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SMT Games, Inc. Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 4, 2025 | Download Here
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This privacy policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the service and tells you about your privacy rights. We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this privacy policy.

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SMT Games, Inc. Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice is designed to help you understand how SMT Games, Inc. collects, uses, processes, and shares your personal information, and to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights. For residents of California and other states that provide additional rights, more information about the data we collect is available in our Notice at Collection and Supplemental Notice for Residents of California and Certain Other U.S. States, which is found Section 9.

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  1. SCOPE AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

  2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

  3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

  4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

  5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS

  6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

  7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

  8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

  9. NOTICE AT COLLECTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN U.S. STATES

  10. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

  11. OTHER PROVISIONS

  12. CONTACT US

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1. SCOPE AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

This Privacy Notice applies to personal information processed by SMT Games, Inc. (“SMT Games,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), including on our websites, mobile applications (such as Super Tiny Football), and other online or offline offerings. To make this Privacy Notice easier to read, our websites, mobile applications, and other offerings are collectively called the “Services.”

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Changes to our Privacy Notice. We may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time in our sole discretion. If there are any material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify you as required by applicable law. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Notice if you continue to use our Services after the new Privacy Notice takes effect.

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2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The categories of personal information we collect depend on how you interact with us, our Services, and the requirements of applicable law. We collect personal information that you provide to us, information we obtain automatically when you use our Services, and information from other sources such as third-party services and organizations, as described below. For residents of certain states, additional disclosures about the information we collect is available in our supplemental disclosure below.

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A. Personal Information You Provide to Us Directly

We may collect personal information that you provide to us.

  • Your Communications with Us. We may collect personal information, such as email address, phone number, or mailing address when you request information about our Services, register for our newsletter or request customer or technical support, or otherwise communicate with us.

  • Purchases. We may collect personal information and details associated with your purchases, including payment information. Any payments made via our Services are processed by third-party payment processors. We do not directly collect or store any payment card information entered through our Services, but we may receive information associated with your payment card information (e.g., your billing details).

  • Surveys. We may contact you to participate in surveys. If you decide to participate, we may collect personal information from you in connection with the survey.

  • Interactive Features. We and others who use our Services may collect personal information that you submit or make available through our interactive features (e.g., messaging and chat features, commenting functionalities, forums, blogs, and social media pages). Any information you provide using the public sharing features of the Services will be considered “public,” unless otherwise required by applicable law, and is not subject to the privacy protections referenced herein.

  • Conferences, Trade Shows, and Other Events. We may collect personal information from individuals when we attend or host conferences, trade shows, and other events.

  • Business Development and Strategic Partnerships. We may collect personal information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue potential business opportunities.

  • Job Applications. We may post job openings and opportunities on our Services. If you respond to one of these postings, we may collect your personal information, such as your application, CV, cover letter, and/or any other information you provide to us.

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B. Personal Information Collected Automatically

We may collect personal information automatically when you use our Services.

  • Automatic Collection of Personal Information. We may collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, browser or device information, location information (including approximate location derived from IP address), and Internet service provider. We may also automatically collect information regarding your use of our Services, such as pages that you visit before, during and after using our Services, information about the links you click, the types of content you interact with, the frequency and duration of your activities, session length, session count and game telemetry such as games played and games won, and other information about how you use our Services.

  • Crash Reports. If you provide crash reports, we may collect personal information related to such crash reports, including detailed diagnostic information about your device and the activities that led to the crash.

  • Cookies and Other Technologies (Cookie Policy). We, as well as third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionality on our Services, may use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through your use of our Services.

 

  • Cookies.Cookiesaresmalltextfilesplacedindevicebrowsersthatstorepreferencesand facilitate and enhance your experience.

  • Pixel Tags/Web Beacons. A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded in our Services that collects information about engagement on our Services. The use of a pixel tag allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. We may also include web beacons in e-mails to understand whether messages have been opened, acted on, or forwarded.

 

Our uses of these Technologies fall into the following general categories:

  • Operationally Necessary. This includes Technologies that allow you access to our Services, applications, and tools that are required to identify irregular website behavior, prevent fraudulent activity, improve security, or allow you to make use of our functionality.

  • Performance-Related. We may use Technologies to assess the performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how individuals use our Services (see Analytics below).

  • Functionality-Related. We may use Technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our Services. This may include identifying you when you sign into our Services or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items viewed.

  • Advertising- or Targeting-Related. We may use first party or third-party Technologies, including cross-device tracking, to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our Services or on third-party digital properties.

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See “Your Privacy Choices and Rights” below to understand your choices regarding these Technologies.

  • Analytics. We may use Technologies and other third-party tools to process analytics information on our Services. These Technologies allow us to better understand how our digital Services are used and to continually improve and personalize our Services.

