Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for Sokta Online Games
Welcome to Sokta (https://sokta.online). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, play our free online games, or interact with our content.
By using Sokta, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our website.
1. Information We Collect
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Because you do not need to register or create an account to play games on Sokta, we do not collect personal information like your name, email address, or mailing address.
However, like most websites, we automatically collect certain technical information when you visit:
Device and Browser Information: Your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type (desktop, mobile, tablet), and language preferences.
Usage Data: The pages you visit, the games you play, time and date of your visit, time spent on games, clickstream data (how you navigate our site), and referring URLs (the site you came from).
Anonymous Identifiers: We may collect random, automatically generated user IDs to understand gameplay patterns without identifying you personally.
2. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like local storage) to enhance your experience on Sokta. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
We use the following types of cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. You cannot disable these.
Preference Cookies: These remember your choices, such as your preferred language or game settings, so you don't have to reset them each time.
Analytics/Performance Cookies: We use these to understand how visitors interact with our site (e.g., which games are most popular, how long visitors stay). This helps us improve our game selection and website performance.
Advertising Cookies: These are used by our advertising partners (see Section 5) to deliver relevant ads to you and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. They remember that you visited our site and may share this information with other advertisers.
Your Control: You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality or game performance.
3. Third-Party Service Providers
We use trusted third-party services to operate and improve Sokta. These providers have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect anonymized usage data. GA4 uses cookies to help us analyze how users interact with our website. This information is aggregated and anonymized before we see it. You can learn about Google's data practices here.
Hosting and CDN Services: We use third-party hosting providers to deliver our games and content quickly and securely. These providers may collect IP addresses and server logs for security and performance monitoring.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
Sokta displays advertisements served by Google AdSense and other ad networks to keep our games 100% free for all users.
Personalized Advertising: Google and third-party vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. This information includes your browsing behavior and interests.
The DoubleClick Cookie: Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve interest-based ads. You can opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
Google's Data Use: When you visit our site, Google may collect and use your IP address to serve ads. For more information on how Google uses data, please visit: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Other Ad Networks: We may also work with other ad networks. Each network uses its own tracking technologies and is governed by its own privacy policy.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the technical and usage data we collect for the following purposes:
To provide, operate, and maintain our free online games.
To improve, personalize, and expand our game library and website.
To understand and analyze how you use our website (which games are popular, how long you play, etc.).
To develop new games, features, and functionality.
To serve relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of our ad partners.
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or security breaches.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information (like your name or email address) because we do not collect it.
However, we may share anonymized, aggregated, or technical data in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We share data with trusted third parties (analytics providers, ad networks, hosting services) that help us operate our website.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required by law, to protect our rights, to prevent fraud, or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
7. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)
Sokta is a family-friendly website that is safe for children of all ages. However, in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States and similar laws internationally:
We do not knowingly collect any personal information (such as name, email address, or phone number) from children under the age of 13.
We do not require children to register or provide any personal details to play our games.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. We will take steps to delete that information from our servers.
8. Data Retention
We retain the technical and usage data described in Section 1 for as long as necessary to provide our services, for analytics purposes, and to comply with our legal obligations. Aggregated analytics data may be retained for longer periods.
9. Your Rights (GDPR and CCPA)
Depending on your location (e.g., if you are in the European Economic Area or California), you may have certain privacy rights.
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) – GDPR Rights:
Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate information.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can ask us to delete your data.
Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data.
Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a machine-readable format.
Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your data for direct marketing or legitimate interests.
If you are in California – CCPA Rights:
Right to Know: You can request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected.
Right to Delete: You can request that we delete personal information we have collected.
Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the "sale" of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information in the traditional sense (like your name and address). However, to comply with the CCPA, you can opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising by adjusting your browser settings or using the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link on our site.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: [Insert Your Email Address Here]
10. Security
We take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect the information we collect from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include using secure server environments and encryption where appropriate. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
11. International Data Transfers
Our website and servers are located in [Insert Your Country, e.g., the United States / France / Morocco]. If you are accessing our site from a country with different data protection laws, you consent to the transfer of your data to our country.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: [info@sokta.online]
Website: https://sokta.online
