Privacy Policy
About Our Privacy Policy on Thegamessphere.com
Thegamessphere.com is a media product of Authentic Games Studio. Our mission is to make the games industry better for gamers and with Thegamessphere.com we strive to offer a media outlet and community platform for gamers that supports freedom of speech, journalism and criticism, within reason.
The Thegamessphere.com services that link to this Privacy Policy provide fun ways for you to create, share, and discover the best content in the world. Next to that it provides a way to take part in a worldwide interactive gamers community.
When you use these services, you’ll share some information with us. We want to explain clearly what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the controls we give you to access, update, and delete your information.
That’s why we’ve written this Privacy Policy. We tried to write it in simple language with minimal legalese so it’s easy for you to understand. If you have any questions about anything in our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Information We Collect
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
- Information you choose to give us
- Information we get when you use our services
- Information we get from third parties
Here’s how we collect your information.
How We Collect Information
Information You Choose To Give Us
When you use and interact with our services, we collect the information you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic Thegamessphere.com account, so we need to collect a few important details about you, such as: a unique username you choose, a password, an e-mail address, and your date of birth. To make it easier for others to find you, we may also ask you to provide us additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, for example a profile picture, a name, or other identifiable information. Our other services, such as commerce products, prices you might win that has to be shipped to you, may also require you to provide us with the question to give us your address, a debit card or credit card number and its associated account information.
You’ll also provide any information you send through our services, such as post and comment uploads. Keep in mind that the posts and comments you upload can be seen publicly, and can always be saved and copied outside of our services. Please don’t share content you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.
Lastly, when you contact us or communicate with us in any way, we’ll collect any information you give us.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you use and how you use them. For example, we may know what section or post you are reading, when you’re reading it, and how you’re reading it (desktop, mobile browser, or mobile app). Here’s a more detailed explanation of the information we collect when you use our services:
How We Use Your Information
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example:
- How you interact with our services, such as what sections you look at, what you search for, what posts and comments you upload, or what posts and comments you upvote or downvote.
Content Information
We collect content you create on our services. For example:
- The images, videos, and text you upload
We also collect information about the content you create. For example:
- When you created the content
- Where you created the content
- How you created the content such as device information
We also collect information about how other users interact with your content. For example:
- Post upvotes and downvotes
- Comments and comment upvotes and downvotes
Device Information
We collect information from and about the devices you use. For example:
- Information about your hardware and software, such as hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, and language.
- Information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as your type of network connection.
Camera and Photos
Some of our services require us to collect images and other information from your devices’ camera and photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload images or videos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or media library.
Location Information
When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your permission, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, and Wi-Fi access points.
Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies
We may use cookies and other technologies such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. We may use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. It is up to you to move or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Removing or rejecting cookies may affect our service function and availability.
Log Information
We also collect log information when you use our services. For example:
- Details about how you’ve used our services.
- Device information, such as web browser type and language.
- Access times.
- Pages and content viewed.
- IP address.
- Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Pages you visited before or after visiting our website or using our service.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information from our affiliates and third parties. For example:
- If you use your Google, Twitter or Facebook account to sign up or sign in to our services, we may receive information so you can create or access your Thegamessphere.com account.
- If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure ad performance.
How We Share Information
We may share information about you in the following ways:
With other Thegamessphere.com Users. We may share information with other Thegamessphere.com users. Examples include:
- Information about you, such as your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Information you upload, such as image or video posts.
- Information about how you interacted with our services, such as the content you post, the comments you post, and the content you upvote.
With all Thegamessphere.com Users, our business partners, and the general public.
We may share information with all Thegamessphere.com users, our business partners, and the general public. Examples include:
- Public information like your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Content submissions set to be viewable by everyone.
- Content from our services that you share on other services, such as Facebook or Pinterest.
With our affiliates. We may share information with the entities within the Authentic Games Studio family of companies.
With third parties. We may share your information with third parties. Examples include:
- With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
- With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is necessary. Examples include:
- To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation.
- To investigate, enforce, or remedy potential Terms of Service violations.
- To protect the safety, rights, and property of Thegamessphere.com, our users, or others.
- To detect and resolve any fraud or security matters or concerns.
- With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Authentic Games Studio gets involved with a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with the company before, during, and after the transaction.
We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers.
