Last Updated On August 2024
Effective Date October 15, 2024
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. Your use of dryad-games.com (“Site”), its social media pages (“Pages”), or purchases of games from Dryad Games LLC, with a principal office located at 5470 S Vivian Street, Littleton, CO 80127 (“Company”) indicates your understanding of and agreement to our Privacy Policy. By accessing or using the Site and Pages, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information (“PII”) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Site and Pages.
Any questions regarding the Site, Pages, Privacy Policy, or Terms and Conditions should be sent to [email protected] or via our Contact Page at our website. We accept calls at our office at 720-291-6487 from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. This is a family-owned business and therefore sometimes we may be unavailable, but we will typically respond within 72 hours.
Company may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you. Company will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site. The revised Policy will be effective 30 days from when the revised Policy is posted; your continued access or use of the Site after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We recommend that you periodically review this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect:
“Personally Identifiable Information” (PII) is defined as information that can reasonably be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person or to identify an individual in context.
We do not collect any PII except Cookies about visitors to our Site that do not create a log-in or purchase any products at the Store. Please see our Cookies Policy below.
For any Users (“you”) who (a) purchase items from our Site, (b) create a profile on our Site, (c) follow or interact with us on the Pages, or (d) contact us through email, phone, or our contact us page, We will collect and process the following PII about you:
Name
Email
Address
Email Address
Phone Number
Date of Birth (optional)
User Names
Password to our Site
Our providers, such as MailChimp, WooCommerce, and PayPal may collect this PII about you, as well as other PII which they save in order for us to process your order, such as payment information. We do not save your payment information ourselves. Please visit the privacy policies of these third-party providers if you have questions or concerns about their use of your PII.
2. We collect/receive information about you in the following manner:
We obtain Your PII in the following ways:
Your filling out the registration form or otherwise submits personal information to Us as part of Your use of the Site, Pages, communication, or order on the Store.
Your interaction with the Site or Pages.
If you visit our Site through a Page (defined above), or from a third-party link We are not responsible for the social media platform itself or third-party pages. We recommend you carefully read each site’s privacy policies and terms before interacting with them. If you interact with Company through a Page, Company may collect your username or other information you provide us to engage with you, but will not have access to other PII unless you provide it through our Site.
We do not obtain your credit card information or PII related to payment unless you provide it to us outside of our Site (which we do not recommend). Please visit our third-party payment processor’s sites (https://woocommerce.com/it/privacy-policy/ or https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full) for their privacy policies and terms and conditions.
3. Notice Concerning Do Not Track:
Do No Track (“DNT”) is a preference that users can set on their browsers (if supported) to opt out of online behavioral tracking done by various companies. We do not support the DNT setting.
3. Child Online Privacy Protection Act Disclaimer:
You must be at least thirteen (13) years old to purchase from Dryad Games or to create an account with Dryad Games. It is not our intention to collect any PII from children below the age of thirteen (13) years old. If your child has purchased from us or created an account with us and you would like their PII deleted, please contact us at [email protected].
4. U.S. Residents Only:
At this time, you must be a resident of the United States of America to purchase from Dryad Games. It is not our intention to collect any PII from non-U.S. residents. If you are from outside the U.S. and have purchased a product please contact us at [email protected]. If you are outside of the U.S. and you would like Company to expand to sales in your country, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know your interest and your country of residence, but do not disclose additional personal information in the e-mail.
5. How We Use Your PII:
We will use the PII for the following purposes:
Fulfill your Orders that You make on our Site, including fulfilling any shipping and communicating regarding any delays, issues, or substitutions;
Respond to your communications, complaints, or requests;
Interact with you on the Pages and in other community settings;
Create your User Account;
Send you Marketing or Promotional communications as approved or reasonable based on your interaction with Us;
Organize and administer contests, competitions, meet-ups, and other promotional events;
Collect testimonials and customer feedback from You;
Enforce our terms and conditions;
Process your payment;
Support the Site, Pages, and Order technologically;
Protect the Site, Store, and Pages as appropriate;
Manage Your User account and related issues;
Administer our business needs, including financial, bookkeeping, tax payments, and other reasonable business needs;
Internal data analytics, metrics, and assessments;
Third-party analytics reports for advertising and marketing management, including Google Analytics.
