Tea Time! Hamster Bakery

Privacy Policy

Star World Technology Co., Ltd., hereinafter referred as “Star World”, “We”, “Us”. We Thank you for playing our games. Your privacy is most significant to us, and we deem it as our duty to care for it seriously; therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security.

We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data Star World may collect, how Star World uses and safeguards that data and with whom we may share it.

Star World Technology Co., Ltd. built the Tea Time! Hamster Bakery game as a Free game. This Game is provided by Star World Technology Co., Ltd. at no cost and is intended for use as is.

This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to play our Game.

If you choose to play our Game, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at Tea Time! Hamster Bakery unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while playing our Game, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

- Collection

We collect and process the following information which may include your personal data.

a) Information provided by you when using the Games (“Basic Information”) We will collect the following information from you when you play our Games: your mobile device’s unique device ID (Device ID) and device name; your user preferences; and Core information related to your gameplay, such as your overall progression to a particular level or stage, your virtual currency stores or the completion of certain activities during your gameplay (for example, completing a tutorial, passing a level, making a purchase or viewing a video ad).

b) Contact information provided by you when using the Forums or Support Centre (“Contact Information”)

We may ask you for, or you may submit, certain contact information to us whenever you contact us through the Forums or Support Centre.

This may include:

  • your avatar/profile picture (Forums only);
  • your username (Forums only);
  • your email address;
  • your name (Forums only), and
  • your password (Forums only).

c) Information collected for the purposes of providing analytics (“Analytics”) We may collect technical information about your use of the Online Services through the use of tracking technologies and analytics.

Personal data we may collect includes the following:

  • your Device ID;
  • your user ID (which is generated by us and allocated to you when you first play our games);
  • your device operating system & version;
  • your device make and model;
  • gameplay attempts, progression and results;
  • session game time start, end and duration;
  • purchase transaction types and spend you have made using virtual items in the Games;
  • the country of your Device;
  • the time, date and install source of your first download.

d) Information about you collected from third parties (“Third Party Log In Information”) When you access the Games via a third party social media provider such as Facebook, we may collect and store personal and non-personal information which is available on that third party social media provider, such as your Facebook name, your profile picture or its URL, your Facebook ID and other public data of your friends, provided that you have expressly agreed to the use of Facebook within the Games. We will also receive technical data in order to ensure the Games connect to the correct Facebook account.

- Use

a) To provide our Online Services to you

We will use information about you (including Basic Information, Third Party Log In Information, Analytics and User Content) for delivering our Games to you under the terms of use agreed between us. The processing of information in this way is necessary for us to record your progress and current status within a Game, and to ensure the Games deliver the features promised and function properly, so that you have the best experience when playing any one of our Games.

We will use information about you (including your Contact Information, User Content and Third Party Log In Information) to provide you with the Forums under the terms of use agreed between us. The processing of information in this way is necessary for us to provide you with the Forums’ functionality and to ensure that you have the best experience when using the Forums.

b) To help us improve the Online Services and fix any problems

We may process information about you (including Basic Information, User Content and Analytics) so that we can analyze and improve our Online Services.

This processing is also necessary for us to pursue our legitimate interests of (i) ensuring that our Online Services function properly so that you and other users have the best experience when playing any of our Game(s) and using the other Online Services; (ii) improving the quality of our Online Services, and providing a better experience to our users; (iii) identifying and correcting any bugs in the Online Services; and iv) understanding the effectiveness of our marketing to attract new users and re-engage our current users at an aggregated level.

c) To respond to your enquiries and requests for support

We may process Contact Information so that we are able to properly respond to your enquiries and support requests either via hamsterbakery21@gmail.com.

d) To acquire new users

We use various forms of marketing to acquire new users, working with a variety of third party user acquisition partners to deliver our marketing campaigns on external websites and apps. As part of this we may process your Advertising Data to improve the relevancy of our marketing, including the creation of ‘lookalike’ audiences where your Advertiser ID may be shared with our user acquisition partners.

We may process your Basic Information and Advertising Data to help us report and understand the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, working with our user acquisition partners and a third-party marketing analytics provider called Adjust. Adjust may collect analytics and some advertising data on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions, and its applicable privacy notice.

We work with the following third party user acquisition partners:

Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation)

If you would like to find out more about the way these third parties collect and process your information, please refer to their respective privacy policies and/or terms and conditions by clicking on the links provided above.

We may process this information to pursue our legitimate interests of acquiring new users for our Games.

We will not pass your information to third parties for the purposes of dynamic pricing unless you give your consent should we ask for it. After you have given your consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

e) To prevent fraud and illegal activity

We process personal data for our legitimate interests of ensuring that any use of the Online Services is lawful and non-fraudulent, does not disrupt the operation of our services, does not harass our staff or other individuals, to enforce our legal rights and also in order to comply with our legal obligations.

Where we reasonably believe that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws or our terms of use, we may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your law enforcement agencies about the content.

We reserve the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any User Content posted by you constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. You may not copy, download, or embed any User Content without the express written permission of the content owner. You may not use any User Content for any commercial purposes, or any public performances.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you play our Game, in a case of an error in the game we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the game when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the game may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

  • To facilitate our Service;
  • To provide the Service on our behalf;
  • To perform Service-related services; or
  • To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data about or direct or target interest-based advertising to children or knowingly allow such persons to play our Games. Star World will not knowingly collect personal data from children without insisting that they seek prior parental consent if required by applicable law. We will only use or disclose personal data about a child to the extent permitted by law, to seek parental consent pursuant to local law and regulations or to protect a child. The definition of "child" or "children" should take into account applicable laws as well as national and regional cultural customs.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at hamsterbakery21@gmail.com.