Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 26, 2026

Your privacy is a priority at NTEGame.com ("we", "us", "our"). This Privacy Policy provides a transparent look at how we collect, protect, and handle information when you interact with our website.

1. Information We Collect

We believe in data minimization. We only collect the information necessary to provide functional community features:

  • Authentication & Profile Data: When you sign in via Discord or Google, we receive limited profile information provided by the OAuth provider. This typically includes your unique provider ID, display name, email address, and profile picture URL. This data is used solely to manage your account sessions and attribute your community contributions.
  • Session & Security Data: To keep you logged in securely and protect the site against automated abuse, spam, and brute-force attacks, we log standard technical metadata (such as IP address and User Agent strings) and utilize automated verification checks.
  • Community Submissions:
    • Hardware Benchmarks: Performance data you explicitly submit (CPU, GPU, resolution, FPS) is stored and displayed publicly to help the community.
    • Custom Builds & Tier Lists: Builds, team setups, and tier lists you choose to publish or save to your account.
    • Voting Data: To ensure fair voting results, submissions are associated with your account identifier.
  • Local Browser Storage: Interactive preferences such as site theme, draft build configurations, local tier list layouts, and filter settings are stored directly in your browser's Local Storage and are not transmitted to our servers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We process your data for the following legitimate purposes:

  • To provide and maintain your user profile and community features.
  • To secure the website against unauthorized activity and fraudulent submissions.
  • To display and attribute your community-submitted builds, tier lists, and benchmarks.
  • To remember your interface preferences using Local Storage.
  • To respond to support requests via our official Discord.

Transparency: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

We use essential browser technologies to operate the site:

  • Authentication Cookies: Secure session cookies required to maintain your login state.
  • Security Signals: Automated technical signals used to verify legitimate web traffic and prevent spam.
  • Local Storage: Client-side storage used exclusively on your device for interface preferences (e.g., theme, filters) and draft builds.

4. Third-Party Advertising, Analytics & Cookies

To keep NTEGame.com free and support operational costs, we partner with third-party advertising networks, analytics services, and affiliate programs:

  • Display & Video Advertising: We work with programmatic ad providers, including BuySellAds, Google AdSense, and header bidding partners, who may use cookies and web beacons to serve relevant advertisements based on visits to this and other websites.
  • Affiliate & Sponsored Links: Our website displays sponsored advertisements and affiliate tracking banners (such as GAMIVO and Enjoygm). When clicking these links, third-party networks may use tracking cookies or device identifiers to attribute referral traffic to NTEGame.com. We do not control the data practices of external advertisers.
  • Web Analytics & Tag Management: We use Google Tag Manager and analytics tools to gather aggregated, non-personally identifiable metrics on site performance, page popularity, and traffic volume to improve user experience.
  • Consumer Opt-Out Options: You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, the Digital Advertising Alliance, or the Network Advertising Initiative.

5. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to safeguard user data:

  • Data Protection: Sensitive identifiers and authentication credentials are encrypted at rest.
  • Secure Transmission: All data transmissions are encrypted using HTTPS/TLS protocols.
  • Payment Protection: We do not process, collect, or store any payment card or banking details on our servers; any voluntary tips are handled entirely by secure third-party payment platforms.

6. Third-Party Infrastructure

We partner with established cloud and service providers to operate our platform:

  • Cloud & Content Delivery: Global CDN and edge infrastructure providers to deliver fast loading times and network security.
  • OAuth Providers: Discord and Google for authentication, subject to their respective privacy policies.
  • Community Support Platforms: External services (such as Ko-fi) used for voluntary tipping, operating under their own privacy and data terms.

7. Data Retention

We retain your profile and submission data as long as your account remains active. If you choose to delete your account, we will purge your personally identifiable information within a reasonable timeframe, though anonymized community submissions (such as benchmark data) may remain as part of aggregate community stats.

8. Account Deletion

To request the deletion of your account and associated profile information, please contact an administrator on our Official Discord.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically to reflect operational, legal, or technological changes. The "Last Updated" date at the top will indicate the latest revision.

11. Contact Us

Discord Support: https://discord.gg/PuWfNRcBt9