Service Privacy Statement

This statement explains how "iTaiwan Online" (referred to as "we," "us," or "our" in this statement) collects, stores, uses, or otherwise processes the personal data of terminal users of our services (referred to as "you" in this statement) as defined below, as well as the rights you have when we process your personal data.

In this statement, "Service" refers to our games, websites, and any related services or properties controlled by us; "Games" refers to our games, applications, and other products, including all "iTaiwan Online" games and various other products; "Websites" refers to websites and other online properties controlled by us, including https://www.itaiwanmj.app/ and https://www.avector.app/. When referring to personal data related to you as an identified or identifiable individual, it will be represented as "your data."

This statement applies to all of our services unless a separate statement is provided for a specific game or other service. If a separate statement is provided, that statement applies. Additionally, our services may link to or otherwise allow you to access properties controlled by third parties. Please note that this statement does not apply to properties controlled by third parties, whose operators may collect and use your data according to their own policies.

Please be sure to read this statement before accessing or using the services to understand how and why we use data related to you. Although many sections include short summaries providing an overview of their content for your easy reference, we recommend that you read the full content of this statement. In addition to this statement, we also suggest you carefully read our Terms of Service to understand the regulations regarding your use of our services.

1 Data Controller

"Data Controller" refers to the entity that determines how and why personal data is processed. For the activities described in this statement, we are the data controller. Our company name is Avector Tech Co., Ltd.

When running the services, we may share your data with partners. Some of these partners are data controllers independent of us and may independently judge how and why they process your data. To learn more about these partners and how they process your data, please refer to Section 6 of this statement.

2 Contact Information

Regarding matters related to this statement, or if you have any questions or concerns about how we use data, you can contact us via email: avectortechnology@gmail.com.

3 Why and on what basis do we process your data?

We may use your data for various purposes related to our services. To view these purposes in full, please click the plus sign. If you would like a summary for quick browsing, we hope the following is helpful:

When you use our services, we process your data in a way that enables us to provide the services to you (e.g., saving your game progress).
Your data also allows us to provide related services (e.g., account services and support), maintain our services (e.g., by troubleshooting issues you encounter or adjusting our games), and improve service quality (e.g., by conducting surveys to obtain your feedback).
Additionally, we may serve advertisements to you within our games or promote our services to you on third-party properties, and may use your data to enable this functionality and provide ads relevant to you.
Sometimes, we may need to use your data for other purposes, such as fraud prevention, auditing, or compliance.

To fulfill our contract with you, we may process your data as necessary to:

Create and maintain an account for you in our games or other services (if applicable).
Enable you to play our games or use our other services.
Provide you with the correct version of the game or other services (e.g., by selecting the appropriate language version for you).
Allow you to communicate with other users in our games or other services where conditions permit (e.g., providing or managing chat, social, forums, or other similar functions within this service or on third-party platforms).
Send you service-related messages (e.g., technical notices, security alerts, or administrative messages).
Verify your purchases or other transactions within our games or other services.

Based on our legitimate interests, to improve our services as much as possible, we may process your data for the following purposes:

Run and maintain our services (e.g., ensuring our services are secure and performing as expected).
Resolve or fix any software bugs, malfunctions, or other issues in our services.
Measure and analyze the use of our services or the use of data collected through our services (e.g., detecting trends or obtaining other observations, or informing our operations).
Create data that does not identify you (e.g., aggregate data) for our subsequent free use and sharing.
Conduct surveys or other research to learn more about our users.
Improve our existing services or develop new services.

Based on our legitimate interests, to ensure you receive the best user experience in our games, we may process your data for the following purposes:

Personalize your gaming experience in our games based on your activity.
Provide you with offers and rewards in our games based on your activity.
Allow you to play games across multiple devices where conditions permit (e.g., allowing you to link third-party accounts to our games for this purpose).
Provide social features (e.g., clans, matchmaking, or leaderboards) or competitions, promotions, or events within our games or other services where conditions permit.
Process your support requests or otherwise manage our relationship with you.
Send you service-related messages (e.g., technical notices, security alerts, or administrative messages).

Based on our legitimate interests, to ensure our services provide a fair and safe environment for all users, where applicable, we may process your data based on relevant legal obligations to meet the following purposes:

Ensure you can access content and features suitable for you (e.g., judging based on your age).
Automatically or manually moderate and monitor the use of our games or other services (including any messages sent through the services).
Ensure compliance with our Terms of Service and our important Code of Conduct.