Third-Party Content and Integrations
Our services may contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded-service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information, including personal information, directly to the third party, to us, or to both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
Analytics and Advertising Services
Provided by Others
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time, and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and under your online activity, among other things.
Some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
Provided by us
We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve your user experience with our services and to improve your advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you relevant ads. Visit our Advertising Preferences page to learn more about Thegamessphere.com advertising and how you can control the information used to select the ads you see.
How Long We Keep Your Information
Thegamessphere.com stores your information, the posts you upload, and the comments you upload for a period of time. For example:
- We store your basic account information, including your name, username, and email address until you ask us to delete them
- We store location information for different lengths of time based on how precise it is and which services you use.
- We are constantly collecting and updating information about the things you like or dislike, so we can provide you with more relevant data, more relevant ads, and a better user experience.
If you decide to stop using Thegamessphere.com, you can ask us to delete your account.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process or request asking us to preserve that content, or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service Violations. We may also need to retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time, or as required by law.
Control over Your Information
At Thegamessphere.com, your privacy is important to us. We want you to have control over the information you give us, the information we use, and the information we keep. These are the tools we provide you to control your information:
- Download My Data. You can request your data to be sent to you.
- Removing Permissions. If you agree to let us use your information, you can change your mind at any time by changing the settings on your device. If you remove permission, certain services may be impacted and may lose functionality.
- Deletion. We hope you remain a Thegamessphere.com user for life, but if you want to delete your account, please use the DELETE ACCOUNT feature in your user account.
Our Policy on Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. We may limit how we collect, use and store some of the information of EU or EEA users between ages 13 and 16. If we need to rely on consent as a legal bases for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
Revisions and Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by notifying you one way or another. We may let you know by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy, which is available on our websites and mobile applications. We may also provide additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage, or providing you with an in-app notification.
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
- Information you choose to give us
- Information we get when you use our services
- Information we get from third parties
Here’s how we collect your information.
Information You Choose To Give Us
When you use and interact with our services, we collect the information you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic Thegamessphere.com account, so we need to collect a few important details about you, such as: a unique username you choose, a password, an e-mail address, and your date of birth. To make it easier for others to find you, we may also ask you to provide us additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, for example a profile picture, a name, or other identifiable information. Our other services, such as commerce products, prices you might win that has to be shipped to you, may also require you to provide us with the question to give us your address, a debit card or credit card number and its associated account information.
You’ll also provide any information you send through our services, such as post and comment uploads. Keep in mind that the posts and comments you upload can be seen publicly, and can always be saved and copied outside of our services. Please don’t share content you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.
Lastly, when you contact us or communicate with us in any way, we’ll collect any information you give us.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you use and how you use them. For example, we may know what section or post you are reading, when you’re reading it, and how you’re reading it (desktop, mobile browser, or mobile app). Here’s a more detailed explanation of the information we collect when you use our services:
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example:
- How you interact with our services, such as what sections you look at, what you search for, what posts and comments you upload, or what posts and comments you upvote or downvote.
We collect content you create on our services. For example:
- The images, videos, and text you upload
We also collect information about the content you create. For example:
- When you created the content
- Where you created the content
- How you created the content such as device information
We also collect information about how other users interact with your content. For example:
- Post upvotes and downvotes
- Comments and comment upvotes and downvotes
We collect information from and about the devices you use. For example:
- Information about your hardware and software, such as hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, and language.
- Information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as your type of network connection.
Some of our services require us to collect images and other information from your devices’ camera and photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload images or videos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or media library.
When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your permission, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, and Wi-Fi access points.
We may use cookies and other technologies such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. We may use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. It is up to you to move or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Removing or rejecting cookies may affect our service function and availability.
We also collect log information when you use our services. For example:
- Details about how you’ve used our services.
- Device information, such as web browser type and language.
- Access times.
- Pages and content viewed.
- IP address.
- Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Pages you visited before or after visiting our website or using our service.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information from our affiliates and third parties. For example:
- If you use your Google, Twitter or Facebook account to sign up or sign in to our services, we may receive information so you can create or access your Thegamessphere.com account.
- If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure ad performance.
We may share information about you in the following ways:
With other Thegamessphere.com Users. We may share information with other Thegamessphere.com users. Examples include:
- Information about you, such as your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Information you upload, such as image or video posts.
- Information about how you interacted with our services, such as the content you post, the comments you post, and the content you upvote.
