Last updated: May 22, 2023

1. About Us

Our Site https://stepico.com/ (also “Our Site”) is owned and operated by STEPICO GAMES LIMITED, address of registration: Georgiou Gennadiou, 10 AGATHANGELOS COURT, 2nd floor, Flat/Office202, 3041, Limassol, Cyprus(also referred to as “STEPICO”, “we”, “our”, “us” etc.).

STEPICO is an IT company that offers a full-range of game development services and can cater to whatever need is required (herein “Service”). Our team can start a project from scratch, or carry out separate stages of development). This Privacy Statement applies only to Your use of Our Site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to Our Site (whether We provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how Your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise You to check the privacy statements of any such websites before providing any data to them.

This Privacy Statement applies to:

  • Our Site visitors;
  • Our customers;

(jointly referred to as “Users”, “You”, and “Your”)

STEPICO recognizes Your right to confidentiality and is committed to protecting Your privacy. This Privacy Statement discloses what data We gather, how We use it, and how to correct or change it. You can expect to be hereby notified of:

  • What personally identifiable data of Yours is collected;
  • Who is collecting the data;
  • How the data is used;
  • With whom the data may be shared;
  • What choices do You have regarding the collection, use, and distribution of the data;
  • What kinds of security procedures are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the data under our control;
  • How You can correct any inaccuracies in the data.

2. Your Personal Data

We adhere to all conditions and requirements stipulated by the current legislation in the USA, and European legislation, including, but not limited to, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as other international legislative acts concerning data protection.

We collect personal data on the basis of consent obtained from the Users who have reached eighteen (18) years of age.

We do not collect and/or process sensitive data, which means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade-union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

Under GDPR We ensure that Your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting Your rights. We will only process Your personal data if at least one of the following grounds applies:

  • You have given consent to the processing of Your personal data for one or more specific purposes;
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which You are a party or in order to take steps at the request of You prior to entering into a contract;
  • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which We are subject; and/or
  • Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.

When You visit Our Site, we also may collect certain data by automatic means that may include Your IP address; Your web browser type and version; Your operating system; a list of URLs starting with a referring site, Your activity on Our Site, and the site You exit to.

In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and We will be limited in the services We can provide You without Your consent for Us to be able to use such data.

All performance statistics and data are kept private, and any personally identifiable data is not released to any of Our partners without Your permission. Occasionally, We may reference Our own statistics, but the data will be aggregated by Our whole client base, without any party’s identification provided.

While sending a CV via “Are You Ready To Join Our Team?” in “Career” section of the website as an applicant and candidate for e relative job position you need to fill in some data which could contain – your name, e-mail, and comment, that may also include your Personal Data and a CV. When you are using forms on our website to either contact us, submit some data including but not limited you need to fill in the following: Your name, company name, and e-mail. We need all mentioned Personal Data to know how to contact you and to use such information in our further communication.

ALL PERSONAL DATA RELATING TO OUR CLIENTS, INCLUDING EMAIL ADDRESSES AND OTHER PERSONAL DATA, IS KEPT SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL. WE DO NOT SHARE, SELL, RENT, OR BARTER ANY IDENTIFIABLE PERSONAL DATA TO ANY THIRD PARTY WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.

3. Your Rights Under GDPR

Our Privacy Statement provides You with the opportunity to exercise the following rights You have under the GDPR as a data subject:

  • the right to be informed of what data processing is taking place;
  • the right to request access to, deletion of, or correction of Your personal data;
  • the right to restrict the processing of Your personal data;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to object to the processing of Your personal data;
  • the right to complain to a supervisory authority;
  • the right to refuse automated decision-making and profiling.

To enforce any of the foregoing rights please contact Our Data Protection Team at legal@stepico.com.

In case any of Your personal data is used by Us for the purposes of automated decision-making, and those decisions have a legal (or similarly significant) effect on You, You have the right to challenge such decisions under GDPR by requesting human intervention, expressing their own point of view, and obtaining from Us an explanation of such decisions.

The right described in the section above, however, does not apply in the following circumstances:

  • The decision is necessary for the entry into or performance of a contract between You and Us;
  • The decision is authorized by law; or
  • You have given Your explicit consent for such automated decision-making.

4. Data Collection and Storage

All the data collection on Our Site is carried out in a manner clear and transparent to Our Users. We only keep Your data for as long as needed in order to use it for the purposes set in Section 2, and/or for as long as We have Your permission to keep it. In any event, We are conducting an annual review to ascertain whether We need to keep Your data. Your data will be deleted if We no longer need it.

We primarily store data about Users in Ukraine, European Union or in the United States. To facilitate the services we provide, We may transfer and access such data from around the world, including from other countries in which We are operating. Some or all of Your data may be stored or transferred outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”). If You are not accepting this, please make a correspondent request via the email: legal@stepico.com. If We do store or transfer data outside the EEA, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that Your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the EEA and under the GDPR. Such steps may include, but not be limited to, the use of legally binding contractual terms between Us and any third parties We engage.

5. Security

Data security is of great importance to us, and to protect Your data We have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.

Notwithstanding the security measures that We take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the Internet may not be completely secure and that You are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the Internet.

6. Data Sharing

We may contract with third parties to supply services represented via Our Site to You on Our behalf. In some cases, third parties may require access to some or all of Your data. Where any of Your data is required for such a purpose, We will accomplish this only under Your consent and take all reasonable steps to ensure that Your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with Your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, and other data. All such data will be anonymized and will not include any personally identifying data. In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data, which may include Your personal data, for example, where there is involvement in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from You in order to share Your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made by the competent authorities.

7. Your Choice/Opt-Out

We provide You with the opportunity to withdraw Your consent for Us to use Your personal data, update, change, or remove Your personal data from Our Site, and opt out of receiving communications from Us at any time. Please contact Our Data Protection Team with the corresponding request at legal@stepico.com or by post at: Georgiou Gennadiou, 10 AGATHANGELOS COURT, 2nd floor, Flat/Office 202, 3041, Limassol, Cyprus.

8. Changes to this Privacy Statement

We may change this Privacy Statement as We may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes in force will be posted on Our Site in a timely manner and You will be deemed to have familiarized with this Privacy Statement during Your first use of Our Site following the alterations published. We recommend You check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

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