Privacy Policy
Who We Are
The internet address of our web site is: https://app.switch-roms.com.
Switch-ROMs is an informational site that offers information regarding Nintendo Switch games, NSP/XCI data, emulator compatibility notes, and associated materials, aimed to educate and archive information.
Comments
We store the data displayed on the comments form, the IP address of the visitor and browser user-agent string to aid in spam detection when the visitor comments on the site.
An anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment gets approved, your profile picture is exposed to people in relation to your comment.
Media
When posting pictures on the site, you are advised not to post pictures with embedded location information (EXIF GPS). Users of the site are able to download and extract any location information on images on the site.
Cookies
When making a comment on our site, you can choose to store your name, email address and web site on cookies. This is to make it convenient to you in order not to have to fill your details once again as you leave another comment. These cookies have a shelf life of a year.
When you go to our login page, we will place a temporary cookie to see whether or not your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not hold any personal information and is destroyed by your closing your browser.
When you log in we use a few cookies to remember your login details and display settings:
- The life of login cookies is two days.
- The screen option cookies have a life of one year.
- When you choose Rememeber Me, you are logged in to last two weeks.
- Leaving the system deletes any cookies of logging in.
In the event that you edit or publish an article, another cookie will be placed in your browser. It does not have any personal information and shows the post ID of the article you edited. This has a duration of one day.
Embedded Content of other websites:
This site has articles which can contain embedded material (videos, pictures, external articles). Embedded content of other websites acts in the same manner as they would be acting in case the visitor had gone to the external website.
Such third-party sites can gather information about you, set cookies, add other third-party trackers, and track your engagement with the embedded content, such as tracking your activity when you have an account and are logged in to the embedded site.
Analytics & Logs
Server logs, security plugins, CDN services, and analytics services can be used by app.switch-roms.com to optimize website performance, filter abuse, and optimize user experience. These logs can contain:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device information
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
These logs are not employed to retrieve or determine any information, they are employed to monitor performance, optimize, and enable security.
The Period of the Data Retention:
When you comment, the comment and its metadata is stored permanently. This assists us to identify and accept follow-up remarks more effectively.
To registered users (assuming any) we store the personal information submitted in the user profile. Users are free to add or modify or delete their personal information anytime (except usernames). That information is also viewable and can be edited by web site administrators.
What Rights You Have on Your Data:
In case you have an account on this site or have posted comments, you can request an exported file of the personal information that we have about you, including any information that you posted.
You can also ask us to delete any personal information that we have about you. This does not encompass information that we must retain in administrative, legal or security reasons.
Where We Share Your Data:
The comments by visitors can be screened with a spam filter, e.g. Akismet or other anti-spam programs.
Content Disclaimer
No copyrighted files are kept on app.switch-roms.com.
We only provide:
- Game information
- Metadata
- Compatibility information
- Emulator notes
- Educational content
Any external links, files or downloads mentioned in the comments or user created content is the responsibility of the owner.