Your Privacy at Ocean Studios
Ocean Studios and all its related entities consider privacy to be of the utmost importance, which
is why we would never invade it. This Privacy Policy covers the manner in which it collects and
uses any information you (Users) provide in connection with any Ocean Studios game or
Application. This Privacy Policy applies to all Services offered by Ocean Studios.
(i) This includes any services, features and content accessible or downloadable from oceanstudios.io site.
(ii) Any other Ocean Studios application, service or product licensed, downloaded or
otherwise accessed by such users through third party websites or sources, including Google Play
Store and iOS App Store.
Collecting Information
When you install our games and apps, we may collect and record information to enhance the experience and benefits of using our Services. Ocean Studios may collect personal and non-personal information from you when you use the Service. This can include instances such as
The data we collect on you may include, but is not limited to: email address, device ID, IP-address, user names and passwords. We may supplement your data with data received from third parties in connection with demographic, advertisement, market and other analytics surveys or services. Any information collected will only be used to enhance your gameplay experience and will never be misused in any manner.
Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through the App. For example, if you log into the App using a third-party site or platform such as Facebook, we may access information about you from that site or platform, such as your screen name, profile information and friend lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such third party site or platform. We may also collect information from app stores when you download or update one of our applications.
If you log into the App using a third-party site or platform, you represent and warrant that (i) your access and use of such features in connection with the App will comply with the applicable terms and policies of such site or platform; and (ii) that you are at least 13 years of age.
Personal Identification Information
Personal information is information that specifically identifies an individual, including, but not limited to, an individual’s name, phone number, credit card or other billing information, email address and home address. We do not collect any information pertaining to a person’s phone number, credit card or other billing information, email address and home address. If any of this information is shared through Google Play during purchases, it is stored and secured by Google. We only receive the Order ID or Transaction ID and the Receipt Data, which we store as a record of the transaction on our end.
We do collect personal public information from Users such as their username, profile pic, location, as well as their Facebook name, profile pic, user ID, etc. However, this information is only used to personalize the game for the user, and is not intended to be used in any other way. This information is only collected if users voluntarily submit such information to us through our Services. Users can always refuse to supply personal information. In said case, Users should avoid using social network features such as logging in with Facebook and using Sharing and Friend invite requests.
Non-personal Identification Information
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Services. Said information includes —but is not limited to— data such as device type, brand and model, IP address, Device ID, MAC address, installed software, application usage data, hardware type, Operating System information, browser information, unique identifiers in browser cookies, Flash cookies, and HTML5 local storage, Internet and on-line usage information, in-game information, location and country, and whether you are using a point package.
This information is only collected to provide and maintain the Service and the game experience as well as to help improve the gameplay for the user, as well as for advertising and analytics purposes. Our processing for the above purposes is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party in order to support the operation of the Service, facilitate the delivery of requested products and services and enable maintenance and update of the Apps.
This information also helps us deliver and support our Products and respond to your requests for assistance. We also collect this information to improve our understanding of how our users use our Products. We do not use this information for any purpose other than to provide the Services, make sure it is available to you when you use our Products and improve our algorithms underlying our Products.
Cookies
We use various types of technologies such as cookies to collect such Data when you use our Services or visit a third party site where we and our partners provide content or carry out content use analysis.
We allow some of our partners to set and access their Cookies on your device. These partners’ use of Cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not this Privacy Policy.
You can also adjust your browser settings to understand when these Cookies are stored on your device or to disable the Cookies by consulting your browser’s “Help” menu. Please note that these settings may affect your ability to shop online or to access certain features of our Services whenever these Cookies are needed for the operation of our Services.
Social Media
The Service can offer several integrations with sharing services and other tools (like Google +1 button, Facebook Like button, among others), that can be used to share information and take actions while interacting with our Service. Also we may integrate Social Media Services in our Games competitive services for sharing Scores and Achievement between players, like Google Play Games Services or others. The use of these services and tools is a free choice of each user. It's not necessary to use these services. The social features that each User agreed to use enables the sharing of information with other contacts or the general public, depending on the configuration options the entity provides. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
If you use one of our applications and connect to your Facebook or other Social Media account within such application, you will be providing us with basic account information i.e., user ID, name, email, gender, birthday, current city, profile picture URL and the user IDs of your friends who have also connected with our applications. In addition, we will cache data we receive from the Facebook or other Social Media APIs to improve our user experience.
This information is used solely to connect to the Social Media and allow users to display their data on the game accounts as their username, etc. This also allows Users to complete their actions such as sent request to their friends, connect and play with their friends, share information on their walls or timelines, etc.
This information is voluntarily provided by the user when they connect the app to their social media accounts. If you do not want to share this data with us, please refrain from connecting the app with your social media accounts. If you want us to delete the data we have received from your accounts, please contact us for the same.
