an Eventide Gaming account, we may set cookies to save your login information and screen-display preferences.

If you select “Remember Me,” your login may persist for up to two weeks. If you log out, login cookies are removed.

Editor Cookies

If an authorized user edits or publishes an article, an additional cookie may be saved in that user’s browser.

This cookie contains no personal data and identifies the post ID of the article that was edited. It generally expires after one day.

Analytics and Advertising Cookies

Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Meta Pixel, WordPress.com, Jetpack, Cloudflare, Beehiiv, embedded content providers, and other approved service providers may use cookies or similar technologies.

These technologies may collect information such as:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Pages viewed
Time spent on the website
Referring websites
Approximate geographic area
Cookie identifiers
Advertising identifiers
Interactions with advertising or embedded content

You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features or your experience on Eventide Gaming.

Analytics

Eventide Gaming uses analytics services to understand how readers use the website and improve our content, performance, design, and reader experience.

We may use:

Google Analytics
WordPress.com or Jetpack site statistics
Meta Pixel

These services may collect technical information, browser information, device information, cookie identifiers, pages viewed, referring websites, approximate location information, and interactions with the website.

You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

You can opt out of Google Analytics through Google’s browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Advertising

Eventide Gaming may display advertisements through Google AdSense and other advertising partners.

Google and third-party vendors may use cookies, pixels, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies to serve advertisements, measure advertising performance, limit repeated ads, prevent fraud, and show advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors.

Advertising technologies may collect or receive information such as:

IP address
Browser type
Device information
Cookie identifiers
Advertising identifiers
Pages viewed
Ad interactions
Approximate location information
Website activity

We do not sell your name, email address, or newsletter subscriber information for money.

However, some advertising and analytics activity may involve the sharing of online identifiers, browser information, device information, or website activity with advertising and measurement partners. Depending on where you live, this may be considered targeted advertising, a sale of personal information, or sharing of personal information under applicable privacy laws.

You can manage Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center: https://myadcenter.google.com

You can also manage certain interest-based advertising preferences through YourAdChoices: https://optout.aboutads.info

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on Eventide Gaming may include embedded content, including videos, images, articles, social media posts, livestreams, maps, or other media from third-party websites.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content. This may include tracking your interaction with embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that third-party website.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website before interacting with embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

We may share limited personal or technical information with trusted service providers that help us operate Eventide Gaming.

These providers may include the following.

WordPress.com and Automattic

We use WordPress.com and Automattic services to host, manage, maintain, secure, and operate the website.

WordPress.com, Jetpack, Gravatar, and Akismet may process information related to site activity, comments, security, spam prevention, technical logs, and website functionality.

Cloudflare

We use Cloudflare to support website performance, security, traffic management, and protection against malicious activity.

Cloudflare may process IP addresses, browser information, device information, traffic information, and security-related data.

Google

We use Google services, including Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and potentially Google reCAPTCHA where enabled for spam protection.

Google may process technical information, cookie identifiers, browser information, device information, page activity, advertising information, and information connected to analytics or spam protection.

Beehiiv

We use Beehiiv to manage newsletter subscriptions and send emails.

Beehiiv may process subscriber email addresses, names if provided, subscription preferences, and email engagement information.

hCaptcha

Where enabled, we may use hCaptcha to help detect bots, spam, and abusive activity on forms or other interactive features.

hCaptcha may process technical information necessary to evaluate whether a visitor is human.

Legal, Security, and Business Reasons

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

Comply with laws, legal processes, or government requests
Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Eventide Gaming, our visitors, or others
Detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, or technical issues
Enforce our policies or agreements
Support a business transfer, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, where permitted by law

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Our general retention practices are:

Comments: Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments and maintain public discussions.
Contact forms: Form-submission data is generally retained for up to 30 days unless we need it longer to respond to a request, resolve an issue, maintain records, or comply with legal obligations.
Polls: Poll responses may be retained as needed to display results, maintain vote limits, prevent abuse, and improve future polls. IP-address data used for poll limits may be retained for up to 30 days and then anonymized where reasonably possible.
Quizzes: Quiz-answer data may be retained for up to 30 days and then removed or anonymized where reasonably possible.
Newsletter subscriptions: Newsletter information is retained while you remain subscribed. We may retain limited information after you unsubscribe to honor your opt-out request, protect our systems, and meet legal obligations.
Analytics and advertising information: Analytics and advertising information is retained according to the settings and policies of the relevant provider.
Security and technical logs: Security logs may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to protect the website, investigate incidents, and maintain site operations.
Registered accounts: If user registration is available, we store the personal information users provide in their profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information, except that usernames generally cannot be changed. Website administrators may also access and edit account information when necessary to operate the website.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request:

Access to your personal information
A copy of the personal information we hold about you
Correction of inaccurate personal information
Deletion of personal information
Restriction of certain processing
Withdrawal of consent
Objection to certain uses of your information
Opt-out of targeted or personalized advertising
Unsubscribe from marketing emails

If you have an account on Eventide Gaming or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you provided to us.

You may also request that we erase personal data we hold about you. This does not include information we are required to retain for administrative, legal, security, fraud-prevention, or operational purposes.

To make a privacy request, contact us at:

eventidegaming1@gmail.com

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Eventide Gaming is based in the United States.

Information collected through the website may be processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam-detection services, including Akismet where enabled.

Information may also be sent to service providers such as WordPress.com, Automattic, Cloudflare, Google, Meta, Beehiiv, hCaptcha, and other providers needed to operate website features.

When personal information is processed internationally, we rely on service providers that use appropriate technical, organizational, contractual, or legal safeguards where required by applicable law.

How We Protect Your Data

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information.

These measures may include:

HTTPS and SSL encryption for information transmitted through the website
Cloudflare security and traffic-protection tools
WordPress.com and Jetpack security features
Spam prevention and malicious-traffic detection
Limited access to personal information
Use of established service providers
Security monitoring and maintenance practices

No website, service, or internet transmission is completely secure. While we work to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

What Data Breach Procedures We Have in Place

If we become aware of a suspected or confirmed data breach involving personal information, we may take reasonable steps to:

Investigate the issue
Secure affected systems
Reduce potential harm
Work with relevant service providers
Notify affected individuals or authorities where required by law

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We may receive limited data and reports from third-party services connected to Eventide Gaming.

For example:

Google may provide analytics, advertising, and site-performance reports.
Meta may provide advertising-performance reports and event data.
Beehiiv may provide newsletter subscription and email-engagement information.
WordPress.com, Jetpack, Cloudflare, Akismet, Google reCAPTCHA, and hCaptcha may provide security, spam-prevention, technical, or traffic-related information.

We use this information to operate Eventide Gaming, understand website activity, improve content, measure marketing performance, and maintain website security.

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

Eventide Gaming does not use personal information to make automated decisions that have legal, financial, employment, housing, insurance, credit, or similarly significant effects on individuals.

However, advertising and analytics providers may use automated systems to measure activity, detect fraud, personalize advertising, estimate interests, or determine which advertisements may be shown.

These activities are controlled by the relevant third-party provider under its own privacy practices and settings.

Children’s Privacy

Eventide Gaming is not directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, contact us at eventidegaming1@gmail.com, and we will take reasonable steps to remove the information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, privacy practices, legal requirements, advertising partners, or technology providers.

When we update this policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Contact Information

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

Eventide Gaming
Orlando, Florida, United States
Email: eventidegaming1@gmail.com