Data Security and Privacy Policy

At Playable Factory, we take data security and privacy seriously. We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard the data collect from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Furthermore, our data collection practices are in compliance
with relevant data protection laws and regulations.

This privacy policy (“Policy”) specifically explains the collection, use, and share your personal data collected when you interact with us, such as through our website https://playablefactory.com/ and its subdomains (collectively referred to as “the Website”), or via any forms you may fill out.

From time to time, we may provide you additional disclosures or information about our data processing practices. These notices should be considered a part of this Policy, as they clarify our privacy practices in the specific circumstances described, or may provide you with additional choices about how we process your data.

Who we are

Playable Factory (“Playable Factory”,“we”, “us” or “our”) is a company established in the Republic of Turkey. We specialize in the provision of services such as playable ads, mobile game development and advertisement, HTML5 games, and no-code platforms for creating video and playable ads. Additionally, we offer analytical tools to enhance your experience. We invite you to explore our diverse range of products on our website.

Data Collection and Purpose

We collect non-personal data related to user behavior and interactions within our playables through our analytics tool, available at https://logger2.playablefactory.app/. This tool enables us to gain valuable insights and conduct analyses to improve the overall user experience and optimize our playables. The collected data is used solely for internal purposes, including but not limited to:

• Analyzing and understanding user behavior to enhance and optimize
  our playables.
• Monitoring and improving the performance, functionality, and security
  of our playables.
• Generating aggregated reports and statistics for research and
  development purposes.

We only collect personal data of our users when we have their consent, when the data is necessary for providing our services, or when the processing aligns with our legitimate interests and does not infringe upon your data protection rights or fundamental freedoms. In some cases, we may also be legally obliged to collect personal data.

We do not collect any personal data from children. By using our services, you accept and affirm that you are over 18, or of any other age deemed to be the threshold of adulthood in your jurisdiction.

We use personal data to provide, operate, maintain, improve and enhance our services. This also helps us protect, manage, optimize, and customize our offerings. By understanding our users better, we can identify services that may interest you. The data we collect is also used for analytical and statistical purposes, and to respond to your inquiries and requests. We also use personal data to protect our rights or rights of our users, including yourself, as well as those of third parties. Furthermore, the data assists us in auditing, calculating payments, detecting fraud, and identifying security and technical issues.

With your consent, we may use your personal data to send promotional communications, product recommendations, and other non-transactional communications, such as marketing newsletters or push notifications.

Types of Data Collected

The data we collect through the analytics tool is strictly non-personal and does not include any information that can personally identify you. It primarily consists of aggregated and anonymized information, including:

• Usage statistics, such as interaction patterns, game progression, and
  session duration.
• Device information, such as device type, operating system, and screen
  resolution.
• General geographic location (derived from, without collecting the IP
  address) to understand regional usage patterns.

We may collect personal data from our users, including identity information, identifiers such as IP address, payment and billing information, and contact information. We may also collect technical information, such as the amount of time you spend viewing certain sections of the Website. This may or may not be considered personal data, depending on the context.

Cookies

Cookies are small data files that websites put on your device when you visit a website to uniquely identify your browser, remember your preferences, and help improve your experience. They are like the website’s memory. Cookies may be created and set by parties other than website owner which are called “third-party cookies.”

When you visit our Website, we use cookies for a few reasons:

1. To check if your browser accept cookies: When you come to our login page, we use a temporary cookie to see if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain any personal data and is thrown
   away when you close your browser.
2. To remember your settings: If you log in, we will set up some cookies
   to save your login information and your screen settings. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies go away.
3. To remember your details: If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you will not have to fill them in again if you want to leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

We also use cookies from Google to remember your preferences and gather statistics about how you use our Website. This helps us analyze how visitors use the Website make it better.

Here is a list of these cookies:

If you want to learn more about Google’s Privacy Policy you can do that here. If you’d like to stop Google Analytics from tracking you, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

Other than these third-party cookies, we strictly use necessary cookies, which are essential for the proper functioning of the site and to provide you with an optimized user experience. These cookies do not track your activity on other websites or collect any information for advertising purposes. When you first visit our website, we may seek your consent for these necessary cookies in compliance with privacy regulations. Your continued use of our site signifies your acceptance of these necessary cookies.

