This Cookie Policy explains how Venko Games uses cookies and related browser technologies on venkogames.com. It outlines what information is collected, how external services operate on the platform, and how you can control your settings.
Because our audience includes school-age children, COPPA and GDPR-K expectations apply to this site. There are no user accounts, logins, or stored passwords, and playing a game does not require registration. No data collected on this site is used to profile a child.
What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites that you visit. When you load a webpage, the website or external services integrated into the page can save a cookie in your web browser. As you browse between pages or return to the site later, your browser sends those files back, allowing tools to recognize your browser session.
Cookies can be categorized by who manages them. First-party cookies are created and managed directly by the website you are visiting—in this case, Venko Games. Third-party cookies are set by external organizations whose services appear on our pages, such as analytics platforms, advertising networks, or third-party game developers.
Cookies also differ in how long they last on your device. Session cookies exist while your browser is open and are removed once you shut it. Persistent cookies remain stored on your computer, tablet, or phone until they reach an expiration date or until you clear them manually through browser settings. Similar technologies, including local storage, hold small pieces of information directly inside your browser to remember settings between visits.
Why We Use Cookies
Venko Games uses cookies and technical browser records to operate the site, measure traffic, and display advertisements that support our free games. We do not maintain user accounts, require logins, or store passwords, meaning you can play games without registering an identity. However, basic technical data is necessary to run the service.
First-party data helps us manage website features cleanly. When you like or favourite a game, your IP address is stored so the same action is not counted twice. On-site searches record the search text, browser user-agent, referring page, and session identifier, with the IP address stored as an irreversible hash. When visitors submit comments or use the contact form, IP addresses and user-agent strings help us rate-limit requests to 3 per hour and block abusive senders.
External services also use cookies on our pages. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us understand visitor numbers and navigation patterns across the site. Google AdSense uses cookies to deliver advertisements, which help fund the site's ongoing hosting and operation. Additionally, third-party game creators embed their titles on our pages using iframes, and these external games set their own cookies to maintain game states, player progress, or local settings.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies and technical records are required for the basic functionality and security of the website. Without these mechanisms, core features such as submitting forms, recording site traffic correctly, and preventing automated abuse would not function as intended.
We log page views first-party to understand site usage. Each record includes the page path, page type, game identifier where there is one, device class, referring host, and a timestamp. We do not record the full referring URL, and no third party receives any of it. Raw page-view rows are deleted after 3 days; daily totals are kept beyond that. To count daily visitors without tracking individuals across multiple days, our visitor counter uses a hash combining a secret, the date, your IP address, and user-agent. Because the date is inside the hash, the same person counts once per day and cannot be linked from one day to the next.
Technical storage also supports our interactive features. When you submit a message through our contact form, we store your submitted name, email address, subject, message, IP address, and browser user-agent. Messages are readable by site administrators and kept until manually deleted. The IP address and user-agent allow us to enforce a submission limit of 3 messages per hour and block abusive senders. Game comments store the commenter name, optional email address, comment text, IP address, and user-agent string.
Analytics Cookies
Venko Games uses Google Analytics to measure how visitors arrive at and interact with the website. Google Analytics places cookies on your browser to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior data in an aggregated format.
These analytics cookies track metrics such as the pages you view, the time spent on particular game pages, the type of browser and device used, and general network data. This information helps us understand which games are popular, which categories receive the most interest, and where technical errors or slow loading times might occur. We review these reports to assess playability and usability across desktop and mobile devices.
The data generated by Google Analytics cookies is transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. Google uses this information on our behalf to compile reports on website activity. Because school-age children visit our site, data collected on Venko Games is not used to profile children. If you prefer not to have your site activity tracked by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or adjust your browser's cookie settings to reject analytics cookies.
Advertising Cookies
Venko Games is a free browser-games website. To keep the games accessible without charging subscription fees or requiring user registration, we display digital advertisements across our pages using Google AdSense.
Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve advertisements to visitors. These cookies allow Google and its advertising partners to recognize your device across different websites. Depending on your location, settings, and consent preferences, the ads served by Google AdSense may be personalised based on your prior browsing history and interests, or non-personalised based on the contextual content of the page you are viewing.
When advertising cookies are active, Google and third-party ad vendors receive information regarding your visit, such as your IP address and browser details. We do not build individual marketing profiles or collect personal account information on our platform. In accordance with COPPA and GDPR-K expectations, no data collected on our site may be used to profile a child. You can control how advertising cookies are used on your device by using industry opt-out tools or updating your Google ad settings.
Cookies Set by Embedded Games
Many of the games on Venko Games are provided by third-party creators and embedded onto our site using iframes. When you play an embedded game, that section of the page loads content directly from the third-party provider's servers.
Because these games load from external servers, the third-party providers set their own cookies and receive the visitor IP address. We do not control them. These external cookies may be used by the game developers to maintain in-game progress, save scores, remember player controls, or deliver technical assets required for the game to run.
Games on our site are selected based on playability, browser compatibility, usability, and overall player experience. Each game is reviewed before publication to confirm that it loads correctly, works in modern browsers, and fits the site’s categories. However, this Cookie Policy covers Venko Games directly, while the handling of data by iframe game hosts is governed by their respective practices. If you wish to restrict third-party game cookies, you can configure your browser to block third-party cookies.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You have direct control over how cookies are stored on your device. Web browsers provide settings that allow you to view, manage, delete, and block cookies through their preference menus.
If you wish to manage your cookie preferences, you can adjust your browser settings to accept cookies, alert you when a cookie is placed, or reject cookies. You can also configure your browser to block third-party cookies while allowing first-party cookies, which stops external advertisers and game hosts from saving cross-site identifiers. Instructions for managing cookies can be found in the privacy or settings menus of browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge.
Restricting or deleting cookies can affect your experience on the website. For example, blocking third-party cookies or local storage can prevent embedded iframe games from saving your game progress, settings, or scores between visits. Core server-side features, such as contact rate-limiting, search logging, and like counts, will continue to function according to our technical setup.
Opting Out of Personalised Advertising
If you prefer not to receive personalised advertisements from Google AdSense, you can opt out through available industry mechanisms. Opting out of personalised advertising does not stop ads from appearing on Venko Games; it means the advertisements served will be contextual rather than based on your browsing activity across other sites.
You can manage your Google advertising preferences directly through Google Ads Settings. There, you can turn off ad personalization across Google services and partner networks. In addition, you can use consumer opt-out tools provided by advertising self-regulatory bodies, such as the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance. In Europe, visitors can manage preferences through the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
When you opt out using these tools, an opt-out cookie is placed in your browser. If you delete your browser cookies, use a different browser, or change devices, you will need to apply your opt-out choices again. We maintain these practices in alignment with COPPA and GDPR-K expectations for school-age visitors.
Changes to This Notice
Venko Games has been running since 2021 and is operated from Spain, whose law governs these terms. We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our technical operations, analytics tools, or embedded game integrations. Revisions will be posted directly on this page, and visitors can check this notice periodically to stay informed about how cookies and technical data are handled.
Contact
Notices and requests about this page reach the operator at privacy [at] venkogames [dot] com; that mailbox exists and is monitored.