Last updated: November 3, 2026
This policy explains what information GameManx (“we”) collects when you use gamemanx.com and how it is used.
Information you give us
- Accounts: when you register we store your username, email address, password (encrypted) and any profile details you add, such as your avatar and forum signature.
- Posts and messages: forum topics and replies, comments and private messages you send are stored on our server. Public posts are visible to everyone.
- Contact form: your name, email address and message, so we can reply.
- Newsletter: if you sign up for The GameManx Weekly, we store your email address and whether you are subscribed. You are only added after you confirm by clicking the link we email you, and every issue has an unsubscribe link.
- Followed topics and tracked games: the sources, platforms and genres you follow on the Wire and the games you track on dealsMANX. If you are not logged in, these are saved only in your browser (local storage) and never sent to us except to look up prices for the games on your list. If you are logged in, they are saved to your account so they work on every device.
- Price alerts: if you turn on price alerts, we store that setting and any target prices you set, and email you when a tracked game goes on sale, reaches your target price or comes out. Alerts are off until you turn them on, and every alert email has a one-click link to turn them off.
Information collected automatically
- IP addresses: recorded with forum posts, comments and contact messages to help prevent spam and abuse. They are visible only to site staff.
- Cookies: used to keep you logged in and remember your preferences. We do not use advertising cookies.
- Spam protection: login, registration, comment, forum and contact forms use Cloudflare Turnstile, which processes limited technical data to tell people from bots. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
- Store link clicks: when you click a buy or deal button, we count the click (the game, the store and which page it was on) so we know which links are useful. These counts contain no personal information. Your IP address is used briefly, in a form that can’t be read back, to limit automated clicks.
Embedded content and other services
Some pages include videos embedded from YouTube, Vimeo or Dailymotion, and some GameManx videos are delivered from Amazon Web Services (S3). These services may collect data under their own privacy policies when you view that content. Links to ENDSCREEN and JoystickVault include tags that tell those sites the visit came from GameManx.
Buy and deal buttons go directly to the store (for example Amazon, Steam or GOG). Some are affiliate links: the store, or the affiliate network it uses, may set cookies to record that a purchase came from GameManx. What they collect is covered by their own privacy policies. See our affiliate disclosure for how affiliate links work on GameManx.
Email delivery
Emails from GameManx — account and password emails, forum notifications, contact-form messages, the newsletter and price alerts — are sent through Resend, an email delivery service, which processes your email address and delivery information on our behalf. Newsletter subscriber lists are stored with Resend. The site is also served through Cloudflare, which handles technical request data (such as IP addresses) to deliver pages securely.
How long we keep data
Account and post data is kept while your account exists. Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them. Tracked games and price-alert settings are kept with your account until you remove them or delete your account; to avoid repeat emails we also keep a record of which alerts we have sent. Store click counts are kept as totals. You can ask us to delete your account; public posts may be kept anonymised to preserve discussion history.
Your rights
You can view and edit your profile at any time, and you can ask us for a copy of your data or to delete it using our contact page.
Contact
GameManx
928 Fulton St PMB 1020
Brooklyn, NY 11238-2349
Email: [email protected]