Privacy Policy | Pokémon Gamma Emerald

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Privacy Policy for Pokémon Gamma Emerald. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website gammaemerald.org (the "Website") or download and use our fan-made Pokémon Gamma Emerald game (the "Game").

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us. By accessing or using our Website or Game, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our Game, when you participate in activities on the Website, or otherwise when you contact us. The personal information we collect may include:

Personal Identifiers: When you contact us through our contact form or subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your name and email address.
User Content: If you provide feedback or comments, we may collect the content of those communications.
Technical Data: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website, and other technical information.

The Game itself does not collect personal information, but it may collect pseudonymous data such as game progress, settings preferences, and in-game choices to provide save functionality and improve gameplay.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We use the information we collect or receive:

To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you information about updates to our Game, changes to our terms, conditions, and policies, and/or other administrative information.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Website or Game.
To improve our Website and Game. We may use feedback you provide to improve our Website content and Game features.
For analytics and research. We may use information for internal analytics to understand how our Website and Game are used, and to improve user experience.

4. Information Sharing

We may share information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts.
With your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
For Legal Purposes: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
To Protect Our Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information with third parties for their commercial purposes.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out below:

Type of Cookie	Purpose	Duration
Essential Cookies	These cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.	Session / Persistent
Analytics Cookies	These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website.	2 years
Functionality Cookies	These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.	1 year

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

Right to Access: You may request to access the personal information we have collected about you.
Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct or update any personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to Erasure: You may request the deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability: You may request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Object: You may object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Website and Game are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us via our Contact page.