Games2win India Private Limited is hereinafter referred to as “Games2Win”, “We”, or “Us”.
We thank you for playing our games. Your privacy is most significant to us, and we deem it as our duty to care for it seriously; therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data Games2Win may collect, how Games2Win uses and safeguards that data and with whom we may share it.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is incorporated by reference into the Games2Win Terms of Service (the “Terms Of Service”). This Privacy Policy explains our online and offline information practices, the kinds of information we may collect, how we intend to use, store, protect, disclose and share that information, and how you can opt out of a use or correct or change such information.
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information (“Personal Information”) and other information that is processed by Games2Win in the course of our business, including on the Games2Win website (“Site”), mobile applications (“Apps”), forums, blogs, and other online or offline offerings (together with any and all future online and offline offerings operated by or on behalf of Games2Win (the “Services”)). All individuals whose responsibilities include the processing of Personal Information on behalf of Games2Win are expected to protect that data by adhering to this Privacy Policy.
By visiting, installing, using or otherwise accessing the Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Services of Games2Win and give an explicit and informed consent to the processing of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please do not install or use the Services if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Services.
We do everything we reasonably can to protect your rights of privacy on downloadable software in the nature of mobile applications, games on mobile app-stores like Apple, Google and other partners, but we are not liable for any unauthorised or unlawful disclosures of your personal and confidential information made by third parties who are not subject to our control (for example advertisers and websites that have links to our Site or Apps). You should take note that the information and privacy practices of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide hyperlinks, may be different from ours. Please note that Games2Win is not responsible for the actions of third parties, the content of their sites, the use of information you provide to them or any services they may offer.
We also use third parties for various activities related to our Services, including customer support, technical support, contest data collection, and email fulfillment. When you enter a contest or sign up to receive a newsletter, we may share your personal information as necessary for third parties to provide services on our behalf.
Games2Win reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy and your continued use of the Services shall mean your acceptance of the changes to this Privacy Policy.
Games2Win collects Personal Information and other information regarding its current, prospective, and former clients, customers, users, visitors, and guests (collectively “Individuals”).
The types of Personal Information we may collect (directly from you or from third-party sources) and our privacy practices depend on the nature of the relationship you have with Games2Win and the requirements of applicable law. Some of the ways that Games2Win may collect Personal Information include:
Primary goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our Services, to administer your use of the Services and to enable you to enjoy and easily navigate our Services. We endeavor to collect only that information that is relevant for the purposes of processing. Below are the ways we collect Personal Information and how we use it.
1. Information Collected from Third-parties when Installing and Playing the Games
If you play any of the games or use any of the Services on connected third-party applications or connect the Services to any third-party applications, like Apple or Google and/or from Social Networking Sites (“SNS”) such as Facebook, we may receive certain information about you from the provider of the third-party application. The information received depends on the third-party application, your privacy settings and, if applicable, your friends' privacy settings on that third-party application.
When you connect with the Services through an SNS, the information that Games2Win collects may include your first and last name, your SNS user identification number and/or user name, your profile picture or its URL, location, sex, the login e-mail you provided to that third-party application when you registered with the SNS, age-range (e.g. min 21), locale, language of your application, time zone and the SNS user identification numbers for your friends who are also connected to the Services.
When you use any of the Services, games or applications on a mobile platform, Games2Win may collect and record certain information such as your unique device ID (persistent/non-persistent), your device operating system, version, model, CPU, amount of RAM and disk space, hardware type, Identifier For Advertising (IDFA), Advertising ID, the version of your operating system ("OS"), your device name, Game Center ID, and your location based on your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. This information is useful to Games2Win for troubleshooting and helps Games2Win understand usage trends.
As part of the payment processing through third parties, Games2Win does not collect, store and use personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, credit card number, phone number, and your e-mail address. Games2Win does not have access to your credit card or bank account data. However, third party payment processors may share non-financial information with us related to your purchases, like the items purchased to fulfill your order.
You can manage the information Games2Win receives about you from a third-party application, like Facebook, on which you play our games and you will need to follow the instructions for the third-party application for changing your privacy settings. You also can manage some aspects of information collection and use by visiting the settings page of your mobile device and reviewing the permissions of each application (app).
If you access our Services from a third-party application or connect our Services to a third-party application, you should also read that third-party application’s terms of service and privacy policy.