With all Thegamessphere.com Users, our business partners, and the general public.
We may share information with all Thegamessphere.com users, our business partners, and the general public. Examples include:
- Public information like your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Content submissions set to be viewable by everyone.
- Content from our services that you share on other services, such as Facebook or Pinterest.
With our affiliates. We may share information with the entities within the Authentic Games Studio family of companies.
With third parties. We may share your information with third parties. Examples include:
- With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
- With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is necessary. Examples include:
- To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation.
- To investigate, enforce, or remedy potential Terms of Service violations.
- To protect the safety, rights, and property of Thegamessphere.com, our users, or others.
- To detect and resolve any fraud or security matters or concerns.
- With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Authentic Games Studio gets involved with a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with the company before, during, and after the transaction.
We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers.
Our services may contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded-service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information, including personal information, directly to the third party, to us, or to both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
Provided by Others
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time, and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and under your online activity, among other things.
Some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
Provided by us
We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve your user experience with our services and to improve your advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you relevant ads. Visit our Advertising Preferences page to learn more about Thegamessphere.com advertising and how you can control the information used to select the ads you see.
Thegamessphere.com stores your information, the posts you upload, and the comments you upload for a period of time. For example:
- We store your basic account information, including your name, username, and email address until you ask us to delete them
- We store location information for different lengths of time based on how precise it is and which services you use.
- We are constantly collecting and updating information about the things you like or dislike, so we can provide you with more relevant data, more relevant ads, and a better user experience.
If you decide to stop using Thegamessphere.com, you can ask us to delete your account.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process or request asking us to preserve that content, or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service Violations. We may also need to retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time, or as required by law.
At Thegamessphere.com, your privacy is important to us. We want you to have control over the information you give us, the information we use, and the information we keep. These are the tools we provide you to control your information:
- Download My Data. You can request your data to be sent to you.
- Removing Permissions. If you agree to let us use your information, you can change your mind at any time by changing the settings on your device. If you remove permission, certain services may be impacted and may lose functionality.
- Deletion. We hope you remain a Thegamessphere.com user for life, but if you want to delete your account, please use the DELETE ACCOUNT feature in your user account.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. We may limit how we collect, use and store some of the information of EU or EEA users between ages 13 and 16. If we need to rely on consent as a legal bases for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by notifying you one way or another. We may let you know by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy, which is available on our websites and mobile applications. We may also provide additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage, or providing you with an in-app notification.
Privacy Policy
About Our Privacy Policy on Thegamessphere.com
Thegamessphere.com is a media product of Authentic Games Studio. Our mission is to make the games industry better for gamers and with Thegamessphere.com we strive to offer a media outlet and community platform for gamers that supports freedom of speech, journalism and criticism, within reason.
The Thegamessphere.com services that link to this Privacy Policy provide fun ways for you to create, share, and discover the best content in the world. Next to that it provides a way to take part in a worldwide interactive gamers community.
When you use these services, you’ll share some information with us. We want to explain clearly what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the controls we give you to access, update, and delete your information.
That’s why we’ve written this Privacy Policy. We tried to write it in simple language with minimal legalese so it’s easy for you to understand. If you have any questions about anything in our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Information We Collect
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
- Information you choose to give us
- Information we get when you use our services
- Information we get from third parties
Here’s how we collect your information.
How We Collect Information
Information You Choose To Give Us
When you use and interact with our services, we collect the information you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic Thegamessphere.com account, so we need to collect a few important details about you, such as: a unique username you choose, a password, an e-mail address, and your date of birth. To make it easier for others to find you, we may also ask you to provide us additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, for example a profile picture, a name, or other identifiable information. Our other services, such as commerce products, prices you might win that has to be shipped to you, may also require you to provide us with the question to give us your address, a debit card or credit card number and its associated account information.
You’ll also provide any information you send through our services, such as post and comment uploads. Keep in mind that the posts and comments you upload can be seen publicly, and can always be saved and copied outside of our services. Please don’t share content you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.
Lastly, when you contact us or communicate with us in any way, we’ll collect any information you give us.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you use and how you use them. For example, we may know what section or post you are reading, when you’re reading it, and how you’re reading it (desktop, mobile browser, or mobile app). Here’s a more detailed explanation of the information we collect when you use our services:
How We Use Your Information
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example:
- How you interact with our services, such as what sections you look at, what you search for, what posts and comments you upload, or what posts and comments you upvote or downvote.
