Privacy Policy for PUBGLooker

Welcome to PUBGLooker ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, pubglooker.com.

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1. Information We Collect

We collect information that is essential to providing and improving our service. This can be categorized as follows:

a) Public Game Data

Our primary function is to collect and display publicly available information sourced directly from the official PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS API. This includes player usernames, match statistics, leaderboard rankings, ban status, and clan affiliations. This data is considered public within the game's ecosystem, and our platform serves as a historical archive for it.

b) Information You Provide to Us

We collect information directly from you in the following situations:

• Steam Authentication: When you log in to claim your profile, we use Steam Authentication. We receive your unique 64-bit Steam ID, which we use solely to verify your identity and link it to your claimed PUBG profile. We never receive or store your Steam password.
• Contact Form & Disputes: When you submit a message through our contact form, report a player, or file a claim dispute, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and the content of your message, in order to respond to your request and take appropriate action.

c) Automatically Collected Usage Data

When you access our site, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This data is pseudonymous and used for internal analytics, traffic analysis, and to maintain the security and operational integrity of our website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and Maintain Our Service: Displaying leaderboards, historical data, and enabling features like profile claiming.
• Communicate With You: Responding to your inquiries, support requests, and claim disputes.
• Improve and Personalize Our Website: Understanding how users interact with our features allows us to enhance the user experience.
• For Security and Analytics: Monitoring traffic to prevent malicious activity and analyzing trends.
• To Serve Advertisements: We use third-party advertising services (Google AdSense) to display ads, which helps to cover our operational costs.

3. Cookies and Advertising

We use cookies to enhance your experience. Our third-party advertisers, such as Google, also use cookies (like the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings.

4. Data Retention Policy

Public Game Data: In line with our mission to be a historical archive, all public game data (player stats, ban history, nickname history) is retained indefinitely.

User-Provided Data: Information from contact forms and disputes is retained as long as necessary to resolve the issue. Your Steam ID is stored as long as your profile is claimed.

Usage Data: Automatically collected data is typically retained for a shorter period for analytics and security purposes.

5. Data Security

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of the information we store. However, no security measures are perfect. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through our website's contact form.