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PRIVACY POLICY

Naxos Games Studio has adopted this privacy policy to explain how Naxos Games Studio collects, stores, and uses the information collected in connection with Naxos Games Studio products, services and websites including, but not limited to Naxos Games Studio Games, Naxos Games Studio Games on-line stores.

Should you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

BY INSTALLING, USING, REGISTERING TO OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND GIVE AN EXPLICIT AND INFORMED CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL, USE, REGISTER TO OR OTHERWISE ACCESS THE SERVICES. Naxos Games Studio reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at reasonable times, so please review it frequently. Your continued use of Services will signify your acceptance of the changes to this Privacy Policy.

1. Non-personal data

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, non-personal data means information that does not directly identify you. Additionally, non-personal data means aggregate and personalized information, which is data Naxos Games Studio collects about the use of Naxos Games Studio Services, from which any personally identifiable data has been removed.

Naxos Games Studio may use tools or third party analytical software to automatically collect and use certain non-personal data that does not directly enable Naxos Games Studio to identify you. The types of non-personal data Naxos Games Studio may collect and use include, but are not limited to: (i) device properties, including, but not limited to IP address, Media Access Control (“MAC”) address and unique device identifier or other persistent or non-persistent device identifier ("Device ID"); (ii) device software platform and firmware; (iii) mobile phone carrier; (iv) geographical data such as zip code, area code and coarse location; (v) game progress, time used playing, score and achievements; (vi) other non-personal data as reasonably required by Naxos Games Studio to enhance the Services and other Naxos Games Studio products and services.

Naxos Games Studio may use and disclose to Naxos Games Studio partners and contractors the collected non-personal data for purposes of analysing usage of the Services, advertisement serving, managing and providing the Services and to further develop the Services and other Naxos Games Studio services and products.

You recognise and agree that the analytics companies utilised by Naxos Games Studio may combine the information collected with other information they have independently collected from other services or products relating to your activities. These companies collect and use information under their own privacy policies.

Naxos Games Studio may supplement your personal and non-personal data with data received from third parties in connection with demographic, advertisement, market and other analytics surveys or services.

2. Ad Serving Technology

Naxos Games Studio reserves the right to use and disclose the collected non-personal data for purposes of advertisement by Naxos Games Studio or Naxos Games Studio partners and contractors. Naxos Games Studio may employ third party ad serving technologies that use certain methods to collect information as a result of ad serving through Services. Naxos Games Studio or third parties operating the ad serving technology may use demographic and location information as well as information logged from your hardware or device to ensure that appropriate advertising is presented within the Service. Naxos Games Studio or third parties may collect and use data for this purpose including, but not limited to IP address (including but not limited to for purposes of determining your coarse location), Device ID, MAC, software, applications, hardware, browser information, internet and on-line usage information and in-game information. The foregoing data may be used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the privacy policy of the company providing the ad serving technology.

You recognise and agree that the advertising companies who deliver ads for Naxos Games Studio may combine the information collected with other information they have independently collected from other services or products. These companies collect and use information under their own privacy policies. These ad serving technologies are integrated into Services; if you do not want to be subject to this technology, do not use or access Services. Although Naxos Games Studio takes commercially reasonable steps to instruct such advertising companies to comply with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, Naxos Games Studio does not have access to or control of third party technologies.

3. Location Data

To the extent Naxos Games Studio makes location enabled Services available and you use such Services, Naxos Games Studio may collect and process your location data to provide location related Services and advertisements. For example, some add-ons or offers may be available at dedicated locations. Naxos Games Studio may use various technologies to determine location, such as GPS, Wi-Fi or other network-based data such as IP address. Your GPS geo-location is not accessed without your consent. Notwithstanding Naxos Games Studio partners who are providing location related parts of the Service, Naxos Games Studio will not share your GPS geo-location with third parties without your consent. To the extent Naxos Games Studio makes available GPS geo-location to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy, it will be provided anonymously. Please note that Naxos Games Studio may share your anonymous coarse location with its partners.

4. Personal Data

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal data means personally identifiable information that specifically identifies you as an individual.

Likely situations when you make personal data available to Naxos Games Studio include, but are not limited to: (i) registration for Services, contests and special events; (ii) accessing Services using a third party ID, such as social networking sites or gaming services; (iii) subscribing to newsletters; (iv) purchasing a product or services through Naxos Games Studio online stores; (v) using tell a friend,"email this page," or other similar features; (vi) requesting technical support; and (vii) otherwise through use of Naxos Games Studio Services where personal data is required for use and/or participation.