Content Information
We collect content you create on our services. For example:
- The images, videos, and text you upload
We also collect information about the content you create. For example:
- When you created the content
- Where you created the content
- How you created the content such as device information
We also collect information about how other users interact with your content. For example:
- Post upvotes and downvotes
- Comments and comment upvotes and downvotes
Device Information
We collect information from and about the devices you use. For example:
- Information about your hardware and software, such as hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, and language.
- Information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as your type of network connection.
Camera and Photos
Some of our services require us to collect images and other information from your devices’ camera and photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload images or videos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or media library.
Location Information
When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your permission, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, and Wi-Fi access points.
Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies
We may use cookies and other technologies such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. We may use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. It is up to you to move or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Removing or rejecting cookies may affect our service function and availability.
Log Information
We also collect log information when you use our services. For example:
- Details about how you’ve used our services.
- Device information, such as web browser type and language.
- Access times.
- Pages and content viewed.
- IP address.
- Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Pages you visited before or after visiting our website or using our service.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information from our affiliates and third parties. For example:
- If you use your Google, Twitter or Facebook account to sign up or sign in to our services, we may receive information so you can create or access your Thegamessphere.com account.
- If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure ad performance.
How We Share Information
We may share information about you in the following ways:
With other Thegamessphere.com Users. We may share information with other Thegamessphere.com users. Examples include:
- Information about you, such as your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Information you upload, such as image or video posts.
- Information about how you interacted with our services, such as the content you post, the comments you post, and the content you upvote.
With all Thegamessphere.com Users, our business partners, and the general public.
We may share information with all Thegamesshphere.com users, our business partners, and the general public. Examples include:
- Public information like your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Content submissions set to be viewable by everyone.
- Content from our services that you share on other services, such as Facebook or Pinterest.
With our affiliates. We may share information with the entities within the Unknown Limited Company family of companies.
With third parties. We may share your information with third parties. Examples include:
- With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
- With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is necessary. Examples include:
- To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation.
- To investigate, enforce, or remedy potential Terms of Service violations.
- To protect the safety, rights, and property of Thegamessphere.com, our users, or others.
- To detect and resolve any fraud or security matters or concerns.
- With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Unknown Limited Company gets involved with a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with the company before, during, and after the transaction.
We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers.
Third-Party Content and Integrations
Our services may contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded-service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information, including personal information, directly to the third party, to us, or to both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
Analytics and Advertising Services
Provided by Others
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time, and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and under your online activity, among other things.
Some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
Provided by us
We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve your user experience with our services and to improve your advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you relevant ads. Visit our Advertising Preferences page to learn more about Thegamessphere.com advertising and how you can control the information used to select the ads you see.
How Long We Keep Your Information
Thegamessphere.com stores your information, the posts you upload, and the comments you upload for a period of time. For example:
- We store your basic account information, including your name, username, and email address until you ask us to delete them
- We store location information for different lengths of time based on how precise it is and which services you use.
- We are constantly collecting and updating information about the things you like or dislike, so we can provide you with more relevant data, more relevant ads, and a better user experience.
If you decide to stop using Thegamessphere.com, you can ask us to delete your account.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process or request asking us to preserve that content, or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service Violations. We may also need to retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time, or as required by law.
Control over Your Information
At Thegamessphere.com, your privacy is important to us. We want you to have control over the information you give us, the information we use, and the information we keep. These are the tools we provide you to control your information:
- Download My Data. You can request your data to be sent to you.
- Removing Permissions. If you agree to let us use your information, you can change your mind at any time by changing the settings on your device. If you remove permission, certain services may be impacted and may lose functionality.
- Deletion. We hope you remain a Thegamessphere.com user for life, but if you want to delete your account, please use the DELETE ACCOUNT feature in your user account.
Our Policy on Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. We may limit how we collect, use and store some of the information of EU or EEA users between ages 13 and 16. If we need to rely on consent as a legal bases for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
Revisions and Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by notifying you one way or another. We may let you know by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy, which is available on our websites and mobile applications. We may also provide additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage, or providing you with an in-app notification.
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
- Information you choose to give us
- Information we get when you use our services
- Information we get from third parties
Here’s how we collect your information.
