Gamers After Dark ("GAD," "we," "us," or "our") is a women-owned adult gaming entertainment platform operated from the United States. We provide live streaming, content subscription, and creator monetization services.

For privacy inquiries: privacy@gamersafterdark.com

Account data: When you register, we collect your email address, username, and password hash. Fans are never asked for a government ID, an identity selfie, or biometric data — fan age assurance is handled entirely by our independent partner (see Section 5). Creators additionally complete identity verification through our verification partners (see Section 4) and provide payment information and banking details for payouts.

Usage data: We collect IP address, device type, browser, operating system, pages visited, time spent, and interaction events. This is used for security, analytics, and service improvement.

Transaction data: Subscription payments, gift purchases, tip amounts, and PPV message purchases. We do not store full payment card numbers — these are processed by our payment processor.

Communications: Messages you send through our platform, support requests, and application submissions.

Cookie data: See Section 6 for details.

We use your data to:

• Operate the platform and deliver the services you signed up for
• Process payments and pay creators their earnings
• Verify age and identity as required by law
• Send transactional emails (receipts, notifications, account alerts)
• Improve platform features and user experience
• Protect against fraud, abuse, and illegal activity
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal data to any third party. We do not use your data for ad targeting. We do not share your data with anyone except as described in Section 7.

As a creator, we collect additional data to operate your account and comply with legal requirements:

• Identity verification: Creator onboarding is orchestrated by Persona, our verification workflow partner, with identity checks performed by Socure. This includes your government-issued photo ID, an identity selfie, and proof of age for all creators and any performers depicted in content. Verified documents are routed into our encrypted records vault, with access restricted to compliance staff and every access logged.
• Biometric processing: During onboarding, Socure compares your identity selfie to your ID photo (biometric face match) and performs a liveness check to confirm a real person is present. This biometric processing happens on our verification partners' systems, is used solely to verify your identity, and requires your explicit consent, collected as a separate checkbox during onboarding before any biometric capture occurs.
• Automated decision-making: Socure produces an automated fraud-risk score as part of onboarding. An unfavorable score does not automatically reject you: every flagged application goes to a manual human review, and you may contest the outcome through support. This disclosure is provided because automated scoring is involved in an eligibility decision.
• Payment data: Banking details and tax forms (W-9 / W-8BEN) for payout processing. We use industry-standard encryption and do not share this information except with our payment processing partners.
• Content metadata: Upload dates, content categories, performer certifications, and 2257 records submissions.
• Analytics: Stream viewership, gift revenue, subscriber counts, and engagement metrics — visible to you in your creator dashboard.

Creator identity information is never displayed publicly. Your legal name is not visible to fans. Creators choose a display name that appears on the platform.

Fan privacy is a core commitment. We designed the fan experience with privacy as a default:

• Anonymous mode: Fans may use the platform under a username with no real name required. Anonymous mode (🕶️) is available on all public interactions.
• Discreet billing: Charges appear on statements as a neutral descriptor, not as "Gamers After Dark."
• No sharing: Fan identity and spending data is never shared with creators beyond what is shown in real-time interaction (username only).
• Spending limits: Fans may set monthly spending limits. This data is stored securely and used only to enforce the limit you set.

Age assurance: Fan age verification is performed by VerifyMyAge, an independent age-assurance provider, using low-friction methods such as facial age estimation, a payment-card age check, or a mobile-carrier age check. Fans never upload a government ID, never take an identity selfie, and never undergo identity (KYC) checks. No ID image or biometric data from fans ever reaches our servers — we receive and store only a verified yes/no result, a timestamp, and an opaque reference number. Where a state's law sets specific age-verification requirements, we confirm VerifyMyAge's methods meet them before opening access in that state.

Essential cookies: Required for the platform to function. These include session authentication and age-gate consent. You cannot opt out of essential cookies without ceasing use of the platform.

Analytics cookies: Used to understand how the platform is used and to improve it. These are optional. You may decline analytics cookies through the cookie consent banner.

No advertising cookies: We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or third-party tracking for ad purposes.

Your cookie preference is stored locally and can be changed at any time by clearing your browser cookies or using the consent management link in the footer.

We share data with the following processors only as required to operate the platform:

• Payment processor (CCBill): Processes subscriptions, gifts, and creator payouts. CCBill is a licensed adult-industry payment processor, PCI-DSS compliant. Governed by CCBill's own privacy policy.
• Hosting provider (OVH): Servers and dedicated infrastructure. All data is stored on hardware we control. No shared public-cloud providers are used.
• Email service provider: Transactional email delivery (receipts, notifications). No marketing email sent without explicit consent.

All processors are contractually bound to process your data only as instructed and in compliance with applicable privacy law.

Active accounts: Data is retained for as long as your account is active.

Deleted accounts: Personal data is deleted within 30 days of account deletion request, except where retention is required by law.

Transaction records: Payment and earnings records are retained for seven (7) years for tax and legal compliance purposes.

2257 records: Age verification and performer identity records cannot be deleted upon request. These are legally required under 18 U.S.C. § 2257 and must be retained for a minimum of seven (7) years. See Section 9.

Chat and communications: In-stream chat logs are retained for 90 days. Support communications are retained for two (2) years.

Creator identity documents submitted for 2257 compliance are stored in an encrypted vault accessible only to designated compliance staff. They are not shared with fans, other creators, or any third party except as required by law or lawful process.

For questions about 2257 records, see our 2257 Compliance Statement.

Under GDPR (if you are in the EU/EEA), you have the right to: access your data, correct inaccurate data, request deletion (subject to legal retention requirements), restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing based on legitimate interests.

Under CCPA (if you are a California resident), you have the right to: know what personal information is collected, know whether it is sold or disclosed, opt out of sale (we do not sell data), request deletion (subject to legal retention requirements), and non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: privacy@gamersafterdark.com

We will respond to verified requests within 30 days (GDPR) or 45 days (CCPA).

We implement industry-standard security measures including: TLS encryption for all data in transit, AES-256 encryption for sensitive data at rest, role-based access controls, regular security audits, and rate limiting on all API endpoints.

No method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. In the event of a data breach affecting your personal data, we will notify affected users as required by applicable law.

This platform is strictly for adults aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 18. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, contact us immediately at compliance@gamersafterdark.com and we will delete it.

For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns:

Email: privacy@gamersafterdark.com
Subject line: Privacy Request — [Your Request Type]

We take privacy requests seriously and respond within 30 days.