Privacy Policy

RECENT CHANGE: December 3, 2023

The websites (the “Sites”) and apps (the “Apps”) owned and operated by GamesCreed use and collect your information in accordance with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). (“GAMESCREED”, “us” or “we”), and it controls how you can access the “Services” and content hosted on our platform.

Protecting your personal information is our top priority, and we understand the importance of your privacy. Before you use or access the Sites, please read this Privacy Policy thoroughly. By using our sites and services, you agree to the terms and conditions of our privacy policy. Here, you may see our terms of service.

Section 1. Data Collection and Utilization Practices

In this context, “Personal Data” refers to any information about a specific identifiable natural person (“data subject”). In this context, “identifiable” means that the data can be traced back to a specific name, number, address, or other identifier, directly or indirectly.

Along with personally identifiable information, we also gather broad data (“Usage Data”) on how you interact with our Sites and the Services we offer. Information about your demographics, interests, search terms, and online behavior are all examples of the types of Usage Data that may be collected. We follow the procedures outlined in this Privacy Policy when dealing with Personal Data included in Usage Data.

The information that you give to GAMESCREED through the Services and other sources is collected by us and by third parties. Your interaction with the Services determines the type of information we gather and how we utilize it; we also aggregate all of your data to improve our Services based on our analyses. We gather information, which may include personal data, in the following ways:

When you provide information to GAMESCREED as a question, comment, online newsletter subscription, event registration, or other communication, we will acquire your personal data. The information you give us may include your name, email, job title, phone number, address, and company when you ask to advertise with us. We utilize this information as needed to deliver and enhance the Services and our products and reply to your requests or inquiries.

With your permission, GAMESCREED may publish user-generated material (UGC) on the Services, including comments, photos, and other user-generated content on any or all of our sites. When signing up for this service, users are required to submit their email address and username. Your submitted comments and photos may contain personally identifiable information. We will continue to process your data if we believe doing so is in our legitimate interest and with your consent. Get other people’s permission before publishing your material if it contains identifiable information about them and yourself.

Where You Are—”Location Data” is gathered either explicitly or implicitly when you utilize the Services. Included in this data category are things like the precise location of the computer or mobile device that accessed the Services (as determined by GPS or WiFi), the device’s IP address, and any geographic information you voluntarily supply to us (such as your city). We keep track of this data so we may better understand how you use our services, provide you with more relevant material based on your location, analyze data on events and businesses in your area, and enhance our offerings overall. We will keep your personal information as long as it’s required or helpful to deliver better, more tailored services to you or until you tell us to delete it.
We may collect personally identifiable information from you during your interactions with us through the social media features of our sites, our social media pages and channels, and other channels and content. Included in the “Personal Data” category are your contribution content, profile identifier, and name. Until you revoke your consent or we discontinue usage of the social media platforms, we will use the information you provide to communicate with you and for internal purposes. You should check their respective privacy policies and settings to know how various websites, apps, and social media platforms handle user data. Keep in mind that anybody can view, collect, or use anything you publish directly on our sites, including our social media pages. This includes comments, photos, information, and other items. Using caution while sharing personal information in public forums or through submissions is important.
Marketing and Other Informational Updates—With your permission and in accordance with applicable laws, we will use the information we collect from you, including your email address, to send you promotional materials, information about our products and services, and information about the products and services of our partners. You can revoke your consent at any moment by discontinuing your receipt of these marketing messages. This will affect no action taken lawfully prior to your withdrawal of permission. Occasionally, we may also inform you of significant updates to the services. Your capacity to receive messages about the provision of services or the fulfillment of your requests will remain unaffected if you withdraw your consent from marketing communications.
We and other third-party vendors, including ad networks, social media widgets, and analytics providers, automatically collect certain information, including Personal Data, when you visit our social media pages or open our emails. This is done with your consent or as is allowed by law. Automated technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, and web server logs, are used for this purpose. This type of data collection includes your IP address, browser details, operating system version, language preferences, referring URLs, the date and time you accessed the Services, and information about how you used our Services. To better serve our customers, we analyze data like the number of people who visit specific websites and social media pages, the number of people who open messages or newsletters, and the number of people who use specific social media channels. For further details on how we use and store the personal data gathered by cookies, please refer to the section below.
Vendor Use in Compliance with Our Privacy Policy—We reserve the right to combine this data with other information we have gathered regarding you. In addition to the data we acquire through our Services and emails, our vendors may also gather data about your online activities across different devices, websites, and apps (if other websites and apps use these vendors). Our providers’ privacy rules dictate how they utilize the data we provide them. By way of illustration, we presently employ Google Analytics to gather and handle specific website Usage Data for the reasons above and to enable our utilization of other Google resources, such as Google Display Network Impression Reporting and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Check out google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ for additional information about Google Analytics and the opt-out process. When using a web browser to access the Services, you can modify your browser settings to disable or remove cookies. The Services might not function correctly, though, if you do that. Web browser “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signals are not configured to respond or process on our Sites; however, browser cookie settings are. In the “Cookies” section below, you’ll find information on disabling or removing cookies.

