Privacy Policy

Last updated: Nov 15, 2024
Effective Date (U.S): Nov 15, 2024
Effective Date (Non-U.S.): Nov 15, 2024

Introduction

This Privacy Notice applies to Gaman Studio Inc services (the “Services”), which include Gaman Studio Inc games, apps, software, websites, and related services accessed via any platform or device that link to this Privacy Notice. Our games are provided and controlled by Gaman Studio Inc, whose registered address is at Unit 1910, 35 Canyon Ave, North York, Ontario, M3H 4Y2, Canada (“Gaman Studio Inc”, “we”, “us” or “our”). The Animolz game is provided, operated and managed by Gaman Studio Inc. Gaman Studio Inc collect and processes your personal data independently. This Privacy Notice explains how Gaman Studio Inc collects, uses, discloses and otherwise processes the personal information of users and other individuals in connection with our Services. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process the personal information of users and other individuals in connection with our Services.

Information We Collect

We may collect and use the following information from and about you, such as:

Information You Provide

· When you register an account: Your name (e.g., first and last), e-mail address, phone number, password, and other account registration information.
· When logging in, signing up, or linking to our Services via third party accounts such as Facebook, Apple, or Google: Your name, e-mail address, profile picture, other identifiers, and other public information. We may also collect information about your social connections on those services, with your permission.
· When using our Services: Information about how you use the Services. This may include, for example, your game-specific information, such as login history, preferences, and game progress, as well as other activities like your participation in rewards programs. Some of this information may be collected as aggregated analytical data.
· When completing transactions: Your purchase and transaction history, your virtual assets, and other financial information that you provide. If you make purchases via your Apple or Google account, your purchases will be processed by that third party and are subject to their terms of service and privacy policy.
· Your location: Your approximate location, including location information based on your SIM card and/or IP address. With your permission and depending on the jurisdiction from which you access our Services, we may also collect precise location data (such as GPS).
· When choosing to enter surveys, challenges, and competitions: Information such as name, address, e-mail address, phone number, social media handles, gender, likeness, interests, age, preferences, and other specific information you choose to share with us.
· When sending messages on the Services: Messages you compose, send, or receive through the Services’ messaging functionalities, including voice messages. This information may include the content of the message and information about the message, such as when it was sent, received, or read, and message participants. Please be aware that messages you choose to send to other users of the Services will be accessible by those users and that we are not responsible for the manner in which those users use or share the messages.
· When contacting us: For example, messages and other identifying information you send to us through your feedback, such as product reviews you write or requests you provide for customer support.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Services, like your device or app usage data when you access the Services, such as through SDKs or APIs. This information may include, for example, technical information about your system, network, or device (e.g., your operating system, device model, system language, and device resolution), information about your usage of the services (e.g., items you purchase on the Services), and information about your experience on the Services to infer your interests. We also automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Services through cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, flash cookies, etc.) (“Cookies”). We and our service providers and business partners may use these technologies, for example, to measure and analyze how you use the Services, including which pages you view most often and how you interact with content, enhance your experience using the Services, facilitate payments on the Services, improve or promote the Services, and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and other content. We will obtain your consent to our use of cookies where required by law.

Information from Other Sources

We may receive information about you from other sources, including through service providers, business partners, or other third parties. For example, our third-party partners may use technologies such as software development kits (SDKs) or APIs to gather information about your activities on our Services and other sites. This may include, for example, log-in records, purchase history, and information about how your app is working. Please see <How We Share Your Information> for more details on our collaborations with our partners, including advertising and analytics partners. Some of the information that we collect is required for certain features to work, for example, we collect third party account information (e.g., from Facebook) to allow you to log in using a third party service. Some of the above personal information may be collected whenever you are using the Services, irrespective of your account login or registration status.

How We Use Your Information

As explained below, we use the information we collect about you to improve, support and administer the Services, to allow you to use its functionalities, and to fulfill and enforce our applicable Terms of Service. We may also use your information to, among other things, show you suggestions, promote the Services, and customize your experience. We generally use the information we collect from and about you: · To enable us to deliver the Services, including initiating your gaming experience based on your geography and other information.
· To enable us to deliver a fast and convenient logging-in experience.
· To enable us to deliver you a more personalized gaming experience.
· To help you connect to the other gamers in the Gaman Studio Inc community.
· To perform customer support.
· To verify your identity.
· To promote the safety, security, and stability of the Services, such as by preventing and detecting fraud, including by scanning, analyzing, and reviewing messages.
· To enable us to review, improve, promote and develop our Services to better serve you and the Gaman Studio Inc community, including by performing analytics.
· To deliver personalized advertising when you visit other platforms that promote our Services, and to measure and understand the effectiveness of that advertising.
· To communicate with you, such as to inform you of updates.
· To provide you with promotional communications, including emails about new products, features, enhancements, special offers, upgrade opportunities, contests, and events of interest.
· To comply with our legal obligations.
· Consistent with your permissions, to provide you with location-based services, to help you match with other users.

