Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 11 August 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to How To Roblox (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are dedicated to providing helpful guides, news, and tutorials about the game Roblox. Your privacy is a top priority for us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website, HowToRoblox.com (the “Site”).

We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with applicable laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

2. A Special Note for Parents and Children (COPPA Compliance)

This Site is intended for a general audience. However, we recognize that many of our visitors may be children under the age of 13. Protecting the privacy of children is extremely important to us.

  • Our Commitment: We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent.
  • Data Collection from Children: Features on our Site that collect personal information, such as comment forms that require an email address, are intended for users aged 13 and older. If a user indicates they are under 13, we will either not collect the information or will take steps to obtain verifiable parental consent.
  • Accidental Collection: If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take all reasonable measures to delete that information from our records as quickly as possible.
  • Parental Rights: If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at contact@howtoroblox.com. You have the right to review the information we have collected from your child and request that it be deleted.

3. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of data:

  • Personal Identification Information: Your name and email address, which you may voluntarily provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through a form.
  • User-Generated Content: Any comments, questions, or other content you post on the Site’s articles and guides.
  • Technical & Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, the pages you visited on our Site, and the time and date of your visit. This data is generally anonymized.
  • Cookie Data: Information collected via cookies to operate the site and show relevant ads, as detailed below.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: We process your data for sending newsletters and placing non-essential advertising or analytics cookies only after you have given your explicit consent via our cookie banner or a subscription form. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interest: We process technical and usage data to analyze our Site’s performance, improve our content, and protect our Site from spam and malicious activity, which we consider our legitimate business interest.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain the Site.
  • To respond to your comments and questions.
  • To send you our newsletter and other updates, if you have subscribed.
  • To analyze user trends to improve our content and user experience.
  • To prevent fraud and ensure the security of our Site.
  • To display relevant advertising that helps keep our content free.

6. Cookies, Advertising, and Analytics

Cookies A cookie is a small text file stored on your device. When you first visit our Site, a consent banner will appear, allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.

Google AdSense We use Google AdSense to serve ads. This helps us fund the Site.

  • Google uses cookies (like the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other sites on the Internet.
  • This use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve personalized ads.
  • You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of many third-party vendors’ use of cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

Google Analytics We use Google Analytics to understand how our audience interacts with the Site.

  • Google Analytics collects anonymous information like your IP address, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
  • We use this data solely to improve our content and site functionality. We do not combine this data with any personally identifiable information.
  • You can prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Affiliate Disclosure

HowToRoblox.com may participate in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission if you click on certain links on our site and make a purchase. For example, we may be a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps support our work. Our editorial content is not influenced by affiliate partnerships.

8. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it only in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: With trusted third parties that help us operate our Site (e.g., web hosting, email delivery providers) under strict confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal Requirements: If required by law or in response to a valid legal process (e.g., a court order or subpoena).
  • Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data, including SSL encryption and regular security checks. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary:

  • Newsletter Subscriptions: Until you unsubscribe.
  • Comments: Indefinitely, to maintain the context of the discussion, unless you request removal.
  • Analytics Data: For 26 months, after which it is automatically deleted.

11. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following rights:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
  • The right to rectification (to correct inaccurate information).
  • The right to object to our processing of your data.
  • The right to restrict processing.
  • The right to data portability (to get a copy of your data).
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time.

12. Your California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

California residents have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect and how it is used and shared.
  • Delete personal information we have collected.
  • Opt-out of the sale of personal information (Note: We do not sell personal data).
  • Non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

To exercise any of the rights listed in Sections 11 or 12, please contact us at contact@howtoroblox.com.

13. International Data Transfers

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing the Site from outside the U.S., your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the U.S. We ensure such transfers are lawful by using appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses, to protect your data as required by GDPR.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review it regularly.

15. Contact Us

For any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please email us at: contact@howtoroblox.com

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