2. Information collected directly from you
You may provide information directly to Games2Win when you:
Depending on how you choose to use the Services, this information may include things like your first and last name, user name or handle, third party service ID, email address, phone number, photo, avatar or other image, date of birth, gender, purchase or payment information, address or shipping information, chat data, friends’ names and contact information, location information and other information.
Automated data collection includes:
In certain cases, we may also create a Unique ID and Encrypted ID for you when you use the Service.
You may limit sharing of this information at any time by changing the relevant preferences and permissions on your mobile device.
4. Cookies and similar technologies
We or the service providers acting on our behalf may use cookies, beacons, software development kits, mobile analytics software, and/or similar technologies for a number of purposes, including to authenticate users, prevent fraud, remember preferences and settings, analyze advertising and messaging campaigns, analyze traffic and trends, personalize content (including ads), and otherwise provide the Services. These technologies may collect information about your use of our Services, pages you view, links you tap, messages you open, and other actions taken in connection with our Services. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. For information on interest-based advertising and how to opt out, see the Interest-Based Advertising section below.
5. Transactional information
Transactional history (other than banking details) about your e-commerce activities (if requested and provided).
6. Ad Networks
Games2Win may feature advertising within the Services. The advertisers may collect and use information about you such as:
Ad Networks may use this information to provide interest-based or targeted advertisements to you.
In some cases, we may enable you to access third party products or services through our Services. Please note that those products or services are offered by people or companies not affiliated with or controlled by us, and we are not responsible for their actions, their terms, their use of information, or their products or services. If you submit your information to a third party, that third party’s treatment of your information is governed by their privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy and which we encourage you to review.
1. We collect, store, use and process Personal Information for a variety of business purposes, including:
2. Inform you about our games, products and Services
Games2Win may use Personal Information to provide you with materials about offers, products and Services that may be of interest, including new games, content or Services. Games2Win may provide you with these materials by in-game offers, push notification, online or offline marketing or email, as permitted by applicable law, including:
You can opt out at any time from receiving such materials by clicking on the opt out link provided in all marketing mailings, by turning off notifications from mobile device or by sending an email to [email protected]without incurring any costs.
3. Send Push Notifications
Games2Win may occasionally use push notifications through Games2Win’ mobile applications to send you game updates, high scores and other Services-related notifications that may be important to you. You may at any time opt out from receiving these types of communications by turning them off at the device level through your settings.
4. Use Anonymous and Aggregated Information
We may use Personal Information and other information about you to create anonymized and aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, information about the computer or device from which you access our Services or other analyses we create. Anonymized and aggregated information is used for several functions, including the measurement of visitors’ interest in and use of various portions or features of the Services. Anonymized or aggregated information is not Personal Information, and we may use such information in a number of ways, including research, internal analysis, Analytics and any other legally permissible purposes. We may share this information within Games2Win and with third parties for our or their purposes in an anonymized or aggregated form that is designed to prevent anyone from identifying you.
We may share the information we collect about you in various ways, including:
1. Service providers
We may share any information we receive with Service Providers. The types of Service Providers (processors) to whom we entrust Personal Information include Service Providers for: (i) provision of IT and related services; (ii) provision of information and services you have requested; (iii) payment processing; (iv) customer service activities; and (v) in connection with the provision of the Services. Games2Win has executed appropriate contracts with the Service Providers that prohibit them from using or sharing Personal Information except as necessary to perform the contracted services on our behalf or to comply with applicable legal requirements.
2. Other players and users
Social features are a core component of our games. Other players and users may, for example, see your profile data, in-game activities and read the messages you have posted.
3. Marketing - Interest-based or targeted advertising and third-party marketing.
Through our Services, Games2Win may allow third-party advertising partners to set tracking tools (e.g., cookies) to collect the following information within our Services:
These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected from other websites) to measure how effective ads are for delivering targeted advertisements to you about our games within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based or targeted advertising.” We may allow access to other data collected by the Services to facilitate transmittal of information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you.
4. Disclosures under applicable law
We may access, preserve, and disclose your Personal Information, other account information and content if we believe doing so is required or appropriate: (i) to comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (ii) to respond to your requests; (iii) to protect yours, ours or others’ rights, property or safety; (iv) to enforce Games2Win' policies or contracts; (v) to collect amounts owed to Games2Win; (vi) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (vii) if we, in good faith, believe that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable.
In addition, from time to time, server logs may be reviewed for security purposes—e.g., to detect unauthorized activity on the Services. In such cases, server log data containing IP addresses may be shared with law enforcement bodies, so they may identify users in connection with their investigation of the unauthorized activities.
5. Merger, sale, or other asset transfers
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets or transition of service to another provider, then your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted by law and/or contract. In such event, Games2Win will endeavor to direct the transferee to use Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such Personal Information was collected.
We work with third party advertising partners like Google, Apple and their partners. We may share certain of your information with these partners to make advertising more relevant, measure its effectiveness, and help recognize your devices and serve ads. We or they may also employ cookies or similar technologies, as described above, to ensure appropriate advertising and personalized experiences. Please note that our ad partners may combine your information with other information they have independently collected, and may treat that information in accordance with their privacy policies.
If you would prefer to opt out of having information about your mobile app usage used for interest-based advertising, you may do so through your device settings (“Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS and “Opt Out of Ads Personalization” on Android). Please note that you may continue to receive generic ads that are not based on your preferences.
We may sell virtual items or merchandise through our Services. When you make purchases through the Services, we process your payments through a third-party application, including the Apple App Store and Google Play App Store (together with any similar applications, “App Stores”). The third-party application may collect certain financial information from you to process a payment on behalf of Games2Win, including your name, email address, address and other billing information. App Stores do not share this information they collect from you with us.
ADcodes and Analytics Partners
Our app contains ADS from Ad networks/ Ad Mediation networks/ AD agencies (“Advertisers”) and codes from Analytic tools company and can contain codes for profiling the device on media consumption and other device data and utilizing the same to target relevant content and ads to the device. To comply with the European Union GDPR guidelines and pursuant to our agreement with the Advertisers and Analytics Tool Companies, we are hereby including Privacy Policy Link of such companies. By agreeing to our Privacy Policy you are giving consent for processing any personal information or information by the Advertisers in connection with the agreement between Games2win and the Advertisers.
Using the Google Ads Settings https://www.google.com/settings/ads, you can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads. You can also opt-out by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/ for your web browser.
In addition to the general limitations in the above terms, we will not be liable to you or any other third party for any damages suffered by you or any other third party howsoever arising from the disclosure of your Personal Information. Your only remedy under such circumstances will be to end this agreement.
Many types of data we process qualify for multiple legal bases for processing under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Below is the primary legal basis for each type of data that we process:
It is contractually necessary to process your username, email, password, cookie data, IP address, game network IDs, game information and similar information to fulfil our obligations in the Terms of Services to provide you with high quality games and a social game network from ourselves and our partners.
All Personal Information collected via or by Games2Win may be stored anywhere in the world, in the cloud or the servers of our service providers. When we transfer your Personal Information internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is treated securely, lawfully and in the manner we describe in this Privacy Policy. Please note that laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so the privacy laws applicable to the places where your information is transferred to or stored, used or processed in may be different from the privacy laws applicable to the place where you are resident.
By providing information to Games2Win, you consent to the storage of your Personal Information in these locations.
If you are using our Services from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, please note that you are agreeing to the transfer of your information to India and other countries and to the processing of your data globally. This transfer is required to host the Services, provide you with technical and customer support services, perform backups of your data, and to process your payment details if you make any in game purchases.
By choosing to visit the Site, using our Apps, utilizing the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of India and the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with Games2Win or the Site will be in accordance with the Terms Services.
You have the right to opt out of certain uses and disclosures of your Personal Information. When you have consented to Games2Win’ processing of your Personal Information other information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and opt out to further processing by opening an in-game support ticket or, alternatively, by contacting [email protected]. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use anonymized, non-Personal Information regarding your activities on our Services.
Please also note that certain records, for example, those relating to payments or customer service matters, will be held for legal and accounting purposes. If you have sent content through or posted content on the Service, we may not be able to delete it.
If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails. We will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. Note that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding products or Services you have requested.
Games2Win may occasionally send you push notifications through our mobile applications with game updates, high scores and other notices that may be of interest to you. You may at any time opt out from receiving these types of communications by changing the settings on your mobile device. Games2Win may also collect location-based information if you use our mobile applications. You can opt out of this collection by changing the settings on your mobile device.
As noted, you may stop or restrict the placement of Cookies on your computer or remove them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences.