How We Share Your Information

We are committed to maintaining your trust. We want you to understand when and with whom we may share the Information We Collect. We may share the Information We Collect:
· With Service Providers and Business Partners. We may share the categories of personal information listed above with service providers and business partners to help us perform business operations and for business purposes, such as payment processors to complete your transactions or third-party services to streamline your log-in experience. For example, if you choose to log in to the Service using another service (e.g.,Facebook) we may share certain information with that service, such as records of your log-ins or if you choose to make a purchase through the Services, we may share certain information with the relevant payment provider such as transaction ID. Our service providers may only have access to your personal information for purposes of performing their functions for us and are not permitted to disclose or use your data for any purpose other than providing services to us, unless such sharing is otherwise permitted by applicable laws.
· Within Our Corporate Group. As a global company, the Services are supported by certain entities within our corporate group. We may share all of the Information We Collect with a member, parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of our corporate group as necessary to provide important functions, such as storage, content delivery, and security. Please see <European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and UK> for additional detail.
· With Third Party Game Developers. We work with third party game developers and may share your technical data and other data with such third party game developers to, for example, facilitate the provision of the Services.
· With Advertising and Analytics Partners. Depending on the jurisdiction from which you access our Services, we may share information collected through your use of our Services with our advertising or analytics partners. These partners help us promote the Services through advertising displayed on other platforms, some of which, in some jurisdictions, may be based on your activity across other sites and services. These partners may also help us and our partners measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
· In Connection with a Sale, Merger, or Other Business Transfer. We may share your information with third parties in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, sale of assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control, acquisition of all or a portion of our business, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy, or other similar business arrangement in which the Information We Collect may be among the transferred assets, as permitted by applicable law.
· For Legal Reasons. We may disclose any of the Information We Collect to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, or government inquiries, and to protect and defend the rights, interests, safety, and security of the Services, our affiliates, users, or the public. We may also share any of the Information We Collect to enforce any terms applicable to the Services, to exercise or defend any legal claims, and comply with any applicable law.
· With Your Consent. Depending on where you live, we may share personal information with the proper authorization or to provide the Services you have requested or authorized.
We will occasionally include links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own Privacy Policies and please check these policies before submitting any information to these sites.

Data Security

We use reasonable measures to help protect information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. You should understand that no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Please note that information collected by third parties may not have the same security protections as information you submit to us, and we are not responsible for protecting the security of such information. Therefore, be sure to consult the security measures adopted by third parties in their respective privacy policies.

Data Retention

We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. We also retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Services, and enhancing its safety, security and stability), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
The retention periods will be different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information. For example, when we process your information to provide you with the Services, we keep this information for as long as you have an account.
In some cases, we may aggregate or anonymize your personal information and use it in a way that is designed to be unable to identify you, for research or other purposes, to the extent allowed by applicable law.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information, such as a right to know how we collect and use your personal information. You may also have a right to access, change, oppose, request a copy of your authorization, file complaints before the competent authorities, withdraw your consent, or limit our collection and use of your personal information as well as to request that we delete it, and potentially others. In certain circumstances, you can also ask us to provide additional information about our collection and use of your personal information. Please note that your exercise of certain rights may impact your ability to use some or all of Gaman Studio Inc's features and functionalities.
If you previously chose to share precise location information, you can prevent your device from sharing precise location information (e.g.,GPS location information) with the Services at any time through your device’s operating system settings or by contacting us by email as described in the “Contact Us” section.
If you have registered for an account, you may also be able to access, review, and update certain personal information that you provided to us by logging into your account and using available features and functionalities.
You may also be able to control the information we collect about you through your device browser settings to refuse or disable Cookies. Because each browser is different, please consult the instructions provided by your browser. Please note that you may need to take additional steps to refuse or disable certain types of Cookies. In addition, your choice to disable Cookies is specific to the particular browser or device that you are using when you disable Cookies, so you may need to separately disable Cookies for each type of browser or device. If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete Cookies, some of the functionality of the Services may no longer be available to you.
You may also opt out of marketing or advertising emails by using the “unsubscribe” link or mechanism noted in marketing or advertising emails.
Please contact us by using the contact information provided in the “Contact Us” section if you would like to exercise any of your rights. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law and subject to proper verification.

Information Relating to Minors

The Services are not directed at children under the age of 13. The minimum age to use the Services may differ depending on the country or region you are in. If you believe that we have collected personal information from a minor under the minimum age, please contact us through the methods listed in the “Contact Us” section.

International Data Transfers

The personal information we collect from you may be stored on servers located outside of the country where you live. We store the information we collect in secure servers located in the United States. Where we transfer any personal information out of the country where you live, including for one or more of the purposes as set out in this Policy, we will do so in accordance with the requirements of applicable data protection laws.

Privacy Notice Updates

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we update the Privacy Notice, we will notify you of any material changes to this policy by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of the new Privacy Notice, posting the new Privacy Notice, or providing any other notice required by applicable law. We recommend that you review the Privacy Notice from time to time to stay informed of our privacy practices. Contact Us

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Notice should be addressed to contact@gaman-studio.com.