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Privacy Policy
Overview
This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use 8-Ball Doom. It also informs you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
We utilize your personal data to enhance and deliver our services. By accessing or using our service, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Definitions
- Account: A unique account created for you to access parts of our service.
- Affiliate: An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party.
- Application: Refers to 8-Ball Doom, the software program provided by the Company.
- Company: (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our") refers to 8-Ball Doom.
- Country: refers to countries where the app operates, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, and others.
- Device: Any device that can access the service, such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
- Personal Data: Any information related to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: The Application.
- Service Provider: Any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the service or from the service infrastructure itself.
- You: The individual accessing or using the app.
Data Collection and Usage
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to:
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the service. This may include:
- Your Device's IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages of our service that you visit
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
When accessing the service via a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, such as:
- Mobile device type
- Unique mobile device ID
- IP address of your mobile device
- Mobile operating system
- Type of mobile Internet browser
- Unique device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
Information Collected while Using the Application
With your prior permission, we may collect:
- Advertising IDs (GAID/IDFA)
- App interactions
- Game progress and achievements
- Other relevant information
This data helps us improve and customize our service. The information may be uploaded to our servers or a Service Provider's server or stored on your device.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Service: Including monitoring usage and ensuring game stability.
- To Manage Your Account: Registration and management of your user account.
- To Contact You: Via email, phone calls, SMS, or other electronic communication.
- To Provide You with News and Offers: Information about similar goods, services, events, and promotional rewards.
- To Manage Your Requests: Addressing and managing your requests.
- For Business Transfers: Evaluating or conducting mergers, divestitures, restructuring, etc.
- For Reward Distribution: Processing and distributing in-game virtual rewards.
- For Other Purposes: Data analysis, usage trend identification, promotional campaign effectiveness, fraud prevention, and service improvement.
Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: To monitor and analyze the use of our service and deliver advertisements.
- For Business Transfers: During negotiations or in connection with mergers, sales, or acquisitions.
- With Affiliates: Requiring them to honor this Privacy Policy.
- With Business Partners: To offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
- With Other Users: When you interact publicly within the service (e.g., leaderboards).
- With Your Consent: For any other purpose.
We will not sell or rent your account email to any third parties. Information will only be shared in the following circumstances:
- With your explicit consent
- As required by law
Retention of Your Personal Data
We retain your Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Specifically:
- Account data is retained while your account is active.
- If you do not access or use our services for a continuous period of 180 days, we may deactivate your account and delete associated Personal Data after providing notice.
- Usage Data may be retained for internal analysis purposes in anonymized or aggregated form.
- Reward and transaction records may be retained for legal and tax compliance purposes.
We are committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of your Personal Data during the retention period.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your jurisdiction. We ensure adequate controls are in place to protect your data.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request assistance in deleting your Personal Data. You can:
- Update, amend, or delete your information by accessing your account settings.
- Contact us directly to request account deletion.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
Law Enforcement
We may disclose your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Other Legal Requirements
We may disclose your Personal Data to:
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect and defend our rights or property
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing
- Protect the personal safety of users or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. All data transfers utilize TLS 1.3 encryption.
Children's Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We will also notify you via email and/or a prominent notice in the app prior to the change becoming effective.
Proprietary Analytics Service Description
We collect anonymized usage data through our proprietary analytics platform (https://analytics.poolklub.com), which is used for:
- Monitoring application performance and stability
- Analyzing user behavior patterns to improve game design
- Detecting and preventing technical issues
- Tracking reward distribution and fraud prevention
The collected data is anonymized and does not contain personally identifiable information.
Data Processing and Sharing Endpoints
A. Third-Party Advertising Partner Endpoints
The following endpoints belong to our advertising partners:
Data shared with advertising partners is strictly limited to:
- Advertising identifiers (GAID/IDFA that you can reset through your device settings)
- Basic device information (device model, OS version, screen size)
- Limited usage metrics (session frequency, app engagement duration)
- Ad interaction data (impressions, clicks)
- Non-specific demographic information (country, language settings)
We do NOT share the following data with advertising partners:
- Your personal contact information (email, phone number)
- Account credentials or authentication information
- Specific gameplay data or progress information
- User-generated content or messages
- Precise geolocation data
B. Analytics and Attribution Partners
C. Apple SKAdNetwork
We use Apple's SKAdNetwork for privacy-preserving mobile app install attribution on iOS devices. SKAdNetwork allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns without accessing the user's device-level advertising identifier (IDFA). Data shared through SKAdNetwork is aggregated and anonymized, and does not include any personally identifiable information.
