Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 12, 2024

Nodtech Creative Industries Ltd. (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) has created this Privacy Policy to describe our practices regarding data collection for users of our website located at https://www.nodtechcreative.com (the “Website”) and our services, including our online services and video games (“Services”).

We respect your privacy, value our relationship with you, and want you to have fun using our Website and Services.

A Note to Users in Europe. Although we are not based in the European Economic Area (“Europe”), because we offer our Services to individuals who are based in Europe, European data protection legislation known as the “GDPR” (a copy of which is posted here), applies to us. This Privacy Policy is intended to meet our duties of transparency under the GDPR and, more specifically, to make it clear to you what rights our European Users have and how they can exercise them. For more information, please see Provisions Specific to Users in Europe, below. 

Children

Our Services and Website are not directed to children under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian. Protecting the privacy of children is very important to us. We do not automatically gather Personal Information from any visitors, including visitors who are under the age of 13.

What “Personal Information” do we collect?

Account Information

The Account Information we gather automatically is limited to non-personal information only. We do not collect or store your OculusID or any other information that could be used to personally identify you. The information collected is limited to your PvP match scores and related match statistical data in order for us to provide the Services to you and to help us improve the Services. When using the Steam version of the "Services" we do collect Personal Information if you choose to submit it to us voluntarily during optional PvP registration and non-personal information in the course of your use of the Website and/or Services. To use some of our optional Steam Services, we may require you to create an “Account” by providing your email address and a password (not applicable for Meta\Oculus players). You can choose not to provide us with this information, but this may limit the features of the Website or Services you are able to use. This information is encrypted, never shared with 3rd parties, and is stored securely. Personal information provided for the Steam Services is deleted automatically after 120 days of inactivity, or at any time upon written request via the email provided below.

Communications Information

When you communicate with us by sending us an email, we will collect and store any information that is contained in your communications with us. If you tell us where you are (e.g., by allowing any hardware device you use with the Services to send us your location), we may collect, store and use that information to provide better Services to you (such as match scheduling for your time zone).

Breakdown

Please be aware that your PvP game sessions may be available to other users of the Services, depending on your preferences and settings.

How We Disclose Personal Information.

We do not diclose personal information collected from registering with our Steam PvP Services. No personal information is collected from Meta/Oculus players.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS – YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS (AS PROVIDED BY CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1798.83

We do not disclose your personal information to direct marketing companies.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, Cookies or pixel tags in third party ads. We encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of Cookies and other technologies.

How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals. We do not currently respond to “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that might enable Users to opt out of tracking on our site.

Controlling Your Information.

Steam services users can review and/or change your Personal Information by accessing your Account in game. You authorise us to use any new or modified information that you provide in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Upon your request, we will close your Steam PvP Account, as soon as practicable, in accordance with applicable law. To request erasure of data or any other related request, please send an email to support@nodtechcreative.com. In the event of receipt of your request to delete data, Company will delete any relevant data without undue delay, but no later than within 15 days of receiving such a request. 

Information Disclosed to Third Parties

This Privacy Policy addresses only our use and disclosure of information we collect from and/or about you on the Website and Services. If you disclose information to others, or authorise us to do the same under this Privacy Policy, the use and disclosure restrictions contained in this Privacy Policy will not apply to any third party. We do not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable.

The Website and Services may contain content or links to other websites or services that are not owned or controlled by us. We have no control over, do not review and are not responsible for the privacy policies of or content displayed on such other websites. When you click on such a link, you will leave our Website and go to another site. During this process, another entity may collect Personal Information or Anonymous Information from you. The Website may also contain links to other websites controlled by us but which operates under different privacy policies. Please review the privacy policy of any new site you visit.

Changes to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy and we will change the “Last Updated” date above. You should consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

Questions; Contacting Company

If you have any questions or concerns or complaints about our Privacy Policy or our data collection or processing practices, please contact us at the following address:

Nodtech Creative Industries Ltd.
support@nodtechcreative.com
14 - 900 Village Lane, Suite 220
Okotoks AB T1S 1Z6 Canada

Provisions Specific to Users in Europe

Who is ‘Controller’ of your Personal Information?

Nodtech Creative Industries Ltd., is the Controller (as defined in the GDPR) of your Personal Information when you have provided personal information to us for Steam PvP. This means that we are the person who determines the purposes and means for which your Personal Information will be processed. 

Who do these Provisions Specific to Users in Europe apply to?

These specific provisions apply to Users who are located in Europe. This is true whether or not they are a citizen or permanently resident in a European country.

What is our “legal basis” for processing your Personal Information?

The purposes for which we use your Personal Information are described here. In respect of each of the purposes we use your Personal Information for, the GDPR requires us to ensure that we have a “legal basis” for that use. We will only use your Personal Information when the GDPR allows us to – most commonly, we will use your Personal Information in the following circumstances: to grant you access to your request for optional Match Scheduling Services, or to communicate with you upon your request with regards to support for the Services.

International transfers

We are a Canadian based company. We do not have an establishment in Europe. This means that your data as detailed above will be stored at and processed by us in Canada.

However, please be assured, that we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with both: the GDPR; and this Privacy Policy. 

We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes for which we collected it.

If we need to use your Personal Information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so, by way of an update to this Privacy Policy.

Please note that we may process your Personal Information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law (including the GDPR).

Data Security

We have put in place what we consider to be appropriate security measures to prevent your Personal Information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.

In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business “need to know”. They will only use or access your Personal Information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected ‘personal data breach’ and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach affecting your Personal Information where we are legally required to do so.

Your Legal Rights 

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under the GDPR in relation to your Personal Information. These rights are described below:

Request access to your Personal Information. This enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.

Request correction of the Personal Information that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate Personal Information we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new Personal Information you provide to us.

Request erasure of your Personal Information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove Personal Information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your Personal Information where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your Personal Information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your Personal Information to comply with local law.

Object to processing of your Personal Information. This applies only where we are relying on a Legitimate Interest as our legal basis for processing (see above) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Request restriction of processing of your Personal Information. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your Personal Information in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the Personal Information’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the Personal Information is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the Personal Information even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your Personal Information but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.

Request the transfer of your Personal Information to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used that Personal Information to perform a contract with you

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your Personal Information. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

No Fee Usually Required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Information (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

What We May Need From
You may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time Limit to Respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

Complaints

In addition to your right to complain to us directly, if you feel your complaint has not been adequately resolved, please note that the GDPR gives you the right to contact your local data protection supervisory authority, which for the UK, is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Special Categories of Personal Data

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.