AEDANI Studio (referred to as the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") values the privacy of our users (referred to as "users", "their", "you" or "your") and is committed to protecting the personal information collected through our games, services, and websites accessed via internet-capable hardware platforms, including gaming consoles, personal computers, mobile computers, mobile devices, in-game applications, or software platforms (collectively referred to as the "Online Services").
This privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy") explains the types of personal data we may collect about you when you use or access the Online Services, how we collect, store, disclose, transfer, protect, and otherwise process your personal data for the purposes of operating and providing the Online Services.
Terms used in this Privacy Policy have the meanings given to them in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, unless otherwise defined herein or the context requires otherwise.
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AND IN FULL. BY AGREEING TO THIS POLICY, YOU CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS [INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE TRANSFER, PROCESSING, AND STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN NORWAY AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS THAN YOUR COUNTRY].
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in data protection laws or our internal policies. While we will endeavor to notify you of any changes, the user is responsible for regularly checking for updates at aedan.site/privacy for as long as they use our services. If necessary, we will provide you with additional choices regarding such changes. By continuing to use the Online Services after any changes to the Privacy Policy, you signify your acceptance of the revised terms.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and up-to-date. Please keep us informed of any changes to your personal data during your relationship with us.
This Privacy Policy will cover:
Introduction and commitment to protecting users' privacy
Definition of terms used in the policy according to the GDPR
Explanation of the purpose of the privacy policy
Notification of potential transfers of personal data to other countries with different privacy protections
Reserving the right to change the privacy policy in response to changes in data protection laws or internal policies
The requirement for users to check the privacy policy regularly for updates
Acknowledgment that continued use of the service indicates acceptance of any changes to the policy
Emphasis on the importance of accurate and current personal data, and a request to inform AEDANI Studio of any changes.
Our commitment to protecting children's privacy
1. Introduction
AEDANI Studio is a video game development studio based in Norway. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.
2. Data Collection and Processing
We collect and process personal data in order to respond to user inquiries and provide information about our services. The personal data we collect includes first names, last names, and email addresses. We collect this information through our website's contact form and newsletter signup.
We store personal data on our Company’s secure online document storage exclusively. We do not disclose or transfer any personal data to third-party services, except where required by law or where necessary for the purposes of providing the Online Services to the user.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process personal data based on the user's consent, which is obtained through a checkbox asking them to agree to the privacy policy. The checkbox is not pre-filled and requires human acknowledgement to be activated. Their data cannot be sent to us without them activating this checkbox.
4. Data Retention
We will keep personal data indefinitely until the user requests a disposal of their data. We securely dispose of it by removing any cache of it from our document storage and employee hard drives. If we cease to utilize our mailing list and discontinue the provision of our Online Services, we will promptly dispose of all personal data related to our users in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
5. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of personal data. Access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel only. We use a secure document storage system to store personal data.
6. Data Transfers
We can confirm that we comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by ensuring that personal data is not transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), unless appropriate safeguards are in place. In this case, we securely store the data on our document storage hosted by Amazon Web Service (AWS) in US West server located in Oregon, which meets the EU's standards for data protection.
7. Data Subject Rights
Users have the right to access, correct, or delete their personal data. Such requests should be sent to support@aedan.site. We do not use personal data for any automated decision-making or profiling activities, except for determining the frequency of newsletters to be sent to our users, which is based on their preferences, i.e., frequent or infrequent. This choice is presented as two distinct options when signing up to our newsletter: "Dedicated fan" for those who wish to receive a newsletter frequently, and "Just the big news" for those who prefer to receive only occasional updates. Such processing does not have any significant impact on the individuals concerned, nor does it have any legal or similar effect on them.
8. Data Breach Notification
In the event of a personal data breach, we will notify both the affected users and the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA).
9. Subcontractors and Service Providers
We do not have any subcontractors or service providers. If we were to engage any, we would exchange privacy policies and ensure that they comply with GDPR.
10. Communication
We communicate our GDPR privacy policy to users through our website, aedan.site. We will notify our newsletter subscribers via email whenever updates are made to our privacy policy. We will send these emails to the email address provided by the subscriber at the time of subscription. These emails will include a summary of the changes made to the privacy policy and provide a link to the updated policy for the subscriber to review. By continuing to use our Online Services after the updated privacy policy has been sent, subscribers are deemed to have accepted the changes made to the policy.
