Outcast Droids Campaign Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy aims to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about how 8BYTES DIGITAL VENTURES SRL, including any of our subsidiaries (“Outcast Droids,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), collects, utilizes, and shares your personal information in connection with our digital platforms and initiatives. Additionally, it outlines your rights concerning your personal information and how you can exercise them.
Scope
This Privacy Policy is applicable to personal information processed by us through our websites, mobile applications, games, and any other services or interfaces we own or control that are linked to this policy (collectively referred to as the “Services”).
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. Should any significant changes occur, we will notify you as mandated by applicable law. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the Services following the implementation of changes will constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we collect depend on your interactions with our Services and on the requirements of applicable law. The data we gather falls into three main categories:
A. Information You Provide to Us Directly:
Communications with Us: If you inquire about our Services, apply for a job, or engage with us in any other form, we may collect personal details such as your email address, phone number, or postal address.
B. Information Collected Automatically:
Automatic Data Collection: As you utilize our Services, we may automatically collect information about your device, browser type, and approximate location derived from your IP address. We also track the pages you visit, the links you click, the content you interact with, and compile other data related to your usage of our Services.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We and our third-party partners may employ cookies, local storage, and other technologies to collect information during your usage of our Services. These tools are crucial for storing preferences, enhancing your experience, and ensuring our Services function correctly.
Analytics: To continually refine and improve our Services, we use analytics tools to process non-personal data about how our Services are used.
You have the option to adjust your device or browser settings to limit the use of cookies and similar technologies. However, altering these settings may impact the functionality of our Services. It’s important to note that opt-outs based on cookies may not fully apply to mobile applications.
C. Information Collected from Other Sources
We may receive information about you from external sources, such as third-party services and organizations. If you interact with our Services via third-party platforms (e.g., app stores, social networking sites), we may collect information that you have chosen to make available in accordance with your privacy settings on those platforms.
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We utilize your personal information for several business objectives, including but not limited to delivering our Services, administrative purposes, and marketing endeavors. Below outlines how we process your data:
If you are within the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR, we process your personal data under lawful bases such as:
Performance of a Contract: Processing necessary to fulfill a contract with you or to take preparatory steps at your request before entering a contract.
Legitimate Interests: Processing based on our legitimate interests, provided these do not infringe on your rights and freedoms. We balance our interests against your rights.
Compliance with Legal Obligations: Processing necessary to comply with our legal responsibilities.
Consent: In specific instances, we rely on your consent to process your personal data for particular purposes.
A. For Service Provision
Management of your information.
Granting access to specific functionalities of our Services.
Responding to customer or technical support inquiries.
Communication regarding your activities within our Services and policy updates.
B. Administrative Uses
Network and information security, and fraud prevention.
Security incident detection and activity against illegal or fraudulent actions.
Services engagement and interest measurement; improvements and enhancements.
Internal quality control and safety.
Authentication and identity verification.
Debugging to rectify issues.
Compliance auditing and activities.
Information sharing with third parties for service provision.
Agreement and policy enforcement.
Legal obligation compliance.
C. With Your Consent
We may use your data for purposes explicitly disclosed to you, for which you give your consent.
D. Other Uses
Uses permitted by applicable laws, including creating de-identified or aggregated information, not considered personal data, for research, analysis, and other lawful purposes.
De-identified and Aggregated Information
We may process personal and other data to generate de-identified and aggregated insights, such as demographic analysis, usage patterns, or for other statistical research. This information, no longer considered personal data, may be utilized and disclosed in alignment with applicable laws for various legal purposes.
5. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is an essential part of our ability to provide and enhance our Services. We may share your information with third parties under certain circumstances as outlined below:
A. To Facilitate Our Services:
Interactions with Other Users: Certain personal details may be visible to other users of the Services, such as on user profiles or within transactional contexts.
Third-Party Integrations: Should you opt to share information or interact with third-party sites or applications, including wallet extensions, this information becomes subject to the third party’s privacy policy. We encourage careful review of these policies as we do not control these third parties’ use of your information.
Service Providers: We engage third-party providers to assist in various aspects of the Services, such as IT support and customer service. Your information may be shared with these providers to the extent necessary for their provision of services.
Business Partners: We may share information with business partners for services you’ve requested or for joint product and service offerings.
Affiliates: Your information may be shared within our corporate group for internal administrative purposes.
B. For Protection and Compliance:
We may disclose information if we believe it necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect rights and safety, enforce our terms, or address fraud, security, or technical issues.
C. Business Transitions:
In events like mergers or asset sales, your personal information may be part of the transferred assets.
6. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
Your control over your personal information is important to us. Depending on the laws applicable to you, you may have certain rights concerning your information:
Right to Know: You can request to know whether we process your personal information.
Access and Portability: You may request access to your personal information or its transfer to another service provider.
Correction: If your information is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask to have it corrected.
Deletion: You may request the deletion of your personal information from our records.
Opt-Out of Processing: Where applicable, you may opt-out of certain processing activities, including targeted advertising, selling of your information, or profiling.
Restriction and Objection: You may request to restrict or object to our processing of your personal information.
Withdraw Consent: If our processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
Appeal: Should we decline your request under these rights, you have the option to appeal our decision.
To exercise any of these rights, please reach out to us through the contact information provided below. We commit to processing such requests in accordance with applicable laws.
Contact Us
For more information about our privacy practices or if you have questions or would like to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Information].
7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
We acknowledge that our users come from across the globe, and thus, your personal information may be processed, transferred to, and stored in countries outside of your own, where data protection laws may differ. Our commitment to protecting your information involves taking necessary measures to ensure your data is handled securely, in line with applicable laws.
For personal information originating from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, transferred to countries not recognized as providing an adequate level of data protection, we implement suitable safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other mechanisms recognized by relevant authorities, including the Romanian data protection authority. These measures ensure that your data is protected according to this Privacy Policy, EU GDPR, UK GDPR (where applicable), and relevant laws.
For specifics about the safeguards we apply to international data transfers, please reach out through the contact information provided at the end of this policy.
8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is retained only as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected for, including for the provision of our Services, compliance with legal obligations, and resolution of disputes. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include the legal statute of limitations, the nature and sensitivity of the information, potential risk from unauthorized use or disclosure, and applicable legal requirements.
9. SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
To safeguard your personal information, we employ suitable technical and organizational measures. These are designed to protect data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction and ensure its integrity and confidentiality. Our security practices are regularly reviewed and enhanced as necessary.
10. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
Our Services are not targeted at children under the age of 18 (or other age as stipulated by local laws), and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information without consent, please contact us. We will promptly delete any such information, barring any legal requirement to retain it.
11. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES/APPLICATIONS
Our Services may include links to third-party websites or applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such third parties. We encourage users to be aware when they leave our Services and to read the privacy statements of any other service that collects personal information.
12. COMPLAINTS
Should you have concerns regarding our handling of your personal information, please feel free to contact us directly. Additionally, individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA) have the right to lodge a complaint with their local data protection authorities (DPAs) if they believe their data has not been processed in accordance with the GDPR and applicable data protection laws.
13. CONTACT US
For questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or if you wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at: [email protected]