Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how MightyXen.com (the “Website”) handles information when you visit and use the Website.

MightyXen.com is an independent fan and preservation website dedicated to the original Half-Life and its community. The Website respects the privacy of its visitors and aims to collect only the information reasonably necessary to operate, maintain and improve the Website.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, certain technical information may be recorded automatically when you access MightyXen.com. This may include information such as:

• Your Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and version
• Device and operating system information
• The date and time of your visit
• Pages and resources requested from the Website
• The website or page that referred you to MightyXen.com
• Technical information relating to errors, security and server activity

This information may be contained within server logs and may be used for purposes such as maintaining the Website, identifying technical problems, preventing abuse, monitoring security and understanding general use of the Website.

Information You Provide

If you contact MightyXen.com, you may voluntarily provide information such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.

This information will be used for the purpose of responding to your enquiry, dealing with a copyright or attribution request, considering a contribution to the Website or otherwise communicating with you about the reason for which you made contact.

Please do not provide personal information that is not reasonably necessary for your enquiry.

Cookies

MightyXen.com may use cookies and similar technologies to provide and maintain Website functionality, remember preferences, understand how the Website is used and support advertising.

A cookie is a small piece of information stored on your device by a website or service. Some cookies are necessary for a website to function, while others may be used for purposes such as preferences, measurement or advertising.

Where required by applicable law, cookies that are not strictly necessary will not be used until the appropriate consent has been obtained. Where a consent system is provided, you may use it to accept, reject or manage the relevant choices available to you.

Google AdSense and Advertising

MightyXen.com may use Google AdSense to display advertisements on the Website.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with advertisements displayed on MightyXen.com. Depending upon your location, consent choices and applicable law, these technologies may be used to provide, measure and personalise advertising.

Advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based upon information associated with your visit to MightyXen.com and, where permitted, visits to other websites.

Where consent is required for advertising cookies or the processing of personal information for advertising purposes, MightyXen.com will seek to provide the appropriate consent choices before such processing takes place.

You can find further information about how Google uses information from websites and applications that use its services through Google’s own privacy and advertising information.

Cookie and Advertising Choices

Depending upon your location and the services in use on the Website, you may be presented with options to manage your consent to cookies and advertising technologies.

You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings. Please be aware that blocking certain cookies may affect the operation of some websites or services.

External Websites

MightyXen.com contains links to external websites, archives, community projects and other third party resources. Following a link to another website may allow that website to collect information in accordance with its own privacy policy.

MightyXen.com does not control the privacy practices of third party websites and this Privacy Policy does not apply to websites operated by other organisations or individuals.

Embedded Content

Pages on MightyXen.com may occasionally include embedded content from other websites or services, such as videos, images or other media.

Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the website from which that content originates. Those services may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies and record your interaction with the embedded content in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Downloads

MightyXen.com provides access to archived Half-Life maps, models, sprites, modifications and other community created files. Standard technical information relating to a download request may be recorded within Website or server logs in the same manner as other requests made to the Website.

MightyXen.com does not require visitors to create an account simply to access publicly available downloads unless expressly stated otherwise.

How Information Is Used

Information collected through or in connection with MightyXen.com may be used to:

• Operate and maintain the Website
• Respond to messages and enquiries
• Process copyright, attribution and content removal requests
• Identify and resolve technical problems
• Protect the Website against spam, abuse and malicious activity
• Understand general Website usage and performance
• Comply with applicable legal obligations
• Display and manage advertising where applicable

Sharing of Information

MightyXen.com does not sell your personal information.

Information may be processed or made available to service providers where reasonably necessary to operate the Website, such as hosting, security, advertising or other technical service providers. Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the Website, its operator, its users or the rights of another person.

Data Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or where retention is required for legal, security or administrative purposes.

Technical server logs may be retained for a limited period for security, troubleshooting and Website administration purposes.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending upon where you live and the circumstances in which your personal information is processed, you may have rights under applicable data protection law. These may include the right to request access to personal information held about you, request correction or deletion, object to or restrict certain processing and, where processing is based upon consent, withdraw that consent.

Visitors within Ireland and the European Economic Area may have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation and applicable Irish data protection law.

If you wish to make a request concerning personal information that you believe is held by MightyXen.com, please use the contact details provided on the Website.

Children’s Privacy

MightyXen.com is not intended to collect personal information from children. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to the Website in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please make contact so that the matter can be reviewed.

Security

Reasonable technical and administrative measures are used to protect the Website and information processed through it. However, no website or method of transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to MightyXen.com, the services used by the Website or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

The current version of this Privacy Policy will be published on this page.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a request concerning your personal information, please use the contact details provided on the MightyXen.com Contact page.