Privacy Policy: Very important, wow!

This Privacy Policy is effective from: July, 23rd, 2024. 

Doge2048 is an online puzzle game inspired by "2048" by Gabriele Cirulli and located at the domain address https://doge2048.com/  ("Online Game"). To unlock all 11 Doges, users need to merge the tiles to score points.

This Privacy Policy explains how our Company manages the personal data we collect, hold, use and disclose and how to contact us if you have any queries about our management of your personal data. 

This Privacy Policy applies to You only to the extent that the collection and handling of your personal data is subject to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Privacy Act").

The following Privacy Policy is intended to inform You in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration, and legal basis for processing your Personal data under our control or in conjunction with others. 

We also inform you below about the third-party components (referred below to as the "Third-party Cookies") we use to optimize our Online Game and improve the user experience, which may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.

By using our Online Game, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy disclose the following items:

  1. Definitions

  2. Users' Rights And Data

  3. Data Processing

  4. Links to Other Websites

  5. Children's Privacy

  6. How We Handle Complaints

  7. Changes To Our Privacy Policy

  8. Contact Us

Definitions

The following definitions have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural and whether they are capitalized or not:

Users' Rights And Data

While using the Online Game, We may ask Users to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You.Regarding the processing of data, users have the right to:

In addition, the Company is obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art. 16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. 

However, this obligation does not apply if such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. 

Nevertheless, users have a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the Company's future processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f) GDPR. In particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct advertising is permissible.

Data Processing

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using our Online Game.

Usage Data may include information such as:

When You access the Online Game by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to:

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Online Game or when You access the Online Game by or through a mobile device.

Session Cookies

For the purpose of this Online Game, we use cookies to store the session information. Cookies are encrypted and secured. The session lifetime is 30 days after which the session expires.

Third-party Cookies

Our Online Game may use cookies from companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of improving our Online Game, advertising or analyzing.

Disabling Cookies

You can decline the use of Cookies by changing the settings on your internet browser. 

In addition, you can use your internet browser to delete cookies that have already been stored in it. f

Please refer to the documentation of your internet browser to be able to do so.

Our Online Game uses cookies. If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions on our Online Game may be available.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Retention of Usage Data

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Online Game, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of Your location and jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Please see the Contact Us section below to request delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Plausible Analytics

We use Plausible Analytics on our website. This web analytics service is provided by Plausible Insights OÜ, Västriku tn 2, 50403, Tartu, Estonia, Registration number 14709274.

Plausible Analytics is privacy-friendly web analytics that does not track, collect cookies or store personal data or personally identifiable information and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR. 

We use a self-hosted version of Plausible Analytics hosted on Linode cloud infrastructure in Dallas, US.

For further information on Plausible Analytics's GDPR, CCPA and cookie law compliance and all the data points they collect, please refer to their data policy at https://plausible.io/data-policy.

Third-Party Ad Servers and Ad Networks

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve programmatic ads when You visit our Online Game. 

These advertising companies may use information about your visits to our Web Application and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. 

These advertising advertisements may appear on our Web Application and on other websites. These companies may employ cookies, clear GIFs and other tracking technologies to cause relevant ads to be displayed to you.

Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics on our website. This web analytics service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our Web Application, please refer to Policies.

Through certification according to the EU-US Privacy Shield: Policies 

Google Analytics guarantees it will follow the EU's data protection regulations when processing data in the United States.

The Google Analytics service is used to analyse how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para.1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in our Web Application's analysis, optimisation and economic operation.

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our Web Application, will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymisation function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.

Google Analytics uses the data collected in this way to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our Web Application and what visitors do once there. 

This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.

Google Analytics states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. 

In addition, Google Analytics provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at Policies, including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.

In addition, Google Analytics offers an opt-out add-on at Tools in addition to further information. 

This add-on can be installed on the most popular web browsers and offers further control over the data that Google Analytics collects when you visit our Web Application. 

The add-on informs Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. 

However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

Links to Other Websites

Our Online Game may contain links to other websites that are not operated by the Company. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Online Game does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 

If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us immediately. 

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

How We Handle Complaints

If you have any concerns or complaints about the manner in which we have collected or handled your personal data, please advise us of your concern or complaint in writing and send it to [email protected].

Your concern or complaint will be considered or investigated, and we will endeavor to respond to your complaint within 30 days.

It is our intention to use our best endeavors to resolve any complaint to your satisfaction. 

However, if you are unhappy with our response, contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, who may investigate your complaint further.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. You can obtain a copy of the latest version at any time at https://doge2048.com/privacy.

1.Contact Us

For purposes of the Privacy Act and data protection laws:

2. Use of Service

2.1. Grant of License

Doge2048 grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the platform for personal and non-commercial purposes, in accordance with these Terms & Conditions.

2.2. Restrictions

You agree not to use our service for any illegal activities or to violate any laws in your jurisdiction.

3. User Account

Our Online Game can be played in any web browser and does not require authorisation and account creation to access our Online Game on our website.

4. Intellectual Property

All content on Doge2048, including but not limited to design, graphics and text are owned by or licensed to Doge2048 and protected by copyright and trademark laws.

5. Limitation of Liability

Doge2048 will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages that result from the use or inability to use our Online Game or website.

6. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate access to our Online Game without prior notice.

7. Changes to Terms & Conditions

Doge2048 may modify these Terms & Conditions from time to time. 

You are expected to review these Terms & Conditions periodically and stay informed of any changes.

8. Governing Law

These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the state of Victoria, Australia. 

Any legal actions or disputes shall be filed in the courts of the state of Victoria, Australia, and you hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.

9. Contact Information

For any questions or concerns regarding these Terms & Conditions, please contact us at [email protected].