Privacy Policy

Introduction

Gear-Studio publishes applications (“apps”) for the web and mobile devices. “Gear-Studio” or “we,” “our,” or “us” refers to Gear-Studio in this Privacy Policy. For the purposes of data protection laws, Gear-Studio is the “data controller” of your personal information. The apps, in most cases, are a free to play games (with optional in-app purchases), and in order to maintain the high quality and great user experience we process information from and about you in particular to improve the entire experience in the apps and to support our internal operations.

This Privacy Policy applies whenever you play our apps or otherwise access any of our other products, services, content, websites (http://www.Gear-Studio.com, among others) and/or the other domains provided by GSS, together referred to as “Services.” By using any Services, including when you play or access Services through social networks or mobile devices, you agree to the collection and use of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service (please note that depending on the Service, it may have a customized version of these Terms of Service, as indicated on that Service’s website).

If you do not want Gear-Studio to collect, store, use or share your information in the ways described in this Privacy Policy, you should not play Gear-Studio’s apps or use Gear-Studio’s Services.

We will usually collect and store the following data about you when you access and use our Services:

  • if you register an account with us directly on our Services, we will collect your date of birth, location, username, avatar, password and email address;
  • if you enter into any competitions or complete any surveys on our apps or websites, or when using any of our Services, we will collect and store the data you submit to us, including your name and contact details as well as information on your game scores and ranking in any competition;
  • when you complete any in-app or in-game purchases, such as buying in-game currency and other items, we will collect data relating to your purchase history;

Data we may collect when you use our Services (whether or not you register with us):

  • data about your location, device type and model, operating system and version and platform, and any apps you are using in conjunction with our Services;
  • data about your device’s browser version, page loading time, mobile phone network and operator, generated device identifier information, referral source and IP address;
  • data generated when you play our games, such as the game version you are playing, your high score, log-in method, VIP level and rankings;
  • attribution data (engagement with advertising on third party websites and in-app event data) and advertising ID, for user acquisition campaigns and monitoring the success of the same;
  • data relating to your game play history on our Services, including any purchases made;

How We Use the Information We Collect

We, or our service providers, primarily use the information we collect and store to improve the experience for our users, but we will also use that information for other purposes, including:

  • to operate, improve and optimize our Services and our players’ experiences;
  • to create player accounts or profiles and to enable you to play our apps;
  • to find and recommend other GGS players to you;
  • to personalize our Services for you;
  • to enable players to communicate with each other;
  • to provide technical support and respond to player inquiries;
  • to protect the safety and well-being of our players;
  • to protect GGS ‘s rights and property in connection with our Services;
  • to prevent fraud or potentially illegal activities;
  • to manage and deliver contextual and behavioral advertising;
  • to notify players of in-app updates, new products or promotional offers;
  • to administer rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our business partners;
  • to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes we may have with you or other players, and to enforce our agreements with third parties; and
  • to conduct research.

How long does Gear-Studio keep hold of data?

We will keep data only for as long as it is relevant and useful for the purpose for which it was originally collected and otherwise where required by law. This means that we will only retain your data for the minimum reasonable time period to allow us to provide our Services to you. If you decide to delete an account you have with us, certain data does stay on our Gear-Studio system for administrative purposes and to defend or bring any legal action.