Privacy Policy

Board Game Verdict does not require you to create an account or provide any personal information to use the site. We do not collect your name, email address, or any other directly identifying information through general site usage.

We collect limited, anonymous usage data to understand how visitors interact with the site. This includes:

• Page views and navigation patterns — which pages are visited and how visitors move through the site.
• Hashed visitor identifiers — we generate a one-way hash from your IP address to count unique visitors. This hash cannot be reversed to recover your IP address.
• Device and browser information — general technical data such as browser type, operating system, and screen size, collected automatically by analytics tools.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Essential cookies

These are necessary for the site to function properly. They include cookies that remember your cookie consent preferences. These cannot be disabled.

Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are popular, how long visits last, and where traffic comes from. Google Analytics sets its own cookies to collect this data in an aggregated, anonymous form. You can learn more about how Google uses this data in Google's Privacy Policy.

Advertising cookies

We display ads through Google Ads to help cover the costs of running the site. These services may use cookies to serve ads based on your browsing activity across the web. Advertisers have no influence on our scores, rankings, or editorial content.

Affiliate & retailer cookies

Our “Where to Buy” links may direct you to third-party retailers such as Amazon and other board game stores. When you click these links, the retailer may set cookies to track the referral. Each retailer has its own privacy policy governing how they handle this data.

The limited data we collect is used to:

• Understand which games and pages are popular, so we can improve the site.
• Identify trending games based on anonymous view counts.
• Serve advertisements that help fund the site.
• Monitor site performance and fix technical issues.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

We use the following third-party services that may collect data through cookies or similar technologies:

• Google Analytics — for understanding site traffic and usage patterns.
• Google Ads — for displaying advertisements on the site.
• Affiliate retailers — board game retailers linked from our “Where to Buy” sections.

Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review their policies to understand how they handle your data.

You have control over how cookies are used on this site:

• Cookie consent banner — when you first visit the site, you can choose to accept all cookies or reject non-essential ones.
• Browser settings — most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings.
• Google opt-out — you can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You can manage your Google ad preferences in your Google Ads Settings.

Rejecting non-essential cookies may mean you see less relevant ads, but it will not affect the core functionality of the site.

Anonymous analytics data (page views and hashed visitor identifiers) is retained for up to 12 months, after which it is automatically deleted. Hashed identifiers are one-way and cannot be used to identify individual users.

Third-party services such as Google Analytics and Google Ads have their own data retention policies, which you can configure through their respective platforms.

Board Game Verdict is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Since the site does not require registration or the submission of personal data, there is minimal risk of collecting such information.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the services we use. When we make changes, we will update the effective date shown below the page title. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, you can reach us at hello@boardgameverdict.com.