GTA Time Machine / Updated 14 September 2026

Privacy & analytics

We measure which parts of this independent fan archive people enjoy, where visits come from and how well the site loads.

Traffic and performance

Cloudflare hosts the site and provides Web Analytics for visits, page views, referring websites, country, device type and loading performance. Cloudflare describes Web Analytics as cookie-free and without fingerprinting. Its analytics history is available for six months.

Interactions and campaign labels

Our custom counter records page categories, GTA chapter views, trailer opens and outbound trailer clicks, artwork and map choices, and merchandise or social-link clicks. It records only recognised public labels for the traffic source, campaign and post, plus an event timestamp and site hostname. Custom event data is stored in Cloudflare Analytics Engine for three months.

We do not put names, email addresses, IP addresses, full referring URLs, arbitrary query strings, form contents or visitor identifiers into this custom dataset. We do not use it for session recordings, cross-site tracking or individual visitor profiles. Cloudflare still processes network information to deliver and protect the website.

Your browser choices

Our custom interaction counter does not run when your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control. Blocking analytics requests may also prevent measurements. These browser preferences do not necessarily disable Cloudflare’s separate traffic and performance measurements.

External sites and affiliate links

X, Instagram, YouTube and retailers have their own privacy practices when you follow their links. Any paid merchandise links are labelled. Retailers process purchases; our click counts do not tell us whether you bought anything. Affiliate partners may provide separate sales and commission reports.

For privacy questions, contact @GTATimeMachine on X. Please do not send sensitive personal information in a public reply.

More information: Cloudflare’s privacy policy.