GamePins Cookie Policy
Welcome to Gamepins! We are a provider of casual browser games, including Big City Adventure, Quinn's Aquarium, Solitaire Gardens, Mahjong Cruise, and Mahjong Getaway. The gamepins.com site (site) and the Gamepins games (games) available on the site are published and maintained by us, Jolly Bear Games Limited, NZ company no. 8179884.
We use cookies
Our site uses cookies. "Cookies" are a small block of text placed on the computer that you are using to access the internet. Cookies are generally used to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information.
We do not follow browser "do not track signals". You can change the settings on your browser to reject some cookies, but this may reduce the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies specifically controlled by us:
We use the cookies to allow our site to function properly. In further detail, we use cookies to:
- allow our users to stay signed in across sessions via the use of JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- hold temporary user IDs that link to our database records
- store whether a player has ever signed in before on the device being used
- store the temporary player user ID after sign-in to help with any data recovery problems if the transition to a signed-in account causes an error
- store the "invite code" if a player has clicked on a friend's invitation link, so that they can be credited with a gift when they do sign in
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser to not accept cookies. Your device should also allow you to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do remove cookies, you may not be able to access some or all of our games, our site, or other features.
Cookies controlled by third parties
As described in our terms, payments you make to us are managed by our third-party payment providers, PayPal and Stripe.
PayPal and Stripe may use cookies on their respective website for various reasons, including to facilitate efficient processing of payments.
We may also link our services to other third parties, who may also use cookies. We have no access to or control over cookies used by these companies or third-party websites. It is your responsibility to check the third-party websites for more information about their use of cookies and how to manage them. You are encouraged to read and understand any applicable third party cookies policies.
Local storage
We also use local storage items to check:
- whether our users have chosen light or dark mode for the user interface
- whether the challenge panel on the home page is expanded or not
- the selected game resolution (if the user is not using the default value)
- whether the game rotation reminder is turned off
These items are stored in local storage, which is device specific, and are not stored on our servers.
Third party analytics
Beyond the personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, we may utilize analytics tools including third party technologies, such as Google Analytics and Facebook Analytics, to collect non-personal information through our games and through "application program interfaces" (also known as "APIs", which are (essentially) a "gateway" through which different organisations may efficiently share information with one another).
Certain types of information, including geolocation, device type, onsite Site usage and behaviour, demographic data, purchase history and game play statistics (e.g. game play time), is collected and aggregated for our analysis. Users may learn more about Google Analytics by visiting the Google Privacy and Terms page at www.google.com/policies.
You may opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics by following the processes set by Google, including the guidance available at: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Questions
If you have any questions regarding this cookies policy, please contact us via email at privacy@gamepins.com. You may also write to us at our service address, 28 Constellation Drive, Rosedale, Auckland, 0632, New Zealand.
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This cookies policy was last updated on 1 May, 2025.