Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Commitment 

Winin App respects your privacy rights and recognizes the importance of protecting your personal information (or “personal data”). Our Privacy Notice describes the kinds of personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we share it, and the choices we give you.
We also recognize the need to provide additional protections for kids who visit and/or use our Services. To learn about privacy protections for kids, read Winin’s Kids’ Privacy Notice.

What does this Privacy Policy cover? 

Our Privacy Policy applies to the collection and processing of personal information by The AREA App Company LLC. and our subsidiaries and affiliated companies acting on our behalf (collectively “Winin App” or “we”, “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Policy applies only to personal information collected about you as a consumer through the Winin network of websites (for example, wininapp.com or info@wininapp.com ), as well as apps, features, services, events, and communications provided by Winin where this Privacy Policy is posted (“Services”).

Our international affiliates and third-party websites or apps that our Services link to, or with whom we may have a presence, or with whom we may license the use of our trademarks and copyrights, may collect and use personal information for their own purposes. Where they do so, their respective privacy notices apply. Please review the respective terms and privacy notices of these entities to learn how they process your personal information. For example, Winin is developed by The App, distributed by AREA, LLC. Please contact us on  info@theareaapp.com for information about how area LLC. process your data.

What personal information is collected about you?

We don’t require the personal information to use many of our Services. If you choose not to disclose personal information, however, you will not be able to enjoy certain features of our Services.

Information you provide to us

The types of personal information we collect directly from you include, for example:

• Contact information: such as your first and last name, email address, telephone number, postal address, and Winin account.
• Content and files: data and content you share or upload, such as photos (including any metadata included in your photos and content).
• Payment information: for example, credit card numbers or financial account information if you purchase a product or service from us or claim a Play.
• Demographic information: information about you tied to your personal information, such as your age and/or date of birth, gender, country/region of residence, hobbies, and toy and game

Information we collect automatically

We automatically collect certain information when you use our Services. For example:

• Identifiers and device information: such as your device type, operating system type, browser type, device ID, Internet Protocol (IP) address, and other software including type, version, language, settings, and configuration. Our website and online services store and retrieve data using cookies set on your
• Usage data: such as what website you were on that brought you to our website when you used our Services and for how long, what pages and content you accessed, and features you used on our
• Geolocation data: with your consent, the Services may access precise geolocation data on your mobile device to enable features and deliver content based on your current location

We also need you to allow the following:

• Allow access your location
• Allow access your contacts
• Allow access your Camera

Information we create or generate:

• We derive other information from the other data we collect about you, and we may combine this with other personal information to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics (“inferences”).
• For example, we infer your general location from your IP address.

Information we obtain from third-party sources:

In limited circumstances, we also obtain information from third parties. We protect information obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this statement, plus any additional restrictions imposed by the source of the information. These third-party sources include, for example:

Non- Winin account operators: please see Play! Winin App section

• Mobile Platforms: when you purchase from our apps, we receive information from the app stores and other mobile platform providers about you that is limited to username and/or device ID and the fact a purchase was made, but no other sensitive or financial information, unless you authorize the mobile platform providers to provide us additional
• Service Providers: third parties may collect any of the categories of personal information described above to provide services on our behalf, including to help us determine your device’s general location based on its IP address to customize certain products to your location, provide you a more convenient experience, and provide additional security measures to protect our Services.
• Social Networks: where the information, including your name, user name, and content you post, is publicly available to us, we may use such data for purposes such as measuring public reaction to the Services and to Winin .

Tracking

Our websites use a variety of technical methods for collecting and tracking device information and data usage.

How is your personal information used?

We use your personal information to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests in performing our contract with you, or based on consent where we have requested it or where required by law, and for our legitimate business objectives, including for the following business purposes:

• Business Operations: to provide you with and operate, maintain, optimize, and improve our products, services, operations, and the security of our Services, including to perform operational tasks such as billing, accounting, communicating, and fulfilling your transactions for products and Product and Service Delivery: to personalize content and experiences on our Services, including providing you recommendations based on your preferences.
• Marketing: to deliver and personalize your notifications, communications, newsletters, advertisements, offers, event notices, and promotions for products and services of Winin and our third-party.
• Product Improvement, Development, and Research: to develop information to understand you based on demographics, your activity on our Services, responses to surveys, or activity on third-party websites and applications, including for purposes of troubleshooting and
  improving our Services; to conduct market research and perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of users of our Services and their purchasing patterns.
• Communications: to send and display administrative communications about Winin and our partners and our respective products and Security of Services: to detect, investigate, and prevent activities that are unauthorized, may violate our terms and policies, or maybe illegal, such as fraudulent activity or security violations.
• Customer Support: to provide customer support and respond to your questions submitted to us.

