Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 25, 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to SuperMarioGuides.com (https://supermarioguides.com).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use and protect it, which third-party services may process your data, and what rights you have under applicable data protection laws.
Our website provides video game walkthroughs, guides, tutorials, screenshots, videos and other gaming-related content.
We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the German Telecommunications-Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), where applicable.
2. Data Controller
The person responsible for processing personal data on this website is:
Frederik Kocher
SuperMarioGuides.com
Hamburger Str. 12
04129 Leipzig
Germany
Email: joko@mariofans.de
Website: https://supermarioguides.com
For questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the email address above.
3. Information We Collect When You Visit Our Website
When you visit SuperMarioGuides.com, certain technical information may be collected automatically to deliver the website and maintain its security and functionality.
This information may include:
- Your IP address
- Date and time of access
- Pages and resources requested
- Referring website or URL
- Browser type and version
- Operating system and device information
- HTTP status codes and technical error information
- Amount of data transferred
These data may be processed in server log files for technical purposes, including website delivery, troubleshooting, preventing unauthorized access and investigating security incidents.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests are ensuring the functionality, stability and security of our website.
Server log information is retained only for as long as necessary for the relevant technical or security purpose, unless a longer retention period is required to investigate an incident or comply with legal obligations.
4. Website Hosting
SuperMarioGuides.com uses a web hosting service provider to make its content available online.
To operate the website, our hosting provider may process technical information, including IP addresses, connection details, server requests and error logs. Such processing is necessary to deliver website content, maintain server functionality and protect against attacks and technical failures.
Where the hosting provider processes personal data on our behalf, we arrange for appropriate data protection safeguards, including a data processing agreement where required by Article 28 GDPR.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in providing a secure and functional website.
We retain hosting-related personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the relevant purpose, subject to applicable contractual and statutory retention requirements.
5. Contacting Us
If you contact us by email or through our website’s contact form, we process the information you provide to respond to your enquiry.
Depending on the information you submit, this may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The subject of your enquiry
- The contents of your message
- Any other information you voluntarily provide
Our website uses a WordPress contact form solution, including Contact Form 7 where configured, to receive and process enquiries.
We use this information exclusively for handling your request, maintaining relevant correspondence and taking any necessary follow-up action.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for other correspondence based on our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries.
Where applicable, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR may apply if we are required to retain particular records for legal reasons.
Contact information is deleted when the enquiry has been fully resolved and the information is no longer necessary, unless applicable legal obligations or legitimate interests require further retention.
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information through our contact form unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
6. Comments and User-Submitted Content
Where commenting is enabled, visitors may leave comments on articles and gaming guides.
When you submit a comment, we may collect the information entered into the comment form, such as your name, email address, website address and comment text. We may also process your IP address and browser user-agent information to help detect spam and misuse.
Approved comments may be displayed publicly on the website. Your chosen display name, comment and any associated publicly enabled profile image may therefore be visible to other visitors.
We process comment data to maintain discussions, respond to questions and prevent spam or abusive content.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in operating and moderating our comment sections and protecting the website against misuse.
Comments and associated metadata may remain stored for as long as the relevant discussion is published and the information is needed for moderation or record-keeping purposes. You may contact us to request deletion of your personal data, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
Gravatar
Our WordPress comment system may use Gravatar, a service operated by Automattic, to display profile images.
Where Gravatar is enabled, a hash derived from your email address may be transmitted to Gravatar to determine whether a corresponding profile image exists. A hash is not necessarily anonymous and may still constitute personal data.
Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile image may appear publicly alongside your comment.
Further information about Automattic’s data processing practices is available at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Spam Protection
We use spam protection measures, including the WordPress plugin Antispam Bee, to identify and prevent unwanted comments.
Depending on its configuration, information such as comment contents, IP addresses and browser details may be evaluated to distinguish legitimate comments from spam.
Our stated Antispam Bee configuration performs spam checks on our website infrastructure without routinely forwarding comment contents to an external anti-spam service.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in preventing spam, automated abuse and malicious activity.
7. User Accounts and Login Data
Where user registration or login functionality is available, WordPress may process account-related information, including usernames, email addresses, password hashes and account settings.
This information is used to authenticate users, manage access permissions and protect the website against unauthorized activity.
WordPress may also store cookies required to maintain login sessions and remember administrative display preferences.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where account processing is necessary to provide requested account services, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for website security and access management.
Account information is generally retained for the duration of the account and deleted when the account is removed, unless applicable legal obligations require longer storage.
Passwords are not intended to be stored in plain text.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate essential functions, remember preferences, analyse website usage and, where applicable, display advertising.
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Similar technologies may include local storage, tracking pixels and comparable browser-based mechanisms.
We distinguish between the following categories:
Essential cookies: These are necessary for core website functions, security, consent management and other services explicitly requested by visitors.
