Respawn Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Services, including:

1.1. Information You Provide Directly

• Account Information: When you create an account, you provide us with your username, email address, password, and any other information you choose to provide (e.g., profile picture, display name).
• Communications: When you communicate with us (e.g., customer support inquiries, feedback, survey responses), we collect the content of your communications and any associated contact information.
• Payment Information: If you purchase paid services (e.g., premium subscriptions, server packages), our third-party payment processors collect your payment information (e.g., credit card details). We do not directly store your full payment card details.
• User-Generated Content (UGC): Any content you create, upload, post, transmit, or otherwise make available through the Services, such as custom maps, forum posts, chat messages, or gameplay recordings.

1.2. Information Collected Automatically

When you access or use our Services, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and your activity, including:

• Usage Data: Information about how you use the Services, such as games played, features used, time spent, interactions with other users, and in-game activities.
• Device Information: Information about the device you use to access the Services, including IP address, device identifiers, operating system, browser type, language settings, and hardware specifications.
• Log Data: Server logs may include your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and timestamps.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels) to collect information about your browsing activities, remember your preferences, and deliver personalized content and advertisements. For more details on our use of these technologies, please see our separate Cookie Policy.

1.3. Information Collected by Anti-Cheat Technologies

To ensure fair gameplay and maintain the integrity of our competitive platform, Respawn implements anti-cheat and anti-tampering technologies. These technologies may collect extensive data from your device, including:

• System Information: Details about your operating system, running processes, and installed software.
• Memory Scans: Analysis of your computer's random access memory (RAM) for patterns indicative of cheating software.[1, 2, 3]
• Game-Related Files and Folders: Scanning of game-related and system-related files and folders on your system using cheat-program-identifying algorithms.[1]
• Network Activity: Monitoring of network traffic for suspicious patterns.[4]
• Hardware Identifiers: Collection of device identifiers and hardware serial numbers.[5, 1]
• Behavioral Analysis: Monitoring player behavior (e.g., movement speed, jump height, firing rate) to identify suspicious patterns.[4]
• IP Address and Game Account Information: Your Internet Protocol address, game account name, and in-game nickname.[5, 1]

You acknowledge that such data collection is necessary for the purpose of detecting and preventing cheating, and that these technologies may operate at a deep system level (e.g., kernel-level access) to effectively identify unauthorized modifications or programs.[2, 3, 6, 7]

1.4. Information Collected by Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to collect data about how users interact with our Services. The data collected by GA4 includes but is not limited to: the number of users, session statistics, approximate geolocation, and information about your browser and device.[8] To distinguish unique users and their sessions, GA4 uses a first-party cookie called _ga to store a client ID.[9, 10]

1.5. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third parties, such as:

• Game Developers/Publishers: Information from third-party game developers whose games you play through our platform.
• Social Media Platforms: If you link your Respawn account with a third-party social media service.
• Advertising Partners: Information from advertising networks and analytics providers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To Provide and Maintain the Services: To operate, maintain, and improve the functionality of the Respawn platform, including hosting games, managing accounts, and delivering requested features.
• To Ensure Fair Play and Security: To detect, prevent, and address cheating, fraud, security incidents, and other harmful or illegal activities. This includes using data collected by anti-cheat technologies to identify and ban players who violate our Terms of Service.[11, 5]
• To Personalize Your Experience: To customize content, recommend games, and provide tailored features based on your preferences and usage.
• For Communication: To send you service-related announcements, updates, security alerts, and support messages.
• For Analytics and Research: To understand how users interact with our Services, analyze trends, and conduct research to improve our offerings. This includes using data collected via Google Analytics 4 to provide us with aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our user base.[8, 12]
• For Advertising and Marketing: To display advertisements, particularly for free-tier users, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
• To Enforce Our Terms: To enforce our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, and other policies, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of Respawn, our users, or others.
• For Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• With Your Consent: We may share your information when you give us explicit consent to do so.
• Service Providers: We engage third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, payment processing, analytics, customer support, and anti-cheat services. These providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.
• With Google: We share data with Google Analytics to analyze and improve the platform. This data is subject to Google's own privacy policies and is processed for our benefit.[8, 12]
• Game Developers/Publishers: We may share information with the developers or publishers of games you play on our platform, particularly for purposes related to account management, gameplay, and anti-cheat enforcement.[11, 5]
• Affiliates: We may share your information with our current or future affiliates, subsidiaries, or parent companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request).
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information to protect the rights, property, or safety of Respawn, our users, or others, or to investigate potential violations of our policies.
• Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymized information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For anti-cheat data, information indicating known cheat patterns may be stored for the duration of our agreement with anti-cheat providers to serve as evidence.[11] Data not indicating suspicious activity is typically discarded within a shorter period (e.g., 5 days to 3 months).[11]

5. Data Security

We implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Rectification/Correction: You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Erasure/Deletion: You may have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., legal obligations). This includes the ability to request the deletion of individual user data collected by Google Analytics 4.[12, 13]
• Objection to Processing: You may have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
• Data Portability: You may have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing (CCPA/CPRA): If you are a California resident, you may have the right to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at legal@rspn.cc. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

7. International Data Transfers

Respawn operates globally, and your information, including data collected via Google Analytics, may be stored and processed on servers in any country where we have facilities or where we engage service providers. For Google Analytics 4, a significant portion of the data processing occurs on servers located in the United States.[12, 13] By using the Services, you consent to the transfer of your information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection laws than your country. We will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information remains protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

8. Children's Privacy

The Services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at legal@rspn.cc.

9. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: legal@rspn.cc