Privacy Policy

The purpose of Gartic.io policy is to respect your privacy concerning any information we may collect while you are playing. Consequently, we have developed this
Privacy Policy to ensure that you know how we handle the data.

In this Privacy Policy, "data" means any data that may identify you (alone or in combination with other data), such as your name, profile image, and data for
analysis and attribution to the use of the services.

1. What data we are Processing

We collect data through a third-party account. If you do not authorize such data collection, please do not log in with a social network.
Data we may collect when you use our service anonymously or when you are linked to a third party log-in:

>   Data about your location, device type, operating system and platform, page load time, network, unique browser id, social network unique id, demographics, a
chosen nickname, room number you have played, the reference origin, and the IP address.
> Profile picture link;
> How many times you visit the game;
> The amount of time you spend on the game;
> Text and words interactions in-game;
> Drawings;
> Custom themes. 
When a user creates a theme and chooses to use it in a public room, the theme's author is shown to everyone who joins that room.

2. The purpose of data collection

> To improve our Services;
> To ensure you comply with our terms;
> To enhance the Services for analysis and reporting purposes and to provide technical support or answer your questions, including the data used to record any
failures in our provision of the Services. Therefore, we can report such interruptions;
> To provide contextual advertisements that are of interest to you.

3. Legal bases 

We consider the following legal bases for data processing:
> When the use of your data is required to execute our obligations under a contract with you. (e.g., to comply with our Service Terms);
> When the use of your data is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others;
> When the use of your information is needed to comply with legal obligations or exercise rights. 

4. How we process data

The data we collect from you may be transferred and stored outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA), such as the USA. This transfer is
required to host the Services, provide other supporting services, and allow you to use our Services deliberately.

We use third parties to help us manage your information and services, customer service providers to host the game and database, and marketing companies to manage
the advertising that appears to you.
We may share non-personal information with third parties, such as aggregate user statistics, demographic data, and Usage Information. We may remove data elements,
such as an e-mail address or other Login Information as previously defined, and summarize or aggregate the remaining information to analyze web traffic trends,
preferences, and activity across the Service. The resulting operational data is no longer considered Personal Information.

These are the companies that process data on our behalf and but can not use them for their independent purposes:

- Google Analytics - https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
- Cloud Flare - https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
- Linode - https://www.linode.com/legal-privacy/
- Adinplay - https://adinplay.com/privacy-and-cookies-policy/
- Firebase by Google - https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics?hl=pt-br
- AdMob - https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US

5.  Data for Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements and provide collected data to help implement ads when you visit or use our Services. We also use
analytical web tools such as Google Analytics and Firebase to interpret your use of our Services.

6. Personalized Advertising

You may be able to opt out of receiving personalized advertisements from other companies that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative or that are
subscribed to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. For more information about this practice and to
understand your options, please visit:
- http://www.aboutads.info,
- http://optout.networkadvertising.org/  and
- http://www.youronlinechoices.eu.
A third party generates these deactivation tools. We do not operate or control them.

7.  Use of Cookies

We may use \ "cookies\" to improve the user experience. Your web browser is responsible for controlling and sharing your information through cookies.
These cookies enable us to hold session information as you navigate our Services, improve your experience, and track and analyze usage and other statistical
information.

Here are some examples of ways we can use cookies when is strictly necessary:
> Keep you logged while you are visiting;
> Allow you to navigate on our Services freely;
> Show you relevant ads using your interests as a base.
Users can change their web browser settings to refuse or warn them when Cookies are being used or sent. If done so, you may observe some malfunction on some parts
of the website. Moreover, if you want to know how ads companies use websites or apps information for specific aims, we ask you to visit the companies' weblinks
mentioned above.
 
Do Not Track ("DNT") is a privacy preference that users can set in specific web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar
mechanisms transmitted by web browsers. 
 
8. Storage
 
We will keep the data as long as it is relevant and valuable for its originally collected purpose and, otherwise, when required by law.

9. Data protection

We are committed to the safety of your information. Here are some measures we take to improve it:
> Cryptography on our server communication, including personal information;
> Highly safe server access architecture;
> Internal policy of restricting access to the server's data.

Although we strive to protect your data and privacy, no security method or firewall can be guaranteed to protect information from hackers or human error.
Consequently, we expressly disclaim responsibility or liability for the loss, theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your data.

10. Legal Disclosure

We may transfer and disclose information, including your Data, Usage Information, and Device Identifier, to third parties to comply with certain legal obligations
when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. It may include: the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce
applicable terms or other applicable policies; to respond to an emergency; or, otherwise, to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Gartic.io and our
customers and others. 

11. Request data deletion

Please contact us at team@gartic.com when you have questions about these privacy policies or request a copy or deletion of your data. 
Your request and choices may be limited in some instances. For example, fulfilling your request would reveal information about another person or ask to delete
information that we are permitted by law or have compelling legitimate interests to keep.

12. Other provisions

Our services are not explicitly aimed at children. If you are a user under 13 and using a third-party account, your parents must allow you to use your photo or
name and, if applicable, use our services.

California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice identifying the categories of Personal Information which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties
for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. We do not “sell” personal information as such a term is defined
by the CCPA, nor do we have actual knowledge that we have “sold” any personal information of minors under 16 years of age. If you are a California resident and
would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to: team@gartic.com