Privacy Policy

Website: GamePulse.pl

Last updated: January 25, 2026

1. Data Controller

The controller of your personal data is: RAFAŁ KRUPA, residing in: RADZYMIN, POLAND.
Contact for privacy matters and exercising your rights: kontakt@gamepulse.pl.

2. Scope and Purposes of Data Processing

We process personal data to ensure the proper functioning of the GamePulse.pl website (based on WordPress), specifically for the following purposes:

• maintaining and correctly displaying the website,
• ensuring security and preventing abuse (e.g., brute-force attacks, spam),
• handling correspondence sent via contact forms,
• managing cookie consents (via CookieYes),
• conducting traffic analytics and statistics (Google Site Kit / GA4),
• displaying embedded multimedia content (YouTube, Twitch).

3. Detailed Information on Processing

3.1 Technical Data and Server Logs

When you use the website, our server (operated by: SeoHost) automatically records technical logs: IP address, date and time of request, browser type, and operating system.

Purpose: Security, diagnostics, and error detection.

Retention period: 7 days.

3.2 Contact Forms (Contact Form 7 + FluentSMTP)

Data provided in the form (e.g., nickname, email address, message content) is sent via the FluentSMTP plugin to our mailbox hosted by SeoHost.

Retention period: Correspondence content may be stored indefinitely to maintain communication continuity, unless you request its deletion.

3.3 Consent Management (CookieYes)

We use the CookieYes tool to handle the cookie banner. This tool stores your consent choices and maintains a "proof of consent" log, including a masked IP address to demonstrate compliance with GDPR.

3.4 Analytics (Google Site Kit / GA4)

Analytical data (e.g., subpages visited, time on site) is collected only after you provide consent for analytical cookies in the cookie banner.

3.5 Security (Wordfence / Limit Login Attempts)

To protect the site against attacks, we process data such as IP addresses and login attempt information. This is necessary for the security of the service.

3.6 Embedded External Content (YouTube / Twitch)

We display video materials and streams from YouTube and Twitch platforms. This content loads automatically to provide the full functionality of our gaming website.

Displaying these elements results in a direct connection to the providers' servers (Google LLC, Twitch Interactive, Inc.), who receive your IP address and browser technical data. These entities may use their own cookies for statistical or advertising purposes in accordance with their own privacy policies.

4. Legal Grounds for Processing

• Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest): Ensuring website operation, protection against attacks, responding to inquiries, and displaying multimedia content as an integral part of the service.
• Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (Consent): Use of optional analytical cookies.
• Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR: If contact relates to potential cooperation or service performance.

5. Data Recipients

Your data may be entrusted to entities supporting the website's operation:

• SeoHost Sp. z o.o. (Hosting and email services),
• Google Ireland Ltd. (Analytics and YouTube),
• Twitch Interactive, Inc. (Video streams),
• Defiant Inc. (Wordfence operator – security).

6. Data Transfer Outside the EEA

In connection with using services like Google, Twitch, and security tools, data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area. These entities guarantee an adequate level of protection through Standard Contractual Clauses or certification under the Data Privacy Framework.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to: access your data, rectify it, delete it, restrict processing, data portability, object to processing, and withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (UODO) in Poland.

8. Data Retention Period

• Server logs (access/error logs): 7 days.
• Technical email logs (SMTP): 7 days.
• Email correspondence content: Stored indefinitely in the mailbox to maintain communication history and defend against potential claims. We delete this data upon your explicit request, unless legal provisions require further storage.
• Cookie consent log (CookieYes): For 12 months or until consent is withdrawn.
• Analytical data (GA4): According to GA4 retention settings (standardly 14 months).

9. Contact and Exercise of Rights

Please send any requests regarding data protection to: kontakt@gamepulse.pl.