Privacy Policy, Disclaimer
Basics
This privacy policy is intended to inform users of Playtime-Forum.info about the nature, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by the website operator admin[@]playtime-forum.info.
Playtime-Forum.info takes data protection very seriously and treats personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal regulations. As new technologies and the continuous development of Playtime-Forum.info may lead to changes in this privacy policy, we recommend that you read the privacy policy at regular intervals.
Definitions of the terms used (e.g., “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Art. 4 GDPR.
Access Data
We, the website operator, collect data about accesses to the website based on our legitimate interest (see Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) and store these as “server log files” on the website’s server. The following data is logged:
- Visited website
- Time of access
- Amount of data sent in bytes
- Source/reference from which you accessed the page
- Browser used
- Operating system used
- IP address used
The server log files are stored for a maximum of a few days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, to be able to clarify cases of abuse, for example. If data must be retained for evidentiary purposes, they are exempt from deletion until the incident is conclusively resolved.
Reach Measurement & Cookies
Playtime-Forum.info uses cookies for pseudonymized reach measurement, which are transmitted either from our server or from third-party servers to the user’s browser. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies increases the user-friendliness and security of this website.
Common browsers offer the option to prevent cookies. Note: It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if you make corresponding settings.
Collection and Processing of Personal Data
Playtime-Forum.info collects, uses, and discloses your personal data only if this is permitted by law or you consent to the data collection.
Personal data refers to any information that serves to identify you and that can be traced back to you—such as your name and your email address when registering in our forum.
You can also visit Playtime-Forum.info without providing any personal information. However, to improve our online offering, we store (without personal reference) your access data on this website. This access data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your internet provider. Due to the anonymization of the data, conclusions about your person are not possible.
Note: Through our casino forum, data such as email address and your username are stored upon registration.
Hundling Contact Data
If you contact us at Playtime-Forum.info through the provided contact options, your details will be stored so that we can refer back to them for processing and responding to your inquiry. Without your consent, this data will not be disclosed to third parties.
Hundling Comments and Posts
If you leave a post or comment on Playtime-Forum.info, your IP address will be stored. This is done based on our legitimate interests according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR and serves the security of us as the website operator: If your comment violates applicable law, we can be held liable, which is why we have an interest in knowing the identity of the author of the comment or post.
Google Analytics
This website uses the service “Google Analytics” based on our legitimate interests for the optimization and analysis of our online offering according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, which is provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The service (Google Analytics) uses “cookies”—text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is usually sent to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google LLC complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
This website employs IP anonymization. The IP address of users is shortened within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area and in other contracting states of the agreement. Only in exceptional cases will the IP address be transmitted unshortened to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. This shortening eliminates any personal reference to your IP address. The IP address transmitted by your browser will not be merged with other data stored by Google.
As part of the contract data processing agreement, which we as the website operator have concluded with Google Inc., this uses the collected information to create an evaluation of the website usage and the website activity and provides services related to internet usage.
The data collected by Google on our behalf is used to analyze the usage of our online offering by individual users, for example, to create reports on the activity on the website to improve our online offering.
You have the option to prevent the storage of cookies on your device by making the appropriate settings in your browser. It is not guaranteed that you can access all functions of this website without restrictions if your browser does not allow cookies.
Furthermore, you can prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to and used by Google Inc. through a browser plugin. The following link takes you to the corresponding plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Here you can find more information about data usage by Google Inc.:
- https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de (Data collected by Google partners)
- https://adssettings.google.de/authenticated (Settings for ads displayed to you)
- https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de (Use of cookies in ads)
Use of Facebook Social Media Plugins
Due to our legitimate interest in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online offering (according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), Playtime-Forum.info uses the Facebook Social Plugin, operated by Facebook Inc. (1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). The integrations are recognizable by the Facebook logo or the terms “Like,” “Share,” and “Share” in Facebook’s colors (blue and white). Information on all Facebook plugins can be found via the following link: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection law and is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook’s servers. The website operator has no influence on the nature and scope of the data that the plugin transmits to Facebook Inc.’s servers. You can find information about this here: https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084
The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, as a user, have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the information mentioned will be linked to your account.
If you use the plugin’s functions—such as sharing or liking a post—the relevant information will also be transmitted to Facebook Inc.
If you want to prevent Facebook Inc. from linking this data with your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete the stored cookies. You can make further settings regarding data processing for advertising purposes through your Facebook profile or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes. You can find the settings here:
- Profile settings on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
- Cookie opt-out page for the US site: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
- Cookie opt-out page for the European site: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
What data Facebook collects, for what purpose, and to what extent, and what rights and settings you have to protect your privacy can be read in Facebook’s privacy policy. You can find it here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Data Deletion
Unless your request conflicts with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g., data retention), you have the right to deletion of your data. Data stored by us will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for its purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is needed for permissible legal purposes, the data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.
Right to Object
Users of Playtime-Forum.info can exercise their right to object and oppose the processing of their personal data at any time.
If you wish to request correction, blocking, deletion, or information about the personal data stored about you, or if you have questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data or wish to revoke consents given, please contact us at the following email address: admin[@]playtime-forum.info