Section 2. Methods of Information Exchange

In order to carry out our business operations by this Privacy Policy and relevant data protection laws and fulfill our duties to you, we share Personal Data within GamesCreed, which includes our affiliates and subsidiaries. Beyond what is already mentioned in this Privacy Policy, there are some scenarios and reasons why we may disclose your Data to third parties:

Making Site Services Available
Through the Services, we provide several different functions and services. For us to deliver the Services, we may use or disclose to third parties the personal data that you voluntarily submit through our Website. For example, using the Services, you can access content, advertisements, and features from third-party websites. We utilize and/or disclose your Personal Data to the third party operating the websites and functionalities to allow that engagement.
Discretionary and Related Purposes
Despite our best efforts, GAMESCREED may be compelled to reveal user information in response to a valid legal request, such as an order from a court or a judicial proceeding. This disclosure will only be made in response to the legal process served on GAMESCREED or its affiliates. Unless we are compelled to do otherwise by law or court order, we will make commercially reasonable steps to notify you in advance if we intend to disclose information about you for any of these reasons.
Digital Marketing
If you want ads on and off the Services that are relevant to you, we use tracking and delivery technologies customary in the industry. We use tailored advertising tactics to present advertisements to you through our services. Based on the information we collect from users of the Services and third parties, this allows us to display ads for products and services that are specific to your interests. Our participation in advertising networks means you may also encounter certain ads while using our services. We can leverage clickstream, demographic, behavioral, and contextual data to tailor ads to specific users through ad networks. The collection of this data is frequently governed by the privacy policies of third parties whose tracking technologies are used.
Advertising – The advertisements you see on our websites are sent to you either by third-party advertising companies or by GAMESCREED’s proprietary software. We may utilize data gathered from your interactions with our websites and search engines and data we obtain from third parties to tailor our advertising to your interests.
Ads and Cookies – When people click on ads that our third-party advertising partners have provided, they may be sent cookies. Once we have received the adverts, GAMESCREED cannot access or control these cookies. Online behavioral advertising, as defined by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), may occur concerning some of the advertisers and ad delivery systems we employ.
Affiliate Marketing — Through our participation in affiliate marketing, we enable the embedding of affiliate links on certain pages. This means that affiliate partners may use cookies to understand your usage of the Services, and we may earn a reward when you click on or make purchases via such links.
To keep the Sites running smoothly, to monitor your activity on the Sites, to enhance the Sites and your experience using them, and to personalize the Sites based on your interests, GAMESCREED stores small data files on your device called cookies. The Sites may place “cookies,” little text files, on your hard drive or mobile device. By using them, the Sites can keep track of your activities and personal preferences. On our Sites, GAMESCREED uses the following cookies:
You can’t navigate the Website or enjoy its features without these “strictly necessary” cookies. These cookies will be used regardless of whether you have consented to their placement on your device.
Performance Cookies—These cookies help enhance the functionality of the Sites by collecting information about your use (such as the pages you visit most often).
The Sites use functionality cookies to remember your preferences (such as language or location) and bring you better, more tailored experiences.
Using targeting and advertising cookies, we can show you ads on and off the Sites that are more likely to interest you. You can limit how often you view an ad and use them to measure how effective the campaigns are. Cookies track when you visit a website and may share that information with third parties, like advertising.
First-party cookies and third-party cookies are both utilized by GAMESCREED. Cookies set by GAMESCREED and shared by other parties, such as those used for account login, are known as first-party cookies. Conversely, organizations and third-party providers with separate domains are the ones that store third-party cookies.
Both session cookies, which are deleted from your device when you shut your browser, and persistent cookies, which remain until you delete them or they expire, are used by us.
If you would like to opt out of having your online behavior tracked by our first-party ad server and several third-party advertising partners, you may do so by clicking on the following links:
Go to http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ if you don’t want Google, our first-party ad-serving vendor, to place cookies on your device.
If you would like to disable the use of your data by more than fifty prominent third-party behavioral advertising providers, you can do so by visiting this link: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

Section 3. The Global Privacy Control (GPC) module

Every GPC signal is respected. Enabling GPC is possible within the browser if you use one that supports it. In the future, you may use your browser to disable the collection, use, or disclosure of certain personal information. Go here to learn more about GPC.

