Privacy Policy
At Hangman Innovators (referred to as "We" or "Us"), we are committed to protecting the privacy of our users and ensuring the security of their personal and non-personal information. This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you ("You" or "User(s)") about how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you access and use the services provided by Hangman Innovators, including our website, mobile apps on all platforms, the Hangman Innovators Developer Center, Hangman Innovators Publishing Portal, and other related services ("Service(s)").
This Privacy Policy applies to all online and offline users of our services. Therefore, it is essential to carefully read and understand this document before using Hangman Innovators' services. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy and our "Terms of Use," we kindly ask you not to use our services.
If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to use or access our services (unless explicitly stated otherwise for a specific service), and do not provide any information about yourself to us. Hangman Innovators does not knowingly collect personal or non-personal information from individuals under the age of 13. If you are a minor according to your country of residence's regulations, you must obtain parental consent before using any of Hangman Innovators' available services.
Personal Information
As per Hangman Innovators' policy, personal information refers to data that can be used to identify an individual. While we may also collect non-personal information, which does not identify individuals, we collect and use both types of information, either individually or in combination.
Hangman Innovators is not responsible for the actions of third parties, including companies, individuals, or services, and the content on third-party websites, the services or products they offer, or the use of information provided by users on these third-party websites.
Collecting and Using Personal Information
Hangman Innovators only collects personal information from users for purposes explicitly described in this Privacy Policy.
The personal information we collect may be used for creating, customizing, and maintaining user accounts for our services, developing personalized services, verifying user identities, contacting users to provide services, sending marketing and customer information, conducting customer and market research, enabling communication within the services, generating reports, creating sweepstakes and competitions, gathering user feedback, allowing individual game developers to contact Hangman Innovators, and granting game developers access to user feedback and performance metrics related to games published by Hangman Innovators.
We may also use the personal information collected from users to create user profiles or combine it with information obtained from third parties to understand user preferences and provide better services. Personal information collected by Hangman Innovators may also be used to provide customer service, deliver other services upon user request, send requested information (e.g., invoices, confirmations, game updates, technical notices, support messages, and security alerts), and communicate promotions and news related to products and services offered by Hangman Innovators.
Hangman Innovators is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations related to processing users' personal information and processing that information ethically. We take the necessary measures to keep personal information secure and confidential.
Categories of Information Collected by Us
We collect various categories of information, including:
1. Information Given by You:
This includes information directly provided by you, such as your name, username, email address, profile picture, phone number, contact information, and date of birth.
2. Information Collected from Technical Sources When You Use the Services:
This category includes non-personal information, such as your computer or device's IP address, time of actions or requests in the service, operating system, hardware type, mobile device ID, access times, GPS-based location, IP address, language, browser type, MAC address, IMEI, email address, device name, and social media handles (if you log in using a Facebook or Google+ account), as well as referring website URLs.
3. Information Collected from Third Parties:
We may collect information from third parties, such as social networks, when you connect your social media accounts or use third-party services for information access. This occurs only when you authorize your social media site to allow Hangman Innovators to access that information.
While using our services, you may also be allowed to connect with your social media accounts or use your device's game centers. When you do so, Hangman Innovators may access specific information about you, provided you grant the necessary permissions.
Information Collection for Improving Our Services
To enhance our services, we may collect and use non-personal information, sometimes using third-party service providers. This information may include pages visited, time spent on each page, IP addresses, operating systems, and other data relevant to service quality improvement.
We may also utilize third-party service providers for data analytics, such as Game Analytics, Google Analytics, Flurry, Facebook Audience Network, etc., to analyze user behavior and improve our gaming services. Data collected by these providers helps us understand how users perceive and use our services.
Advertising
We may include advertisements within our gaming services. Users who wish to opt out of specific targeted advertising can visit websites like www.networkadvertising.org and www.youradchoices.com. However, using these links does not guarantee that no targeted advertisements will be displayed; users may still see non-personalized advertisements.
Information collected by advertising networks is governed by this Privacy Policy and the privacy policy of the third-party networks responsible for the technology used.
Hosting and Disclosure of Collected Information
By using Hangman Innovators' services, you choose to disclose information about yourself. While we ensure the security of personal information provided exclusively to Hangman Innovators, information you disclose to other users is considered public information without an expectation of privacy. Hangman Innovators is not responsible for personal information that users make public themselves.
Hangman Innovators will never disclose stored personal information to third parties for market research, direct marketing, public registers, or polls without user consent, except as part of a specific feature or program for which users can opt out or opt in. Hangman Innovators will not be responsible for the processing of personal information by third parties. However, your personal information may be used for in-service targeted marketing and, with your consent, for email marketing by Hangman Innovators and selected third parties.
We may leverage external service providers to process and access stored information using a technical interface. Personal information may be shared with third-party service providers to the extent necessary to perform, improve, and maintain services. Third-party providers may offer email services, credit card processing, business intelligence services, and data analysis. Hangman Innovators reserves the right to share personal information for the aforementioned purposes but is not liable for the actions and omissions of these third parties.
Non-personal information, such as referring or exit pages, user usage data, asset views, platform types, and the number of clicks, may be shared with third parties interested in helping Hangman Innovators understand usage patterns for specific services, content, promotions, advertisements, and functionality.
In exceptional cases, we may disclose personal information to third parties when required by regulation or applicable law, a court order from competent authorities, or for enforcing our "Terms of Service" and investigating possible violations of service terms to ensure service safety.
Hangman Innovators may share anonymous or aggregated information about users with business partners, publishers, advertisers, and other third parties.
Protection of User Information
While we collect personal and non-person
al information about users, we protect it with password security. Access to stored data is granted only to authorized individuals working for Hangman Innovators or partners approved by Hangman Innovators. We take industry-standard security measures to keep your information secure; however, we cannot guarantee complete security during information storage on our systems or during transmission. In the event of a significant security breach that jeopardizes the privacy of our users' personal information, Hangman Innovators will post a notice on its website or through its services and take measures to protect the data, such as temporarily shutting down a service.
Cookies Policy
Hangman Innovators may use cookies to identify and track website visitors, their usage of services, and access preferences for improving service quality and providing personalized recommendations based on user behavior. Cookies do not allow Hangman Innovators to access personal information stored on users' computers.
In addition to cookies, Hangman Innovators may utilize tracking technologies, both existing and future developments, which may set, alter, or modify configurations or settings on users' devices.
We may partner with third parties who use cookies and other tracking technologies to assess the effectiveness of advertisements displayed within our services. These technologies are used to analyze the view count of advertisements and tailor advertisements when users visit other websites.
Users who do not want Hangman Innovators' cookies or tracking technology to be set on their devices should adjust their computer settings to reject cookies or any other tracking technology. Refusing cookies may affect the proper functioning of specific features of the service. Please note that some service elements are region-specific and may not function correctly if Hangman Innovators cannot identify your location.
Processing Personal Information
Users have the option to review any information collected and stored about them. To exercise this right, users must send a signed request to Hangman Innovators. Upon receiving the request, we will correct, supplement, or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal information, either at the user's request or on our own initiative.
Users may also opt out of receiving promotional emails by following the instructions provided in these emails. Even if you choose to opt out of promotional emails, Hangman Innovators may still send non-promotional emails related to your Hangman Innovators account or for delivering essential information regarding Hangman Innovators services or ongoing business relations.
Changes to Privacy Policy
Hangman Innovators reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at its discretion. All changes to this Privacy Policy will be made available on the website, and users are encouraged to check the Privacy Policy regularly for updates. However, any changes to this Privacy Policy will not affect users' rights without their consent.