🔎Privacy Policy
Thank you for showing your interest in our games! Please note that this privacy policy applies to both Wharf Street Studios and its applications such as Epiko Regal, Epiko Market, Epiko World, Epiko Valley, and Epiko Bricks.
Effective Date: May 26, 2023
Thank you for playing our games! This Privacy Policy describes:
The ways we collect personal data about you and why we do so
How we use your personal data, and
The choices you have about your personal data.
This Privacy Policy applies to Wharf Street Studios games, stores, sites, and related services, which we here collectively call the Service. We may periodically update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version on wharfstreetstudios.com. If we make any material changes, we will notify you as required under applicable law, including by posting a notice in the Service prior to the change becoming effective. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date will be subject to the new Privacy Policy.
CONTACT US
If you have questions about data protection, or if you have any requests for resolving issues with your personal data, we encourage you to primarily contact us through the support features within each Wharf Street Studios game, so we can reply to you more quickly. Alternatively, you may contact:
Name of the controller: Wharf Street Studios
Address: Level 39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB
Attn: Privacy
email: admin@wharfstreetstudios.com
THE DATA WE COLLECT
The categories of personal data we collect depend on the Services you use, and the requirements of applicable law.
Data you provide us directly.
Contact information (such as name and email address or phone numbers)
Player name or tag and password
Profile information (such as profile photo)
Your messages and other content you submit when you use the Service (such as chat logs and player support tickets)
Data you provide in connection with surveys, promotions, sweepstakes, competitions, and other events
Data you provide us automatically.
Data about your account and game progress, including in most cases an automatically created internal account ID
Your IP address and mobile device identifiers (such as your device or advertising ID)
Data about your device, such as device name and operating system, browser type and language, internet service provider, and mobile carrier
Data we collect with cookies and similar technologies (see more below)
Approximate location data (as derived from IP address)
Data about your use of the Service, such as gameplay data, purchases made, and your interactions with other players inside the Service
WHY DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA
We use your data for a variety of business purposes, such as:
To make the Service work.
To perform the contract, we process the data necessary to
Create accounts and allow you to play our games and use our Service
Operate the Service
Verify and confirm payments
Provide and deliver the products and services you request
Send you Service-related communications
To make the Service more suitable for our players.
To provide a great Service to our players, we have a legitimate interest in collecting and processing necessary data to
Update and develop player profiles
Develop and improve the Service and player experience
Manage our relationship with you
Provide social features as part of the Service
Customize your Service experience
Respond to your comments and questions and provide player support
Provide you with Wharf Street Studios offers in the Service as well as in other websites and services (including by email)
Send you related information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
Enable you to communicate with other players
To show personalized advertisements.
To show you personalized advertisements in the Service and elsewhere (including email) we have a legitimate interest in processing the necessary data to
Track the content you access in connection with the Service and your online behavior
Deliver, target, and improve our advertising and the Service
For information on how to opt out of personalized advertisements, see the section 'Your Rights and Options' below.
To keep the Service safe and fair.
Ensuring a level playing field in the Service is a top priority for us. For more information on our acceptable use policy; Wharf Street Studios Terms of Service. In order to keep the Service and its social features safe and fair, fight fraud, and ensure acceptable use otherwise, we have a legitimate interest in processing necessary data to
Analyze and monitor the use of the Service and its social feature
Moderate chats either automatically or manually
Take action against fraudulent or misbehaving players
To analyze, profile, and segment.
In all of the above cases and purposes, we may analyze, profile, and segment all collected data.
With your consent.
With your consent, we may process your data for additional purposes.
WHO CAN SEE YOUR DATA
Apart from Wharf Street Studios, your data can be accessed by others in the following situations:
Other players and users.
Social features are a core component of our games. Other players and users may, for example, see your profile data, and in-game activities and read the messages you have posted.
Our service providers.
Wharf Street Studios has vendors who help us to provide the Service. These vendors process your data only at and according to Wharf Street Studios's instructions to provide the Service and perform tasks such as hosting, player support, advertising, analytics, and fraud prevention.
Other companies and public authorities.
In order to verify payments (with payment providers such as Paypal) and combat fraud and illegal activity, we may process and disclose data with other companies and organizations and provide it to public authorities in response to lawful requests. We may also disclose your data based on your consent, to comply with the law, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our players, or others.
Advertising and Social Media partners.
The Service includes features from our partners, such as social media interaction tools, functionalities through application programming interfaces (APIs) or software development kits (SDKs), and in-game advertising.
If you wish to limit behaviourally targeted advertising, you can do so by limiting ad tracking in your device settings. Please note that opt-outs are specific to each browser and device and it may take a little bit of time before your opt-out will take effect.
