1. Identity and Contact Details of the Data Controller
The Data Controller (Titolare del Trattamento) within the meaning of Article 4(7) and Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") for the website worldofonlinegames.top is WorldOfOnlineGames Media S.r.l., an Italian limited liability company with registered office at Via Monte Napoleone 8, 20121 Milano (MI), Italy (Italian VAT / P.IVA: IT10948270964; Milan Companies Register REA: MI-2589412).
You may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at any time via email at [email protected], via our editorial desk at [email protected], or by telephone at +39 02 8974 6310.
2. Applicable Italian and European Union Regulatory Framework
All data processing activities conducted in connection with worldofonlinegames.top are governed by and interpreted in accordance with:
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation: "GDPR");
- Italian Legislative Decree No. 196 of 30 June 2003 (Codice in materia di protezione dei dati personali), as comprehensively amended by Italian Legislative Decree No. 101 of 10 August 2018;
- Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive) as transposed into Italian law under Article 122 of the Italian Privacy Code;
- The Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Tools adopted by the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) via Resolution No. 231 of 10 June 2021.
3. Nature and Scope of Our Editorial Directory
worldofonlinegames.top operates solely as an independent informational directory, review publication, and network telemetry observatory covering free-to-play HTML5 and WebGL browser MMO and strategy games. We do not host multiplayer game servers, require user registration accounts, process financial payments, or offer real-money gambling services.
4. Categories of Personal Data Processed
Depending on how you interact with our portal, we process strictly limited categories of information:
- Voluntary Contact & Lead Test Data: Full name, email address, selected inquiry category, game genre interest, and optional message text when you submit an editorial inquiry or benchmark request form;
- Network & HTTP Transport Metadata: Anonymized IPv4/IPv6 network address, browser User-Agent header, operating system family, HTTP referrer, and request timestamp;
- Client-Side Compliance State: Binary flags stored locally inside your browser confirming 18+ age verification and cookie banner preferences.
5. Processing of Editorial Inquiry and Lead Test Forms
When you fill out and submit a Lead Test or Editorial Pitch form on our Home page, Contact page, or modal
dialog, the information entered is validated client-side to generate an immediate reference ticket code
(format WOG-IT-2026-XXXX) and routed solely to our internal Milan editorial desk to fulfill
your request (such as delivering a technical telemetry dossier or evaluating a submitted browser game).
We never sell, rent, lease, or syndicate form submissions to external marketing brokers or unsolicited mailing lists.
6. Lawful Bases for Processing Under Article 6(1) GDPR
Every processing operation rests on an explicit legal basis defined in Article 6(1) of the GDPR:
- Explicit Consent: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR: Applicable when you voluntarily tick the consent checkbox and submit our Lead Test / Contact form, or when you choose "Accept All" on our cookie banner;
- Legitimate Interests: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR: Applicable to essential cybersecurity monitoring, DDoS mitigation, and delivery of static HTML5/CSS/JS assets;
- Compliance with Legal Obligations: Article 6(1)(c) GDPR: Applicable to maintaining 18+ audience access controls and responding to lawful requests from Italian judicial or data protection authorities.
7. Data Minimization and Absence of Special Category Data
In accordance with Article 5(1)(c) and Article 9 of the GDPR, WorldOfOnlineGames Media S.r.l. adheres to strict data minimization. We never request or process government identification numbers (such as Italian Codice Fiscale), bank card numbers, biometric data, health data, or political opinions.
8. Server Access Logs and IP Address Truncation
Our European web hosting infrastructure records transient HTTP access logs for diagnostic and anti-abuse purposes. Before log entries are written to persistent storage, the final octet of IPv4 addresses (and the last 80 bits of IPv6 addresses) are masked automatically, preventing personal profiling of individual Italian subscribers.
9. Browser Local Storage and Technical Cookies
We utilize standard HTML5 localStorage keys (worldofonlinegames_it_age_18_v1 and
worldofonlinegames_it_cookies_v1) strictly to remember whether you have confirmed being 18+
years
old and dismissed the cookie notice. Detailed technical specifications are provided in our dedicated
Cookie Policy.
10. Outbound Links to Official Third-Party Game Publishers
Our directory contains direct referral links ("Play Now") pointing to external game publishers (including Gameforge 4D GmbH, InnoGames GmbH, Bigpoint GmbH, FunPlus International, Joycity Corp., Lionmoon UG, and MindArk PE AB). Once you click an outbound link and leave worldofonlinegames.top, the destination publisher acts as an independent Data Controller governed by its own privacy notice.
11. Strict 18+ Adult Audience Requirement and Protection of Minors
Although the browser games reviewed in our catalog are non-gambling strategy and MMO titles, our portal is designated strictly for adult readers aged 18 years and older. Pursuant to Article 8 GDPR and Article 2-quinquies of the Italian Privacy Code, we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors under 18. If a parent or guardian discovers that a minor has submitted an inquiry, please email [email protected] for immediate deletion within 24 hours.
12. Data Hosting Within the European Economic Area (EEA)
All web servers and editorial email systems operated by WorldOfOnlineGames Media S.r.l. are physically located within ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centers in the European Union (Milan, Italy and Frankfurt, Germany). We do not transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area that lack an adequacy decision under Article 45 GDPR.
13. Data Retention Schedules
In accordance with the storage limitation principle under Article 5(1)(e) GDPR, personal data is retained only for the strictly necessary duration:
- Editorial & Lead Test Inquiries: Retained for a maximum of 12 months from final resolution of the ticket, then permanently purged;
- Anonymized HTTP Security Logs: Automatically rotated and overwritten every 14 days;
- Client-Side Local Storage Keys: Stored inside your own browser until you clear browser site data or reset cookie preferences.
14. Technical and Organizational Security Measures (Article 32 GDPR)
We enforce TLS 1.3 encryption (HTTPS with HSTS), Content Security Policy (CSP) headers, strict role-based access control (RBAC) with hardware multi-factor authentication for editorial staff in Milan, and Absence of third-party JavaScript injection to safeguard data integrity and confidentiality.
15. Your Rights as a Data Subject Under Articles 15–22 GDPR
Under the GDPR, users in Italy and the European Union enjoy the following enforceable rights free of charge:
- Right of Access (Art. 15): Obtain confirmation of whether we process your personal data and receive a copy;
- Right to Rectification (Art. 16): Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete contact details;
- Right to Erasure / "Right to Be Forgotten" (Art. 17): Request immediate deletion of any correspondence held by our desk;
- Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18) & Data Portability (Art. 20): Obtain your data in a structured, machine-readable format;
- Right to Object (Art. 21) & Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3)): Withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior lawful processing.
To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We respond to all verified requests within 30 calendar days as mandated by Article 12(3) GDPR.
16. Right to Lodge a Complaint with the Italian Garante Privacy
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the GDPR or the Italian Personal Data Protection Code, you have the right under Article 77 GDPR and Article 140-bis of Legislative Decree 196/2003 to lodge a formal complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority:
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Piazza Venezia 11, 00187 Roma (RM), Italy
Official Portal: www.garanteprivacy.it | Telephone: +39 06 696771