This Privacy Policy describes how Ryu News ("we", "us", or "our"), operated at ryunews.com, collects, uses, and shares information when you visit our website. By using our site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Log data: Your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs, and other usage statistics — collected automatically by our hosting provider (Cloudflare).
  • Cookies: Small text files stored on your device by your browser. We and our advertising partners use cookies to personalise content and ads and to analyse traffic.
  • Contact form submissions: If you contact us via our Contact page, we collect your name, email address, and message content.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

  • Deliver and improve the content and functionality of our website
  • Understand how visitors use our site (analytics)
  • Display relevant advertisements through our advertising partners
  • Respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form

3. Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

For more information on how Google uses data when you use our site, please see Google's Privacy & Terms.

4. Third-Party Services

Our website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and uses Cloudflare Workers for API services. Cloudflare may collect technical information as part of its network security and performance operations. Please refer to Cloudflare's Privacy Policy for details.

5. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function (e.g., game progress saved to localStorage).
  • Analytics cookies: Used to understand visitor behaviour and improve our site.
  • Advertising cookies: Set by Google AdSense to serve relevant ads.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some functionality of the site.

6. Data Retention

We do not store personal data beyond what is needed to operate the website. Contact form messages are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry.

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable data protection laws (such as the GDPR or PDPA) including the right to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

10. Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or via our Contact page.