Information You Choose To Give Us
When you use and interact with our services, we collect the information you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic Thegamessphere.com account, so we need to collect a few important details about you, such as: a unique username you choose, a password, an e-mail address, and your date of birth. To make it easier for others to find you, we may also ask you to provide us additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, for example a profile picture, a name, or other identifiable information. Our other services, such as commerce products, prices you might win that has to be shipped to you, may also require you to provide us with the question to give us your address, a debit card or credit card number and its associated account information.
You’ll also provide any information you send through our services, such as post and comment uploads. Keep in mind that the posts and comments you upload can be seen publicly, and can always be saved and copied outside of our services. Please don’t share content you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.
Lastly, when you contact us or communicate with us in any way, we’ll collect any information you give us.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you use and how you use them. For example, we may know what section or post you are reading, when you’re reading it, and how you’re reading it (desktop, mobile browser, or mobile app). Here’s a more detailed explanation of the information we collect when you use our services:
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example:
- How you interact with our services, such as what sections you look at, what you search for, what posts and comments you upload, or what posts and comments you upvote or downvote.
We collect content you create on our services. For example:
- The images, videos, and text you upload
We also collect information about the content you create. For example:
- When you created the content
- Where you created the content
- How you created the content such as device information
We also collect information about how other users interact with your content. For example:
- Post upvotes and downvotes
- Comments and comment upvotes and downvotes
We collect information from and about the devices you use. For example:
- Information about your hardware and software, such as hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, and language.
- Information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as your type of network connection.
Some of our services require us to collect images and other information from your devices’ camera and photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload images or videos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or media library.
When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your permission, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, and Wi-Fi access points.
We may use cookies and other technologies such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. We may use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. It is up to you to move or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Removing or rejecting cookies may affect our service function and availability.
We also collect log information when you use our services. For example:
- Details about how you’ve used our services.
- Device information, such as web browser type and language.
- Access times.
- Pages and content viewed.
- IP address.
- Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Pages you visited before or after visiting our website or using our service.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information from our affiliates and third parties. For example:
- If you use your Google, Twitter or Facebook account to sign up or sign in to our services, we may receive information so you can create or access your Thegamessphere.com account.
- If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure ad performance.
We may share information about you in the following ways:
With other Thegamessphere.com Users. We may share information with other Thegamessphere.com users. Examples include:
- Information about you, such as your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Information you upload, such as image or video posts.
- Information about how you interacted with our services, such as the content you post, the comments you post, and the content you upvote.
With all Thegamessphere.com Users, our business partners, and the general public.
We may share information with all Thegamesshphere.com users, our business partners, and the general public. Examples include:
- Public information like your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Content submissions set to be viewable by everyone.
- Content from our services that you share on other services, such as Facebook or Pinterest.
With our affiliates. We may share information with the entities within the Unknown Limited Company family of companies.
With third parties. We may share your information with third parties. Examples include:
- With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
- With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is necessary. Examples include:
- To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation.
- To investigate, enforce, or remedy potential Terms of Service violations.
- To protect the safety, rights, and property of Thegamessphere.com, our users, or others.
- To detect and resolve any fraud or security matters or concerns.
- With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Unknown Limited Company gets involved with a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with the company before, during, and after the transaction.
We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers.
Our services may contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded-service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information, including personal information, directly to the third party, to us, or to both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
Provided by Others
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time, and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and under your online activity, among other things.
Some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
Provided by us
We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve your user experience with our services and to improve your advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you relevant ads. Visit our Advertising Preferences page to learn more about Thegamessphere.com advertising and how you can control the information used to select the ads you see.
Thegamessphere.com stores your information, the posts you upload, and the comments you upload for a period of time. For example:
- We store your basic account information, including your name, username, and email address until you ask us to delete them
- We store location information for different lengths of time based on how precise it is and which services you use.
- We are constantly collecting and updating information about the things you like or dislike, so we can provide you with more relevant data, more relevant ads, and a better user experience.
If you decide to stop using Thegamessphere.com, you can ask us to delete your account.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process or request asking us to preserve that content, or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service Violations. We may also need to retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time, or as required by law.
At Thegamessphere.com, your privacy is important to us. We want you to have control over the information you give us, the information we use, and the information we keep. These are the tools we provide you to control your information:
- Download My Data. You can request your data to be sent to you.
