Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 19, 2025

1. Introduction

At Choice Your Games, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you use our interactive fiction gaming platform, website, and related services. We understand that privacy is important to you, and we want to be transparent about our data practices.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our services:

2.1 Personal Information

This includes information that can identify you personally, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, payment information, and date of birth. We collect this information when you create an account, make purchases, subscribe to our newsletters, participate in surveys, or contact our customer support team.

2.2 Gaming and Usage Data

We collect information about how you interact with our games and services, including gameplay statistics, progress data, achievements, preferences, choices made within games, time spent playing, and device performance metrics. This data helps us improve our games and provide a better user experience.

2.3 Technical Information

We automatically collect technical information about your device and internet connection, including IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers, screen resolution, and referral URLs. This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various legitimate business purposes:

• Service Delivery: To provide, maintain, and improve our gaming services, process transactions, and deliver content you request
• Account Management: To create and manage your account, authenticate your identity, and provide customer support
• Communication: To send you updates about new games, features, promotions, and important service announcements
• Personalization: To customize your gaming experience, recommend games based on your preferences, and provide targeted content
• Analytics: To analyze usage patterns, measure the effectiveness of our services, and conduct market research
• Security: To detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, security threats, and violations of our terms of service
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: With trusted third-party companies that provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, and customer support
• Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business
• Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Safety and Security: To protect the rights, property, or safety of our users, our company, or others
• Consent: With your explicit consent for any other purpose not described in this policy

5. Data Security and Protection

We implement comprehensive security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security practices include encryption of sensitive data, secure server infrastructure, regular security audits, employee training on data protection, and restricted access to personal information on a need-to-know basis. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Gaming data and account information are typically retained for the duration of your account plus a reasonable period thereafter. You may request deletion of your personal data at any time, subject to certain legal and operational requirements.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Right to request copies of your personal information
• Rectification: Right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Erasure: Right to request deletion of your personal information
• Portability: Right to request transfer of your data to another service
• Objection: Right to object to certain processing of your information
• Restriction: Right to request limitation of processing under certain circumstances

8. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including Austria and other European Union member states, as well as countries outside the EU that may have different data protection laws. When we transfer your data internationally, we implement appropriate safeguards to ensure your information remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

9. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible. Parents who believe their child has provided us with personal information should contact us immediately.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date. For significant changes, we may also provide additional notice through email or in-app notifications. Your continued use of our services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: