Cookie Policy

Updated 2026-11-12

Cookies on IO Games HQ

IO Games HQ sets no cookies of its own. The site does not run its own advertising, and it has no login, comment, chat or newsletter system that would need one. Page views are counted with Cloudflare Web Analytics, a cookieless tool that records aggregate visits such as page, referrer, country and browser type without cookies or cross-site tracking. The site is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes request logs including IP address and user agent for security and delivery.

The Save button under a game stores the game’s name in your own browser using localStorage. That entry stays on your device, we cannot see it, and removing the game from Saved or clearing site data in your browser deletes it. Your choice on the cookie banner is also stored in localStorage so the banner does not appear on every visit. Neither item is a cookie, and neither is sent to us.

What happens after you press Play

No third-party game or ad request is made before you press Play. When you do, the game player loads from its provider inside an iframe: html5.gamedistribution.com for GameDistribution games and www.y8.com for Y8 games. At that point the provider and its ad partners, including Google ad services, receive your IP address and browser data and may set cookies or use similar identifiers under their own policies. Ads shown inside the player come from the game provider, not from us, and we do not control them. The relevant policies are at gamedistribution.com/privacy-policy and y8.com/privacy.

How to control cookies

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and most browsers let you clear site data for a single site, which also removes the saved games list and the banner choice. Blocking third-party cookies may affect ads or features inside a game player, but the pages on this site will still load. Parents can use browser or device controls to limit ads and play time.

Questions about data

We have no user accounts and no forms that collect personal data, and we do not sell or share personal data. A visitor can ask us what we hold, and the answer is normally nothing beyond Cloudflare’s request logs. The contact page explains what to include in a request; a public email address is being set up and will be published there.