- Removing Permissions. If you agree to let us use your information, you can change your mind at any time by changing the settings on your device. If you remove permission, certain services may be impacted and may lose functionality.
- Deletion. We hope you remain a Thegamessphere.com user for life, but if you want to delete your account, please use the DELETE ACCOUNT feature in your user account.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. We may limit how we collect, use and store some of the information of EU or EEA users between ages 13 and 16. If we need to rely on consent as a legal bases for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by notifying you one way or another. We may let you know by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy, which is available on our websites and mobile applications. We may also provide additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage, or providing you with an in-app notification.
Privacy Policy
About Our Privacy Policy on Thegamessphere.com
Thegamessphere.com is a media product of Authentic Games Sphere. Our mission is to make the games industry better for gamers and with Thegamessphere.com we strive to offer a media outlet and community platform for gamers that supports freedom of speech, journalism and criticism, within reason.
The Thegamessphere.com services that link to this Privacy Policy provide fun ways for you to create, share, and discover the best content in the world. Next to that it provides a way to take part in a worldwide interactive gamers community.
When you use these services, you’ll share some information with us. We want to explain clearly what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, whom we share it with, and the controls we give you to access, update, and delete your information.
That’s why we’ve written this Privacy Policy. We tried to write it in simple language with minimal legalese so it’s easy for you to understand. If you have any questions about anything in our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
Information We Collect
There are three basic categories of information we collect:
- Information you choose to give us
- Information we get when you use our services
- Information we get from third parties
Here’s how we collect your information.
How We Collect Information
Information You Choose To Give Us
When you use and interact with our services, we collect the information you choose to share with us. For example, most of our services require you to set up a basic Thegamessphere.com account, so we need to collect a few important details about you, such as: a unique username you choose, a password, an e-mail address, and your date of birth. To make it easier for others to find you, we may also ask you to provide us additional information that will be publicly visible on our services, for example a profile picture, a name, or other identifiable information. Our other services, such as commerce products, prices you might win that has to be shipped to you, may also require you to provide us with the question to give us your address, a debit card or credit card number and its associated account information.
You’ll also provide any information you send through our services, such as post and comment uploads. Keep in mind that the posts and comments you upload can be seen publicly, and can always be saved and copied outside of our services. Please don’t share content you wouldn’t want someone to save or share.
Lastly, when you contact us or communicate with us in any way, we’ll collect any information you give us.
Information We Get When You Use Our Services
When you use our services, we collect information about which services you use and how you use them. For example, we may know what section or post you are reading, when you’re reading it, and how you’re reading it (desktop, mobile browser, or mobile app). Here’s a more detailed explanation of the information we collect when you use our services:
How We Use Your Information
We collect information about your activity through our services. For example:
- How you interact with our services, such as what sections you look at, what you search for, what posts and comments you upload, or what posts and comments you upvote or downvote.
Content Information
We collect content you create on our services. For example:
- The images, videos, and text you upload
We also collect information about the content you create. For example:
- When you created the content
- Where you created the content
- How you created the content such as device information
We also collect information about how other users interact with your content. For example:
- Post upvotes and downvotes
- Comments and comment upvotes and downvotes
Device Information
We collect information from and about the devices you use. For example:
- Information about your hardware and software, such as hardware model, operating system version, device memory, advertising identifiers, unique application identifiers, unique device identifiers, and language.
- Information about your wireless and mobile network connections, such as your type of network connection.
Camera and Photos
Some of our services require us to collect images and other information from your devices’ camera and photos. For example, you won’t be able to upload images or videos from your camera roll unless we can access your camera or media library.
Location Information
When you use our services, we may collect information about your location. With your permission, we may also collect information about your precise location using methods that include GPS, wireless networks, and Wi-Fi access points.
Information Collected by Cookies and Other Technologies
We may use cookies and other technologies such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. We may use these technologies to collect information when you interact with services we offer through one of our partners, such as advertising and commerce features. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. It is up to you to move or reject browser cookies through the settings on your browser or device. Removing or rejecting cookies may affect our service function and availability.
Log Information
We also collect log information when you use our services. For example:
- Details about how you’ve used our services.
- Device information, such as web browser type and language.
- Access times.
- Pages and content viewed.
- IP address.
- Identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that may uniquely identify your device or browser.