Your browser lets you choose whether to accept, not accept, or to be warned before accepting cookies (default is usually accept). You can find out how to do this by clicking on the “Help” menu in your browser. You may also review the following links to find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en;
Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-ph/guide/safari/ibrw850f6c51/mac
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop

Embedded Content and Links From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

The Website may also contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. We make best efforts to ensure the embedded content and links will not harm your experience, however, please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies. We recommend you review the privacy policy of any third-party websites that you visit.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. As such, before uploading any images, please ensure that any potentially sensitive metadata, such as location data, is removed.

Who We Share Your Data With

Except as described below, we only share your personal data with your consent to such disclosure.

If you are merely a visitor, please be aware that your comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

To be able to perform the services you requested, purchased, or subscribed to, we may need to share your personal data with our employees, managers, shareholders, board members, and service providers. These providers may include hosting, database, data analytics services, and content providers that perform services or part of services on our behalf. For example, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Because we may store some of or all your personal data in the AWS data servers, data collected from you may be transferred internationally for storing purposes. For more information regarding the data security provided by AWS, please see: https://aws.amazon.com/security/. We may also store some of your information in our servers, Google Cloud, or Digital Ocean which may also require international data transfer. Although we try our best to ensure using platforms with adequate level of data protection in place, we strongly recommend you check the privacy and security pages of these platforms.

The data kept on the systems of these 3rd parties are protected by the most advanced security methods permitted by legislation. You can examine the data that we share, with whom, and why, as well as the privacy policies of these companies through the table that is provided below.

We may disclose your personal data to a potential or actual acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stocks. In such event, the affiliated company will assume the rights and obligations as described in this Policy.

As and to the extent required by law, we may share your personal data, such as billing information, to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal or governmental demands. This is to protect and prevent harm to our rights, the rights of our users including yourself, or any third party.

In order to improve our services, aggregate statistics, carry out marketing and analysis, and enhance your experience, we may share any non-personal data with our business partners and service providers.

We do not sell, rent, or disclose personal data to any third parties unless required by law or with your explicit consent.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also indefinitely store the personal data they provide in their user profile (including billing and credit card information if any given). All users can see, edit, or delete their personal data at any time, except they cannot change their username. Website administrators can also see (except the credit card information which is partially hidden for security purposes) and edit that information.

We retain non-personal data we may have collected for as long as needed for our legitimate interests and business purposes.

However, to comply with various legal requirements, personal data may be kept on file for varying lengths of time. For instance, according to tax legislation, we are obligated to store tax-related papers for at least ten (10) years. Nonetheless, the statutory limitation for some rights and claims might extend to twenty (20) years. In order to comply with legal demands that may be made against us, we may also be required to retain your information until it becomes time barred.

However, keep in mind and rest assured that if we do not have a valid basis and justification to store your personal data, we will promptly delete or anonymize the data.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request us to:

• Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you,
  including any data you have provided to us,
• Correct any wrong information,
• Erase any or all personal data,
• Stop processing any or all personal data for a limited period or
  indefinitely, or
• Transfer your data to another service provider

You may also:

• Object to processing any data,
• Complain to a supervisory authority, or
  • Contact Turkish Personal Data Data Protection Authority
• Withdraw your consent.

You can use your rights mentioned herein by sending us mail to contact information given “Contact Us” section below. Note that, depending on the right you used, we may require certain information to verify your identity and locate your data to fulfill your request, which may take a reasonable time to complete.

Please aware that we may compelled to keep some of your personal data despite your requests in order to comply with laws and regulations, or legal and governmental demands.

Updates to This Policy

We reserve the right to change this Policy periodically. Any adjustments will be posted on this page, with the revised version becoming effective on the date of posting, as indicated at the top of the page by the “Last Updated Date”. If we materially change the ways in which we process your personal data previously collected from you, we may notify you via our Website, Services, or e-mail or any other means. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy for updates. You bear the responsibility for providing us with an up-to-date, active, and deliverable e-mail address and for periodically monitoring and reviewing any updates to the Policy. Your continued use of our Services after such amendments will be construed as your acknowledgement of these changes to this Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices or this Policy, would like to exercise your rights in relation to your Personal Information, or if you wish to lodge a complaint about our privacy practices, you may contact us via e-mail at hello@playablefactory.com or write us by registered mail at Levazim Mah. Yenibahar Sk. Aydın Sitesi Mustakil Konut Villa 7 Apt. No:1/D 34340 Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey.