Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 6, 2026
1. Overview & Information We Collect
Nivalis Nights Wiki (nivalis.wiki) is an independent fan-made gaming guide and digital companion. We respect your privacy. We do not operate user accounts, require registration, or intentionally collect personally identifiable information (PII) such as your real name, physical address, or phone number.
2. Cookies & Web Analytics
We use standard, privacy-respecting analytics tools (including Google Analytics 4 and Cloudflare Analytics) to analyze aggregate, non-personally identifiable traffic patterns (e.g., browser user agent, operating system, page response time, referring domains, and general geographic country). This data is used exclusively to optimize page load speeds, fix broken links, and improve site usability.
3. Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense
We partner with third-party advertising networks, primarily Google AdSense, to serve advertisements when you visit our website.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- To understand how Google uses information from sites that use its services, please review:How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Opting Out of Personalized Advertising
You have the right to control how cookies are used for advertising:
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visitingGoogle Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visitingwww.aboutads.info or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance atyouronlinechoices.eu.
4. European Union & UK Visitor Rights (GDPR / ePrivacy)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you are entitled to certain rights regarding your personal data. For visitors from these regions, where third-party advertising cookies or identifiers are used, we obtain consent through a certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) or applicable consent mechanisms in compliance with Google's EU User Consent Policy.
5. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to request disclosure of what personal information is collected, request deletion, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. As noted above, we do not sell your personal data. You may opt out of interest-based advertising tracking as described in Section 3.
6. Data Security
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to protect the integrity of our website and ensure visitor data is handled safely:
- Encryption in Transit: All communications between your browser and our servers are encrypted using modern Transport Layer Security (HTTPS / TLS 1.3).
- Edge Hardening: We deploy strict security headers, including
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff,X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN,Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin, and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS). - Minimal Attack Surface: As a statically generated platform (SSG), nivalis.wiki does not maintain databases containing user passwords, payment credentials, or personal accounts, eliminating centralized data breach vectors.
7. Data Retention
Because we do not operate user accounts or require registration, we do not store persistent personal profiles. Non-personally identifiable analytical telemetry (e.g., aggregated page visits, referring URLs, and browser performance metrics) collected via Google Analytics 4 is retained in accordance with standard data retention schedules (up to 14 months) solely for performance diagnostics and guide optimization, after which it is automatically deleted.
8. External Links
Our website contains links to external websites, including the official Steam Store page, developer portals (ION LANDS), and publisher portals (505 Games). We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of every external website you visit.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions, suggestions, or data-related inquiries concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact our editorial and administrative team at: