Effective March 25, 2023

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy will explain how we collect, use, and share information we get through your interactions with RavvyPlaysGames.com. This Privacy Policy does NOT address our use of any information you provide when you communicate with us via any means outside of RavvyPlaysGames.com. Due to the global nature of the Internet, information that we collect may be transferred to, processed in, and held in other countries other than the one where you reside.

By using RavvyPlaysGames.com, you explicitly consent to such use of your information and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Automatically Collected Information (Usage Data)

We automatically collect Usage Data as you use and navigate RavvyPlaysGames.com. This helps us understand who our users are and how they use our site. Each time you visit RavvyPlaysGames.com, we may automatically collect your IP address, browser, device operating system, access time, how you got to RavvyPlaysGames.com, which pages you visit, and what features and web elements you interact with.

Usage Data helps us improve RavvyPlaysGames.com by getting a better understanding of our audience. We can also monitor and diagnose problems with our servers and software.

2. Submitted Information (Personal/Non-Personal/Shared Information)

Information that identifies you or that could be used to personally identify you is “Personal Information.” You can visit RavvyPlaysGames.com without revealing any personal information. However, registering for an account on RavvyPlaysGames.com requires you to provide some Personal Information (such as your email address). You may also be able to sign up with a username and password.

Personal Information may be used to personalize your experience on RavvyPlaysGames.com. We may use your Personal Information to contact you regarding updates to RavvyPlaysGames.com or other products and services from RavvyPlaysGames.

We may collect Non-Personal Information that you choose to submit such as your gender, age, zip code, game ratings, or site usage. Additional information about you when and how you interact with RavvyPlaysGames.com, including when you interact with offers such as advertisements may be collected. Data collection may occur during our direct interactions with you, such as asking you to complete a survey, asking you to enter a promotion, or in the process of customer support.

Finally, there may be Shared Information that we allow you to display on your public profile. This includes information such as (but is not limited to) your alias, hometown, bio, game reviews, and any other information displayed in a public manner that is tied to your account.

3. Information Sharing Practices

We will never share your Usage Data, Personal Information, Non-Personal Information, or Shared Information with any third party without your permission, except as otherwise described in the sections below.

(a) Advertisers. We may occasionally share your Usage Data and Non-Personal Information to enable third parties who advertise on RavvyPlaysGames.com to improve the relevance and usefulness of advertisements delivered to you. Note that we will not share any information with the advertiser that could personally identify you.

(b) Aggregated Data. We may occasionally report aggregated User Information to third parties or to the general public. We will not share any aggregated data, however, in ways that would enable recipients to personally identify you. For example, we might publish the percentage of users who viewed reviews or information about a specific game.

(c) Other scenarios. We reserve the right to share any data we collect in response to:

• If we believe it’s in the best interest of the community regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations that involve credible threats to the safety of persons or properties.
• Subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes.
• To establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
• If we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding abuse of RavvyPlaysGames.com’s infrastructure or servers or the Internet in general (ex: DDoS attacks, intentional spamming, or hacking).
• If we are acquired by or merged with another entity.

4. Public Information

Unless otherwise noted, data that shows up on your individual profile will be considered to be available to the public. You may choose to not fill in profile data. There may also be features or elements of RavvyPlaysGames.com where there is a clear expectation that information posted will be visible to other users and the general public (ex: comments on game review posts).

5. Cookies

A “cookie” is a small data file that is sent to your device and stored in your device’s memory when you visit a website. Many websites and other web services across the internet use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Most websites, including RavvyPlaysGames.com, use cookies to uniquely identify your device and browser. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies by default. You can, if you wish, reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate whenever a cookie is being sent, set, or altered.

We may set and access cookies on your device. The first time you visit RavvyPlaysGames.com, a cookie is sent to your device.

If you reject cookies on RavvyPlaysGames.com, you will not be able to sign in to RavvyPlaysGames.com or use all of RavvyPlaysGames.com’s features.

In general, we may use cookies to enhance our Usage Data, personalize your experience, enable you to access your account, and display appropriate and relevant advertisements.

6. Advertising

RavvyPlaysGames.com does not currently utilize 3rd party advertising. In the event that we do implement it in the future, this will be the privacy policy related to advertising.

We may use other companies to serve advertisements when you visit RavvyPlaysGames.com. These companies may collect and use click stream information, browser information, time and duration information, and the subject of the advertisements viewed or clicked in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be useful and relevant to you. These companies are likely to use cookies, web beacons, and pixel tags to collect this information. Other companies’ use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, and not this one. These companies don’t get access to RavvyPlaysGames.com cookies.

This privacy policy will be updated to indicate which advertising networks are being used by RavvyPlaysGames.com in the case that we begin to use other companies to serve advertisements. This update will be automatic and will not involve additional notification.

7. Targeted Advertising

If we do advertise, it’s possible that the advertisements will be targeted advertisements based on personal information that you provide. We don’t provide this personal information to our advertisers when you interact with such an advertisement.

8. Security

We believe we’ve taken the necessary precautions to protect your Personal Information according to the Fair Information Practice Principles. Should a data breach occur, we will notify you within 7 business days of determining that your information was taken. We will also display a notification on the site within 7 business days.

9. External Links

RavvyPlaysGames.com contains several links to other websites throughout the site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites.

10. Embedded Content

We use iFrames to embed YouTube content on RavvyPlaysGames.com. Please make sure you review YouTube and Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

11. Data Deletion

If you’d like to have your account data removed from RavvyPlaysGames.com, please email us at admin@ravvyplaysgames.com.

12. Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children.  We encourage parents and guardians to actively monitor their children’s online activities and interests. Registration on and participation in activities on RavvyPlaysGames.com is not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target children under the age of 13 with our services.

13. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If any update creates a material change to the way we treat your User Information, we will inform you of such change via email or by posting a notice on relevant areas of RavvyPlaysGames.com. Any update to this Privacy Policy will be effective as of the date indicated on the updated version.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about RavvyPlaysGames.com’s privacy policy, please email us at admin@ravvyplaysgames.com.