Preference cookies: These may remember settings and choices to improve the user experience.
Statistics cookies: These may help us understand how visitors use our website and which content performs well.
Marketing cookies: These may be used by advertising providers to measure advertising performance or display personalized advertisements.
Under Section 25 TDDDG, storing information on your device or accessing information already stored there generally requires your consent unless a statutory exception applies, such as where the technology is strictly necessary to provide a service you explicitly requested.
Where personal data is processed through optional cookies or similar technologies on the basis of consent, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Managing and Withdrawing Consent
When visiting our website, you can manage your preferences through our cookie consent interface.
You may accept or reject optional categories of cookies and change your preferences later.
To review or withdraw consent, use the “Manage Consent” or “Einwilligung verwalten” option available on the website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
You can also delete cookies or restrict their use through your browser settings. However, blocking essential cookies may affect certain website functions.
9. Consent Management
We use a consent management mechanism to record visitors‘ choices regarding optional cookies and third-party services.
For this purpose, the system may process information such as consent selections, the time of a consent decision, a consent identifier and technical information needed to demonstrate or apply the selected preferences.
This processing helps us remember your preferences and meet applicable accountability obligations.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(c) GDPR where processing is necessary to comply with legal requirements, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR where necessary for the secure and reliable administration of consent preferences.
Information about consent decisions is retained for as long as necessary to document and administer those decisions, taking account of applicable legal requirements.
10. Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by:
Google Ireland Limited
Gordon House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
Google Analytics helps us understand how visitors interact with SuperMarioGuides.com. This may include information about page views, visitor interactions, approximate location, device type, browser characteristics, traffic sources and other usage events.
Depending on the technical configuration, Google Analytics may use cookies or other online identifiers to distinguish interactions and measure website performance.
We use analytics information to improve our gaming guides, identify technical problems, understand which articles are useful and develop the website further.
Analytics processing requiring consent is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, together with Section 25 TDDDG where cookies or comparable technologies are involved.
You can withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie preferences.
Google Analytics data is retained in accordance with the applicable analytics settings and retention controls and is not intended to be kept longer than necessary for the stated purposes.
Further information:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google also provides information about analytics data processing at:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362
11. Google AdSense and Advertising
Our website uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Google AdSense enables advertising to be displayed alongside our gaming guides and other content.
Depending on the advertising configuration and your consent preferences, Google and its advertising partners may process information such as:
- IP address and technical connection data
- Browser and device information
- Advertising identifiers
- Cookie or local-storage information
- Advertising interactions and impressions
- Approximate location information
- Information relevant to advertising measurement and personalization
Where required, non-essential advertising cookies and personalized advertising are subject to your consent.
Legal basis: Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25 TDDDG for consent-based technologies and related personal data processing.
Depending on the available advertising modes and applicable legal requirements, non-personalized or limited advertising may be displayed without using the same personalization technologies.
You may review or withdraw advertising-related consent through our cookie management interface.
Google provides further information about its advertising technologies at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
You may also review advertising personalization settings at:
https://myadcenter.google.com/
12. Google Fonts
Our website may use Google Fonts, a service provided by Google, to display fonts consistently across different devices and browsers.
Where fonts are loaded directly from Google’s servers, your browser establishes a connection to Google infrastructure. During this request, technical information, including your IP address and browser details, may be transmitted.
The purpose of this processing is to provide consistent typography and visual presentation.
Where externally hosted fonts involve processing that requires consent, the legal basis is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
If fonts are delivered directly from our own website infrastructure, no connection to Google is necessary for retrieving those font files.
Further information:
https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq
https://policies.google.com/privacy
13. Embedded Videos, Images and Third-Party Content
Our gaming guides may contain embedded content from third-party websites, including videos, images and other interactive media.
Depending on the relevant content provider, viewing or activating embedded content may cause your browser to connect to third-party servers.
Such providers may receive technical information, including your IP address, browser details and the page from which the content is accessed. They may also use cookies or comparable technologies, subject to their own practices and applicable consent requirements.
Where necessary, third-party content must be activated only after you have provided the required consent.
If you choose to open an external video, image or other embedded resource, the privacy policy of the relevant provider may also apply.
YouTube Videos
Some pages may feature videos hosted by YouTube, a service operated by Google.
When a YouTube video is loaded, Google may process technical connection data and, depending on the configuration and your preferences, information about interactions with the video.
Where required, we rely on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and the relevant consent requirements under Section 25 TDDDG.
YouTube’s privacy information is available at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Maps and External Location Links
Our contact page may contain a link to Google Maps.
When you follow an external Google Maps link, you leave our website and Google may process information in accordance with its own privacy policy.
If Google Maps is embedded directly within our website, loading the map may also transmit technical data to Google. Such integrations are subject to applicable consent requirements.
