Takepoints.io Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 14, 2024

1. Introduction

This following document sets forth the Privacy Policy for the website, Takepoints.io.

At Takepoints.io, we prioritize transparency and protection of our users' privacy. This Privacy Policy document details the information that is collected and recorded by Takepoints.io and how we use it.

By using Takepoints.io, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the Privacy Policy.

2. Information we collect

When playing the game

For security purposes, Takepoints.io stores your IP address and user-agent when you connect to our servers.

Additionally, when your player-controlled character is "killed" in-game, Takepoints.io will automatically submit statistics for that session to our servers. These statistics may be displayed on our Leaderboards, as well as on your Player Summary. They will not be deleted unless the associated account (if applicable) is deleted or has moderation actions taken against it.

When registering an account

In order to access functionality such as being placed on the Leaderboards and having all-time statistics saved, it is necessary to have an account. When you register an account, we store the following information:

  • Your username
  • Your hashed password
  • Your email address
This information, aside from your username, is never made public by Takepoints.io.

When using Takepoints.io in general

Takepoints.io uses data from Google Analytics and session statistics generated by playing the game to analyze user behaviors, demographic information, and traffic sources. This data allows us to improve Takepoints.io and reach new users, and we will never share this data publicly when it is personally Identifiable.

Takepoints.io may serve third-party advertisements through our advertising partners. These advertisements may collect data of their own. This data includes information such as your device name and other information sent by your browser.

3. Disclosures of your personal data

We may employ third-party companies and individuals for these reasons:

  • To facilitate our Service.
  • To provide the Service on our behalf.
  • To perform Service-related services.
  • To assist us in analyzing how our service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Takepoints.io does not send any unsolicited emails. You will only receive emails from us as a result of an action taken on our service, like a password reset request.

4. Cookies

Like any other website, Takepoints.io uses "cookies". These cookies are only used by Takepoints.io to store session-related information such as login cookies, and by Google Analytics to optimize the users' experience based on collected information. Do not use our services if you do not want cookies to be stored.

For more general information on cookies, please read this article.

5. Children

Takepoints.io does not knowingly collect any PII (Personal Identifiable Information) from children under the age of 13. If we discover that a person below this age has submitted PII without permission from a parent/guardian, their information will be deleted from our systems.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy

When our privacy policy is updated, it will be published on this page. Once changes have been made, they will be effective immediately. As such, you should check this page frequently.