Privacy Policy
What Gamepad Tester does and does not collect. Controller input never leaves your browser: no account system, and no test result stored on a server.
Effective August 6, 2026
The short version
Everything the tester reads from your controller is processed locally, inside your browser tab. No button press, axis value, controller identifier or test result is sent to us or to anyone else. There is no account system and no database of test results.
Controller data
The tester uses the HTML5 Gamepad API, which the browser exposes to the page only after you press a physical button. The values it returns — button states, axis positions, trigger values, the controller's id string — are held in memory for as long as the page is open and are discarded when you close or reload the tab.
The downloadable report is assembled in your browser and saved directly to your device. It is never uploaded.
What is stored on your device
- Theme preference. Your light or dark choice is kept in localStorage so the site does not flash the wrong theme on your next visit. That is the only thing we write.
We do not use cookies for tracking, advertising, fingerprinting or cross-site profiling.
Analytics
If aggregate analytics are enabled on this site, they are Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation, measuring page views and general traffic patterns only. Analytics never receives controller data — the tester does not expose it to any script outside its own logic. When no analytics identifier is configured, no analytics script loads at all and the site's Content Security Policy blocks third-party origins outright.
Forms
The contact form does not post to a server. It composes a message in your own email client, so whatever you send travels through your email provider, not through this site. The newsletter field is currently a placeholder and does not transmit or store addresses.
Third parties
Fonts are self-hosted, so no request goes to a font provider. Images and scripts are served from this domain. Outbound links to other sites are marked and open in a new tab; once you follow one, that site's own privacy policy applies.
Children
This site is a hardware diagnostic tool and is not directed at children under 13. Because it collects no personal information, it holds no data about any visitor regardless of age.
Your rights
Data protection rights such as access, correction and deletion apply to personal data a service holds about you. We hold none, so there is nothing to retrieve or erase. Clearing your browser's site data removes the theme preference.
Changes
If this policy changes, the effective date above changes with it. The core commitment — that controller input stays on your device — is not something we intend to revise.
Contact
Questions about this policy can go to gamepad-tester.io@seoclicks.pro or through the contact page.