Information Usage
We may use information about you for various purposes, including to:
By accepting our Privacy Policy or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to us collecting and using the information, as well as the processing and transferring of the information as deemed necessary.
Storage of information
Ocean Studios will store your personal data for as long as necessary in order to provide you with the App or otherwise fulfil the purposes as described above. The information will be stored further if it is required in order to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim or to comply with applicable law, including accounting rules.
Data Retention
We retain data for active users who consistently engage with our app until a user initiates a deletion request. Moreover, if a user remains inactive on the app for a period exceeding 90 days, we proactively delete all personal data.
Other Scenarios
In situations where we decide to pull the app from stores and it no longer provides support to the user, we initiate the deletion of all user platform data. This ensures that data is only retained as long as it is necessary for delivering an optimal app experience or service.
Grant of a license to use the service
Subject to your compliance with Terms of Service, Ocean Studios grants you a revocable, non-exclusive limited license to access Ocean Studios app. This license is non-transferable. You agree to use the Service for your own non-commercial purposes. You play Ocean Studios to win coins, which is virtual currency or virtual money. The coins you lose or win have no value in real money. At times you may “earn” or “buy or purchase” virtual currency and virtual in-game items. These virtual currency and items do not refer to any credit balance of real currency or its equivalent. Ocean Studios reserves the right to terminate the Account of any user without giving any reason. If Ocean Studios believes that a user has acquired coins from unauthorized sources and from sources that violate the terms of the service, it has right to take away all or a part of the total coins with the user. Downloading Ocean Studios is free. Ocean Studios gives you free coins to begin with the game regularly. This gives you limited license to play the game. If you do not lose all your free coins, you can play the game for unlimited period. You can also buy/purchase coins as in in-app purchase.The coins that you buy and the coins that you win have no value in the real currency. If you want to discontinue with the game, the coins remaining with you have no value in real money but instead constitutes a measurement of the extent of your license. These coins are not transferable. By accepting to use Ocean Studios game application, you fully understand and agree that you can lose coins because of many reasons beside losing while playing the game. Some of the reasons are client’s data connection, Internet connection, improper behaviour of the client (game app), Ocean Studios server problem, sudden increase in traffic, someone else using your account or your account is hacked and many more. Ocean Studios is not liable for any loss of coins due to functioning as well as malfunctioning of its severs and software. You accept and agree to play Ocean Studios only for fun and entertainment and Ocean Studios is not liable for any damage or loss or what so ever.If Ocean Studios believes that a user has acquired coins from unauthorised sources and from sources that violate the terms of the service, it has right to take away all or a part of the total coins with the user.
Use of service – Restrictions
The following restrictions apply to use of the service:
With who may your data be shared & why?
We may share Your Information with third parties with whom we have a strategic relationship such as ad networks and analytics providers. The information shared with these third parties may be used for industry analysis, tracking ad conversions or demographic profiling.
When you consent to the collection of data for advertising and analytics purpose, we may share the data listed above with the following categories of recipients:
Those partners usually collect data via their own tools (Software Development Kits or “SDK”). You will find a list of our partners implementing advertising SDKs through our applications and the privacy policies of their services that describe their practices and allow you to exercise your rights directly toward them hereafter:
Disclosing Information
We may disclose the personal information we hold about you in the following circumstances:
Childrens’ Privacy
While our Products and Services may be played and/or visited by children, we do not knowingly collect or process any Personal Information from children under the age of 13 and hereby specifically prohibit any user under the age of 13 from providing us with any Personal Information. If you are a parent of a child under 13 years of age and you believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us and we will delete the information from our system.
In-app Purchase
Some of our products and Services offer in-app purchases for certain features or items, such as in-game currency against real money. It is not necessary to make any in app purchases to win prizes or effectively use the apps. There is no cap on the number of in app purchases you can make and you acknowledge and agree that you are fully responsible for managing your in app purchases and the amount you spend on in app purchases within our app. If you do not want to make in-app purchases, please do not use these options and consider disabling them on your device.
Making an in-app purchase may require you to share personal identification information with us. If any private information is shared through Google Play during purchases, it is stored and secured by Google. We only receive the Order ID or Transaction ID and the Receipt Data, which we store as a record of the transaction on our end. Same applies for transactions on Apple ID.
It should also be noted that the purchase of these features and in-game currency, such as virtual coins, cash, gold, gems and diamonds, points, etc. last only for the duration of the app or game. If you choose to uninstall the game or app, these features and coins will cease to exist, and are not transferable. These virtual items subsequently cannot be exchanged into real money or refunded. You understand that you do not own Virtual Items, but acquire a limited license to use Virtual Items according to the specific Game’s gameplay.
No Refund policy
In-app purchases are not refundable. Ocean Studios follows no-refund policy for all in-app purchases.
Advertising
We reserve the right to use and disclose the collected, non-personal data for purposes of advertising by us or our partners and contractors. We may employ third parties for ad serving technologies who may use certain methods to collect information as a result of ad serving through Services.
