Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

• Usage data: Pages visited, session duration, device type, browser, approximate geolocation (city-level), and referring URLs.
• Game telemetry: Non-personal play events used to maintain leaderboards and surface trending titles.
• Contact submissions: Information you provide in emails or forms, including name, contact details, and message contents.
• Cookie & local storage data: Consent status, personalization preferences, and locally stored favorites/history lists. These stay on your device unless you upload or sync them.

2. How We Use Information

• Operate, secure, and improve the platform.
• Personalize recommendations when you grant optional cookie consent.
• Detect abuse, fraud, and policy violations.
• Serve advertisements and measure their performance through Google AdSense and direct partners.
• Respond to support, legal, or DMCA requests.

3. Legal Bases (EEA & UK)

• Consent: Optional analytics, personalization, and advertising cookies.
• Legitimate interest: Basic site analytics, security monitoring, and service maintenance.
• Contract: Delivering paid services or promotions you sign up for.
• Legal obligation: Handling lawful data access or preservation requests.

4. Google AdSense & Advertising Partners

We partner with Google AdSense and occasionally direct advertisers to monetize our free experiences. These partners may place cookies, beacons, or similar technologies to measure ad performance and prevent fraud. Google offers transparency controls at policies.google.com.

You can opt out of personalized advertising at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link in our footer or Google’s Ad Settings.

5. How We Share Information

• Service providers: Hosting, analytics, and moderation vendors bound by confidentiality agreements.
• Developers & licensors: Aggregated performance metrics to settle revenue share or licensing obligations.
• Legal compliance: Authorities or third parties when required by law or to protect our rights and users.
• Business transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to continued privacy safeguards.

6. Data Retention

Server logs are kept for up to 12 months. Support records and legal correspondence are stored for the duration required by applicable law. We keep cookie consent records for the minimum time needed to demonstrate compliance.

7. Your Rights & Choices

• Cookie controls: Adjust or withdraw optional cookie consent via the "Cookie Preferences" link or by emailing privacy@99-nights-in-the-forest.net.
• Access, delete, or correct: Request copies or deletion of personal data by emailing privacy@99-nights-in-the-forest.net. We will verify your request before acting.
• Appeals: If you believe we mishandled a privacy request, contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@99-nights-in-the-forest.net.

8. Children’s Privacy

99 Nights Game is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided data without parental consent, contact privacy@99-nights-in-the-forest.net for removal.

9. Security

We use HTTPS, access controls, and continuous monitoring to protect player data. No method is 100% secure, so report suspected vulnerabilities to security@99-nights-in-the-forest.net.

10. Changes to This Policy

We will post updates on this page and adjust the effective date when the policy changes. Significant updates may also be announced via in-product notices or email.

11. Contact

Data Protection Officer — 99 Nights Game Interactive
privacy@99-nights-in-the-forest.net
548 Market Street #12345, San Francisco, CA 94104 USA