Privacy Policy

1. Information We Do Not Collect

Hoko Games is designed to be completely open and frictionless:

• No user accounts: You do not need to register, create a username, or set up a password to browse or play any game on our website.
• No payment details: All games are 100% free to play. We do not ask for credit card numbers, bank information, or billing addresses.
• No personal profiles: We do not build personal profiles, track your real name, or collect telephone numbers.

2. Information Collected Automatically

When you browse our website or play games, certain technical data is collected automatically through standard internet protocols and web server logs. This information includes:

• Browser type, version, and language preference
• Operating system and device category (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• Screen resolution and display characteristics
• Pages viewed, game pages visited, and interaction timestamps
• Referring website URLs and search queries that brought you to Hoko Games
• Approximate geographical location based on IP address (country or city level)
• Technical error logs and performance metrics to help us detect and resolve server issues

We use this aggregate, non-personally identifiable information solely to understand which games are popular, monitor website speed, ensure mobile responsiveness, and keep the platform running reliably.

3. Cookies and Local Browser Storage

We use standard browser technologies, including cookies and HTML5 local storage, to enhance your visit and remember your preferences:

4. Advertising and Third-Party Vendors

To keep our catalog of online games completely free for everyone, Hoko Games displays advertisements provided by third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies, device identifiers, and web beacons to serve advertisements based on your prior visits to Hoko Games or other websites across the internet.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our website and/or other websites on the internet.
• Depending on your location and consent choices, advertisements may be personalized (tailored to your interests) or non-personalized (contextual, based on the content of the page).
• In regions requiring explicit consent (such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland), non-essential advertising cookies are only activated in accordance with applicable consent frameworks.

5. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, trade, or monetize your personal information. Information is only shared in the limited circumstances outlined below:

• Service Providers: We work with trusted hosting, content delivery networks (CDNs), and cloud infrastructure providers to keep our website fast and available.
• Advertising and Analytics Partners: As described above, technical identifiers and aggregated usage data may be processed by analytics and advertising networks to measure traffic and support the website.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required to do so by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect the safety, security, and integrity of Hoko Games and our visitors.

6. Data Security and Retention

We implement industry-standard technical measures to safeguard information and maintain a secure browsing experience, including HTTPS encryption across all pages.

Because Hoko Games does not require accounts or store personal user databases, we do not retain personal profiles. Technical server logs are retained only as long as necessary for security auditing, network monitoring, and system optimization, after which they are routinely cleared or anonymized.

While we work continuously to protect our platform, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is 100% immune from vulnerabilities. We encourage visitors to keep their web browsers updated to the latest security versions.

7. Children's Privacy

Protecting the online privacy of children is of paramount importance to us. Hoko Games offers a collection of casual online browser games suitable for a general audience.

• We do not require user registration or ask children to submit their name, address, email, or any other personal contact information.
• We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where required by applicable local law, such as the EU GDPR).
• If we discover that personal contact information from a child has been collected through our contact form without verified parental consent, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our records.

Parents or guardians with questions or concerns regarding their child's online activity or privacy can contact our team directly at support@hokogames.com.

8. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR, CCPA & Global Rights)

Depending on your country or region of residence, you may have specific legal rights regarding personal data under regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).

• Right to Know and Access: You have the right to know what categories of personal data are collected and how they are processed.
• Right to Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your information. Because our platform does not maintain user accounts or personal profiles, you can immediately erase your favorite games and play history by clearing your browser's local storage.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale or Targeted Advertising: We do not sell personal data. You can opt out of interest-based advertising or adjust your preferences directly through your browser or device settings.
• Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising your legal privacy rights.

If you wish to submit a privacy-related request or have questions about how these rights apply, please contact us at support@hokogames.com. We will review and respond to valid requests in accordance with applicable laws.

9. External Links

Our website may contain hyperlinks to third-party websites, developer homepages, or social media pages. Hoko Games does not operate, control, or endorse external websites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to their data collection practices.

When navigating away from Hoko Games to external websites, we recommend reading the privacy policies of those third-party sites before providing any information.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect operational updates, new platform features, changes in third-party services, or evolving legal obligations.

Whenever modifications occur, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we maintain your privacy.