  • Social Media Platforms. Our Services may contain social media buttons, such as Instagram, Meta (Facebook), X, and YouTube, which might include widgets such as the “share this” button or other interactive mini programs). These features may collect personal information such as your IP address and which page you are visiting on our Services and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Your interactions with these platforms are governed by the privacy policy or privacy notice of the company providing it.

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C. Personal Information Collected from Other Sources

Third-Party Services and Sources. We may obtain personal information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access our Services through a third-party application, such as an app store, a third-party login service, or a social networking site, we

may collect personal information about you from that third-party application that you have made available via your privacy settings.

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Referrals and Sharing Features. Our Services may offer various tools and functionalities that allow you to provide personal information about your friends through our referral service. Our referral services may also allow you to forward or share certain content with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting your friend to use our Services. Please only share with us contact information of people with whom you have a relationship (e.g., relative, friend, neighbor, or co-worker).

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3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use your personal information for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, for administrative purposes, and to market our products and Services, as described below.

A. Provide Our Services

We use your information to fulfil our contract with you and provide you with our Services, such as:

  • Managing your information and accounts;

  • Providing access to certain areas, functionalities, and features of our Services;

  • Answering requests for customer or technical support and managing your requests to us;

  • Communicating with you about your account, activities on our Services, and policy changes;

  • For the performance of a contract, including the development, compliance and undertaking of a

    purchase contract for the products, items or Services you may have purchased or of any other

    contract with us through the Services;

  • Processing your financial information and other payment methods for products or Services

    purchased;

  • Processing applications if you apply for a job we post on our Services; and

  • Allowing you to register for events.

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B. Administrative Purposes

We may use your information for various administrative purposes, such as:

  • Pursuing our legitimate interests such as direct marketing, research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention;

  • Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;

  • Measuring interest and engagement in our Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our service, products, services, marketing and your experience;

  • Short-term, transient use, such as contextual customization of ads;

  • Evaluating, improving, upgrading, or enhancing our Services;

  • Developing new products and services;

  • Ensuring internal quality control and safety;

  • Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests to exercise your rights under this Privacy Notice;

  • Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services;

  • Auditing relating to interactions, transactions, and other compliance activities;

  • Sharing personal information with third parties as needed to provide the Services;

  • Enforcing our agreements and policies; and

  • Carrying out activities that are required to comply with our legal obligations.

 

We may use your information for other legitimate business purposes as permitted by law.

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C. Marketing and Advertising our Products and Services

We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with content and advertisements. For example, we may provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information. We may provide you with these materials as permitted by applicable law.

Some of the ways we market to you may include email campaigns, text messages, custom audiences advertising, and “interest-based” or “personalized advertising,” including through cross-device tracking. If you have any questions about our marketing practices or if you would like to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes, you may contact us at any time as set forth in “Contact Us” below.

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D. With Your Consent

We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.

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E. De-Identified and Aggregated Information

We may use personal information to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as analyses we create about the total number of users in a location or how users interact with our Services.

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F. Other Purposes

We also use your personal information for other purposes as requested by you or as permitted by applicable law.

 

4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose your personal information to third parties for a variety of business purposes, including to provide our Services, to protect us or others, or in the event of a major business transaction such as a merger, sale, or asset transfer, as described below.

 

A. Disclosures to Provide our Services

The categories of third parties with whom we may share your personal information are described below.

 

 Service Providers. We may share your personal information with our third-party service providers and vendors that assist us with the provision of our Services. This includes service providers and

vendors that provide us with IT support, hosting, payment processing, customer service, and related services.

  • Business Partners. We may share your personal information with business partners to provide you with a product or service you have requested. We may also share your personal information with business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services.

  • Affiliates. We may share your personal information with our company affiliates for example: for our administrative purposes, IT management, or for them to provide services to you or support and supplement the Services we provide.

  • Other Users or Third Parties with Whom You Share or Interact. As described above in “Personal Information We Collect,” our Services may allow you to share personal information or interact with other users and third parties (including individuals and third parties who do not use our Services and the general public).

  • Advertising Partners. We may share your personal information with third-party advertising partners. These third-party advertising partners may set Technologies and other tracking tools on our Services to collect information regarding your activities and your device (e.g., your IP address, cookie identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day). These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected from other services) for purposes of delivering personalized advertisements to you when you visit digital properties within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising,” “cross-context behavioral advertising,” “targeted advertising,” or “personalized advertising.”

    We may also share your information with third parties as appropriate and permitted by law. The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined by applicable law and are described in Section 5 below.

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B. Disclosures to Protect Us or Others

We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store associated with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety; enforce our policies or contracts; collect amounts owed to us; or assist with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.

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C. Disclosure in the Event of Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract.

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5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
Your Privacy Choices. The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined

by applicable law and are described below.

• Email Communications. If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails. Note that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding products or Services you have requested.

