Privacy Policy

This policy explains how World Gaming Best collects, holds and uses personal information through worldgamingbest.com. It is written for readers in Australia. Last updated 20 August 2026.

Who we are and how to reach us

World Gaming Best is an editorial information website operated from Melbourne, Victoria. We publish a shortlist of free-to-download social games on Google Play. We do not host those games, take in-app payments, or require an account to read the site.

Privacy questions, access requests and complaints should be sent to hello@worldgamingbest.com or posted to Level 14, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia. Telephone: +61 3 9663 2180, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. AEST.

What this policy covers

This policy applies to personal information handled through worldgamingbest.com, including the contact form, email to our published address, and technical logs created when you load a page. It does not cover Google Play, game publishers, GamCare, GambleAware, Gambling Help Online, or any other third-party site you open from a stall or footer link. Those services publish their own notices.

Information we collect

We collect what you choose to send us, plus a small amount of technical data that the hosting environment may record for security and uptime.

• From the contact form: full name, email address, telephone number and the text of your message.
• From email you send us: the address you write from, and whatever you include in the body or attachments.
• A single local-storage flag in your browser that records whether you closed the cookie notice on this domain.
• Server logs that may include IP address, date and time of the request, browser type, referring URL and pages requested. These logs are used to keep the site running and to investigate abuse.

We do not ask for government identity numbers, payment card details, or copies of identification documents. Please do not send those through the form.

How we use information

Enquiry details are used to reply to you, to keep a short record of the conversation, and to correct a stall if you tell us a listing is stale. The local-storage flag is used only so the cookie notice does not return on every page load.

• We do not sell personal information.
• We do not use enquiry data to build advertising profiles or to sell third-party ads on this site.
• We do not run a marketing list from contact-form submissions. If you write to us, we write back about that enquiry.
• We retain enquiry records only as long as needed for follow-up and ordinary record-keeping, then delete or archive them.

Legal bases and Australian privacy

Where the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles apply to this site, we handle personal information in line with those principles. We collect information that is reasonably necessary for the functions described above: answering readers, maintaining the shortlist, and keeping the website secure.

If we collect information from you, we take reasonable steps to let you know why, how it will be used, and who it may be disclosed to. This page is that notice for ordinary use of the site.

When we share information

We share personal information only where we must:

• with a hosting, email or form-delivery provider that processes it on our instructions;
• with professional advisers if a legal or accounting question requires it;
• where Australian law, a court or a regulator requires disclosure;
• if we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to prevent serious harm or to investigate fraud or abuse of the site.

Third-party sites you open from a stall apply their own policies. Read those before you register, install software or spend money. World Gaming Best does not control Google Play’s privacy settings, in-app purchase records, or publisher analytics.

Overseas disclosure

Our hosting or email tools may store data on servers outside Australia. Where that happens, we take reasonable steps to keep the information protected, including using providers that offer contractual and technical safeguards. By using the contact form you understand that your message may be processed on those servers so we can reply.

Security

Transmission to this site uses HTTPS. Access to enquiry mail is limited to people who need it to answer you. No method of storage is perfect. If we become aware of a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm, we will follow the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme where it applies.

Access, correction and complaints

You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, or ask us to correct it, by emailing hello@worldgamingbest.com. We may need to verify that the request comes from you. We will respond within a reasonable time.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au or on 1300 363 992.

Children

This website is written for adult readers in Australia. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the contact form. Age ratings for the games themselves sit on Google Play and must be followed on the destination page.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our practices or the law change. The date at the top of this page is the version in force. Continued use of the site after a change means you have read the updated notice.

Postal address

World Gaming Best, Level 14, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia.