Last Updated: July 5th, 2017
Seed Studio develops and publishes social games for the web and mobile. In this policy, "Seed Studio" refers to Seed Studio Inc. and the companies it owns or controls, which include subsidiaries and other corporate entities under common ownership. We may also refer to Seed Studio as "We" or "Us".
Your privacy is important to Seed Studio. We designed our Privacy Policy to cover how we collect, use, disclose, transfer and store your information. Please familiarize yourself with our privacy practices and let us know if you have any questions.
Our Privacy Policy applies only to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information that you may decide to provide to us in your use of Stars of Ravahla aka SoR ("Services").
This Privacy Policy describes:
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the information We collect and the purposes of our collection
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how, when and where We use and with whom We share such information
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how you can access and update such information
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the choices you can make about how We collect, use and share your information
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how We protect the information We store about you
If you access our games from a third party Social Networking Site ("SNS"), you may be required to also read and accept the SNS terms of service and Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. If we modify this Privacy Policy in a material way, a notice will be posted in our Services and on the Sites along with the updated Privacy Policy. We will also update the "Last Updated Date" in the Privacy Policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the email address you provided to us or by placing a prominent notice on our site. By continuing to access or use the Services after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy or have provided you with notice of a modification, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If the current or modified Privacy Policy is not acceptable to you, your only recourse is to cease using the Services.
For information regarding the collection and use of Personal Information (defined below) from children under 14 years old, see the Section below, entitled "Our Policy Toward Children".
We Collect Personal Information and Non-Identifying Information
In the course of using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information includes to, your name, phone number, photo representation ("avatar"), Device ID, e-mail address, mailing address and the specified information described in” Location-Based Services”,” Customer Support Correspondence”, “SMS Notifications, Push Notifications & Local Notifications“ and “Technical and Usage Information” below ("Personal Information"). We will collect, use, transfer and disclose Personal Information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We also collect non-personal information, which is data in a form that does not permit direct association with you or any specific individual ("Non-Identifying Information"). Non-Identifying Information is aggregated and used to help improve our Services and third party mobile applications by providing a better way to understand the Seed Studio User experience with the level of interest in various portions of our Sites, specific Seed Studio Applications or specific third-party mobile applications. We may collect, use, transfer and disclose Non-Identifying Information for any purpose; details provided in this Privacy Policy about what Non-Identifying Information we collect currently, and how we use, transfer and disclose such Non-Identifying Information concern only how such information is collected and used today.
Both Personal Information and Non-Identifying Information may be used alone or in the aggregate with information collected from other Seed Studio Users. Our primary objective in collecting any Personal Information or Non-Identifying Information is to provide you with a superior and personally relevant user experience.
The purposes of our collection and how we use your Personal Information
In general, We collect, store and use your information for the general purpose to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. The Personal Information We collect will be used for specific purposes include: marketing business, customer management and services, information communication services, advertising and business conduct management, and the content of such purposes include but is not limited to:
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to create your game accounts and allow play of our games
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to identify and suggest connections with other Seed Studio users
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to enable user-to-user communications
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to provide technical support and respond to user inquiries
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to prevent fraud or potentially illegal activities, and enforce our Terms of Service
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to deliver and target advertising
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to notify users of in-game updates
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to provide in-game leader boards and promote in-game player achievements
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to solicit input and feedback to improve Seed Studio products and services and customize your user experience
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to inform users about new products or promotional offers
We will use your Personal Information in a reasonable way within the scopes of the purposes above. To use your Personal Information beyond the purposes above, your separately agreement of such use will be required.
We may use or share your Personal information with Strategic Partners (as defined below) for marketing, promoting or advertising purposes and you may receive such information from time to time. Except for the information or communications related to our Service (including but not limiting to the” Links to Other Websites and Services” as below), if you decline to continue receive such information or communications, please feel free to contact us or follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in the relevant communications.
One important use of your information is communication. If you have provided your e-mail address to Us, We'll use it to respond to (i) customer support inquiries, and (ii) keep you informed of your in-game activity, including comments from friends, notifications about in-game status such as "crops ready" as well as notifications of gift and neighbor requests. Some messages, such as the invitation from your friends to join the game, may include your name and profile photo. Each promotional communication will generally offer recipients choices about receiving additional messages.