Based on our legitimate interests, to promote our services and ensure we reach interested audiences, we (and advertising partners acting on our behalf) may process your data for the following purposes:

Track installations of our games (including the source of each installation).
Measure, analyze, and improve the effectiveness of our advertising (including advertising outside of our services).
Send you newsletters regarding offers, rewards, events, or other news related to our services or other operations.
Show or not show ads to you based on your activity (including limiting the number of times you see our ads).
Promote our games or other services to audiences that advertising partners believe have similar interests to you.

Based on our legitimate interests, to provide you with relevant ads in our games and obtain funding for our services so we can continue providing services to you, we may process your data for the following purposes:

Display ads from us or our advertising partners to you within our games.
Track your activity within our games to understand your interests and improve our in-game advertising.
Tailor the ads you see in our games to make the content more relevant to you.

Based on the legitimate interest of maintaining our operations, we may process your data for the following purposes:

Detect, investigate, or prevent fraud, scams, or other unauthorized behaviors.
Audit our operations or processes (e.g., verifying whether they perform as expected and comply with regulatory or contractual requirements).
Establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights within the scope permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

We may process your data with your consent for the following purposes:

Share such data with our advertising partners (specified when seeking your consent, including any partner listed here) for their independent use according to their own privacy policies, which may include creating an advertising profile unique to you, serving personalized ads, measuring ad performance, generating audience insights, and other uses.
Send you newsletters or other similar communications if you have subscribed to them (e.g., by creating an account with us or through a subscription form on our website).
Other uses explained to you when we seek your consent (e.g., using your GPS location to provide a local experience).

Finally, we may process your data as necessary to:

Comply with legal obligations we believe apply to us (including accounting and tax requirements, requirements to restrict access to our services, and the need to provide information to competent authorities upon legitimate request).
Protect your vital interests or the vital interests of others.

3.1 Ad Serving

Advertisements fund our services and allow us to provide our games for free. We serve our own ads in our games and also serve ads from third parties. We also serve ads on third-party properties (such as websites or apps) outside of our services. In both cases, we and our advertising partners generally use anonymous identifiers related to your device to select ads relevant to you, measure ad effectiveness, and other related purposes. Where permitted by applicable laws and regulations, use of the Service constitutes your agreement for us to share your data with our advertising partners (listed here) for behavioral advertising and other related purposes. You can manage your preferences in the settings of our games or your device. To obtain more information about how we and our advertising partners may use your data for advertising and how you can control data usage for these purposes, please click the plus sign.

Mobile advertising is based on the use of specific network identifiers, especially Advertising IDs and IP addresses, along with other identifiers. An "Advertising ID" is a string of alphanumeric characters usually provided by the device or its operating system. Apps installed on a device use the same Advertising ID even if they come from different publishers. The Advertising ID is called the Identifier for Advertisers ("IDFA") on iOS devices and the Google Advertising ID ("GAID") on Android devices.

Advertising IDs are used for behavioral advertising and other ad-related purposes to create an anonymous identity that remains consistent from one app or property to another. You can control the extent to which your Advertising ID is used in this way. You can usually reset or limit the use of your Advertising ID using privacy settings on your device. For example, you can choose not to "Allow Apps to Request to Track" on iOS devices or choose to "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" on Android devices. This is a setting for each individual device, meaning you must set each device to your desired state individually. Our games may provide more options for you to opt in or out of ad-related data usage. Where applicable, these options can be found in game settings and may remind you to select your preferences. Your choices or any setting updates may take some time to take effect. Please note that resetting or limiting the use of the Advertising ID will not stop you from seeing ads, but the ads you see may be less relevant to you.

For more information on mobile privacy settings, we encourage you to refer to resources such as the Network Advertising Initiative's guide on not receiving ads on mobile devices (link). However, please note that we are not responsible for maintaining these resources and cannot guarantee their accuracy.

When you see ads in our games, we may share your Advertising ID and IP address along with information about the game and your device with our advertising partners. Our advertising partners can also collect information directly from our games through technologies such as Software Development Kits (SDKs). In various cases, they may use your data for multiple purposes, including limiting the number of times you see an ad or personalizing the ads you see to make the content more relevant to you (e.g., based on past activity they link to your Advertising ID). For more information, please refer to the privacy policies of the advertising partners listed here.

When you see our ads outside of our services (e.g., on third-party properties like websites or apps), the relevant ad network serving the ad to you may decide you might be interested in our services based on information such as past activity associated with your Advertising ID and user engagement data for our services. Ad networks may also use your data for the following purposes:

Limit the number of times you see our ads.
Notify users who have previously played our games about new content, updates, or other news related to those games.
Avoid showing our ads to users who are already playing the advertised game.

Additionally, ad networks may provide services using Advertising IDs or other identifiers to find users who might be interested in our services to the extent that past activity or interests are similar to known service users of the ad network.

In-game ads and ads outside our services, Advertising IDs, or other identifiers are also used for ad performance measurement, which includes multiple metrics such as ad view counts, click counts, or installation counts driven by the ad. This measurement data can be collected or received directly or indirectly by multiple parties involved in ad serving (including us and our advertising partners), such as conversion pixel technologies inserted into ads. Measurement data can be used for various purposes, such as providing measurement services, detecting, investigating, and preventing fraud or scam behavior, or calculating payments between parties involved in ad serving.

3.2 Cookies and Other Similar Technologies on Our Website

Like most websites today, our website may use cookies or similar technologies (such as local shared objects or web beacons).

A "Cookie" is a small file stored in the browser by a website. Cookies can be set by the website you visit ("first-party cookies") or by related third parties providing content, features, or services (such as analytics or advertising) to the website you visit ("third-party cookies"). Cookies are generally used to identify or "remember" your device, for example, to enable features, simplify audience assessment, improve performance, or store your preferences.

When you visit our website, the system may prompt you to make choices regarding cookies. Some cookies may be necessary for the operation of the website. These cookies will be used on and stored on your device regardless of your choices regarding other types of cookies. You can also use browser or device settings to control the use of cookies, such as disabling some or all cookies, or setting the browser or device to notify you when a cookie is set. However, we also remind you that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use the services.

4 What data do we process?

When you access and use our services, we may collect information you submit to us or through the services, such as when creating an account, sending messages in-game, or contacting us for support. We may also automatically collect information about your use of the services and the device you use to access the services, including identifiers such as Advertising IDs. When you see our ads outside of our services, we may collect information about your interaction with those ads. We may use the data we collect to infer other data, such as data about your content preferences. We may process the following data related to you:

Your name, email address, or other contact information if you have provided it to us (e.g., when creating an account with us or subscribing to our newsletter).
Your age or information about your date of birth.
Network identification data, such as in-game aliases, IP addresses, identification data we assign to your account, or hardware or operating system identification data, including your Advertising ID.
Technical information about the device you use to play games or use our other services (e.g., type, model, manufacturer, operating system, language, display, processor, or memory information).
Your approximate location (e.g., country or city) inferred from your IP address.
Information about your use of the services (e.g., your progress or purchased content in our games, use of our account, visits to our website, or information about interactions with ads in our games).
Information about your interaction with our ads outside the services (e.g., on third-party websites or apps), including information on how our games or other services were introduced to you.
System crash logs or other information related to crashes, errors, or other problems encountered in our services.
Inferences we make based on your activity in our services (e.g., what content you might like).
Messages or other communications you send to us or through the services or related communities managed by us on third-party platforms (e.g., your chat messages in our games, emails sent to our customer service team, or messages posted on official social community groups of the games).
Information we receive from third-party account providers if you choose to link a third-party account (such as a social media account) to our services (e.g., account name, identifier, or email address needed to enable cross-device play, or character name, picture, or friend information needed to provide social features).
Information obtained from third-party payment service providers used to verify purchases if you make a purchase in our games (please note we do not receive your credit card or other payment method information when you make a purchase in our games).
Content preferences or other information submitted to us when subscribing to our newsletter, if you have subscribed.
Any comments, opinions, responses, or other information provided to us during the process if you participate in our surveys or other research (e.g., your background or information about your game experience with us).
Information about your choices regarding data (e.g., any consent items you may have given or withdrawn).
Any other information you choose to submit to us through our services or other means.
Other information explained to you when seeking your consent, with your consent (e.g., processing your GPS location to provide a local experience).

We do not wish or intend to collect or process any special categories of data related to you. Special categories of data refer to genetic, biometric, or health information, information revealing racial or ethnic origin, sex life or sexual orientation, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, or information about your criminal offenses or convictions. Please do not provide such information to us or use the services to provide such information to others.

5 Where do we collect your data from?

First, when you use our services, we collect data directly from you or your device. However, we may also receive data about you from other companies, such as third-party login providers (if you choose to use them), companies that help you make purchases in our games, or advertising partners needed to serve our ads to you outside of the services. We may collect your data from the following sources:

Obtained directly from you when you submit data to us (e.g., registering an account with us, subscribing to our newsletter, sending us support inquiries, or responding to our surveys).

Data obtained directly from you or your device through automatic means (including via cookies or similar technologies or Software Development Kits (SDKs)) when you use our services or interact with our ads outside our services (e.g., on third-party websites or apps).
Companies that distribute or publish our games, which may include Avector Tech Co., Ltd. and third parties (e.g., platform operators).
Data obtained from relevant advertising partners that serve and evaluate these ads if you interact with ads in our games or ads outside our services (e.g., third-party websites or apps).
Data obtained through third-party account providers if you choose to link a third-party account (such as a social media account) with our services.
Data obtained from official social community groups or platform providers if you participate in official social community groups for our games on third-party platforms.
Data obtained from third-party payment service providers involved in these transactions if you make a purchase through our services.
Data obtained from other sources explained to you when seeking your consent, with your consent.

Providing data to us is not mandatory. However, without processing your data, we will be unable to provide the services or parts of the service content or features. If you use our services, we will collect data related to you based on some or all of the purposes described in this statement, depending on the services you decide to use and the choices you make during use. You have many options to limit or control the scope of data processing. For example, you can choose not to link third-party accounts to our games (or use the privacy settings of that third-party service provider to control the scope of data that can be shared with us), manage your preferences for data use for advertising purposes using options provided in our games, use device settings to reset or limit the use of Advertising IDs, or toggle features like push notifications or location tracking or disable some or all cookies from browser settings. Meanwhile, please note that our website may not respond to "Do Not Track" signals in HTTP headers.

6 Whom do we share your data with?

Since we operate the services globally, when you access or use our services, your data may be transferred to and/or processed in locations outside of your country/region. Where permitted by applicable laws and regulations, use of the services constitutes your consent for us to transfer your data to locations outside of your country/region. We always share data internally and with service providers and partners who work with us to provide services. By design, other users of our services may also see certain information (such as your in-game alias or chat messages). We may also need to share data when changing company structure, as required by applicable laws or regulations, or when necessary for our legitimate rights or someone's vital interests, although these situations are uncommon. We may share your data with third parties to achieve the purposes described in this statement. This may include sharing data with the following categories of recipients:

Companies that help us develop or operate games or other services.
Individuals or companies other than us who provide services to us and process data on our behalf when providing services (e.g., hosting services, analytics services, or providers that add other functions to the services that help develop and run our services).
Relevant advertising partners that serve and evaluate these ads if you interact with ads in our games or ads outside our services (e.g., third-party websites or apps).
Other partners we cooperate with when providing services (partners who can process your data independently of us), including advertising partners and other partners listed here.
Potential or actual buyers (including their agents or consultants) in the context of planned or actual acquisitions, mergers, or other business reorganizations.
Competent courts or other competent government agencies to whom we believe disclosure is necessary based on applicable laws or regulations.
Any individual or entity we believe disclosure is necessary for to exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights or protect the vital interests of you or others.
Any other individual or entity with your consent.

Additionally, please consider that certain information you submit or provide through the services may be visible to other users of our services. This generally applies, for example, to your public profile information in our games (such as your in-game alias), and your chat messages in our games and information used to provide social features (such as families or leaderboards). You should expect this type of information to be public; if you wish to keep certain information private, please do not submit or provide that information.

We may transfer your data to countries/regions outside of the European Union ("EU") and the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For example, many servers where we host data are located in the United States, and some group companies or service providers we use to provide services may be located outside of the EU and EEA. Data protection laws in these countries/regions may differ from those in your country/region. In such cases, we will provide appropriate safeguards to protect your personal data. This may include applying EU-approved standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data or other safeguards recognized by applicable laws and regulations. Upon request, we can provide you with a copy of the European Commission's standard contractual clauses and more detailed information about applicable safeguards.

