Privacy policy
This privacy policy sets out how games mill B.V. (“games mill”), with its address at Van Galenstr. 194, 2041JZ Zandvoort, the Netherlands, uses and protects any information that you share with games mill when using www.games-mill.com, www.riseofnewyork.com and/or the products and services offered by games mill (the “games mill games”).
games mill is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should games mill ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
games mill may change this policy from time to time. At such time, games mill will notify you by e-mail (if it has such information), and by updating this page. If you have not shared an e-mail address with games mill, please check this page from time to time for the latest information on its privacy practices.
Users
At games mill, you can play all sorts of games. While some functionality can be accessed without registering for an account, you need an account to save your games and benefit from premium features.
Users (“Users”) of the games mill games can (i) set up a personal profile, and add various public and non-public information to that profile, such as an avatar and other personal information; (ii) play and share games; and (iii) sign-up for newsletters.
What games mill collects
games mill may collect the following information:
- Information about your use of the games mill games: any information that you provide to games mill when you use the games mill games, including your name, gender and age, and email address. If
you are younger than sixteen, please get consent from a parent or legal guardian before you share your email address or other contact information.
- Other general information about your use of the games mill games (not knowingly provided to games mill, but collected via analytics functionality on our sites and in our games, done at an
anonymized level).
- Other information about your use of the games mill games: general usage information, including browser history (as sent by your browser), approximate physical location, and
IP-addresses.
What games mill does with the information it collects
games mill requires this information to understand your needs and provide you with a
better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Order processing, including by sharing limited information with distributors and operators of the games or other services.
- games mill may periodically send promotional e-mails about new games.
- From time to time, to contact you via e-mail for market research purposes, such as a survey.
- To customize the website according to your interests.
- To improve its products and services in a general manner, using aggregated and anonymous reporting.
- When you invite friends to play a game, or otherwise use the games mill games, games mill will send that message from games mill but include your name, avatar (if you choose one) and email
address in the message.
Security
games mill is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, games mill has put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information it collects online.
How games mill uses cookies
A “cookie” is a small data file that can be placed on your device (computer, smart phone, tablet) when you visit certain Internet sites. games mill uses cookies to collect, store, and sometimes track information for statistical purposes, to operate and improve the products and services games mill provides, to manage its network, to authenticate you when you use the games mill games and remember your preferences and registration information.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the games mill games.
Please read the Cookies information page for more information on what cookies games mill uses, and for what purposes.
Third-parties and links to other websites
Some games mill games are offered to Users in conjunction with affiliates or third-party vendors, and games mill may share Users’ e-mail addresses and other (limited) personal data of you with third-party vendors that are used for providing the games mill games to you. These third-party vendors are not allowed to use or disclose games mill games data for any commercial or marketing purposes other than to offer the games mill games and to administer and improve such programs, and they are bound to a privacy obligation with games mill.
games mill also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
games mill may disclose personal data or information regarding the use of its games mill games if, for any reason, in games mill’ sole discretion it believes that it is necessary to do so in order to satisfy laws, regulations, or other legal requests for such information; to cooperate with law enforcement agencies; to disclose information that is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the games mill Terms of uses or other policies; to operate the games mill games; to protect games mill, its services, employees or advisors, or its Users; or in connection with a proceeding, transaction or proposed transaction involving the transfer of the business or assets to which the information pertains.
The games mill websites may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave the games mill sites, you should note that games mill does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, games mill cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website in question.
Location of your information / data export
We collect, process, and maintain your information in the United States and other countries, where privacy laws may not offer the same protection as in your home country. By submitting personal information directly to us, by sending personal information to or through a Service, and/or by your other use of a Service, you consent to the processing, transfer, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information, as described in this Privacy Policy, to and in the United States or any other country selected by games mill.
Controlling your personal information
Access and control over most personal information on the games mill games is available through profile editing tools. If you want to know what information games mill has about you, or if you believe that any information games mill is holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to games mill B.V., Van Galenstr. 194, 2041JZ Zandvoort, the Netherlands (The Netherlands), or by email at privacy@games-mill.com. games mill will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
The processing of personal data by games mill is notified to the Netherlands Data Protection Authority under number m1549752.
Use of cookies
games mill uses its own cookies to make the website work or work more efficiently: to keep you logged in, to remember any preferences you set, and to remember you when you return to the website.
Additional third-party cookies are placed to improve games mill services.
Google Analytics cookies
Only Google Analytics can store and read information with these cookies.
__utma stores each user's amount of visits, and the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit.
__utmb and __utmc are used to check approximately how long you stay on a site: when a visit starts and approximately ends.
__utmv is used for user-custom variables in Analytics.
__utmz stores where a visitor came from (search engine, search keyword, link)
If you want to opt-out of Google Analytics, you may download a Google Analytics opt-out plug-in for your browser by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Facebook cookies
Only Facebook can store and read information with these cookies.
c_user*
Stores Facebook user login
Locale
Stores geolocation information of user
csm, datr, lu, s*, xs*
Definition and function unspecified by Facebook
See http://facebook.com/help/cookies for more information.
Twitter cookies
Only Twitter can store and read information with these cookies.
BA, auth_token, auth_token_session, k, secure_session, twll, external_referrer, h, js, guest_id
See https://twitter.com/privacy for more information.
This version (1.1), December 2020.