Effective Date: August 24, 2023

Welcome to Junkyard Tycoon! We prioritize your privacy and are committed to safeguarding your information. Our Privacy Policy outlines the details about the data we collect, its usage for enhancing your gaming experience, and how you can exercise your privacy rights. This policy applies when you play our games or access any of our Services.

"Junkyard Tycoon" refers to us and our Affiliates, including subsidiaries, parent companies, and other entities under common ownership. By using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as stated in this Privacy Policy. If you disagree, please refrain from playing our games or using our Services.

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. Please review it regularly for changes. If you have any questions, contact us as described in Section 10 ("Contact Us").

1. Information We Collect and Process

We collect and process your information to the extent necessary for fulfilling our functions and activities, using fair and reasonable means. The legal basis for collecting and using this information depends on the type of information and the context in which it's collected.

We may collect and process the following personal information through our Services:

1.1. Voluntary Data

You provide this data with your consent, including:

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

We collect certain information automatically from your device for fulfilling our contractual obligations, understanding our users, and improving our services and user experience.

The app utilizes third-party services that may collect information to identify you. Below are links to the privacy policies of the third-party service providers used by the app:

Please review these privacy policies to better understand how these third-party service providers collect, use, and protect your information.

We and our third-party service providers use cookies and similar technologies to provide and personalize our services, analyze usage, target ads, and prevent fraud. Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your device. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify settings to decline cookies if desired. Note that some service aspects may not function properly without cookies.

1.3 Information from Third-Party Sources

When using our Services via social media accounts (e.g., Facebook, WeChat, Google), you allow us to access certain profile information to fulfill our contractual obligations. The information we receive depends on your social media privacy settings, which can be managed on the respective platforms. We may access and store some or all of the following information:

We may also collect information from third-party sources, like advertising partners, who provide personal information if, for example, you clicked on an ad directing you to our Services.

2. Purposes of Collecting, Processing, and Disclosing:

We collect, process, and disclose information for various purposes, including:

3. How We Collect Information about You

We collect and store personal and non-personal information you provide directly or through third-party sources offering our games. Your web browser or client software may transmit geographic information or computer-related data (capabilities, game data processing, etc.) to us. We also collect information regarding your gameplay, such as timestamps and game progress.

Like most websites, we gather information automatically and store it in log files, which may include unique identifiers like IP addresses and non-personal information (browser type, ISP, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, clickstream data). We may combine this information with other data we collect.

We and our partners may use tracking technologies (cookies, beacons, tags, scripts) for analyzing trends, administering websites, tracking user movements, and gathering demographic information. You can control cookie usage at the browser level; however, rejecting cookies may limit some website features.

4. How We Use the Information We Collect

We collect, store, and use your information to provide a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized gaming experience. Your information helps us:

Deliver requested products and services, like creating in-game accounts

Inform you about new products, services, features, enhancements

Improve and secure our Services

Handle customer service or technical support inquiries

Notify you about upgrade opportunities, contests, promotions, special events, and offers

We may enhance or merge collected personal information with data from third parties for market analysis or improving our products and services. We may also use your information for internal marketing, profiling, or demographic purposes to better understand and serve customers. If we use your information for materially different purposes, we will ask for your consent.

5. Sharing of Your Information

We only share your personal information with third parties as described in this Privacy Policy and do not sell it to third parties. However, we may share non-personally identifiable, aggregated, or public information. We may also share your gameplay data, customer service interactions, and device-specific identifiers with third parties for personalizing and improving our Services. We instruct third-party service providers to maintain confidentiality and not use your information for purposes other than providing services on our behalf.

We may have advertising on our Service and share information with advertisers or intermediaries (e.g., UnityAds, Admob, TapJoy). This information may include:

Performance data (e.g., ad clicks)

Aggregated or de-identified player information

Technical information (e.g., IP addresses, non-persistent device identifiers like IDFAs)

Social network ID

This data may be used to measure ad effectiveness, personalize player experiences with targeted ads, and analyze web traffic and player activity.

In case of a business transition (e.g., merger, acquisition, asset sale), we may disclose or transfer your information to the successor organization.

Your information and online communications' contents (e.g., chat text, voice communications, IP addresses, personal information) may be accessed, monitored, and disclosed as necessary to provide Services or in cases such as:

Compliance with legal processes (e.g., court orders, warrants, subpoenas)

Satisfying applicable laws and regulations

Investigating crimes or exchanging information for fraud protection and credit risk reduction

Addressing emergencies that pose threats to health or safety

Protecting the rights or property of Junkyard Tycoon

6. How to Exercise Your Rights

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, how to exercise your rights, or our data protection practices, please contact us at privacy@JunkyardTycoon.com

We are committed to working with you to resolve any concerns you may have about our handling of your personal information. Upon receiving your inquiry, our team will promptly investigate the matter and provide a response. We aim to resolve any concerns you may have in a timely and efficient manner.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about any changes. Your continued use of our Services constitutes your acceptance of any updates to the Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you through our Services or by other means, such as email, before the changes take effect.

7. Data Deletion

We will delete or de-identify your personal data as soon as reasonably possible in cases such as:

  1. No ongoing legitimate business need for processing your information;
  2. Discontinuation of our Service;
  3. Upon your request for data deletion;
  4. When a platform, like Meta, requires data deletion at their discretion for protection or compliance;
  5. When mandated by applicable laws or regulations.

If data deletion is unfeasible (e.g., due to backup server storage), we'll securely store and isolate your information, preventing further processing until deletion is possible.

We retain collected personal information when there's a legitimate business need, such as providing requested Services or complying with legal, tax, or accounting requirements. For instance, we periodically de-identify inactive game accounts and regularly review and delete unnecessary data.

8. Children's Privacy

Junkyard Tycoon Services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without obtaining parental consent. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use our Services or submit any personal information through our Services.

If you believe that we may have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, please contact us at privacy@JunkyardTycoon.com. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information and terminate the child's account.

9. Privacy Policies of Linked Sites and Advertisers

Our websites and games may contain advertisements from companies other than Junkyard Tycoon that may link to their own websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. If you have any questions about how these other websites use your information, you should review their policies and contact them directly.

10. Security of Your Information

We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help safeguard your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include data encryption, secured servers, and firewalls. While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. International Data Transfers

Junkyard Tycoon is a global company, and your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including the United States and other countries where our affiliated companies and service providers are located. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from those in your country.

We have implemented appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information remains protected when transferred to other countries. These safeguards may include the use of standard contractual clauses approved by the relevant data protection authorities, or other measures permitted by applicable data protection laws.

 12. US Privacy Laws

If you are a California or Virginia resident, you may be able to exercise additional rights. For more information, please review our US Privacy Law Notice.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, or you would like to request the deletion of your data, please feel free to e-mail us at privacy@JunkyardTycoon.com.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about any changes. Your continued use of our Services constitutes your acceptance of any updates to the Privacy Policy.