7 How long do we keep your data?

We will keep your data as long as necessary for collection purposes, including providing services to you or complying with any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We may periodically delete or de-identify inactive accounts or other data in our games or other services.

After the relevant retention period has passed, we will delete or de-identify your data, or if deletion or de-identification is not possible (e.g., because data is stored on backup servers), we will isolate your data from further processing until deletion or de-identification is possible. We may continue to use data that does not identify you (e.g., aggregate data).

8 How do we ensure your data is secure?

We have taken measures to provide an appropriate level of security for your data based on the level of risk for the processing activities involved as described in this statement. These measures are designed to protect your data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, or alteration, as well as unauthorized disclosure or access. The specific measures we employ vary but generally include mechanisms such as encryption during transmission, anonymization of identification data where feasible, control mechanisms to limit access to services or systems containing personal data, and maintaining procedures for handling any suspected security incidents. Please note that although we strive to protect your data, the internet is inherently an insecure environment, and we cannot guarantee that your data is absolutely secure.

9 Your Rights

According to applicable laws and regulations, you have several rights regarding your data. If we are processing your data, you can request to exercise these rights. For example, you can request access to your data, request deletion of that data, or withdraw consent where applicable. Please check the settings menu of our games to find options for using these rights, or contact us by sending an email to avectortechnology@gmail.com. If we are processing your data, you have the right to:

Access, correct, or request deletion of your data.
Request that we restrict the processing of your data.
Object to our processing of your data within the scope of our processing based on our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of third parties.
Obtain a machine-readable format copy of the personal data you have provided to us, where technically feasible.

If we process your data with your consent, you also have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Where applicable, you can manage your advertising preferences in game settings under "Terms and Privacy" or a similarly named option. Please note that even if you withdraw consent, we will continue to process your data if we have a legal basis for that item.

To access your data or request its deletion in our games, please use the automated tools provided by the game. You can find these tools under "Terms and Privacy" or a similar option in game settings. On the same page, you can also choose to disable our personalization services (if applicable). These tools are specific to each game, meaning you should submit your request separately in each game. Please use these tools to submit requests. This will help us verify, process, and fulfill your request more quickly and reliably.

If you have created an account with us for use in our games, automated tools to access or request deletion of data related to that account are provided through account settings. These tools are specific to the account used in our games, which is separate from your account in each individual game. This means you should request access or deletion for the individual games you play (as described above) in the places where you wish to do so. Please submit requests through account settings. This will help us verify, process, and fulfill your request more quickly and reliably.

To unsubscribe from our marketing newsletters, please use the unsubscribe link in the messages we send. The unsubscribe link is usually located at the end of the email body.

To exercise any rights, you can also contact us by mail: avectortechnology@gmail.com. To respond to requests submitted via email, we may need to confirm your identity to verify your right to make the request and may request additional information for this purpose. For example, we may ask you to provide appropriate details of the account involved in the request to confirm you are the account owner or authorized to act for the owner. Although we generally do not do this, we reserve the right to charge you an appropriate fee when you exercise your rights where permitted by applicable laws and regulations.

Finally, you always have the right to complain to your local data protection authority about our processing of your data. However, we ask that you contact us first so that we have the opportunity to resolve your concerns.

10 Notice to California Residents

If you are a California resident, please note that under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") as amended, you have the right to obtain detailed information on how we process your data. You also have specific rights to your personal data, including the right to opt out of the sale of personal information. To view this detailed information and familiarize yourself with your rights under CCPA, please refer to our Supplemental Privacy Statement for California Residents.

11 Children

Our Terms of Service require you to represent that you are at least 13 years old. If you are under the aforementioned age, we ask that you do not use our services. This is because our services are generally not directed at children but are intended for adults and are primarily designed for adults.

We generally do not know the age of individuals using our services. However, in certain cases, we may ask you to confirm your age with us, or we may learn of your age in other ways. If we discover you are under 13 or have not reached the different age threshold we are required to follow due to applicable regulations or platform requirements, we may take steps to limit, suspend, or terminate your access to the Service. If your access to the Service is not suspended or terminated, we will limit the use of your personal data to what is necessary for internal operations of our service and other uses permitted by applicable laws, regulations, and platform requirements. This may include removing access to certain parts or features of the service.

12 Changes

We may update this statement from time to time based on operational changes or changes in applicable legal obligations. Updates will be provided here. We may also notify you of any changes applicable to major changes through other means.