Sirlin Games Privacy Policy for Video Game Software
Sirlin Games respects your privacy and collects the minimum amount of personal data to reasonably operate our video games.
What information does this privacy policy cover?
This privacy policy applies only to information collected in video game software (the “Service”) offered to you by Sirlin Games. It does not apply to any other information collected by Sirlin Games through any other means.
What types of information do we collect about you?
While using our Service we may ask you for personal information which may include, but is not limited to your username (also known as your FantasyTag), password, e-mail address, and country. We also may collect other types of information automatically, such as your IP address, platform ID and platform type (e.g. which brand of game console you’re playing on), and details about how you use our service. Those details include game telemetry data, purchase behavior, and/or user and gameplay progression information.
How do we use your personal information?
We use your personal information to operate our business in the following ways:
Enable online matchmaking and provide online statistic tracking;
Help you find your friends and invite them to your friends list in the Service;
Measure the health of our Service;
Set up and maintain accounts you register for;
Provide game experiences that you may like;
Identify, fix, and troubleshoot bugs and service errors;
Provide software updates;
Help keep our Service safe and fair, resolve disputes, investigate and help curb fraud and illegal behavior, comply with the law, and to enforce our agreements and policies.
We also may use your personal information to provide you support, including to:
Help identify and troubleshoot problems with your use of our Services;
To survey your opinions through surveys or questionnaires;
Communicate with you and respond to your specific requests or questions; and
Manage and send you confirmations and important information about your account, products, purchases, subscriptions, and warranties.
How is your personal information shared?
Our company does not share and has not reserved the right to rent or sell your personal or demographic information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
Third Party Processing
Sirlin Games engages third parties, located both within and outside of the United States, to collect and/or process your personal information on our behalf in connection with our offering and maintenance of the Services, such as for providing back-end server/matchmaking services, customer support services, and analytics services, or otherwise in accordance with the purpose(s) for which your personal information was originally collected. When these third party service providers collect or receive your personal information, we require that they use your personal information only on our behalf, not sell your personal information to third parties, not disclose your personal information except as may be required by law, or as permitted by us or as stated in this privacy policy.
To the extent that your personal information may be transferred to countries outside of the United States, we will take measures to ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your personal information remains protected to the standards described in this privacy policy.
Disclosures Required By Law and Disclosures to Help Protect the Security and Safety of Our Services and Others
We will disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law (e.g., court order or subpoena) or to help:
Enforce our Terms of Service, or contest, sweepstakes, eSports tournaments, promotions, or game rules;
Protect your safety or security, including the safety and security of your property; or
Protect the safety and security of our Services or third parties.
What kinds of security measures do we take to safeguard your personally identifiable information?
The security and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us. We have technical, administrative and physical security measures in place to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and improper use. We also review our security procedures periodically to consider appropriate new technology and updated methods. But, despite our best efforts, no security measure is ever perfect or impenetrable. Specific security measures we currently implement to prevent unauthorized physical or electronic access to users' personal and demographic information:
User data is stored behind a firewall to protect your data from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse or alteration
Data is stored in a secure physical environment (e.g. behind locked doors)
Data is stored in a database accessible to authorized employees on a need-to-know basis only
Users or employees must have a unique password before gaining access to user data
We use industry standard encryption technology when transferring or receiving sensitive personal information
We maintain written security policies to which all employees must adhere.
How will you know if we amend this privacy policy?
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material changes in how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you via our Service, and we will prominently post a notice of the changes covered by this privacy policy on our website located at http://www.sirlingames.com/. Any material changes to this privacy policy will be effective when posted, and your continued use of any of the Service covered by the privacy policy after the posting will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to be bound by those changes, to the extent permitted by applicable law. In the event that a material change in this privacy policy affects the collection and/or processing of your personal information which was previously collected pursuant to your prior consent, we will request a re-affirmation of your consent to any new collection and/or processing, as required by applicable law.
Are these privacy practices in accordance with California law and the European GDPR?
Yes, we are aware of the special rules in these regions and fully compliant with them. If you have any questions about our privacy policy or your personal data, please contact info@sirlingames.com.