Privacy Policy of Gridpunk

Privacy Policy

Effective date: June 8, 2019

neverGames (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the website and the Gridpunk mobile application (the “Game”).

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Game and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Game. By using the Game, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Game to you.

Types of Data Collected

⦁ Google Advertising ID. The advertising ID is a unique, user-resettable ID for advertising, provided by Google Play Games. To read more about the Advertising ID, please visit the Google web page: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6048248

⦁ Platform

⦁ Device

⦁ OS major

⦁ OS minor

⦁ IP address – used to infer country information

⦁ Install timestamp

⦁ Boot-up timestamp: it is the timestamp of when you boot up a game

⦁ Business events such as transactions made in the Game

⦁ Progression events that are used to mark your progress or movement in the Game

⦁ Resource events such as the acquisition or spend of Game virtual currencies by you

⦁ Design events used to track your behavior in the Game, which can refer to any aspect of the Game’s design, including, but not limited to, level or character design, bonuses, social interactions, etc.

⦁ error events such as any errors encountered by the Player while using the Game

⦁ custom fields that can contain information about Game progress

In the event of accepting Google Play Games in our application, we will also collect from your Google Play Games account:

⦁ Full name

⦁ Profile picture

⦁ Gender

⦁ Preferred languages

⦁ Any other information you've made publicly available

Use of Data

neverGames uses the collected data for various purposes:

⦁ To provide and maintain the Game

⦁ To notify you about changes to our Game

⦁ To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Game when you choose to do so

⦁ To provide customer care and support

⦁ To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Game

⦁ To monitor the usage of the Game

⦁ To detect, prevent and address technical issues

⦁ To link devices in order for the user to be able to play on multiple devices

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Romania and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Romania and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

neverGames will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

All our user data is stored on Playfab servers, we do not export, distribute, sell or otherwise use the data than for the game purposes.

For more information please refer to: https://playfab.com/terms/

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

neverGames may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

⦁ To comply with a legal obligation

⦁ To protect and defend the rights or property of neverGames

⦁ To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Game

⦁ To protect the personal safety of users of the Game or the public

⦁ To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Game Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Game (“Game Providers”), to provide the Game on our behalf, to perform Game-related Games or to assist us in analyzing how our Game is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Game Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Game.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics Service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Game. This data is shared with other Google Services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Google Play Games

Google Play Games is an online gaming service and software development kit operated by Google, part of its Google Play product line, for the Android operating system. It features gamer profiles, cloud saves, achievements, and social and public leaderboards. The Play Games service allows developers to incorporate the above features into their games without having to develop those features from scratch themselves. 

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Firebase

Firebase is analytics Service provided by Google Inc.

You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

We also encourage you to review the Google’s policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. For more information on what type of information Firebase collects, please visit please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Playfab

PlayFab is a complete backend platform for live games with managed game services, real-time analytics, and LiveOps. Boost your revenue and increase player engagement while cutting costs.  

For more information, please visit: https://playfab.com/terms/

Links to Other Sites

Our Game may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or Services.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Game, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

⦁ By email: dan.popa@nevergames.net

⦁ By visiting this page on our website: www.nevergames.net