Legal
Privacy policy
GTADb collects as little as possible. This page explains exactly what is processed when you use the site, and why.
Effective
In short
- We use Google Analytics to measure visits and Google AdSense to show ads. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland both run only after you agree in the consent banner.
- No visitor accounts, and we ourselves set no tracking cookies.
- Your collectible progress stays in your own browser and is never sent to us.
- Messages from the contact form are kept only to answer them.
- Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play on a video.
Who is responsible
GTADb (gtadb.io) is run by ChickenNest, which is responsible for the processing described in this policy. You can reach us through the contact form.
Server logs and Cloudflare
Like every website, our servers receive technical data with each request: IP address, date and time, the requested address, the browser’s user agent and the referring page. We use these logs only to keep the site running and secure and to find errors, and keep them only as long as that requires. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a secure, working website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
The site is delivered through Cloudflare, which acts as our network and security provider (content delivery and protection against attacks) and processes this connection data on our behalf. In some cases Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie, for example to tell visitors apart from bots.
Cookies and browser storage
We ourselves do not set cookies for visitors. Google Analytics and Google AdSense can set cookies and similar identifiers – where the law requires it, only after your consent (see “Google Analytics and Google AdSense” below).
To remember your progress, the site uses your browser’s local storage: collectibles you mark as found are saved per game under keys such as gtadb:found:gta5 (pattern gtadb:found:{game}), and the same applies to your checklists. This data stays on your device, is never sent to our server and is not visible to us. You can delete it at any time by clearing the site data for gtadb.io in your browser.
YouTube videos
Videos first appear as a preview image served from our own server, so viewing a page does not contact YouTube. Only when you press play is the video loaded from youtube-nocookie.com, YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. From that moment Google receives data such as your IP address and may store information on your device, in line with Google’s own privacy policy.
Without JavaScript the preview is a plain link that opens the video on youtube.com.
Contact form
When you send a message through the contact form, we receive your email address, your message, the topic you chose, the language of the page and, if you enter it, your name. We use this only to read and answer your message (Art. 6(1)(b) and (f) GDPR).
Messages are stored on our own server, are not shared with anyone and are never used for marketing. We delete them once they are no longer needed to handle your request. To stop spam, the form contains a hidden trap field and limits how many messages can be sent in a short time.
Fonts, maps and images
Fonts, map tiles and video preview images are served from our own domain. Opening a page therefore does not contact Google Fonts, external map services or YouTube. Links to other websites are only followed when you click them.
Google Analytics and Google AdSense
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4, a service of Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland), to understand how the site is used: which pages are visited, for how long, from which country and on what kind of device. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga) and processes your IP address only in shortened form. The data is kept for at most 14 months. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
Google AdSense. To pay for the site we show ads through Google AdSense (Google Ireland Limited). Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies to deliver ads, limit how often you see the same ad and measure their performance. With your consent, ads can be personalised based on your interests; without it, Google shows only non-personalised or limited ads. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) and, for limited ads, our legitimate interest in funding the site (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Your choice. Visitors from the EEA, the UK and Switzerland see a consent banner from a Google-certified consent platform before these services can use cookies. Through Google Consent Mode, Google’s tags respect your choice. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the privacy settings link at the bottom of every page.
More information. Google may process data in the United States; Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy. You can turn off personalised ads in Google Ad Settings and block Google Analytics with the browser add-on.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, for example under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its processing and to receive it in a portable format. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.
To exercise these rights, write to us through the contact form.
Children
GTADb is not aimed at children. The Grand Theft Auto games are rated for adults (PEGI 18, ESRB Mature).
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the site changes. The date at the top of the page shows when the current version took effect.