Content from Other Parties, Widgets, and Links to Other Websites
Third parties host and serve content on our Sites or linked to them. These outside parties may use their cookies and web beacons to gather information about you or ask for your personal data. When you click on links to other websites, GAMESCREED has no control over their content or privacy policies. You may find the answers in their privacy policies if you have any inquiries regarding these websites. All information gathered by GAMESCREED from our Sites is subject to this Privacy Policy. Additional conditions apply if you decide to buy anything from our Website. Your transaction will be governed by the terms and privacy policy of the third-party payment processor, which handles all financial transactions. While we do not store, process, or transmit financial data (such as a customer’s credit card number or bank account details), we may get order-related information (such as the products you bought and their total cost) from the merchant or third-party payment processor. All third-party payment processors’ systems, including their privacy policies, are beyond our control, and we deny all responsibility for them. Sometimes, we get a tiny commission when you buy anything from an online store that we linked to. Someone else is in charge of the business dealings with online marketplaces. Because it prevents our editorial staff from manually creating affiliate links, we rely on a third party to automate linking to products. All of our editorial staff members contribute to the reviews based on our personal opinions; none of our journalists are engaged. No one here knows which websites might bring in more money for GAMESCREED; we also don’t allow financial incentives to sway our editorial decisions.
Combination, Disposal, or Other Transfers of Assets
As a result of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be shared during the merger or acquisition negotiations or sold or transferred as part of GAMESCREED’s business transition, as allowed by law and/or contract.
Kids’ Confidentiality
Protecting children’s privacy is important to us. Consequently, we do not intentionally solicit or collect Personal Data from children under 16. If we find out that a user is under 16, we will remove any personally identifiable information they may have supplied to us immediately.
We Take Data Security Very Seriously
To prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of our Personal Data, GAMESCREED has implemented various security measures, including technical, administrative, and physical safeguards. Our security procedures provide that only authorized personnel will have access to sensitive customer information and that records should only be kept for as long as is required by law or business operations, after which they should be destroyed. Despite our best efforts, we cannot ensure that our security measures will prevent all unauthorized individuals from accessing, using, or disclosing the personal information we collect and maintain.
Please notify us from our contact page if you know of any security issues. Any issues will be addressed through our collaboration with you.
Data Retention Periods
For the duration required to accomplish the stated goal of collection and to meet any accounting, reporting, or legal obligations, we will keep the personal data we obtain from you. We take into account the following factors when deciding on the right retention period: the quantity, type, and sensitivity of the personal data; the risk of damage from unauthorized use or disclosure of that data; the reasons we process your data and whether we can accomplish those goals with other methods; and, of course, any legal obligations.
See below for details on removing your account and any associated personal data.

Attention All EEA and Swiss Citizens

The “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR” grants specific rights to individuals residing in the European Economic Area or Switzerland as outlined in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, which came into effect on April 27, 2016. One is the right to access your personal data, specified under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Another is the right to have your data erased from our records, limit how we use it, and obtain it in a portable format. We shall handle your data exclusively for the purposes and length of time specified in this Privacy Policy. You can click here to exercise any of those rights. Please be aware that we may request identification verification as a security measure. If we need more information from you to process your request more quickly or so you can exercise your legal rights, we may contact you. For instance, if your request is very complex, we may need more than one month to respond, but we will inform you if this is not the case. Some exceptions may apply, or there may be a more compelling, legitimate reason for us to process your data. Here is a list of data protection regulators from across the world that you can contact if you have any concerns about personal information:

Take a look at edpb.europa.eu:

First, please let us know what’s bothering you so that we may do our best to address your concerns.

The Locations of Data Use and Storage
Our main office is located in America. If you are a user, you should know that your personal information could end up on servers or databases in a country that isn’t a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or one that the European Commission has determined to have sufficient privacy measures in place. Data protection rules vary from one country to another. When transferring your data internationally, standard contractual clauses (SCC) may be utilized to ensure adequate safeguards according to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy. Here you can find more details on SCCs:
Commonly Used Contractual Provisions (SCC)
Data transfers between the European Union and countries outside the EU are subject to standard contractual language.Find out more at ec.europa.eu.

Contact Information

Please feel free to contact us with any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy. Address: GamesCreed, Brain Harrison Way, Ontario, M1P 5J5.