Privacy Policy

GPL Mods ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and being fully transparent about how your data is handled. We are proud to operate as an open-source platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

The type of data we collect depends on how you interact with our platform:

• Children Under 13: We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. For these users, only an anonymous download count cookie is collected.
• Unregistered Guests: If you browse our site without an account, we only collect necessary cookies to display live download counts, alongside logs of any conversations you initiate with our support chatbot. These chat logs are used to train and improve our support AI models.
• Registered Users: When you create an account, we collect your Name, Email Address, and Date of Birth. The Date of Birth is strictly utilized as a safety measure to protect minors from accessing adult-rated games and applications.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect to provide and improve our services. Specifically, your data is used to:

• Create and securely manage your account.
• Enable real-time user-to-user communication within our Community Chat.
• Monitor and analyze usage trends to optimize and improve your browsing experience.
• Protect our platform and community against suspicious activity, spam, and bots.
• Respond efficiently to your customer service and support requests.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Mandatory Cookies: Because GPL Mods relies on advanced web technologies to function, you currently cannot reject cookies while using this platform. Disabling cookies will break major functionality and prevent the site from working correctly.

We use cookies and IP tracking for the following essential purposes:

• Saving your recent Search History and providing live search suggestions.
• Tracking real-time live download counts to prevent abuse.
• Saving your Support Chatbot history so you don't lose your conversation.
• Remembering your Background Music preferences (play/pause state, volume, and selected track).
• Tracking your IP address to verify you are a real human (bot prevention), determine your browser type, and detect if your device supports our PWA (Progressive Web App) installation.

4. Our Technology Stack & Data Disclosure

To provide a high-performance and free service, GPL Mods utilizes several industry-leading third-party providers. Your information may be processed by or shared with these partners in a private, end-to-end encrypted manner where applicable:

We share necessary data with our ad networks (Hilltopads and Linkvertise) to display relevant advertisements that keep this platform free. Data is also shared with our cloud and database providers to securely store your files and profile information, and with our antivirus provider (VirusTotal) to ensure community safety.

5. Data Deletion (Right to be Forgotten)

We believe you should have total control over your data. We offer a one-time, permanent account deletion feature directly in your Profile Dashboard.

• By initiating a deletion, all of your personal data, comments, and profile information will be instantly and permanently deleted from our servers. This action cannot be reversed or recovered.
• Preserving Mods: During deletion, you have the option to preserve the mod files you uploaded. If you choose this, your personal identity is wiped, and the ownership of those files is officially donated to the "GPL Community" so others can continue to enjoy them.

6. Contact Us & Support

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please reach out to us during our operating hours.