Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 11-2024

Candy Studiox and other applications (“ Candy Studiox“, “us”, “our” or “we“) are highly serious in protecting the privacy rights of our users (“users” or “you“). This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes the ways we collect, store, use, and manage the information including personal information, that you provide or we collect, we believe that your privacy is really important to us or any Candy Studiox game or application provided on a mobile platform (collectively, the “Service”). Please note that the scope of this Policy is limited to information collected or received by Candy Studiox through your use of the service. Candy Studiox is not responsible for the actions of third party people or companies, the content of their sites, the use of information you provide to them, or any products or services they may offer. Any link to those sites or placements by those sites does not constitute our sponsorship of, or affiliation with, those people or companies. This Policy describes the personally identifiable information and other data that we will collect from you through the apps and games we provide, and how we will use and when we might display such data to third parties. Your installation and/or use of these Apps and/or submission of information to us establish your consent to this Privacy Policy and the processing of your information (personal and non-personal) as described in this policy. Please don’t use the Services if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy.

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

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.

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 or Apps

(“Basic Information”)

We may collect the following information from you when you play our Games or use our Apps:

⦁ Your mobile device’s unique device ID (Device ID);

⦁ Photos/Media/Files

⦁ Read the contents of your USB storage

⦁ Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

⦁ Storage

⦁ Read the contents of your USB storage

⦁ Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

⦁ Wi-Fi connection information

⦁ Full network access

⦁ View network connections

⦁ 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 (for example, completing a tutorial, passing a level, making a purchase or viewing a video ad).

b) 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;

⦁ MAC 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.

c) 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.

d) Information about you collected from third parties

(“Third Party Log In Information”)

When you access the Games or Apps via a third party social media provider such as Facebook, twitter or any other 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 or Apps. We will also receive technical data in order to ensure the Games connect to the correct Facebook account.

Privacy Policies of Linked Third Party Services and Advertisers

Our websites and apps may contain advertisements from third parties, which are companies other than Candy Studiox that may link to their own websites, online services or mobile applications. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third parties, and the collection, use, and disclosure of your information will be subject to the privacy policies of those third parties. If you have any questions about how these third parties use your information, you should review their policies and contact them directly.

Please see the links below to learn more about the data practices of the third-party advertising partners that we use or may use:

Facebook Audience Network

Google AdMob

UnityAds

WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

a) To provide our Games or Apps to you

We will use information about you (including Basic Information, Third Party Log in Information, Analytics and User Content) for delivering our Games or Apps to you under the terms of use agreed between us. The processing of information in this way is necessary for us to record your progress and current status within a Game, and to ensure the Games deliver the features promised and function properly, so that you have the best experience when playing any one of our Games.

b) To help us improve the Online Services and fix any problems

We may process information about you (including Basic Information, User Content and Analytics) so that we can analyze and improve our Games and Online Services.

This processing is also necessary for us to pursue our legitimate interests of (i) ensuring that our Online Services function properly so that you and other users have the best experience when playing any of our Game(s) and using the other Online Services; (ii) improving the quality of our Online Services, and providing a better experience to our users; (iii) identifying and correcting any bugs in the Games and Online Services and iv) understanding the effectiveness of our marketing to attract new users and re-engage our current users at an aggregated level.

c) To acquire new users and engage current users

We may process information (including some Advertising Data and Analytics) to encourage engagement from our less active users and to notify them with new virtual items or other promotions on offer.

We may also process this information to pursue our legitimate interests of acquiring new users for our Games.

We use various forms of marketing to acquire new users. The information we collect about you may be used to improve the relevancy of our marketing, including the creation of ‘lookalike’ audiences. This allows us to offer more relevant marketing to potential new service users without using information that personally identifies you.

d) To improve the monetization of the Games via in-app purchases

We may process information (including Basic Information, User Content, Advertising Data and Analytics) to understand how users use our Games, and to compile statistical reports regarding that activity, as well as understanding how users progress, and their current status within a Game. This processing is necessary for us to pursue our legitimate interests of improving the Games and increasing the amount of revenue generated via in-app purchases. This may include the implementation of dynamic pricing models, so that in-app purchases are priced according to relevant factors, such as geography and gameplay progression so that we can offer temporary promotional discounts.

e) For advertising purposes

We may process Advertising Data to show you advertisements for third party services; including advertising that may reward you with benefits during your use of the Games.

The information we collect about you may be used to understand how advertisements placed in our Games have performed or how many people have viewed certain advertisements. We aggregate this information so that it does not personally identify you or permit you to be treated individually.

We may also use this information to reward users with benefits that can be used for further enjoyment of the Games from the viewing of certain advertising placed in our Games.

We will not pass or process your information for the purposes of marketing by third parties unless you give your consent should we ask for it. After you have given your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

We may use the information we collect about you to serve you targeted advertisements in our Games. We do this to provide you with more relevant advertising content.

If you would like to find out more about the way these third parties collect and process your information please refer to their respective privacy policies and/or terms and conditions.

f) To prevent fraud and illegal activity

We process personal data for our legitimate interests of ensuring that any use of the Online Services is lawful and non-fraudulent, does not disrupt the operation of our services, and does not harass our staff or other individuals, to enforce our legal rights and to comply with our legal obligations.