We may also send you certain non-promotional communications regarding us and our Services, and you will not be able to opt out of those communications (e.g., communications regarding our Services or updates to our Terms or this Privacy Notice).

  • Text Messages. If you receive an unwanted text message from us, you may opt out of receiving future text messages from us by following the instructions in the text message you have received from us or by otherwise contacting us as set forth in “Contact Us” below.

  • Push Notifications. We may send you push notifications through our mobile application. You may opt out from receiving these push notifications by changing the settings on your mobile device. With your consent, we may also collect precise location-based information via our mobile application. You may opt out of this collection by changing the settings on your mobile device.

  • Phone calls. If you receive an unwanted phone call from us, you may opt out of receiving future phone calls from us by following the instructions which may be available on the call or by otherwise contacting us as set forth in “Contact Us” below.

  • “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals; however, we do honor the Global Privacy Consent (“GPC”) where required by applicable law.

  • Cookies and Personalized Advertising. You can control use of certain cookies and Technologies on our Services in the following ways:

    o BrowserandDeviceControls.Youmayalsostoporrestricttheplacementof Technologies on your device or remove them by adjusting your preferences as your browser or device permits. However, if you adjust your preferences, our Services may not work properly. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. However, you may opt-out of personalized advertisements on some mobile applications by following the instructions for Android, iOS, and others.

    o AdIndustryOpt-outs.Inaddition,theonlineadvertisingindustryalsoprovides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these websites and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, the European Digital Advertising Alliance, and the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada. Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.

    Your Privacy Rights. In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Access to and portability of your personal information, including: (i) confirming whether we are processing your personal information; (ii) obtaining access to or a copy of your personal information; and (iii) receiving an electronic copy of personal information that you have provided to us, or asking us to send that information to another company in a structured, commonly used, and machine readable format (also known as the “right of data portability”).

  • Request correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate or incomplete. In some cases, we may provide self-service tools that enable you to update your personal information.

  • Request deletion of your personal information.

  • Request restriction of or object to our processing of your personal information where the processing of your personal information: (i) is based on our legitimate interest for direct marketing purposes; (ii) involves processing or sharing of your sensitive personal information for certain non- essential purposes, or in contexts that require your consent; and (iii) is based solely on automated decision making or for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

  • Opt-out of sale, sharing for cross-contextual advertising, or targeted advertising involving your personal information. Although we do not “sell” your personal information as the term “sale” is typically understood, we may share your information with analytics providers and advertising networks in order to understand how visitors use our websites and serve you ads on and off our websites. You may opt-out of this “sharing” and “targeting advertising” by adjusting your privacy choices as described above.

  • Withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. Please note that your withdrawal will only take effect for future processing and will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

    If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth in “Contact Us” below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.

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6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Unfortunately, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept liability for unauthorized access, use, disclosure, or loss of personal information.

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By using our Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of our Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on our Services, by mail, or by sending an email to you.

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7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavor to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

If we transfer personal information which originates in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and/or the United Kingdom to a country that has not been found to provide an adequate level of protection under applicable data protection laws, one of the safeguards we may use to support such transfer is the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

For more information about the safeguards we use for international transfers of your personal information, please contact us as set forth below.

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8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We store the personal information we collect as described in this Privacy Notice for as long as you use our Services, or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws, or based upon other criteria, including, but not limited to, the sensitivity and volume of such data. Additionally, we endeavor to retain all such personal information in accordance with legal requirements.

 

9. NOTICE AT COLLECTION AND SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN U.S. STATES

This Notice at Collection and Supplemental Notice is for residents of U.S. states that have adopted comprehensive privacy legislation and others that may come into effect from time to time (to the extent applicable to processing of residents’ personal information, “Applicable State Laws”).

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Please Click Here to see the table that describes the categories of personal information SMT Games has collected and whether we disclosed that personal information for a business purpose (e.g., to a service provider) or for certain advertising purposes to a third-party. ​

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10. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Services are not directed to children under 13 (or other age as required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has uploaded personal information to our Services without your consent, you may contact us as described in “Contact Us” below. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, and terminate the child’s account.

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11. OTHER PROVISIONS

Third-Party Websites/Applications. The Services may contain links to other websites/applications and other websites/applications may reference or link to our Services. These third-party services are not controlled by us. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen, or approve, and are not responsible for, the privacy practices or content of such other websites or applications. Providing personal information to third-party websites or applications is at your own risk.

Supervisory Authority. If your personal information is subject to the applicable data protection laws of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, you have the right to lodge a complaint

with the competent supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law.

  • EEA Data Protection Authorities (DPAs)

  • Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)

  • UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

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12. CONTACT US

SMT Games, Inc. is the controller of the personal information we process under this Privacy Notice.

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If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Notice, or to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Notice, please contact us at:

SMT Games, Inc.
3511 University Drive Durham, North Carolina 27707

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info@SMTGames.com

www.smtgames.com

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