14. External Links and Partner Websites
SuperMarioGuides.com contains links to external websites, including gaming resources, video platforms and partner websites.
Some of these links lead to related websites such as Mariofans.de and ZeldaCollection.de.
We do not control the privacy practices of independently operated third-party websites.
When you follow an external link, the destination website may collect information about your visit in accordance with its own privacy policy.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of external websites before submitting personal information.
Ordinary links do not, by themselves, mean that we transmit personal information about you directly to the destination website before you click them.
15. Sharing Personal Data
We do not disclose personal data to unrelated third parties without an appropriate legal basis.
However, personal data may be processed by service providers or other recipients where necessary to operate our website or provide requested services.
Depending on the relevant functionality, recipients may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers
- Technical maintenance and IT service providers
- Email and communication service providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising and consent management providers
- Third-party content providers
- Public authorities, where disclosure is legally required
Where service providers process personal data on our behalf, we use appropriate contractual and organizational safeguards as required by applicable data protection law.
16. International Data Transfers
Some providers used by our website operate internationally, including outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
This may involve the transfer of personal data to countries such as the United States.
Where transfers take place, we rely on an appropriate mechanism under Chapter V GDPR. Depending on the provider and processing arrangement, these safeguards may include:
- An adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission;
- The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, where the receiving U.S. organization is certified and covered by the relevant adequacy decision;
- European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), where appropriate;
- Additional technical and organizational safeguards where necessary.
Google LLC has stated that it participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The applicable transfer mechanism depends on the Google service and the entities involved.
Further information about Google’s international data transfers is available at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks
You may contact us if you would like further information about safeguards applicable to your personal data.
17. How Long We Keep Personal Data
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless applicable law requires or permits a longer retention period.
The applicable retention period depends on the category of information:
Server logs: Retained as necessary for website operation, troubleshooting and security, subject to the hosting configuration and any incident-related requirements.
Contact enquiries: Retained until the enquiry is resolved and any relevant follow-up or legal retention requirements have been satisfied.
Comments: Retained for the duration of publication and moderation needs, unless deletion is requested or another lawful retention reason applies.
User accounts: Retained while the relevant account remains active, subject to necessary legal or security-related retention.
Analytics data: Retained according to the applicable analytics retention settings and consent choices.
Cookies and consent records: Retained according to their technical function, configured expiration periods and applicable legal requirements.
When personal data is no longer necessary, it is deleted or anonymized unless continued retention is legally justified.
18. Your Rights Under the GDPR
If the GDPR applies to the processing of your personal data, you may have the following rights, subject to the conditions and exceptions set out in the law:
Right of access (Article 15): You may request information about the personal data we process concerning you.
Right to rectification (Article 16): You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure (Article 17): You may request deletion of your personal data where the relevant legal requirements are met.
Right to restriction of processing (Article 18): You may request that we restrict certain processing activities in the circumstances provided by law.
Right to data portability (Article 20): Where applicable, you may request to receive personal data you provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to object (Article 21): You may object to processing based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation. You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
Right to withdraw consent (Article 7(3)): Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.
In Germany, you may contact the data protection authority responsible for the relevant federal state. For Saxony, this is the Saxon Data Protection and Transparency Commissioner (Sächsische Datenschutz- und Transparenzbeauftragte).
You may also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or the location of the alleged infringement.
To exercise your rights, please contact:
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests to protect your personal information against unauthorized disclosure.
19. Data Security
We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, misuse and unlawful disclosure.
These measures may include encrypted HTTPS connections, access restrictions, website security controls, software updates and measures designed to protect our hosting infrastructure.
Despite these precautions, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing data electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We continuously review the security measures appropriate to the nature and risks of our processing activities.
20. Children’s Privacy
Our website provides gaming guides that may be of interest to visitors of different ages, including children.
We do not intentionally request sensitive personal information from children or require visitors to disclose unnecessary personal details to read our gaming guides.
Where a child wishes to use an interactive feature that involves providing personal data, such as a contact form or comment section, parental or guardian involvement may be appropriate. Where applicable law requires parental authorization for consent-based processing, that authorization must be obtained.
If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
21. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal effects concerning visitors or similarly significantly affects them within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.
This does not exclude automated technical processes used for website security, spam detection, analytics or advertising, as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect changes in our website, technical services, legal requirements or data processing activities.
The latest version will always be available on SuperMarioGuides.com.
If significant changes affect how we process personal data, we will provide additional information where required by applicable law.
We encourage visitors to review this policy periodically.
23. Contact
For questions about data protection, requests concerning your personal data or further information about our privacy practices, please contact:
Frederik Kocher
SuperMarioGuides.com
Hamburger Str. 12
04129 Leipzig
Germany
Email: joko@mariofans.de
Website: https://supermarioguides.com
Last updated: October 25, 2026