The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from our data partners and our other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can also choose not to be included in Google Analytics here. Please note that these opt out tools are provided by third parties, and Games2Win does not operate or control these tools or the choices that advertisers and others provide through these tools.
On mobile devices, you can reset the Advertising Identifier (like an IDFA) from your mobile device’s settings page, which will prevent continued use of existing behavioral data tied to the previous Advertising Identifier. Furthermore, depending on the platform provider (such as Apple or Google), you may be able to download apps, such as the Digital Advertising Alliance’s “AppChoices” app, that provide you with control regarding the collection and use of cross-app data for tailored advertising. Like the opt out tools mentioned for web, these opt out tools are provided by third parties, and Games2Win does not operate or control these tools or the choices that advertisers and others provide through these tools.
To be clear, whether you are using our opt out or an online industry opt out, these cookie-based opt outs must be performed on each device and browser that you wish to have opted out. For example, if you have opted out on your computer browser, that opt out will not be effective on your mobile device.
You have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Personal Information. You can manage your information as described in this Privacy Policy, and you may have additional rights related to that information as described below. You can exercise these rights by opening a help ticket directly in-game via the ‘Help’ section, or by emailing Games2Win at [email protected]. Please note that we will need sufficient information establishing your identity in order for us to fulfill your request. Where we can validate your identity, we will process any such request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.
You are expected to maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date information in connection with your account, but we provide you functionality to update or correct your information directly in-app. You can also access a range of information in-app, including things like your user name, picture or avatar, game performance and progress, virtual items, chats, or other information you may have entered in-app. For any information that you are not able to access or update directly, please open an in-game help ticket via the ‘Help’ section for that particular game, or contact [email protected]
You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to our data retention policy mentioned below. If you would like to have your personal information deleted with respect to any games you’ve played, please open an in-game help ticket via the ‘Help’ section for that game. If you have played multiple Games2Win games and want to have your personal information deleted as to all of them, please open a help ticket directly in-game via the ‘Help’ section for each of those games, or contact [email protected] for help. Please note that if you delete your personal information, you may no longer use or access the Services, and that if you share devices with someone else who uses the Services, that person may lose game progress or related account information and access. If you decide to use or access the Services again, Games2Win may consider this a new account and may collect personal information associated with that account in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Games2Win retains the Personal Information collected as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements and comply with applicable laws.
We follow generally accepted industry standards and maintain reasonable safeguards designed to secure and prevent unauthorized access to the information in our possession. Personal information is stored in secure operating environments, and only those at Games2Win with a legitimate business need to do so may access your personal information. We also take reasonable steps to assure that third parties to whom we transfer information will provide protections appropriate to that type of information. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately contact us.
We may also provide you with general links to non-Games2Win websites. Your use of these links is subject to the third parties' privacy policies, and you should become familiar with the third-party sites' privacy policies before using the links. Games2Win is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.
The Services are not directed to children under 13, and Games2Win does not knowingly collect Personally Information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not send any data about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions in the European Union) who uses our games, please contact us at [email protected]. We will delete your child’s Personal Information if we are able to identify your child unless you provide us with your verifiable consent for your child to continue to use our games.
If You are a resident of California, in accordance with applicable Californian law, You have the right to request information from games2win.com relating to games2win.com’s sharing of Your information, including personal identifiable information, with marketing associates and other third parties. You may submit a request to games2win.com through the contact email provided below in the Contact clause and receive the following information:
You are entitled to receive a copy of this information in a standardised format and the information will not be specific to You individually.
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact Games2Win by email at [email protected]. We will address your concerns and attempt to resolve any privacy issues in a timely manner.
Complaint Escalation
If you are not satisfied with the way your query or complaint is handled by Games2win, please let us know by emailing us at [email protected].
We may revise this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion, so review it periodically. If you continue to visit this Site and use the services made available to you after such changes have been made, you hereby provide your consent to the changes.
If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, Games2Win will notify you by email or as otherwise required by applicable law. We will post adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this web page, and the revised version will be effective immediately when it is posted (or upon notice as applicable). If you are concerned about how your information is used, bookmark this page and read this Privacy Policy periodically.
Additionally, before we use Personal Information for any new purpose not originally authorized by you, we will endeavor to provide information regarding the new purpose and give you the opportunity to opt out. When consent of the Individual for the processing of Personal Information is otherwise required by law or contract, Games2Win will endeavor to comply with the law or contract.