Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 23 March 2025
At Forestry Tech, LLC (referred to as "we", "us", or "our" in this policy), we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and manage your personal information when you access our Site or play a Developer Game published by an independent game developer utilizing our Services.
1. Information Collection
1.1 Types of Information We Collect
When you engage with a Developer Game, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
Contact Details: First name, surname, email address, residential address, and mobile or other phone numbers.
Personal & Account Information: Gender, age, age range, image, account login details (username, password, profile-associated pictures).
Communication Information: Information exchanged via email, post, or other communication methods.
Third-Party Information: Information obtained from third-party sites or platforms regarding your use of or interest in our services.
Location Information: Location data from mobile devices or IP addresses, where legally permitted.
Activity, Technical, and Device Information: Details about your website usage, service usage frequency, hardware model, device type, unique device identifiers, operating system, browser type, and IP address.
Government-Issued Identifiers: Passport, driver's license, social security numbers, collected for legal purposes.
Sensitive Information: Biometric data, geolocation, driver's licenses, and financial information, collected to meet legal requirements.
1.2 How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
Registration and Authentication: To facilitate your registration for and access to Developer Games and update your profile.
Game Access and Eligibility: To ensure you can legally access and play Developer Games based on your location.
Player Matching: To help you find and connect with other players.
Payment Processing: To handle in-game purchases and update your account.
Game Features Provision: To offer in-app messaging, chat, gameplay records, and profile customization.
Game Support: To provide assistance related to Developer Games.
Service Improvement: To monitor service performance, fix issues, and develop new features.
Advertising Effectiveness Analysis: To evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
Communication and Complaint Handling: To send service-related communications and respond to your comments and complaints.
Marketing: To send marketing materials in line with your preferences.
Service Security: To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and enhance security measures.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance: To meet legal and regulatory requirements.
Rights Enforcement: To monitor and enforce our terms of use and agreements with third parties.
2. Information Sharing
We may share your personal information with third parties to provide our Services. This includes sharing with our affiliates and third-party service providers, who are authorized to use the information only for the services they provide to us.
2.1 Cases of Information Sharing
Legal Requirements: When required by law.
Corporate Changes: During mergers, acquisitions, or changes in control.
Partnerships with Third-Party Companies: We may share information with companies like advertising platforms, subject to strict data protection requirements.
We will not share your personally identifiable information with third parties without your prior consent, except as stated above.
2.2 Information Security and Data Rights
We are dedicated to protecting your personal information through various security technologies and procedures. We retain your information only for as long as necessary for business/operational purposes or to comply with legal requirements. Our servers are encrypted, and access to your information is restricted. However, due to the inherent insecurity of the Internet, we cannot guarantee 100% security.
After you uninstall our software or stop using our services, we will delete all your data within three months. If you clear your data through the software, we will immediately delete local data and remove all server-stored data within one month.
3. Advertising Preferences
If you do not wish for us to use your collected information for advertising purposes, you can opt out. Please note that even if you opt out, we may still collect some data for operational purposes, such as fraud prevention. Opting out must be done on each browser or device you use.
4. Confidentiality
We highly value our intellectual property and expect you to use our Software and Services for legal purposes only. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access if we believe you have violated any law or this Privacy Policy.
5. Children's Privacy
Our Services are not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18. If we discover such information has been collected accidentally, we will delete it promptly.
6. Legal Compliance
6.1 California Privacy
For California residents, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"), including the right to know about the personal information we've collected, the right to request deletion, and the right to opt out of sales of your personal information.
6.2 European Privacy
For individuals based in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), including the right to withdraw consent, request access to your personal information, request correction of inaccurate information, request erasure of your information under certain circumstances, object to processing, restrict processing, and request data portability.