VillageInTheShade.com is a public fan-made content site. You can browse the site without creating an account, submitting a profile or logging in.

We may collect basic technical and usage information through analytics tools, such as pages visited, approximate location, device type, browser type, referring pages and interaction events. This information helps us understand which guides are useful and where the site needs improvement.

This site uses Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity to measure traffic, improve navigation and understand how visitors interact with pages. These services may use cookies or similar technologies to process usage data.

If Google AdSense advertising is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and similar identifiers to serve, measure and limit advertising. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this site or other sites.

Where required, visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland will be shown a Google-certified consent message before advertising or measurement technologies that require consent are used. You can accept, reject or manage purposes and vendors through that message and later reopen the privacy choices control.

You can opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. You can also review available third-party advertising opt-outs at aboutads.info. Browser settings and privacy extensions may provide additional controls.

Analytics and advertising choices do not affect the site's core guide content. Some preferences are stored in local storage or cookies so the site can remember your choice.

If you contact us by email, we may receive your email address and any information you choose to include in the message. We use that information only to read, respond to and manage your request.

Contact email: [email protected]

The site may link to third-party websites such as official publisher pages, storefronts, search engines, analytics providers or social platforms. Their websites and services are governed by their own privacy policies.

We do not control how third-party websites collect or use information after you leave VillageInTheShade.com.

This site is intended as a general game information website and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through email or another contact method, please contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

Analytics data is retained according to the settings and policies of the analytics providers we use. Email messages may be retained as long as needed to respond to the request, handle site operations or maintain reasonable records.

We may update this Privacy Policy when the site changes, when new features are added or when analytics and operational tools are adjusted.

Last updated: July 29, 2026.