Privacy Policy

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PRIVACY AND DATA POLICY

ISSUED BY KAWAII GAMES

Last Updated: 23 December 2022

1. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL TERMS

This privacy and data policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies and has effect in respect of all games, related online services (including online network play connectivity and interactivity) and other software and products made available by us (together the "Game(s)"), as well as any other online features relating to the Games including our website (the “Website”), our online forums (the “Forums”) and User Support Centre (the “Support Centre"). Together the Game(s), the Website, the Forums and Support Centre are referred to as the “Online Services”.

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at kawaii.games@gmail.com

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. The Privacy Policy explains the basis on which personal information we collect from you will be processed by us or on our behalf. Where we decide the purpose or means for which personal data you supply through these Online Services is processed, we are the “controller”. We will comply with all applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 and California Consumer Privacy Act 2018 (“CCPA”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about the following:

What information we may collect about you;
How we will use information we collect about you;
Whether we will disclose your details to anyone else; and
Your choices and rights regarding the personal information you have provided to us.

This Privacy Policy forms a part of and should be read in conjunction with our terms of use. These are linked below:

In respect of the Game(s):
In respect of the Support Centre:

The Online Services may contain hyperlinks to services owned and operated by third parties. These third party services may have their own privacy policies and we recommend that you review them. They will govern the use of personal information that you submit or which is collected by cookies and other tracking technologies whilst using these services. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party services and your use of these is at your own risk.

We may make changes to this Privacy Policy in future, which will be posted on this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure you are aware of any changes. Where appropriate we may notify you of changes through the Games.

2. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU

We collect and process the following information which may include your personal data.

a) Information provided by you when using the Games

(“Basic Information”)

We will collect the following information from you when you play our Games:

your mobile device’s unique device ID (Device ID) and device name;
your user preferences; and
Core information related to your gameplay, such as your overall progression to a particular level or stage, your virtual currency stores or the completion of certain activities during your gameplay session (for example, completing a tutorial, passing a level, making a purchase or viewing a video ad) (“Gameplay Statistics”).

b) Contact information provided by you when using the Forums or Support Centre

(“Contact Information”)

We may ask you for, or you may submit, certain contact information to us whenever you contact us through the Forums or Support Centre.
This may include:
your avatar/profile picture (Forums only);
your username (Forums only);
your email address;
your name (Forums only), and
your password (Forums only).

c) Information used for the purposes of serving advertisements

(“Advertising Data”)

Through our third party advertising network partners, we may gather information about your devices when you install or play our Games, depending on the permissions you’ve granted. This may include:

the make, model and operating system of your device;
properties of your device, such as screen size and orientation, audio volume and battery;
the mobile network operator linked to your device;
the Games played;
the country, time zone and locale settings on your device (i.e. country and preferred language);
network connection type and speed;
IP Address;
internet browser used to access the Games; and
the advertiser ID, which is an identifier unique to you if you use an Apple or Android device, but which doesn’t reveal your name.

d) Information collected for the purposes of providing analytics

(“Analytics”)

We may collect technical information about your use of the Online Services through the use of tracking technologies and analytics.

Personal data we may collect includes the following:

your Device ID;
your user ID (which is generated by us and allocated to you when you first play our games);
your device operating system & version;
your device make and model;
game play attempts, progression and results;
session game time start, end and duration;
purchase transaction types and spend you have made using virtual items in the Games;
the country of your Device;
the time, date and install source of your first download (e.g. from a clicked advertisement);
advertisements viewed and clicked; and
identification of crashes and defects.

For the small number of users that continue to play some of our legacy games which are no longer available for sale, the management of the Analytics is provided by Amazon Pinpoint, part of Amazon Web Services. If you would like to find out more about the way Amazon Web Services collects and processes this information this is likely to be set out in their privacy policies and/or terms and conditions. Please refer to https://aws.amazon.com/legal/

e) Information about you collected from third parties

(“Third Party Log In Information”)

When you access the Games via a third party social media provider such as Facebook, we may collect and store personal and non-personal information which is available on that third party social media provider, such as your Facebook name, your profile picture or its URL, your Facebook ID and other public data of your friends, provided that you have expressly agreed to the use of Facebook within the Games. We will also receive technical data in order to ensure the Games connect to the correct Facebook account.

f) Content created by our users which we host and display on the Forums and in the Support Centre

(“User Content”)

When users submit their own User Content to the Forums or Support Centre, this content may contain personal and non-personal information. This could include information in or about the User Content, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created, or anything else a user decides to communicate using these parts of our Online Services.

3. COOKIES

The collection of this information may include the use of cookies and similar technologies (for example, which are used on the Website). A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, to provide functionality, to make them more efficient and to provide website owners with information about how the website is being used and who's using it. We use a limited number of cookies on our website.

The following cookies are used on our Website:

CookieDescriptionLink to third party terms

Twitter cookies(including cookies named: __ncuid, _ga, _gid, ads_prefs, auth_token, csrf_same_site_set, dnt, eu_cn, guest_id, kdt, personalization_id, remember_checked_on,syndication_guest_id, tfw_exp, twid, lang) Cookie Duration: No longer than 30 daysWe integrate these cookies into the Website to provide an enhanced user experience with Twitter functionality (e.g. official, authenticated Twitter widgets / embedded information). These cookies allow, for example, you to see Twitter content on the website and for you to more easily share content on Twitter. Where you are logged into your Twitter account while visiting our website, Twitter may receive information or your activity on our website.You can visit the following links for more information about Twitter’s cookies: https://help.twitter.com/en/twitter-for-websites-ads-info-and-privacy https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies

Google / YouTube cookies (including cookies named: APISID, CONSENT, HSID, LOGIN_INFO, PREF, SAPISID, SID, SSID, VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, _ga, _gcl_au) Cookie Duration: No longer than 18 monthsWe integrate these cookies into the Website to provide an enhanced user experience with YouTube functionality and to understand and maintain the integrity of video viewership statistics. We also use these cookies to help prevent fraud and to improve security. When you view a Youtube video on our website, Youtube may receive information to enable the video to play and to collect analytics data such as how long a viewer has watched the video and the type of video watched.You can visit the following links for more information about Google’s / YouTube’s cookies: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780?hl=en-GB To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit here

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through your browser settings. To find out more about cookies generally and how to manage or delete them, you can visit here

Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

Google Chrome (here)
Microsoft Edge (here)
Mozilla Firefox (here)
Microsoft Internet Explorer (here)
Opera (here)
Apple Safari (here)

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.

4. CONSUMER CONTROL AND OPT-OUT OPTIONS

You can opt-out targeted advertising or receive personalised notifications by changing the Privacy settings on your device or by changing the relevant Options settings as offered directly in our Games. By opting out of targeted advertising, your Advertiser ID cannot be shared.

You can opt-out of personalised promotions by changing the relevant Options setting offered directly in the Games.

You can opt-out from analytics performed by Adjust here.

Service Providers

I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate our Service;
To provide the Service on our behalf;
To perform Service-related services; or
To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

I want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to their Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

5. SECURITY

I value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. LINKS TO OTHER SITES

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case I discover that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact me so that I will be able to do the necessary actions.

8. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS & CCPA

If you are a California resident, as defined in Section 17014 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations, you have certain rights in respect of the personal information we hold about you.

If you have questions or concerns about our privacy policies and practices, please contact us at the details set out at the end of this Policy.

Please see above for:

the date on which this Policy was last updated (at the top of this Policy)
categories of personal information collected about you in the last 12 months (see paragraph 2)
categories of sources from which the personal information was collected (see paragraph 2 and 3)
purposes for collecting personal information (see paragraph 4)
categories of third parties with whom we share personal information (see paragraph 5)
categories of personal information we have disclosed within the last 12 months (see paragraphs 2 and 5)
categories of personal information we have sold within the last 12 months (see paragraph 2c and 4f)

We have disclosed and sold personal information to third parties within the last 12 months to our third-party advertising networks (see paragraph 4f). We do not sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorisation.

You can designate an authorised agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. The authorized agent must submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf and proof of their own identity.

You have the right to:

request access to your personal information;
request deletion of your personal information;
opt-out of the sale of your personal information (see paragraph 7 above or email us at kawaii.games@gmail.com);
not be discriminated against for exercising any of your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).

To make a verifiable consumer request of access or deletion, please contact us by email at kawaii.games@gmail.com or by mail to First Touch Games Ltd, 264 Banbury Rd, Oxford, OX2 7DY, UK. We may verify your request by asking for proof of identity such as your device ID and/or User ID.

CONTACT INFORMATION

All questions, comments or enquiries should be directed to Kawaii Games at kawaii.games@gmail.com.. We will endeavour to respond to any query or questions within three business days.