Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-07-18
Romestead Guide (romesteadguide.com) is a free, independent fan resource. This page explains what data is collected when you visit, who collects it, and how you can control it. In short: we don't collect personal details ourselves, but we use Google Analytics for traffic stats and Google AdSense to show ads, and both use cookies.
What we collect directly
We do not ask for or store names, email addresses, or other personal details for browsing the site — there are no accounts and no newsletter. The one exception is our contact form: if you choose to message us, we receive the name, email, and message you submit, and use them only to reply to you. We don't add you to any list or share that information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand which guides are read most and how visitors find the site. GA4 collects aggregate usage data such as pages visited, session duration, approximate (country/region-level) location, device type, and referring source. It sets first-party cookies (typically _ga and _ga_*). You can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Advertising — Google AdSense
This site displays ads through Google AdSense. To do this:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- Ads may be personalized or non-personalized depending on your settings and location. Some third-party vendors may also use cookies to serve ads on this site.
How to control ad personalization:
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- You can opt out of many third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info/choices (or youronlinechoices.eu in Europe).
- For more on how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, see Google's partner-sites policy.
If you're in a region that requires consent for personalized advertising (such as the EEA or UK), Google's consent tools govern whether you're shown personalized ads.
What we don't do
- We do not sell your data.
- We do not run identifying or fingerprinting trackers of our own beyond the Google services described above.
- We do not combine contact-form messages with analytics or advertising data.
Affiliation & links
Romestead Guide is an independent fan resource. We are not affiliated with Beartwigs, Three Friends, or the Romestead development team. Links to Steam are direct store links and may become affiliate links in the future (disclosed if so). See our Terms of Use for the full disclaimer.
Changes & contact
We'll update this page if our analytics or advertising setup changes; the "Last updated" date above reflects the current version. Questions about privacy? Reach us via the contact page.