- Pages you visited before or after visiting our website or using our service.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information from our affiliates and third parties. For example:
- If you use your Google, Twitter or Facebook account to sign up or sign in to our services, we may receive information so you can create or access your Thegamessphere.com account.
- If you interact with one of our advertisers, they may share information with us to help target or measure ad performance.
How We Share Information
We may share information about you in the following ways:
With other Thegamessphere.com Users. We may share information with other Thegamessphere.com users. Examples include:
- Information about you, such as your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Information you upload, such as image or video posts.
- Information about how you interacted with our services, such as the content you post, the comments you post, and the content you upvote.
With all Thegamessphere.com Users, our business partners, and the general public.
We may share information with all Thegamessphere.com users, our business partners, and the general public. Examples include:
- Public information like your name, username, and profile pictures.
- Content submissions set to be viewable by everyone.
- Content from our services that you share on other services, such as Facebook or Pinterest.
With our affiliates. We may share information with the entities within the Authentic Games Studio family of companies.
With third parties. We may share your information with third parties. Examples include:
- With service providers. We may share information about you with service providers who perform services on our behalf.
- With business partners. We may share information about you with business partners that provide services and functionality.
- With third parties for legal reasons. We may share information about you if we reasonably believe that disclosing the information is necessary. Examples include:
- To comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule or regulation.
- To investigate, enforce, or remedy potential Terms of Service violations.
- To protect the safety, rights, and property of Thegamessphere.com, our users, or others.
- To detect and resolve any fraud or security matters or concerns.
- With third parties as part of a merger or acquisition. If Authentic Games Studio gets involved with a merger, asset sale, financing, liquidation, bankruptcy, or acquisition of all or some portion of our business to another company, we may share your information with the company before, during, and after the transaction.
We may also share aggregated, non-personally identifiable, or de-identified information with third parties, such as advertisers.
Third-Party Content and Integrations
Our services may contain third-party links and search results, include third-party integrations, or offer a co-branded or third-party-branded-service. Through these links, third-party integrations, and co-branded or third-party-branded services, you may be providing information, including personal information, directly to the third party, to us, or to both. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for how those third parties collect or use your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every third-party service you visit or use, including those third parties you interact with through our services.
Analytics and Advertising Services
Provided by Others
We may let other companies use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies on our services. These companies may collect information about how you use our services over time, and combine it with similar information from other services and companies. This information may be used to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and under your online activity, among other things.
Some companies, including our affiliates, may use information collected on our services to measure the performance of ads and deliver more relevant ads, including on third-party websites and apps.
Provided by us
We may collect information about your activity on third-party services that use cookies and other technologies provided by us. We use this information to improve your user experience with our services and to improve your advertising services, including measuring the performance of ads and showing you relevant ads. Visit our Advertising Preferences page to learn more about Thegamessphere.com advertising and how you can control the information used to select the ads you see.
How Long We Keep Your Information
Thegamessphere.com stores your information, the posts you upload, and the comments you upload for a period of time. For example:
- We store your basic account information, including your name, username, and email address until you ask us to delete them
- We store location information for different lengths of time based on how precise it is and which services you use.
- We are constantly collecting and updating information about the things you like or dislike, so we can provide you with more relevant data, more relevant ads, and a better user experience.
If you decide to stop using Thegamessphere.com, you can ask us to delete your account.
There may be legal requirements to store your data and we may need to suspend those deletion practices if we receive valid legal process or request asking us to preserve that content, or if we receive reports of abuse or other Terms of Service Violations. We may also need to retain certain information in backup for a limited period of time, or as required by law.
Control over Your Information
At Thegamessphere.com, your privacy is important to us. We want you to have control over the information you give us, the information we use, and the information we keep. These are the tools we provide you to control your information:
- Download My Data. You can request your data to be sent to you.
- Removing Permissions. If you agree to let us use your information, you can change your mind at any time by changing the settings on your device. If you remove permission, certain services may be impacted and may lose functionality.
- Deletion. We hope you remain a Thegamessphere.com user for life, but if you want to delete your account, please use the DELETE ACCOUNT feature in your user account.
Our Policy on Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. We may limit how we collect, use and store some of the information of EU or EEA users between ages 13 and 16. If we need to rely on consent as a legal bases for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.
Revisions and Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will let you know by notifying you one way or another. We may let you know by revising the date at the top of this privacy policy, which is available on our websites and mobile applications. We may also provide additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage, or providing you with an in-app notification.
