GamerCat Studio Ltd otherwise known as GamerCat Studio or the Company respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you as to how we process your personal data where you are a visitor to our website or supplier of services to us. This privacy notice also tells you about your privacy rights pursuant to Data Protection Laws such as the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the EU GDPR.
We use the standards set out in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) as our benchmark and treat these frameworks as the gold standard for how we collect, use and safeguard personal data.
A “controller” is a person or organisation who alone or jointly determines the purposes for which and the way any personal data is or is likely to be processed. Unless we notify you otherwise, GamerCat Studio is the controller of your personal data for the purpose of this website.
GamerCat Studio is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 17164486) whose registered office is at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.
This privacy notice applies to the processing of personal data by us in connection with:
Our website is used to present information about our video game studio and our upcoming projects. We do not sell products or services through the website and we do not process payments through the website.
The only personal data we currently collect through the website is limited to information you choose to provide to us for example when contacting us or subscribing to our newsletter together with certain technical information generated automatically when you visit the website.
Personal data or personal information means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed. This is known as anonymised data. Anonymised data falls outside the scope of Data Protection Laws.
When you visit our website we may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together:
Depending on your relationship with us we may process the categories of data above and categories of specific personal data that is specific to you. Please see below in the Processing Table on how we may process your personal data depending on your interaction with our website and our lawful basis for doing so.
GamerCat Studio will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. We will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Directly from you: You give us your personal data in your direct interactions with us. Such personal data includes Identity Data, Contact Data and Marketing and Communications Data:
When you visit our website certain technical information may automatically be collected through cookies or similar technologies that support the operation of the website.
The processing tables explain why we process personal data and the lawful basis for doing so. Website visitor: Processing Information This is where you are a website visitor to our website regardless of whether you will be taking up our products or services.
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Processing activities
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Categories of personal data
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Lawful basis
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When you contact us via our website, forms or contact links
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Identity Data, Contact Data
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Necessary for our legitimate interests where we need to be able to respond to you
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Register you for our newsletters and marketing communications
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Contact Data
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Consent (Opt-in)
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To manage our relationship with you which may include notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy notice
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Identity Data, Contact Data (where you have provided that data to us)
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Necessary for our legitimate interests i.e., to keep our records updated
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To administer and protect our business and our website including troubleshooting, testing, system maintenance and security monitoring
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Technical Data
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Necessary for our legitimate interests for running our business, provision of administration and IT services and network security.
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation |
Suppliers, Vendors and Service Providers
This section applies where you are a supplier, vendor or service provider who provides services to us or where you are an employee or representative of one of our suppliers.
Categories of personal data
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Processing activities
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Lawful basis
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Onboarding and managing our relationship with suppliers, vendors and service providers
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Identity Data, Contact Data, Business Information
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Necessary for our legitimate interests in operating and managing our business relationships
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Communicating with supplier or service provider contacts
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Identity Data, Contact Data
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Necessary for our legitimate interests to manage our business operations
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Managing contracts, services and business arrangements
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Identity Data, Contact Data, Business Information
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Necessary for the performance of a contract or our legitimate interests in administering our supplier relationships
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Maintaining records, financial administration and compliance obligations
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Identity Data, Contact Data, Financial Information (where relevant)
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Necessary to comply with a legal obligation and for our legitimate interests in running our business
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Maintaining security of our systems and services used by suppliers or service providers
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Technical Data (where applicable)
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Necessary for our legitimate interests in maintaining system security and integrity
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Our website and game are intended for users aged 17 and over and are not directed at children.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you are under the applicable age in your jurisdiction (and in any event under 13), you should not use our website or provide any personal data to us, including subscribing to our newsletter or contacting us through the website.
If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as reasonably practicable. If you believe that we may have collected personal data from a child, please contact us at contact@gamercat.studio so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
Our website may include links to third-party websites, platforms or communities such as social media platforms, Discord or Reddit.
If you follow these links, please note that these websites and services have their own privacy notices and policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those policies. Please review the relevant privacy notice before you submit any personal data to those websites.
GamerCat Studio may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for the operation and security of the website. These technologies may collect limited technical information about your device and browsing activity to ensure the website functions correctly.
Please also refer to our cookie policy for more information on how we set cookies.
Where we need to collect personal data by law or under the terms of a contract and you do not provide that information when requested we may not be able to respond to your enquiry or provide certain communications.
GamerCat Studio may send you marketing communication such as newsletters where you have opted in to receive them.
You have the right to object to processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. You can unsubscribe from receiving marketing communications from us by using the unsubscribe methods contained in communications we send to you or by contacting us.
Where you opt out of receiving marketing communications this will not apply to personal data provided to us because of other interactions with this website.
We may transfer and process your personal data outside of the United Kingdom (UK) or European Union (EU) to countries where data protection laws may be less stringent than those in the UK or EU.
When we transfer your personal data outside of the UK or EU we only do so to entities that offer our users the same level of data protection as that afforded by the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (including the UK GDPR) and the EU GDPR.
We will only transfer your personal information to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information; or we will use specific contracts approved for use in the UK or EU which give personal information the same protection it has in the UK or EU.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know.
The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will take reasonable measures to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted and any transmission is at your own risk.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and the applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under Data Protection Laws. Not all rights are absolute and depending on where you are located, not all rights are given to you. You can:
Automated decision making: This is where decisions are made about you by automated means. We do not carry out automated decision making.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data or to exercise any of the other rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at contact@gamercat.studio.
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.
We would appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns in the first instance. If you have unresolved issues, you have the right to complain at any time to a data protection supervisory authority such as the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
This privacy notice may be changed from time to time in response to legal, technical or business developments. We will take appropriate measures to inform you when we update our privacy notice.
If you would like more information about the way we manage personal information that we hold about you please contact us at:
Email address: contact@gamercat.studio
Postal address:
GAMERCAT STUDIO LTD
71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom
GamerCat Studio is a London-based indie developer with
a global team of creators, crafting interactive fiction full
of romance, adventure, and memorable characters.
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