We and these entities may use various identifiers to collect information about your use of the App, including but not limited to your IP address, MAC address, device identifiers, software and hardware information, time zone and usage information.
This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver contextual advertising and content and better understand your activity on the App.
Third-party ad serving technologies are integrated into the App, so if you do not want to be subject to these technologies, please do not use or access the App.
Analytics
We reserve the right to use and disclose the collected, non-personal data for the purpose of analytic services by us or our partners and contractors. We may employ third parties to provide analytics services for us. We and these entities may use certain methods to collect information in order to provide analytics.
The information collected may include your use of the App, including your, device type, brand and model, IP address, device identifiers, such as Device ID, MAC address, installed software, application usage data, hardware type, Operating System information, browser information, Internet and on-line usage information, in-game information, geo-location, country, time zone and usage information.
This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver contextual advertising and content and better understand your activity on the App.
Third-party analytics technologies are integrated into the App, so if you do not want to be subject to these technologies, do not use or access the App.
Third Party Links
The Service may contain links to other websites and online services (“Linked Sites”). The fact that we link to a third party website or service is not an endorsement or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy policies or practices. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such Linked Sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such Linked Sites. The operators of Linked Sites may collect information about you, and may use and disclose that information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the Linked Sites that you use.
Push Notifications
With your consent, we may send push notifications or alerts to your mobile device to provide app-related information, service updates, promotional communications and other related messages. You can deactivate these notifications by changing your notification settings on your device.
Storage and Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards and maintain reasonable safeguards to attempt to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information in our possession. Further, while we attempt to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining access to this information. We do not warrant or represent that your Account or any of Your Information will be protected against, loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties. However, in case of such a scenario, we will notify you as soon as we know, and no later than 72 hours since such an event.
Your rights
If you wish to use any of the rights described below, you may contact us at any time by emailing us at contact@oceanstudios.io. We process and answer your requests without undue delay and in any event within one month of our receipt of the request unless a longer period is required due to the complexity of the request. In this case, our response time can be up to three months in total as permitted by the GDPR.
Right to request access
You have the right to request access into the data that we are processing on you, including information about:
Furthermore, you have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data undergoing processing. Please note that the access may be restricted in case of intellectual property or trade secrets.
The right to object
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation when the data are processed based on the balancing-of interest rule of the GDPR. In this case, we will cease the processing unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. We will cease the processing of your personal data for this purpose after the objection. Please note that if you exercise this right, your user license to use the App will cease automatically.
Right to rectification and erasure
ou have the right to have inaccurate personal data rectified. Furthermore, you have the right to have your personal data erased where one of the following grounds applies:
Please note that your right to erasure may be limited if the data are necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
The right to restriction
You have the right to obtain restriction of processing in certain circumstances. If you have the right to restriction, we will only process your data with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim or to protect a person or important grounds of public interest
The right to withdraw consent
If we have asked for your consent to our processing of your data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
If you withdraw your consent, we will cease processing of the data for which you have withdrawn consent, unless we have a legal obligation to keep some or parts of your data.
Please note that if you withdraw your consent, your user license to use the App will cease automatically.
The withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.
The right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided us with which we process in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller if the processing is based on consent or contract performance.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To initiate the deletion of your data, please submit a request through https://oceanstudios.io/user_data_deletion.php. For other rights such as the right to know, right to access, right to correct, right to delete, right to opt-out of information sales, or any other rights under applicable law, kindly submit your request via email to contact@oceanstudios.io.
Liability and force event
The Website is accessible online 24/7, aside for in any case of force majeure, any event outside the control of Ocean Studios and/or the Website host, and any breakdowns or maintenance required for proper operation of the Website. These will not lead to any compensation. You confirm that you are aware and accept the characteristics and limits of information transfer online, as well as costs pertaining to connection to the internet. Ocean Studios expressly reserves the right, without compensation, to amend the Website in whole or in part at any time as well as its presentation or medium and to interrupt update of the Website. The liability of Ocean Studios may under no circumstances be incurred for any damages whatsoever suffered by yourself or any third party, resulting directly or indirectly from access and use of the Website. In all instances, the liability of Ocean Studios, in such instance as it is incurred, will be limited to the direct prejudice suffered with the exclusion of any indirect prejudice, of any nature whatsoever, such as notably loss of data, loss of opportunities, of profits or operation, or any other financial loss resulting from use or impossibility to use the Website.
Acceptance of the terms
By using any of the Services offered by Ocean Studios and by giving the company consent, Users agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, and you also consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information by Ocean Studios in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.
Policy Updates
We reserve the right to revise, modify and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. These updates, will take effect from the date of issue on the Site. Please check back regularly for updates. Your continued use of Services will signify your acceptance of the changes to this Privacy Policy.
Contacting us
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or any other issues please contact us at: contact@oceanstudios.io