Privacy Policy
What Parryline collects, why it collects it, how long it keeps it, and how to make it stop.
Short version: this is a static guide site. There are no accounts, comments or newsletters, and you can read every page without giving us anything. Analytics stay off until you allow them where consent is required, and you can change that choice at any time.
1. Who is responsible for your data
The data controller for this site is Parryline, an independent editorial project that publishes Phantom Blade Zero guides. The site is a static publication hosted on Cloudflare Pages; there is no company behind it other than the publisher named on the About page.
For any privacy question, request or complaint, email [email protected]. If you need a postal address for a formal notice, ask through that address and we will provide the current one. We do not use a data protection officer because the site does not carry out large-scale monitoring or processing of special-category data.
2. What we collect
| Category | What it includes | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Technical logs | IP address, requested URL, timestamp, user agent, HTTP status | Cloudflare, automatically, for every request |
| Usage data | Pages viewed, referring page, approximate country, browser and device type, screen size | Analytics, only after consent where required |
| Advertising data | Cookie and device identifiers, ad impressions and clicks, approximate location | Google AdSense, only when advertising is enabled and permitted |
| Correspondence | Your email address, name if you sign it, attachments and anything else you send | You, when you contact us |
| Consent record | Your analytics and advertising choices, a timestamp and the policy version | Your browser, stored locally on your device |
We do not ask for and do not knowingly collect special-category data (health, religion, political opinions, biometric data), and we do not run a login, checkout or comment system that would create a profile of you.
3. Why we process it, and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6) |
|---|---|
| Serving pages and protecting the site from abuse | Legitimate interests — operating a secure website |
| Measuring which guides are read and where readers leave | Consent, where required; otherwise legitimate interests in improving the site |
| Showing advertising, including personalised advertising | Consent, where required; otherwise legitimate interests in funding the site |
| Answering your emails and correction requests | Legitimate interests — responding to you; consent where you initiated the contact |
| Keeping a record of your cookie choice | Legal obligation — demonstrating compliant consent |
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time through the cookie settings button above or in the footer. Withdrawal does not affect processing that happened before it.
4. Cookies and local storage
Necessary storage is always active because the site cannot work without it. Analytics and advertising storage only starts after you allow it in the regions where consent is required. Rejecting all non-essential storage is as easy as accepting it, and the banner never blocks the page.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
parryline_consent | Parryline (local storage, not a cookie) | Remembers your analytics and advertising choice, the policy version and the time you chose | Necessary | Until you clear site data |
__cf_bm | Cloudflare | Distinguishes humans from bots and protects the origin | Necessary | About 30 minutes |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4, only if enabled | Distinguishes visitors and sessions so traffic can be counted | Analytics | Up to 2 years |
IDE, __gads, __gpi | Google AdSense, only when advertising is enabled | Ad delivery, frequency capping, fraud prevention and personalisation | Advertising | Up to 13 months, varies by cookie |
Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is the default measurement tool here, is cookieless and does not fingerprint visitors. If we switch to Google Analytics 4, the _ga rows above apply and the change is covered by the same consent choice.
5. Analytics
We use analytics to answer one question: which guides help and which ones send people back to search. The reports we see are aggregate — page views, referrers, country, device class. We do not attempt to identify individual readers, and we do not connect analytics data to the emails people send us.
6. Advertising
Parryline may display advertising through Google AdSense. When advertising is enabled:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings.
- You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies at aboutads.info/choices or youronlinechoices.com.
In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, advertising and analytics scripts do not load until you opt in through the consent banner. Google is the seller or processor for the ad data it collects; we do not receive your individual ad profile.
7. Who receives your data
- Cloudflare — hosting, CDN, bot protection and, by default, cookieless analytics.
- Google — AdSense and, if enabled, Google Analytics 4.
- Affiliate networks — only if a guide contains affiliate links, and only when you click one. The affiliate disclosure explains this.
- Email providers — the service behind the addresses above, which processes messages you choose to send.
We do not sell personal information. We do not share data with data brokers. We may disclose information if we are legally required to, or to protect the site from abuse.
8. International transfers
Cloudflare and Google operate globally, so data may be processed in the United States, Singapore, the European Union and other countries. Where personal data leaves the EEA or the UK, transfers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK Addendum, together with the providers' supplementary security measures. You can ask us for the relevant safeguards by emailing the privacy address above.
9. How long we keep data
| Data | Retention |
|---|---|
| Server and security logs | Up to 30 days, then deleted or aggregated |
| Aggregate analytics | Up to 14 months in the analytics dashboard |
| Consent record | Until you clear site data or the policy version changes, whichever comes first |
| Emails you send | Up to 24 months after the request is resolved, so we can show what was corrected |
| Advertising data | Controlled by Google under its own retention schedule; we do not hold a copy |
10. Your rights
If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you have the right to:
- access the personal data we hold about you;
- correct inaccurate data;
- delete data (the right to be forgotten);
- restrict or object to processing;
- receive your data in a portable format;
- withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise any of these, email [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy request”. We reply within one month, and we will tell you if a complex request needs the two-month extension the law allows. We may ask one clarifying question to confirm the request relates to you, but we will not ask for ID unless the request concerns data we cannot otherwise match.
You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. In the UK that is the Information Commissioner's Office; in the EEA it is the authority in the country where you live or work. We would rather fix the problem first, so please contact us as well.
11. Automated decisions and profiling
We do not make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you. Personalised advertising involves profiling by Google — it infers interests from browsing behaviour to choose ads. That profiling is controlled by Google, is based on your consent where required, and can be switched off through the cookie settings or the Google links above.
12. California residents (CCPA / CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what categories of personal information are collected, to request deletion, to correct inaccurate information, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information for money.
When personalised advertising is active, the use of cookies for cross-context behavioural advertising can count as “sharing” under the CPRA. To opt out, use and turn advertising off, or send a request to [email protected]. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights — every page stays available, and nothing is paywalled.
We respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days, with one 45-day extension where reasonably necessary.
13. Children
This site is written for players old enough to buy and play Phantom Blade Zero, and it is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
14. Changes to this policy
The version and date at the top of this page identify the current policy. Material changes — enabling advertising, switching analytics provider, changing retention — get a new version number, and the consent banner will ask again because your earlier choice was recorded against the old version. Typo fixes and clarifications do not change the version.
15. Contact
Privacy requests: [email protected]. Corrections and general questions: [email protected] or the contact page. Copyright issues have their own route on the copyright page.
This policy is written in plain English on purpose. If anything is unclear, ask us and we will explain it. Last updated .