Decky Loader Privacy Policy

Introduction to Our Privacy Policy

This page applies to this website only, and to the personal information, if any, that visitors provide or that is recorded when they visit. It does not apply to Decky Loader itself, to any plugin, or to any third-party site linked from here, each of which has its own practices. Personal information here means information that identifies you, or that could reasonably be used to identify you, such as a name or contact detail included in a message you send. For more information about this independent website, its purpose, and the editorial approach behind its guides, visit our About Us page.

This page is based on the simplest case: a guide site that does not require accounts, does not offer payments or newsletters, and does not describe analytics, advertising, or commenting tools. If any such tool is added in future, this page must be updated first to describe what it collects, why, and how you can control it, before that tool is used. Until then, the statements on this page should be read as describing that simplest case, not as covering tools that do not yet exist here.

Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide

The only personal information this site is described as collecting from visitors is what you voluntarily include in a message sent through the contact page. That may include the content of your message, the page address you mention, and any name or contact detail you choose to include so a reply can be sent. You are not required to provide personal information to read guides, and you should not include passwords, account details, or other sensitive information in a message, because that information is not needed to answer a question or correct a page.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit, standard server logs kept by the hosting provider may record technical details, such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time of visit, for security and operation of the site. This site’s operator does not use those logs to identify individual visitors, and does not combine them with a message you send to build a profile of you. No analytics tool, advertising tool, or commenting system is described on this page, so no information collected by such a tool is covered here, and none should be assumed to exist from this page alone.

How We Use Your Information

Information you provide in a message is used only to reply to you, to check and correct an error you report, or to consider a suggestion for a new topic or an improved guide. It is not used to send marketing, it is not sold, and it is not shared for unrelated purposes. Server log information, where recorded by the hosting provider, is used only for security and operation, such as detecting abuse or keeping the site available, and not to track individual reading habits.

Information is not used to make decisions about you, to show you personalised advertising, or to create a profile of your interests, because no such use is described on this page. If a new use is proposed in future, this page must be updated to describe it before that use begins, and you should re-read this page at that point, rather than assuming the earlier version still covers the new use.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

No cookie preference tool is provided on this page, because no analytics or advertising tracking is described here. Your browser itself can block or delete cookies, and you can use those browser controls for any cookie set by this site or by a third-party site you visit. If an analytics, advertising, or commenting tool is added in future, this section must be updated first to list the cookies involved, their purpose, and how you can control them, before that tool is used.

A cookie, in general, is a small file stored by your browser that a site can use to remember a setting or a visit. This page does not claim that no cookie of any kind is ever set by the hosting platform or by your browser, only that no tracking use is described here. For a specific cookie question, send a message through the contact page, with the page you were reading, so the answer can be checked against the current setup.

Third-Party Services and External Links

This site links to third-party sites, including the official Decky Loader site and repository, plugin developers’ pages, and other resources that may help a reader verify a claim or go deeper. Those sites have their own policies, and this page does not cover them. When you follow a link, the third-party site’s policy applies to your use of it, and this site is not responsible for information you provide there or for how that site uses it. For additional information about the limitations of our content, third-party resources, and the use of information published on this website, read our Decky Loader disclaimer.

The project repository is the official Decky Loader repository. Use the policies linked from decky.xyz and the repository for those sites, rather than assuming this page covers them, and do not send personal information to a third-party site unless you have read its policy.

How We Protect Your Information

Reasonable measures are used to protect information you provide, such as limiting its use to replying, correcting, or considering a suggestion, and not sharing it for unrelated purposes. Access to a message you send is limited to the operator handling that message, and messages are not published on the site unless you have clearly agreed that they should be. No specific security tool, encryption method, or certification is named here, because none has been supplied for publication, and naming one without verification would be misleading.

No method of transmission over the internet, and no method of electronic storage, can be guaranteed completely secure, and this page does not make that guarantee. You can reduce risk by not including sensitive information in a message, by using a contact detail you are comfortable sharing, and by reporting any message that appears to have been misdirected, through the contact page, so it can be checked promptly.

Data Retention and Information Sharing

Information you provide in a message is kept only as long as needed for the purpose for which it was sent, such as replying, correcting a page, or considering a suggestion, and is then deleted or anonymised where practical. No specific retention period, such as a number of months, is stated here, because none has been supplied for publication; if a period is set in future, it will be stated in this section. Server log information, where kept by the hosting provider, is kept under that provider’s own practices, which this page does not control.

Information is not shared with third parties for marketing, and it is not sold. It may be shared only where necessary to operate the site, to reply to you, to comply with a legal obligation, or to protect the site from abuse, and then only to the extent needed for that purpose. If a sharing practice beyond those purposes is proposed, this page must be updated first to describe it, before that sharing begins.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Accessing, Correcting, or Deleting Your Information

You may ask, through the contact page, what information about you this site holds from a message you sent, ask for a correction to that information, or ask for it to be deleted, where deletion is practical and does not prevent a correction already made from being understood. A request should include enough detail to identify the message in question, such as the approximate date and the page you mentioned, so it can be found without asking you for further personal information unnecessarily.

Your rights in a specific case depend on applicable law, which is not stated on this page, because no jurisdiction has been supplied for publication. This section therefore describes choices in general terms, rather than promising a specific legal right or a specific response time. If you believe a request has not been handled fairly, you may raise it again through the contact page, with the original request details, so it can be reviewed.

Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed at children, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from children. Guides on this site are written for Steam Deck owners and readers exploring community software, and no part of the site asks a child to provide personal information. If a parent or guardian believes that personal information from a child has been sent through the contact page, please report it through that page, with enough detail to identify the message, so it can be reviewed and deleted where appropriate.

No specific age threshold is stated here, because thresholds vary by law and no jurisdiction has been supplied for publication. The general principle on this page is the same regardless: personal information from a child should not be collected knowingly, and a report about such information will be treated as a priority for review and deletion, rather than as an ordinary suggestion.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This page may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the site, in the tools used, or in the way information is handled. The updated version will be posted on this page, and continued use of the site after an update means you have had the opportunity to read the updated version. No effective date or version history is stated here, because none has been supplied for publication; if a date is added in future, it will be shown on this page.

A change to this page does not retroactively change the fact that earlier information may have been handled under an earlier version, and it does not create a new use for information already provided, unless that new use is described in the updated version. Readers who are concerned about a change should re-read this page at the time they act, and send a question through the contact page if a change is unclear.

Contact Us About Privacy

Questions about this page, or requests about information you have provided, can be sent through the contact page for this site contact us. Please include enough detail to identify the message or page in question, without including sensitive information that is not needed for the request. No email address is listed here, because none has been supplied for publication for this page.

In summary, this site aims to collect as little personal information as possible, to use what it does receive only for replying, correcting, and improving guides, and to update this page before any new tool or new use is introduced. If you are unsure whether a tool described elsewhere applies to this site, check this page first, and ask through the contact page before assuming it does.