Pinecone Studios Oy Privacy Policy

Pinecone Studios Oy (hereinafter “Pinecone Studios” or “Us” or “We” or ‘’Our’’)  has created this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies regarding how we use, collect and disclose your Personal Information when you use our Service. Our Services consist of games, their specific websites, our company website and information in our Discord channels.

 We will use and share your information only as described in this Privacy Policy.

The latest version of this Privacy Policy is available at https://pineconegamestudios.com/privacy-policy. If we make any material changes, we will publish a message in the Service that you will see when you start the game. Your continued use of the Service is subject to the latest privacy policy.

Collection of data:

The following describes the data we collect, how long we retain the data (at maximum), and the reasons why we collect it. In addition to the retention periods mentioned below, your data may survive in backups for up to 90 additional days.

1. Information that you provide voluntarily

Our Services may ask you to provide personal information voluntarily, such as your name, email address or other contact details. The reasons to provide the information will be explained to you when we ask you to provide any personal information.

2.  Information we collect automatically

When you use our Services, we may also collect certain personal information automatically from you and your devices:

• Your Service communications (e.g. in-game chats and messages with other players)
• Data and analytics about your use of our Services (e.g. in-game play progress, levels, games played, session length, preferred settings, which in-game adverts you may have viewed, in-game preferences or just game preferences, which friends you connect with, the means by which you were referred to our Services)
• Your device type and the operating system that you use
• General geographic location (e.g. country or city location) based on your IP address
• Your IP address and device identifiers such as your Advertising ID or Device ID numbers. “Advertising ID” means the Apple Identifier for Advertisers (“IDFA”) on Apple, and Google Advertising Identity (“GAID”). These are unique identifiers for mobile devices that advertisers use for interest-based advertising. They are consistent across all apps and thus allow cross-app tracking. On Apple, you can opt out by choosing the “limit ad tracking” option in the privacy settings. On Google Android, you can opt out by choosing the “Opt out of interest based ads.” Advertising IDs are non-permanent, non-personal identifiers uniquely associated with your device. Similar technologies include tracking pixels within ads. These technologies allow companies (including marketers and advertisers) to recognize your device when you use websites and applications. “Device ID” means device type, device model, device manufacturer, device operating system and language, or other technical data like screen size, processor, or a combination of this data, available from a device for a developer to check the device’s compatibility with a particular application.

Some of this information may be collected using cookies and/or similar technologies.

3.  Information we obtain from third party sources

We may get your personal information, for example, when you installed our Game or when, prior to installation, you click on an advertisement for the Game. From time to time, we may also receive personal information about you from other third-party sources. For example, if you clicked on an advertisement directing you to one of our Services (such as an ad for one of our Games in another publishers’ game), we will be provided with information about which ad network and advertising campaign the install originated from.

Analytics data:

When we say that we collect data for "Analytics", we mean that the data is used and collected for marketing and statistical purposes so that we can improve the Service of Pinecone Studios. Analytics data is primarily viewed in an aggregated form so that data from an individual user cannot be distinguished. We might share Analytics data with third parties as detailed below.

Our staff may view your data, including "Analytics" data, only when:

• it is necessary in order to operate the Service (e.g. a user account), or
• it is necessary to enable communication from Service to you or between you and other players, or
• It is necessary to conduct research in order to understand you, your preferences and user traffic to enhance your experience, or
• it is necessary to execute a support request by you, or
• it is necessary to solve an issue you report in a feedback form, or
• it is necessary to investigate a technical issue, or
• it is necessary to investigate cheating, fraud or threats towards the security and functioning of the Service or its users.

We always avoid looking at all of your data and only focus on the data which is necessary for us to resolve the issue at hand.

Data: Gameplay statistics.

Retention: 2 years.

Reason: Analytics.

Date: 14.6.2024