eDominations Privacy Policy

Date of last revision: 18.02.2024

1. Who are we? The website accessible on https://www.edominations.com/ (the “Website”) allows people to register and engage and participate in a variety of activities in a mass multiplayer online social strategy game called eDominations (»Game«). Website is operated by Batuhan keske, adress Esentepe Mah. Astoria Residence Buyukdere Cd. No:127 A/Blok K:23 D:2302 Sisli/Istanbul - Turkey, registered under V.K.N. 5460702514 (»eDominations«, "we", “us” or “our”).

2. What is this document? This Privacy Policy outlines which personal data we collect from you, and how we process it. Please read it carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

We reserve the right to amend or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and in response to changes in applicable law or our business practices.

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, when appropriate and necessary, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

3. What personal data we collect and why?

• Upon Website visit; we collect some information, such as your IP address with cookies. The cookies help us improve your user experience by distinguishing between users from different countries and localizing the Website, shortening loading times, etc.
• Upon registration; we require you to provide an email and username, so we can create your unique account.
• Upon item purchase; we forward you to our payment processor who collects other personal data, such as your banking information, personal name, address, etc. for the purpose of payment processing. Please refer to their Checkout  User Terms and Conditions (https://stripe.com/en-si/checkout/legal) and/or Privacy Policy ( https://stripe.com/en-si/privacy) for more information. If you perform payments via PayPal, we may receive your personal name and surname as relates to the transaction.

1. Information we collect about you

With regard to each of your visits to the Website and accessing the Game we may automatically collect the following information:

• information about your visits, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from the Website (including date and time);
• products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page; and
• technical information, including the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types etc.

We may receive information about you from publicly available sources. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers) and may receive information about you from them.

2. Our use of information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

• to enable functionalities of the Game;
• to provide you with information about other games and services that we offer or suggest other similar games, products and services that you may like;
• to notify you about important changes to the policies or on the Website;
• to ensure that content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
• to prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities;
• to protect the rights and safety of our affiliated entities and third parties, as well as our own;
• to monitor compliance with our Terms of Use[LP1] ;
• to ensure you receive information relevant to you;
• to administer the Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
• to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so;
• as part of our efforts to keep the Website functional, safe and secure.

We may also email you a newsletter and/or updates about the Services or the company. You can opt-out of receiving these communications by following the instructions at the bottom of each message, or at any time by contacting us at [email protected]

4. In what cases we share or disclose your information with 3rd parties

We do not distribute or share any customer personal information, except as noted in this Privacy Policy, or as may be required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal action.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties in any of the following events:

• if our company or the Website are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data will be one of the transferred assets;
• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation;
• or to protect the rights, property, or safety, of our own, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

We will not otherwise provide your personal data to a third party without obtaining your prior consent.

5. Correcting, Deleting and Updating Your Information

Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold or process any of your personal information, whether on behalf of a third party or otherwise. To request this information, please contact us at [email protected]

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our Services, you may correct, update, discontinue the use of our Services or delete it by making the change on our member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at [email protected] We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.

We will retain your information for as long as your account is active. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We may use third-party intermediaries to manage credit card processing. These intermediaries are solely links into the distribution chain. They are not permitted to store, retain, or use the information provided, except for the sole purpose of credit card processing.

If we use a third-party to host our Website or any of its functionalities they do not have any access to the personal information that you submit on our website.

We will view or access individual records only with your permission (for example, to resolve a problem or support issue).

You alone are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your user registration information and password(s).

6. Where we store your personal data

The data that we collect will be stored on the cloud with the hosting infrastructure based in the European Economic Area ("EEA").^[a]

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. Safeguarding personal data

You should always make sure that your browser can validate the Website’s certificate.

Please be reminded that you must protect any passwords or other credentials associated with your account, and take full responsibility for any use of the account under your password. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Website, although we will do our best to protect your personal data. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

In the case of a personal data breach, we shall without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, notify the personal data breach to the supervisory authority competent in accordance with Article 55, of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. In such case we will also notify you without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of the breach, and suggest any actions to be taken to secure your personal information (change your username and password, etc.).

8. Your rights and access to information

You may ask us not to process your personal data for a particular purpose, or to access such information, by contacting us at [email protected] Such request may result in you being unable to use the full scope of the functionalities of the Website where removal or cease of information processing shall result in impaired functionality of the Services.

You may ask us to receive your personal information, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and shall have the right to transmit such information to another controller. You may submit such request by contacting us at [email protected] Please note that the processing of such request may take up to 14 days to complete.

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to other third party websites. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability in respect of these policies.

9. Information about our use of cookies (COOKIE POLICY)

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the Website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Marketing cookies. They are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

10. Opt-Out Statement

We offer you a means to choose how we may use the information you provide. If, at any time after registering for information or ordering the Services, you change your mind about receiving certain email communications from us or about sharing personal information with third parties, send us a request to opt-out from receiving promotional emails or from having your personal information shared with third parties. Send your request to [email protected]

11.  Social Media Widgets

Our Website may include Social Media Features, such as the Facebook button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or an interactive mini-programs that run on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

12.  Contact Information

You may direct any questions, concerns or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy or our security practices at [email protected].