11. Review and Update
We review and update our GDPR privacy policy once a year.
12. Consequences of Not Providing Personal Data
People who do not provide consent for the collection and processing of their personal data will not be able to send us messages via our contact form or sign up to our newsletter.
13. Additional Privacy Rights
We do not offer users any additional privacy rights beyond those required by GDPR regulations.
14. Complaints and Disputes
For all questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy, we would appreciate the chance to deal with the concerns before you approach government agencies or independent authorities, we kindly request that you first contact us at support@aedan.site to allow us the opportunity to address the concerns. We will respond to all such concerns and furnish the necessary details contained in this privacy policy, along with a justification of our data collection
purposes. If you are a user of AEDANI Studio Online Services located in the European Union, please specify this in your email.
15. Children's Privacy
At AEDANI Studio, we take the privacy and safety of children very seriously. Our products, services and games are not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect or process any personal data of children below this age.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has accidentally provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately at support@aedan.site, and we will promptly delete this information from our records.
By using our products, services or games, you confirm that you are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, you must not use our products, services or games, and we kindly ask you to stop using them immediately.
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16. For residents of California
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.).
CCPA Privacy Notice
The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as:
- every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and
- every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose
All other individuals are defined as "non-residents."
If this definition of "resident" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information.
What categories of personal information do we collect?
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
| Category |
Examples |
Collected |
| A. Identifiers |
Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name |
YES |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute |
Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information |
NO |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law |
Gender and date of birth
|
NO |
| D. Commercial information |
Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information |
NO |
| E. Biometric information |
Fingerprints and voiceprints |
NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity |
Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements |
NO |
| G. Geolocation data |
Device location |
NO |
| H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information |
Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities |
NO |
| I. Professional or employment-related information |
Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us |
NO |
| J. Education Information |
Student records and directory information |
NO |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information |
Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics |
NO |
| L. Sensitive Personal Information |
|
NO |
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf, following the same strict privacy protection obligations mandated by the CCPA.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.
AEDANI Studio has not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. AEDANI Studio will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
whether we collect and use your personal information;
the categories of personal information that we collect;
the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
whether we sell or share personal information to third parties;
the categories of personal information that we sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information; and
the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information We do not process consumer's sensitive personal information.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
You may object to the processing of your personal information.
You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the information.
You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
You may request to opt out from future selling or sharing of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at support@aedan.site. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
Underage Children Policy:
Our website and game are designed and intended for use by individuals who are at least 16 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16 without verifiable parental consent in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the age of 16 without obtaining verifiable parental consent, we will promptly delete such information from our servers. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's use of the internet and to help enforce our policy by instructing their children not to provide personal information on our website or game without their consent.
By using our website and game, you represent that you are at least 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16, please do not use our website or game, as we are unable to obtain verifiable parental consent for you to use our services.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to our website or game without your consent, please contact us immediately so that we can remove such information from our records.
By using our website and game, you acknowledge and agree to our Underage Children Policy. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email.
17. For residents of Virginia
Virginia CDPA Privacy Notice
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA):
"Consumer" means a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.
"Personal data" means any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person. "Personal data" does not include de-identified data or publicly available information.
"Sale of personal data" means the exchange of personal data for monetary consideration.
If this definition "consumer" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal data.
The information we collect, use, and disclose about you will vary depending on how you interact with AEDANI Studio and our Services.
Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Right to request deletion of your personal data
Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ("profiling")
AEDANI Studio has not sold any personal data to third parties for business or commercial purposes. AEDANI Studio will not sell personal data in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Exercise your rights provided under the Virginia CDPA
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at support@aedan.site.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Verification process
We may request that you provide additional information reasonably necessary to verify you and your consumer's request. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request.
Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue delay, but in all cases, within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period may be extended once by forty-five (45) additional days when reasonably necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.
Right to appeal
If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal our decision, please email us at support@aedan.site
. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may contact the
Virginia Office of the Attorney General to file a complaint.
18. For residents of Canada
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at support@aedan.site
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations