Last updated: October 4, 2026
Playloreum.org respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Playloreum.org, how that information may be used or disclosed, and the choices and rights that may be available to you.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through Playloreum.org. It does not govern the privacy practices of third-party websites, games, esports organizations, tournament organizers, advertisers, streaming platforms, social-media platforms, or other services that may be linked to or embedded on the website.
Who We Are
Website: https://playloreum.org/
Site operator: Alex Hall
Privacy contact: Authoralexhall@gmail.com
For purposes of applicable privacy laws, the site operator may be considered the controller of personal information collected directly through Playloreum.org. Third-party services used by the website may separately control or process information according to their own privacy policies.
Information We Collect
The information collected through Playloreum.org depends on how you use the website.
A. Information You Provide
Comments: If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, Playloreum.org may collect information entered into the comment form, including your name, email address, website address, and comment. The website may also collect your IP address and browser user-agent information to assist with spam detection, moderation, and security.
Contact messages: If you contact Playloreum.org through a contact form or by email, we may collect your name, email address, message, and any other information you voluntarily provide.
Corrections and submissions: Playloreum.org may allow visitors, players, coaches, organizations, tournament representatives, researchers, or other individuals to submit corrections, historical information, statistics, sources, photographs, results, or other information. Information voluntarily submitted through these features may be retained for research, verification, communication, moderation, or publication purposes.
Other submissions: If Playloreum.org offers forms, surveys, newsletters, contests, account features, contributor applications, or other submission systems, information voluntarily provided through those features may be collected. Additional disclosures may be provided when information is collected.
Please do not submit confidential, sensitive, or unnecessary personal information through public comments, correction forms, or general contact forms.
B. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Playloreum.org, certain information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, security services, analytics tools, advertising services, and other technology providers.
This information may include:
Your IP address
Browser type and version
Device type and operating system
Referring website or page
Pages and articles viewed
Links or advertisements selected
Approximate date and time of a visit
General geographic information derived from an IP address
Language and regional settings
Information about interactions with the website
Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers
This information may be used for website operation, security, troubleshooting, analytics, advertising, fraud prevention, and performance improvement.
Esports, Player, Team, and Competitive Information
Playloreum.org is an informational and historical resource concerning esports, competitive gaming, players, coaches, teams, organizations, tournaments, games, records, statistics, rankings, results, and related subjects.
Articles and database-style pages may contain information about identifiable individuals involved in esports or gaming.
This information may include publicly available or voluntarily submitted information such as:
Player or competitor names
Online usernames, aliases, or gamertags
Team affiliations
Coaching or staff positions
Tournament participation
Competitive results
Statistics and records
Rankings
Awards and achievements
Career history
Publicly announced roster changes
Public social-media or streaming accounts
Photographs or other media when appropriate
Biographical information that has been made publicly available through reliable sources
Playloreum.org generally seeks to obtain this information from publicly accessible sources, official tournament results, organizations, game publishers, esports leagues, news reports, interviews, public profiles, archived materials, or information voluntarily submitted for publication.
The publication of factual information in an article, player profile, team page, tournament page, historical record, statistical database, or similar reference material is separate from information collected from a visitor through cookies, analytics, comments, or contact forms.
Individuals who believe that information published about them is inaccurate may contact Playloreum.org to request review or correction.
How We Use Information
Information collected through Playloreum.org may be used to:
Operate, maintain, and secure the website
Publish and maintain esports reference material
Display articles, player profiles, team pages, tournament histories, statistics, rankings, images, and other content
Research and verify esports information
Review submitted corrections, sources, and historical information
Respond to questions, comments, messages, and requests
Review, approve, moderate, or remove comments and submissions
Detect and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, security threats, and technical problems
Understand how visitors use the website
Measure website traffic and content performance
Improve articles, databases, navigation, accessibility, and website performance
Display and measure advertising if advertising services are used
Comply with legal obligations and enforce applicable website policies
Protect the rights, property, and safety of Playloreum.org, its operator, contributors, visitors, and others
Information may also be used for another purpose disclosed when the information is collected.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Playloreum.org and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files placed on your browser or device. Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function. Others may support analytics, preferences, advertising, personalization, security, spam prevention, and performance measurement.
Cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
Remember visitor preferences
Maintain website functionality
Distinguish users and browsing sessions
Measure traffic and website performance
Understand how visitors interact with pages
Prevent fraud, spam, and malicious activity
Support security features
Display and measure advertisements if advertising is used
Provide personalized or interest-based advertising where permitted
You can generally delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may prevent certain website features from functioning correctly.
Where required by applicable law, Playloreum.org may provide a cookie consent or privacy management system that allows visitors to manage certain nonessential cookies and tracking technologies.
Analytics
Playloreum.org may use Google Analytics, Google Site Kit, WordPress analytics tools, or similar services to understand website traffic and visitor interactions.
Analytics services may collect information such as pages viewed, session activity, device and browser information, approximate geographic location, referring sources, and online identifiers.
Analytics information may be used to determine which games, players, teams, tournaments, articles, and other pages receive visitors, diagnose technical problems, evaluate website performance, and improve Playloreum.org.
Visitors may be able to limit analytics collection by rejecting applicable analytics cookies, changing browser settings, deleting cookies, using browser privacy controls, or using opt-out tools provided by analytics services.
Third-party analytics providers process information according to their own policies and terms.
Advertising
Playloreum.org may display advertising or work with third-party advertising providers.
Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, online identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information about devices, website activity, advertisement interactions, and browsing behavior. This information may be used for advertising, personalization, measurement, reporting, fraud prevention, and related purposes.
Some advertising-related disclosures may legally be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use for “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws even when personal information is not directly exchanged for money.
If Playloreum.org begins working with an advertising management provider that requires additional privacy disclosures, those disclosures may be added to this Privacy Policy.
Where required by law, visitors may be provided with controls to reject personalized advertising or opt out of certain advertising-related uses of personal information.
Comments and Spam Detection
When visitors leave comments, information entered into the comment form may be collected along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information.
Comments may be reviewed manually or processed through an automated spam-detection service.
Comments containing spam, threats, harassment, unlawful material, personal information, impersonation, intentionally false information, or content violating website policies may be removed.
If an avatar or profile-image service is enabled, an anonymized value generated from an email address may be provided to that service to determine whether the visitor has an associated profile image.
Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely to support moderation and recognition of follow-up comments.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Playloreum.org may contain embedded content and links from third-party websites and services.
These may include:
YouTube videos
Twitch streams or clips
Game publisher websites
Tournament websites
Esports league websites
Social-media posts
Images
Statistics or tournament data
Discord links
Maps
Documents
News articles
Streaming services
Other gaming or esports resources
Embedded content from another website may behave in substantially the same way as if you visited that website directly.
Third parties may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, track interactions with embedded material, associate activity with an account you maintain with that service, or display personalized material or advertising.
Playloreum.org does not control the privacy practices of these third parties.
External Sources and Links
Playloreum.org relies on external sources as part of its documentation of esports history and competition.
The website may link to esports organizations, tournament organizers, game publishers, news organizations, statistics websites, databases, social-media platforms, streaming services, archived webpages, colleges, universities, professional teams, amateur organizations, and other resources.
A link or citation does not necessarily indicate that Playloreum.org controls, endorses, sponsors, or is affiliated with the linked organization or website.
Playloreum.org is not responsible for the content, security, availability, accuracy, or privacy practices of external websites.
How Information May Be Disclosed
Information collected through Playloreum.org may be disclosed to:
Website hosting and domain providers
Security, backup, and performance providers
Technical-support providers
Comment moderation and spam-detection services
Analytics providers
Advertising providers
Email and contact-form services
Website plugins and technology providers
Professional advisers when reasonably necessary
Government authorities or other parties when required by law
Other parties when reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, security, or property
Service providers may process information according to their agreements, privacy policies, and applicable law.
The site operator does not independently sell personal information directly in exchange for money.
Information may also be disclosed as part of a merger, acquisition, transfer, reorganization, sale of website assets, or similar transaction where permitted by applicable law.
Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely for moderation and recognition of follow-up comments.
Contact messages and correspondence may be retained as reasonably necessary to respond to requests, maintain records, resolve disputes, verify corrections, or protect legal rights.
Submissions relating to esports history, tournament results, corrections, statistics, players, teams, organizations, or other reference information may be retained as part of the website’s editorial and historical research records.
Security and server logs may be retained according to the practices of the website’s hosting and security providers.
Analytics information may be retained according to the settings and policies of the applicable analytics provider.
Information may eventually be deleted, anonymized, or aggregated when it is no longer reasonably necessary.
Legal Bases for Processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation, United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, or another privacy law requires a legal basis for processing personal information, Playloreum.org may process information based on:
Consent: You have given permission for a particular activity, such as certain cookies.
Contract or request: Processing is necessary to provide something you requested or respond to your communication.
Legitimate interests: Processing is reasonably necessary to operate, secure, research, maintain, analyze, or improve Playloreum.org, provided those interests are not overridden by applicable privacy rights.
Legal obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with applicable law or a valid legal request.
Protection of rights and safety: Processing is reasonably necessary to prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or harm.
Where processing depends on consent, consent may generally be withdrawn through available privacy settings.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:
Request access to personal information held about you
Request a copy of certain personal information
Request correction of inaccurate personal information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Request restriction of certain processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent
Request transfer of certain information in a portable format
Opt out of certain targeted advertising
Opt out of certain sale or sharing of personal information
Appeal the denial of a qualifying privacy request
Lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.
Playloreum.org may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
Privacy requests concerning information controlled directly by Playloreum.org may be sent to:
[INSERT EMAIL ADDRESS]
Corrections and Information About Individuals
Because Playloreum.org documents competitive gaming and esports history, the website may contain information about players, coaches, commentators, executives, tournament organizers, content creators, and other individuals.
If you are the subject of a Playloreum.org page or article and believe factual information concerning you is inaccurate, outdated, improperly attributed, or requires additional context, you may contact Playloreum.org.
Correction requests should identify the relevant page, the information in question, and, when possible, reliable evidence supporting the requested correction.
Submitting a request does not guarantee that material will be changed or removed. Playloreum.org may consider the accuracy of the information, reliability of available sources, historical significance, editorial considerations, applicable law, and other relevant circumstances.
Publicly Available Information
Playloreum.org may research and publish information obtained from publicly available sources for informational, historical, statistical, journalistic, and reference purposes.
Information appearing in public tournament records, official esports announcements, team rosters, game publisher materials, public interviews, verified social-media accounts, streaming profiles, news reports, archived webpages, or similar public sources may be used when relevant to Playloreum.org’s coverage.
Playloreum.org seeks to distinguish between relevant public information and unnecessary private information.
Sensitive personal information that has no reasonable relevance to esports history or competitive gaming should generally not be submitted to or published by the website.
International Data Processing
Playloreum.org is operated in the United States.
Information may be processed or stored in the United States or another country where a website