The types of personal data may vary depending on the type of activity you are engaged in. The personal data Naxos Games Studio may collect, process and use may include, but are not limited to your name, screen/nick name, Naxos Games Studio Services or third party service ID, e-mail address, phone number, photo or other image, birth date, sex, address, friend connections, avatar image, credit card information, shipping information; and location (only if directly identifiable to you, otherwise Naxos Games Studio treats location as non-personal data).

If you choose to use Naxos Games Studio "tell a friend" or a similar service about Naxos Games Studio Services or order a gift certificate for your friend, Naxos Games Studio may store your friend's name and contact details that you provide to Naxos Games Studio.

Naxos Games Studio may use personal and non-personal data, both individually and combined together, for purposes of analysing usage of the Services, providing customer and technical support, managing and providing Services (including managing advertisement serving), customizing Naxos Games Studio communications and to further develop the Services and other Naxos Games Studio services and products. Naxos Games Studio may combine non-personal data with personal data.

Naxos Games Studio may use your personal data to send messages to you with informative and/or commercial content about Naxos Games Studio services or third party products and services Naxos Games Studio thinks may be of interest to you, such as new features and services, special offers and updated information.

Please note that certain features of the Services may be able to connect to your social networking sites to obtain additional information about you. In such cases, Naxos Games Studio may be able to collect certain information from your social networking profile when your social networking site permits it, and when you consent to allow your social networking site to make that information available to Naxos Games Studio. This information may include, but is not limited to, your name, profile picture, gender, user ID, email address, your country, your language, your time zone, the organizations and links on your profile page, the names and profile pictures of your social networking site friends and other information you have included in your social networking site profile. Naxos Games Studio may associate and/or combine as well as use information collected by Naxos Games Studio and/or obtained through such social networking sites in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

5. Disclosure and Transfer of Personal Data

Personal data may be disclosed in accordance with applicable legislation and this Privacy Policy. Additionally, Naxos Games Studio may disclose personal data to its parent companies and its subsidiaries in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Naxos Games Studio may hire agents and contractors to collect and process personal data on Naxos Games Studio behalf and in such cases such agents and contractors will be instructed to comply with our Privacy Policy and to use personal data only for the purposes for which the third party has been engaged by Naxos Games Studio. These agents and contractors may not use your personal data for their own marketing purposes. Naxos Games Studio may use third party service providers such as credit card processors, e-mail service providers, shipping agents, data analysers and business intelligence providers. Naxos Games Studio has the right to share your personal data as necessary for the aforementioned third parties to provide their services for Naxos Games Studio. Naxos Games Studio is not liable for the acts and omissions of these third parties, except as provided by mandatory law.

Naxos Games Studio may disclose your personal data to third parties as required by law enforcement or other government officials in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose you or Naxos Games Studio to legal liability. Naxos Games Studio may also disclose your personal data to third parties when Naxos Games Studio has a reason to believe that a disclosure is necessary to address potential or actual injury or interference with Naxos Games Studio rights, property, operations, users or others who may be harmed or may suffer loss or damage, or Naxos Games Studio believes that such disclosure is necessary to protect Naxos Games Studio rights, combat fraud and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on Naxos Games Studio. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Naxos Games Studio will make reasonable efforts to notify you of such disclosure through Naxos Games Studio website or in another reasonable manner.

6. Data Retention and Correctness

Naxos Games Studio retains the data collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Thereafter if the collected data is no longer needed for purposes specified in this Privacy Policy, Naxos Games Studio deletes all aforementioned data in its possession within a reasonable timeframe. Naxos Games Studio does not verify the correctness of personal data.

Irrespective of the above, Naxos Games Studio may still retain some of the data to the extent such retention is necessary to resolve disputes, enforce Naxos Games Studio user agreements, and comply with technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of Services.

7. Cookies, beacons and tracking

The Services may use cookies and other technologies such as pixel tags, locally shared objects, clear GIFs and web beacons. Naxos Games Studio treats information collected by cookies and similar technologies as non-personal data.

Cookies: A cookie is a small bit of record-keeping information that websites often store on a user's computer. Naxos Games Studio cookies do not include personal data and are typically used to quickly identify your device and to remember you. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device; however, disabling cookies may affect your ability to use the Services.

Web Beacons and pixel tags: A web beacon or a pixel tag is an electronic image that allows Naxos Games Studio to count users who have visited certain pages or viewed certain advertisements. Web beacons, like cookies, do not include personal data. E-mails and other electronic communications Naxos Games Studio sends to you may contain pixel tags that enable Naxos Games Studio to track your usage of the communication, including whether the communication was opened and/or what links were followed, if any.

8. Third Party Terms and Conditions

Please note that your access to and use of the Services may be subject to certain third party terms and conditions and privacy policies, including but not limited to application stores, map data providers, mobile software platforms, on-line gaming platforms, social networking services and payment providers. You recognise and agree that Naxos Games Studio is not liable for any such third party terms and conditions and their use of your personal data.

Naxos Games Studio may in its discretion make available links through advertisements or otherwise enable you to access third party products or services. Please note that, while using such products or services, you are using products or services developed and administered by people or companies not affiliated with or controlled by Naxos Games Studio. Naxos Games Studio is not responsible for the actions of those people or companies, the content of their products or services, the use of information you provide to them, or any products or services they may offer. The fact that Naxos Games Studio is linking to those products or services does not constitute our sponsorship of, or affiliation with, those people or companies.

Naxos Games Studio may from time to time make available Naxos Games Studio partners services, such as sweepstakes or polls and such services may require you to disclose personal data in order to register for and access such services. Such services will reasonably identify the partners at the point of where you are required to disclose personal data. If you at that point choose to disclose your personal data, such personal data may be transferred directly or via Naxos Games Studio to such third parties and will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third parties. Naxos Games Studio is not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of such third parties and, therefore, you should review the privacy practices and policies of such third parties prior disclosing any personal data in relation to such services.

Please note that certain Services that Naxos Games Studio may offer, such as multiplayer gaming, social networking and gaming console services, may use third party services to provide authentication for the Services with a gaming console ID, social networking ID or gaming network account. When you register to join or use the Services from a third-party gaming or social networking system, certain personally identifiable user and/or membership data may be transferred automatically to and from Naxos Games Studio and you hereby consent to the processing, using, combining, disclosing and retaining of such data in accordance with this Privacy Policy by Naxos Games Studio.

9. Safeguards

Naxos Games Studio follows generally accepted industry standards and maintains reasonable safeguards to attempt to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information in Naxos Games Studio possession. Only those persons with a need to process your personal data in connection with the fulfilment of their tasks in accordance with the purposes of this Privacy Policy and for the purposes of performing technical maintenance, have access to your personal data in Naxos Games Studio possession. Personal data collected by Naxos Games Studio is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. To prevent unauthorised on-line access to personal data, Naxos Games Studio maintains personal data behind a firewall-protected server. However, no system can be 100% secure and there is the possibility that despite Naxos Games Studio reasonable efforts, there could be unauthorised access to your personal data. By using the Services, you assume this risk.

10. Other

Please be aware of the open nature of certain social networking and other open features of the Services Naxos Games Studio may make available to you. You may choose to disclose data about yourself in the course of contributing user generated content to the Services. Any data that you disclose in any of these forums, blogs, chats or the like is public information, and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality. Naxos Games Studio is not responsible for any personal data you choose to make public in any of these forums.

If you are under 13 years of age or a minor in your country of residence, please ask your legal guardians permission to use or access the Services. Naxos Games Studio encourages parents and/or guardians to play an active role in their children's online experience at all times. Naxos Games Studio does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13 years of age and if Naxos Games Studio learns that Naxos Games Studio has inadvertently gathered personal data from children under 13 years of age, Naxos Games Studio will take reasonable measures to promptly erase such personal data from Naxos Games Studio records.

Naxos Games Studio may store and/or transfer your personal data to its affiliates and partners in and outside of EU/EEA member states and the United States in accordance with mandatory legislation and this Privacy Policy. Naxos Games Studio may disclose your personal data to third parties in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of Naxos Games Studio stock and/or assets or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process provided, however, that this Privacy Policy shall continue to govern such personal data.

11. Further information

Naxos Games Studio makes good faith efforts to enable you to review, update or correct your personal data in Naxos Games Studio possession. In order to do so, please contact Naxos Games Studio. Naxos Games Studio will need sufficient information from you to establish your identity and to verify your access request, and also to assist us in handling your request. Please note that even if personal data is changed or deleted according to your request, Naxos Games Studio may still retain some of your personal data to resolve disputes, enforce Naxos Games Studio user agreement(s), and comply with technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of Naxos Games Studio Services.

Naxos Games Studio regularly reviews its compliance with this Privacy Policy. If Naxos Games Studio receives a formal written complaint from you, Naxos Games Studio will attempt to contact you directly to address any of your concerns. Naxos Games Studio will cooperate with the appropriate governmental authorities, including data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the collection, use, transfer or disclosure of personal data that cannot be amicably resolved between you and Naxos Games Studio. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy or the breach, termination or validity thereof shall be finally settled at Naxos Games Studio's discretion (i) at your domicile's competent courts; or (ii) by arbitration in accordance with the Rules for Expedited Arbitration of the Arbitration Institute of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. The arbitration shall be conducted in India, in the English language. YOU AGREE THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST Naxos Games Studio ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.