Where we reasonably believe that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws or our terms of use, we may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your law enforcement agencies about the content.

We reserve the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any User Content posted by you constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. You may not copy, download or embed any User Content without the express written permission of the content owner. You may not use any User Content for any commercial purposes, or any public performances.

We work with Apple and Google to assist us with fraud prevention and the detection of any illegal activity (e.g. to verify in-app purchases made through iTunes and Google Play).

DATA SHARING

We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy

Group members, personnel, suppliers or subcontractors: We keep your information confidential, but may disclose it to any member of our group (which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006), our personnel, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. However, this is on the basis that they do not make independent use of the information, and have agreed to safeguard it.

Merger or acquisition: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, any third party to which we sell or transfer our assets to will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.

Required by law: In addition, we may disclose your information to the extent that we are required to do so by law (which may include to government bodies and law enforcement agencies); in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings; and in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention).

Enforcement: We may also disclose your personal information to third parties in order to enforce or apply the terms of agreements, to investigate potential breaches, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Candy Studiox our customers, or others.

Digital Content Stores: Where the Games are downloaded through Google Play, iTunes and/or Amazon Appstore, we may disclose your personal information to Google, Apple and/or Amazon respectively for the purposes of facilitating any in-Game payments made through these platforms.

AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING

We may use automated decision making methods which do not involve human involvement to process your information only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy

We may process your personal information via automated decision making methods in order to identify users who are suspected of cheating in the Games. Our automated decision making methods are designed to detect cheating by looking out for (i) excessive currency stores against actual completed gameplay; and (ii) excessive content against actual purchases made and completed gameplay.

If users are determined to be or suspected of cheating the following actions may be taken and which will be unknown to the user:

⦁ An increase in the number of advertisements displayed within the Games; and

⦁ An increase in the frequency of suspected cheats playing against other suspected cheats.

We may block users from the Games and/or the Online Services who are determined to be cheating following an automated decision process. In this scenario the user will be notified of the outcome and will have the right to obtain human intervention to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision to block access to the Games and/or the Online Services.

CONSUMER CONTROL AND OPT-OUT OPTIONS

If you do not wish to be part of a lookalike campaign, receive notifications from us or be served with targeted advertisements you can opt-out by changing your advertising and notification settings on your device directly.

You can withdraw your consent to targeted advertising by changing your advertising settings on your device at any time.

YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO PERSONAL DATA WHICH WE PROCESS RELATING TO YOU

You have the following rights over the way we process personal data relating to you, as set out in the table below. We aim to comply without undue delay, and within one month at the latest.

To make a request, please let us know by sending an email to info.candystudiox@gmail.com

a) Ask for a copy of data we are processing about you and have inaccuracies corrected

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected.

We will use reasonable efforts to the extent required by law to supply, correct or delete personal information held about you on our files (and with any third parties to whom it has been disclosed to).

b) Object to us processing data about you

You can ask us to restrict, stop processing, or to delete your personal data if:

⦁ You consented to our processing the personal data, and have withdrawn that consent;

⦁ We no longer need to process that personal data for the reason it was collected;

⦁ We are processing that personal data because it is in the public interest or it is in order to pursue a legitimate interest of Candy Studiox or a third party, you don’t agree with that processing, and there is no overriding legitimate interest for us to continue processing it;

⦁ The personal data was unlawfully processed;

⦁ You need the personal data to be deleted in order to comply with legal obligations;

⦁ The personal data is processed in relation to the offer of a service to a child.

c) Obtain a machine readable copy of your personal data, which you can use with another service provider

⦁ If we are processing data in order to perform our obligations to you, or because you consented, or if that processing is carried out by automated means, we will help you to move, copy or transfer your personal data to other IT systems.

⦁ If you request, we will supply you with the relevant personal data in digital format. Where it is technically feasible, you can ask us to send this information directly to another IT system provider if you prefer.

d) Make a complaint to a Supervisory Authority

⦁ If you are unhappy with the way we are processing your personal data, please let us know by contacting us via the email.

⦁ If you do not agree with the way we have processed your data or responded to your concerns, an alternative is to submit a complaint to a Data Protection Supervisory Authority.

DATA RETENTION

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant service, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

Google Checkout:

If you choose to use Google Checkout to finalize and pay for your order, you will provide your credit card number directly to Google Checkout. Google’s Privacy Policy will apply to the information you provide to the Google Checkout web site.

CHILDREN

We do not use our Online Services to knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. Our terms of use prohibit users aged under 13 years from accessing our Online Services. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 years of age we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13 years of age please contact us at info.candystudiox@gmail.com

SECURITY

We will take all reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss misuse or alteration of your personal information. For example, our databases are password protected and limited to essential employees only (such as Candy Studiox

management or employees whose main role requires system access).

Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter this Policy at any time. You must review this Policy on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes.

If you do not agree to any modifications to this Policy, your sole recourse is to immediately stop all use of all Applications, the Services and the Site. Your continued use of any Application,

The Services or the Site following the posting of any modifications to this Policy will constitute your acceptance of the revised Policy. Please note that none of our employees or agents has the Authority to vary any of our Policies.

CONTACT INFORMATION

All questions, comments or inquiries should be directed to Candy Studiox at info.candystudiox@gmail.com

. We will endeavor to respond to any query or questions within business days