Last updated: September 14, 2022

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data and how we use cookies when you engage with our website and related services.

It is important that you read the entire privacy policy, but here’s some of the key points:

• We will only collect your personal data or use cookies if you have given us your consent.
• We only collect data relevant to each of the individual services that you use.
• We won’t sell your personal data.
• If you choose not to consent to our privacy policy, you can still use most of the website.

If you would like to ask us any questions about how we use your personal data, how we use cookies, or your data protections rights, please contact [email protected].

1. Data we collect
   1. Website analytics data
      1. What do we collect?
      2. When do we collect this data?
      3. How do we collect this data?
      4. How will we use this data?
      5. How do we store this data?
      6. For how long do we retain this data?
   2. Newsletter subscription data
      1. What do we collect?
      2. When do we collect this data?
      3. How do we collect this data?
      4. How will we use this data?
      5. How do we store this data?
      6. For how long do we retain this data?
   3. Submitted website content
      1. What do we collect?
      2. When do we collect this data?
      3. How do we collect this data?
      4. How will we use this data?
      5. How do we store this data?
      6. For how long do we retain this data?
2. Access to your data
3. Your data protection rights
4. Our use of cookies
5. Managing your cookies
6. Privacy policies of other websites
7. Changes to our privacy policy
8. Contact our data protection officer

We collect different kinds of data depending on how you interact with the Thinky Games website and its related services. The data is collected, used, processed, and stored in various ways as explained below. Some of the data is collected automatically when you use the website, while other data is only collected if you provide it to us.

Website analytics data

• What data do we collect? We collect analytics data about your use of the website. This data includes information about your interactions (e.g. page views, scroll events), your approximate geolocation based on your IP address, and your browser and device. We do not store any directly personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, or IP address.

• When do we collect this data? We only collect website analytics data about your use of the website if you accept our privacy policy notice. If you reject the notice, we will not collect this data. If you have accepted the notice, this data is collected automatically as you interact with the website.

  If you would like to change your acceptance of the privacy policy notice, please click the following button to show the notice:

  Show privacy policy notice

  You can alternatively use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to opt-out of Google Analytics on all websites.

• How do we collect this data? Website analytics data is sent securely to our third-party analytics provider, Google Analytics, as you interact with the Thinky Games website.

• How will we use this data? We use website analytics data to understand how our users are using and interacting with the Thinky Games website. This helps us understand the growth of our audience and identify ways to improve the website.

• How do we store this data? We use a third-party analytics provider, Google Analytics, to collect and securely store any website analytics data. Google Analytics provides a Data Protection Agreement as a means of meeting data protection and privacy requirements.

• For how long do we retain this data? We retain website analytics data about your use of the Thinky Games website for up to 2 months after the most recent data was received.

Newsletter subscription data

• What data do we collect? When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and your approximate geolocation based on your IP address.

• When do we collect this data? Newsletter subscription data is only collected when you manually subscribe to our newsletter. Subscribing to our newsletter requires double opt-in — that is, after you submit the subscription form, you’ll receive an email that will ask you to confirm your subscription.

  You can unsubscribe at any time using the “unsubscribe” link in the footer of any newsletter emails or with our unsubscribe form. This does not delete your newsletter subscription data.

• How do we collect this data? When you subscribe to our newsletter, we send your newsletter subscription data to our third-party newsletter service, MailChimp.

• How will we use this data? We use newsletter subscription data to send you newsletter emails and understand the growth of our newsletter audience.

• How do we store this data? We use MailChimp to collect and securely store any newsletter subscription data. MailChimp offers a Data Processing Addendum as a means of meeting data protection and privacy requirements.

• For how long do we retain this data? Newsletter subscription data is retained until the Thinky Games MailChimp account is closed.

Submitted website content

• What data do we collect? If you submit content to the Thinky Games website, we will store the name, email, and content that you provide.

• When do we collect this data? Submitted website content is only collected when you manually submit content through a form on the Thinky Games website.

• How do we collect this data? Submitted website content is sent to the Thinky Games server when you submit content through a form on the Thinky Games website.

• How will we use this data? We use submitted website content to allow you to engage with the Thinky Games website. Your submitted website content will be displayed publicly alongside our articles and other pages.

• How do we store this data? We store submitted website content at a data center provided by Bluehost. Bluehost provides a Data Processing Agreement as a means of meeting data protection and privacy requirements.

• For how long do we retain this data? We store submitted website content until the related content or pages no longer exist.

The data we collect may be accessed by employees or contractors of Thinky Games or by employees or contractors of our partner Astra Games. We will not otherwise share or sell your data.

You also have the right to access your own data as described below.

Thinky Games would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access — You have the right to request Thinky Games for copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification — You have the right to request that Thinky Games correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Thinky Games to complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure — You have the right to request that Thinky Games erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing — You have the right to request that Thinky Games restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing — You have the right to object to Thinky Games’ processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability — You have the right to request that Thinky Games transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to keep track of information while you interact with a website. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Functional cookies — Some cookies are necessary to implement the functionality of the Thinky Games website. In particular, we use a cookie to keep track of whether you have accepted or rejected the privacy policy notice.

• Analytics cookies — If you have accepted our privacy policy notice, we use cookies to support the collection of website analytics data by keeping track of you across multiple page views. This allows us to better understand how our users interact with the Thinky Games website across an entire session or multiple sessions. Note, as mentioned above, we do not associate these cookies with any data that directly identifies you like your name, email address, or IP address.

  If you reject our privacy policy notice, we will not use analytics cookies to keep track of you.

  If you would like to change your acceptance of the privacy policy notice, please click the following button to show the notice:

  Show privacy policy notice

To manage how cookies are used while you use the Thinky Games website, you can take one or more of the following steps:

• You can opt-out of our use of analytics cookies by rejecting our privacy policy notice. If you would like to change your acceptance of the privacy policy notice, please click the following button to show the notice:

  Show privacy policy notice

• You can alternatively opt-out of analytics cookies by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

• You can disable and manage some cookies through your browser settings. You will need to manage your settings for each browser you use. You can find instructions for how to manage Cookies in popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (iOS), Safari (Mac), and Opera.

• Your mobile device may also include browser settings to manage the use of cookies. Your device may also have settings to control the collection and use information in your apps.

If you disable or remove cookies, some parts of the Thinky Games website and its related services may not function properly. Cookies are required to remember your opt-out preferences.

The Thinky Games website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to the Thinky Games website, so if you click a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Thinky Games keeps this privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. The privacy policy was last updated on September 14, 2022.

If you have any questions about this Thinky Games privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact our data protection officer at [email protected].