D. Our Game Server Endpoint
This data is used exclusively to:
- Provide the core gaming experience
- Save and synchronize your game progress across devices
- Process and track in-game virtual rewards
- Improve game stability and performance
- Deliver game updates and new content
- Respond to support requests and troubleshoot issues
Data Security Measures:
- All data transfers utilize TLS 1.3 encryption
- Strict access controls limit data access to authorized personnel only
- Data minimization principles ensure only necessary data is collected and shared
- Regular security audits and vulnerability assessments are conducted
- We maintain data processing agreements with all third parties that handle user data
Your Rights under CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, VCDPA, and LGPD
Your Rights under CCPA and CPRA
If you are a resident of California, you have the following rights:
- Right to Know: Request disclosure of what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
- Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal information.
- Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Contact us at ikram.slark@gmail.com or use the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in app settings.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: No discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights.
Your Rights under GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Right to Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: Object to our processing under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format.
Your Rights under VCDPA
If you are a resident of Virginia, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Confirm whether we are processing your personal data and access it.
- Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccuracies.
- Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: Obtain a copy in a portable, readily usable format.
- Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of targeted advertising, sale of personal data, or profiling.
Your Rights under LGPD
If you are a resident of Brazil, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Right to Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: Object to our processing under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format.
- Right to Revoke Consent: Revoke your consent at any time.
Opt-Out of Data Sharing and Sale
Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising
We collaborate with third-party advertising networks to present advertisements. You can manage preferences through your device settings:
- Android: Settings > Google > Ads > Opt out of Ads Personalization
- iOS: Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking
Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Data
If you reside in California, Virginia, or Brazil, contact us at ikram.slark@gmail.com with subject "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" or use the in-app link.
Opt-Out of Profiling
We do not engage in profiling that produces legal or similarly significant consequences. For concerns, contact us at ikram.slark@gmail.com.
Information Security and Accuracy
We employ reasonable physical, administrative, and technical measures to protect your personal data. We encrypt certain sensitive personal information and require partners to do the same.
While we strive to secure your data, transmission over the Internet is not entirely secure. Any information you transmit is at your own risk.
Third-Parties
We use third-party service providers for cloud services, customer service, development, marketing, and IT maintenance.
Ad Network Providers
We collaborate with ad network providers to deliver advertisements. These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to collect data about your activities to deliver targeted advertising.
Partner Networks
We use partner network providers to distribute the Game on different platforms, localize content, provide technical support, and conduct market research.
Developers
Developers may access your information solely for game optimization and development purposes.
Game Administrators
Administrators have access to certain information to run and manage the game, including monitoring servers, implementing updates, and maintaining community guidelines.
Permission Explanations
INTERNET:
- Purpose: Access network resources and load advertising content
- Data Collected: Network connection status, data transfer statistics
- Necessity: Essential for game updates, online features, and advertisement display
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE:
- Purpose: Check network connection status to optimize application performance
- Data Collected: Network type, connection status
- Necessity: Ensures stability under different network conditions
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE:
- Purpose: Obtain Wi-Fi connection status
- Data Collected: Wi-Fi connection status, signal strength
- Necessity: Optimizes data transfer under Wi-Fi conditions
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID:
- Purpose: Obtain advertising ID for precise advertising and user analysis
- Data Collected: Device advertising identifier (resettable and user-controllable)
- Necessity: Provides personalized advertising and measures effectiveness
VIBRATE:
- Purpose: Provide vibration feedback
- Data Collected: No data collection
- Necessity: Provides tactile feedback for game events
ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS and ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION:
- Purpose: Process information for advertising services
- Data Collected: Advertising topic preferences, attribution data
- Necessity: Provides relevant advertising content
com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE:
- Purpose: Obtain installation source data
- Data Collected: App installation source, marketing campaign parameters
- Necessity: Analyzes marketing effectiveness
com.applovin.array.apphub.permission.BIND_APPHUB_SERVICE:
- Purpose: Interact with AppHub services to optimize advertising
- Data Collected: Advertising parameters, impression and interaction data
- Necessity: Improves advertising experience
ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID:
- Purpose: Obtain advertising service ID for accurate targeting
- Data Collected: Advertising service-specific identifiers
- Necessity: Complies with latest advertising API requirements
FOREGROUND_SERVICE:
- Purpose: Support foreground services
- Data Collected: No direct data collection
- Necessity: Ensures critical functions operate when app is in background
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us through:
We typically reply to privacy-related queries within 48 hours.
8-Ball Doom is a casual entertainment game for entertainment purposes only. There is no real-money reward. Play responsibly and have fun!