Privacy Policy

Privacy

Privacy and Cookie Notice for Players

We are Gamious. We are based at Stationsplein 116, 2011LN Haarlem, The Netherlands. You can contact us at privacy@gamious.com if you have questions about data protection, or if you have any requests for resolving issues with your personal data. You can also write to the above address.

In this privacy notice we describe:

* The ways we collect personal data about you when you visit our website or play one of our games and why we do so

* How we use your personal data, and

* The choices you have about your personal data.

We are committed to a lawful, fair and transparent processing of personal data.

  1. The data we process

When you play a Gamious game on a PC, or your Apple or Android phone, we automatically collect in-game analytics data, including Google Analytics, and Unity for games that use the Unity Engine.

When you get or play a Gamious game on xBox, PlayStation or Switch, we do not receive any data.

When you play a Gamious game on any platform, we keep track of data needed to unlock in-game achievements, such as playtime, health items used and other in-game player performance elements. We do not see this as personal data or personally identifiable data.

We also obtain analytics when you visit our website.

2. What do we use the data for

We use the game analytics data to be able to analyze, in aggregate form, how players use our games, how often and how long they play our games, where they stop, and so on. We do not use the analytics data to target players with ads.

We use the website analytics data to analyze, in aggregate form, how visitor of our website use it, where they come from, what pages are popular, and so on.

3. Our legal basis for processing data

For the game analytics and website analytics, we base the processing of personal data on our legitimate interest to be able to analyze how players use our games, and how website visitors use our website.

For the ads, we base the processing on our legitimate interest to be able to earn money with ads-based game, and that of our advertizing partners to provide you with advertizing.

4. Who we share data with

Service Providers

We share data with Google Inc, who provide analytics tools and the advertising service. You can find their privacy policy at https://google.com/policies/privacy.

And we share data with Unity, also for analytics and ads. You can find their privacy policy at https://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Both Google and Unity act as controllers under the GDPR for this.

Finally, we may release your data when we are required to by a court order, according to law or in the event of a bankruptcy or other similar unfortunate event. We may also share and may acquire your data with future subsidiaries or companies if we choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business. We will, however, only transfer the data if we must and if these companies comply with applicable privacy regulations.

5. How long and where do we store data

We store analytics data for up to 2 years.

6. How do we protect data

Taking into account the nature, scope, context and purpose of the processing, we have taken the following technical and organizational measures:

  • Our databases, and the information contained therein, are protected with access control. We use 2FA whenever possible.
  • Access to databases is limited, not all staff in our organization have full access.

We do not actively monitor the security of our database and need to rely on our processors to notify us of any data breaches.

7. If you are in Europe – transfer of your personal data

You should also know that your personal data may be transferred from your home country to third parties. If you are an EEA or UK resident, this could imply that we also transfer data to countries that do not offer an adequate level of protection for your personal data. When we transfer this data, we will do so only when we have put in place appropriate safeguards to protect your personal data. Please contact us to get a copy of the safeguards that we have put in place. Our contact details are at the bottom of this text.

8. If you are in California (USA) – do not track and do not sell my data (opt-out)

For players from California (USA), we do not sell your data. For website visitors from California (USA), our website does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics for our website here

9. Your Rights

No matter where you live, you have the right to request access to your personal data that we process. You also have the right to:

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please write us at If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please write us at privacy@gamious.com. We will respond to all requests within a reasonable timeframe, but at least within 4 weeks.

If you are based in an EU Member State, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local EU data protection authority for unresolved complaints.

10. Young players

Protecting the privacy of children is of the utmost important to us and we do our best to meet both EU and U.S. standards. Some of our game are expressly not directed at younger players. This includes games that have an age rating (like PEGI, USK, ESRB or CIRO) for players of ages 16 and up. This means that generally, we do not expect to process personal data of players younger than 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that we process personal data of your child or guard, please contact us through one of the options provided at the beginning of this page.

11. Cookies and other technologies

Like most online services, we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide and personalize our website, analyse use, target advertisements and prevent fraud. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the website may then not function properly. We have identified the following cookies placed on our website:

Name How Long Placed By Reason
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24 hours 2 years from set/update  
Google Inc.   We use Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. to count visitors to our websites and analyse their usage of the site to help us determine the value of our content to our users. www.google.com/policies/privacy.  

12. Version information

This privacy notice was last reviewed and updated on 30 March 2021, when we consolidated separate privacy notices. 

It can be viewed on: https://gamious.com/privacy/