For mobile advertising in apps, you can reset your Advertising Identifier and depending on your device, select to opt out of interest-based ads (Android) or turn on the Limit Ad Tracking setting (iOS).
For display advertising on the Web, you can also adjust your browser settings to limit certain tracking by means of cookies, and by visiting the following sites:
http://www.aboutads.info/choices and http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
We also use partners to perform services for us as processors, such as Branch for attribution. These partners do not use your data for additional purposes and your opt-outs can also affect these partners.
Wharf Street Studios also works with a number of other analytics and ad-serving partners within our mobile apps, websites, and elsewhere online. These partners can use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect or receive data about you and might claim controller rights over your personal data. For more information about their privacy practices and opt-out possibilities, please visit the links below.
Facebook Privacy Policy:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
TikTok Privacy Policy:
https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en
Twitter Privacy Policy:
https://twitter.com/en/privacy
Facebook Privacy Policy:
https://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy
These partners may access your data and operate under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to check their privacy policies to learn more about their data processing practices.
These partners may access data regarding your activities and your device (such as your IP address, mobile identifiers, page(s) visited, location, and time of day). We may also combine and share data we have collected about you with third-party advertising partners. These advertising partners may use this data (and similar data collected from other services) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements to you when you visit third-party services within their networks. These partners may operate under their own privacy policies. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral advertising.” If you prefer not to share your personal data with third-party advertising partners, you may follow the instructions in “Your Rights and Options” below.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Our Service is global by nature and your data can therefore be transferred to anywhere in the world. Because different countries may have different data protection laws than your own country, we take steps to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data as explained in this Privacy Policy. Adequate safeguards that we may use include standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission and other lawful safeguards.
YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS
Our Service is global by nature and your data can therefore be transferred to anywhere in the world. Because different countries may have different data protection laws than your own country, we take steps to ensure adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data as explained in this Privacy Policy. Adequate safeguards that we may use include standard contractual clauses approved by the EU Commission and other lawful safeguards.
Opt out of marketing emails and other direct marketing.
You may opt out of receiving promotional communications, such as marketing emails from us by following the instructions in such communications, or by changing your in-game settings. The updated settings may not be effective immediately. Note that you may still continue to receive non-promotional communications from us, such as communications regarding the Service or updates to our Wharf Street Studios Terms of Service or this Privacy Policy
Push Notifications
We may send you push notifications through our mobile applications. You may at any time opt-out from receiving these types of communications by changing the settings on your mobile device.
Opt-out of targeted advertising.
You can opt out of interest-based advertising on mobile applications by checking the privacy settings of your Android or iOS device and turning off “Allow Apps to Request to Track” or selecting 'Limit Ad Tracking' (Apple iOS) or 'Opt-out of Interest-Based Ads' (Android). You can also opt out of personalized in-game offers through the options provided in the game settings (where applicable).
Access the personal data we hold about you.
If you request, we will provide you a copy of your personal data in an electronic format.
Your other rights.
You also have the right to correct your data, have your data deleted, object to how we use or share your data, and restrict how we use or share your data. You can always withdraw your consent.
We will respond to all requests within a reasonable timeframe. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, you may also contact your local data protection authority within the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the UK for unresolved complaints.
If you wish to exercise any of your data subject rights described above, please use the support options described in “Contact Us” above. We will respond to all requests in accordance with applicable laws. To protect your privacy, we may also take additional steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, such as by requesting you provide us a purchase receipt or other account information, asking you to link your email address with your game account (for example through Wharf Street Studios ID), or asking you to answer questions regarding your activities on our Services. Once you have verified your identity, you may also designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf by providing the agent's contact information to our customer support staff, as required by applicable law. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment as a result of your exercise of these rights.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Like most online services, we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide and personalize the Service, analyze use, target advertisements, and prevent fraud. Cookies and similar technologies allow us and our partners to store their preferences and track your activities within the Service. Note that our partners may operate under their own privacy policies.
We and our partners collect and store information about users' interactions with unaffiliated websites and applications that use our technologies, including cookies and similar tracking technologies. This allows us to infer the presence of a common user or household behind multiple devices or browsers, for instance, and then link those browsers and devices into a device graph. We do so in order to
detect and prevent fraud;
allow users to use the Service on one device and pick up seamlessly where they left off on another device;
analytics, personalization, and attribution;
limit the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement, across all known or inferred devices; and/or
provide personalized advertising on each device that is inferred from the browsing patterns on all of the devices.
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the Service may then not function properly.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR DATA
Security Safeguards.
In order to help ensure a secure and safe player experience, we are continuously developing and implementing administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse, or alteration.
Data retention.
We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service. We may for example periodically de-identify unused game accounts, and we may regularly review and de-identify unnecessary data. Note that if you ask us to remove your personal data, we will retain your data as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
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