Location-Based Services
For location-based Services, we may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your computer or mobile device. Unless you explicitly opt-in to permit the use and sharing of your Personal Information regarding your geographic location, your location data will only be collected and used anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you. When you opt-in to third party mobile application providers’ location services, we will share your geographic location with such third party mobile application providers in connection with their location services. Please note that some location-based services may require your Personal Information for the feature to work as intended.
Customer Support Correspondence
When you ask for assistance from our Customer Support team, We will collect and store the contact information you provide (generally your name and e-mail address), information about your game play or activity on the Service, and your user ID number. We will also store the correspondence and any information contained within.
Push Notifications & Local Notifications
With your consent We may send push notifications to your mobile device to provide game updates and other relevant messages. You can manage push notifications from the “options” or “settings” page within the relevant game. You may also be able to manage them from your device’s settings page for the relevant game.
We may send local notifications to your mobile device to provide game updates and other relevant information. You can manage local notifications from the “options” or “settings” page within the relevant game.
Technical and Usage Information
When you access our websites or play our games, We collect (i) certain technical information about your mobile device or computer system, including MAC Address, IP Address and mobile device ID; and (ii) usage statistics about your interactions with the Service. This information is typically collected through the use of server log files or web log files (“Log Files”), mobile device software development kits and tracking technologies like browser cookies to collect and analyze certain types of technical information. Some of the cookies the Service places on your computer are linked to your user ID number(s).
When We Collect Information
We will collect your personal information from your registration on our website and when you use our Services.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
International Use and Transfer
As described in this Privacy Policy, during your use of our products and services, the information that you provided may be transferred or accessed by entities around the world for the purpose of satisfying your needs of our products and services, improving our services, notification, research and marketing analysis report without disclosing your Personal Information. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of Personal Information represents your consent to the information you provided being used for the above mentioned purposes.
Disclosure to Third Parties
At times We may make certain personal information available to strategic partners that work with Us to provide products and services, or that help Us to customers (“Strategic Partners”). Personal information will only be shared by Us to provide or improve our products, services and advertising within the scopes of our purposes to collect your Personal Information. Strategic Partners may have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Our Policy Toward Children
Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 14 ("children") and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from children, we will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from our systems and records as soon as possible.
Access to Personal Information
We make good faith efforts to provide you with access so you can request to inquire, review or get the copies of your Personal Information, to correct or supplement the data if it is inaccurate or to delete the data if We are not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes. As a user of an account, you may update or delete the Personal Information in your profile by logging into your account. You may also email us at privacy@seedstudio.com to request such action above. We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by law.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
We take your privacy very seriously and employ administrative, physical and electronic measures to safeguard your information from identity theft and unauthorized access. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information, your account ID, login password or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited communication (e.g. via e-mail, telephone, mobile device).
Links to Other Websites and Services
Our Services may contain links to other websites and online services or offers from third parties. For example, our Services may include offers from third party advertisers or the ability to engage in transactions with such entities. If a Seed user with an account chooses to participate in offer-linked information requests or "clicks on" an advertisement or another third party link, such Seed user may be directed to that third party’s website or service and/or be prompted to provide Personal Information in connection with such activity.
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 such third party’s privacy or information security policies or practices or their compliance with laws. We do not exercise control over third party websites or services. These other websites or services may place their own cookies or other files on your computer or mobile devices, collect data or solicit personal information from you. Other websites and services follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites and services you use and the terms of the offers in which you participate. You agree that Seed is not responsible for, nor will it be liable to you or any third party for, your interaction with such third parties or the information requests initiated by such third parties or the subsequent use, treatment or dissemination of the information you voluntarily choose to provide to them.
Use as a Non-Registered User
In certain Seed Studio Applications, a Seed Studio User may participate as a non-registered Seed Studio User through optional registration. This allows a Seed Studio User to play the game in a limited capacity. Seed Studio does not collect any Personal Information or Non-personal information, other than Device ID, for non-registered users. Seed Studio cannot and does not ensure the preservation of game data that is associated with any non-registered account
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please send an e-mail to privacy@seedstudio.com