We may aggregate or anonymize your information for metrics or analytics from time to time.
If we want to use your information for any other purpose that is not listed here or a reasonable business use that is inherent in the purposes listed above, we will ask you for consent. Unless legally required otherwise, we will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the additional purposes for which grant consent.
6. How We Share Your PII:
We share your PII with the following parties, who are necessary to run our business or to fulfill orders:
Shipping and processing companies, including UPS and FedEx, as applicable;
Payment processors and credit card companies, as applicable;
Federal, state, and local tax authorities, as appropriate and applicable;
Our marketing providers;
Any data collection and processing company;
Our bookkeeping and accounting service providers;
Our attorneys; and
Our IT providers.
We will only provide as much of your PII as is necessary to fulfill the services or our business needs. We agree that the Company enters into confidentiality or similar agreements with any of our third-party providers who have access to your PII and that they will protect your PII to the extent provided in this Privacy Policy at a minimum.
We will not transfer your personal information to any third party not listed above without seeking your consent, unless required by law.
We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Site, Pages, or other services violates any third-party rights; or (4) in the process of the sale or merger of the Company or its assets.
7. Retention Of Your PII:
For Users who create an Account with Us:
We will retain your PII for as long as you maintain your Account and up to three (3) years after you terminate your Account.
We will retain your aggregated and anonymized data which does not identify you directly or indirectly indefinitely.
For Users who Purchase from Us but do not create an Account with Us:
We will retain your PII for at least ninety (90) days but not to exceed two (2) years after your order is fulfilled.
We will retain your aggregated and anonymized data which does not identify you directly or indirectly indefinitely.
For Users who communicate with us through email, phone, or our contact us page but do not create an Account with Us:
We will retain your PII for at least ninety (90) days but not to exceed two (2) years after the last communication exchanged between us.
We will retain your aggregated and anonymized data which does not identify you directly or indirectly indefinitely.
For Users who communicate with us through our Pages or follow us on our Pages, but do not create an Account with Us:
We will retain your PII for as long as you follow us on any Page, but not thereafter.
We will retain your aggregated and anonymized data which does not identify you directly or indirectly indefinitely.
We reserve the right to retain PII for longer than identified above if necessary for financial or legal reporting requirements, enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, or other similar legitimate reasons.
8. Request for Your PII:
If you would like to know what PII of yours we have or to change or correct your PII, you must lodge this request via e-mail at [email protected] or our contact us page with the subject line “PII Review”. The Company reserves the right to obtain additional information from You prior to allowing you to access or view such information or to refuse such a request if your identity cannot be verified. The Company shall have thirty (30) days to initially respond to your request and sixty (60) days to provide you the opportunity to review your PII or confirmation of any correction, unless the law applicable in your jurisdiction requires a shorter time period.
The Company is unable to either report to you what data of yours has been anonymized or aggregated, as it is no longer personally identifiable. Similarly, the Company is unable to correct such anonymized or aggregated information.
9. Right to Be Forgotten and Unsubscribe:
All Company marketing emails and newsletters shall include the option to unsubscribe at the bottom. If you cannot find that link, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us on the Site with the subject line “Unsubscribe” at any time.
You may request that the Company delete your PII at any time by emailing us at [email protected] or contacting us on the Site with the subject line “Forget Me” or “Delete Me”. Unless you have an active pending order, the Company will delete or anonymize all of your PII except that which is necessary for the Company’s financial or legal reporting requirements within sixty (60) days of receiving the email and reviewing the request, unless the law applicable in your jurisdiction requires a shorter time period. If the Company is unable to delete your information or sufficiently anonymize it, the Company will inform you within that time period. Any requests for your information to be forgotten or deleted while you have a pending order will be rejected until at least ninety (90) days after delivery has been confirmed. If the Company’s deletion of your information requires deletion of your account, the Company will notify you as to the same.
The Company is unable to forget or delete any data of yours has been anonymized or aggregated, as it is no longer personally identifiable.
10. Your California Privacy Rights:
For California residents, this privacy policy is in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) requirements.
11. Cookies Policy
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
Cookie Settings
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.
12. Security:
The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
13. Grievance / Data Protection Officer:
If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Dryad Games LLC, 5470 S Vivian St, email: [email protected]. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.