With the exception of payment information, which is used solely for accounting, billing, order fulfillment, and fraud prevention purposes, all of the categories of information described in Section 2 are used for each of the purposes described above.
For the purposes listed above, we may also link or combine information about you with other personal information we receive from third parties. We also use personal information in settings and for the purposes described below.
We may store and process personal information in the United Kingdom, and other countries or regions that may not have the same types of data protection laws as those in your country.

How is your personal information shared?

We do not share your personal information with third parties other than as follows:

• With your consent; for example, when you agree to our sharing your information with other third parties for their own purposes, subject to their separate privacy
• With third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who work for us and need to access your personal information to do that work, including for business purposes that require access to our systems that hold personal information (such as supplying cloud data storage, maintaining the security of our systems, and providing customer support).
• If you’ve selected options available through our Services to publicly display your name and/or username and your other information.
  If appropriate to:
• comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal processes, including, for example, to comply with a court order or
• protect the rights and property of Winin , our agents, our customers, and others, including to enforce our terms, policies, rules, and
• protect the safety and security of any person; and/or
• protect the safety and security of Winin ‘s and our partners’ Services, websites, and applications.
• In connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, transaction, or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets for use in accordance with applicable

How long do we keep your personal information?

Winin App keeps your personal information for as long as appropriate to maintain your accounts, to provide Services, to fulfill your requests, for legal compliance and enforcement purposes, and for resolving disputes. Actual retention periods depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of product, the type and sensitivity of the data, business needs, customer expectations and needs, the types of available user controls, and the form in which the data is stored.

What choices do you have about processing your personal information?

We provide you with various controls over your personal information, for example:

• You can access and update the contact information you gave us during registration by visiting the “Edit Profile” section.
• You can contact us at info@wininapp.com.
• You can opt-out of our promotional emails by clicking “unsubscribe” in those emails

Product-specific data processing details:

If you participate in the Play! Winin tournament ratings and rankings portion of our websites, we will use personal information about you to track your tournament results, player ranking, rating, and player status (e.g., active, terminated, winner, etc.). Except for those jurisdictions where privacy law specifies a different age,

• if you are 13 or older, we will post your full name or first name and last initial (as you direct us), as well as your state and country/region with your player ranking; and
• if you are under 13, your parent or guardian can choose to post your username, full name, or first name and last initial in the player

If you’ve signed up to play our products or participate in competitions and provide us with non- Winin account information (e.g., an Account) where that function is available, we will receive your date of birth and account ID from the other account operator. If participating in competitions to be awarded Play! Winin championship points, the date of birth from your non-Winin account will be verified against your Winin trainer Club (“PTC”) Account, and information about whether there was a match or not, and your PTC ID will be shared with the other account operator.

Winin App

Winin will keep your personal information within  Winin app for as long as you keep the app on your device. If you create an account, the app sends your personal information to our servers. We keep your data for as long as you maintain an account and for 90 days after you disable the account, in case you choose to reactivate the account or in case the request to disable the account was in error. Certain apps may give you the option to receive push notifications. You can turn push notifications on or off through settings within the app or your device. You may disable our access to your precise geolocation data through settings in your device.

Winin APP.com

If you provide information to create an account or as part of a transaction, payment, or other account action, Winin may deliver marketing communications to you about similar goods or services if you have not opted out of such marketing when given the chance to do so. We may also use third parties, such as Hyper pay, master card, visa and PayPal, to process payment transactions and facilitate fraud protection. Hyper pay and other third-party entities may use your information for their own purposes, including to service accounts you have with them and for fraud prevention. Please review their respective privacy notices to understand how they use your information.
Winin and AREA services are intended for customers in the United Kingdom. For more information, please refer to the AREA and Winin Terms of Use.

Information for individuals

You have the following rights:

• A right to be informed of the ways in which we use your information.
• A right to request from Winin access to personal data, including
  1- the categories and specific pieces of information we have collected about you,
  2- the categories of sources collected,
  3- the purpose of collecting or using the information, and the third parties with whom we share your personal information; and rectification or deletion/erasure of personal information under certain circumstances and subject to a number of exceptions, and certain rights to data
• A right to bring your complaint to a regulator, where ever you are based and believe that we have not complied with data protection laws, you can complain to our regulator, under the UK laws or your local supervisory authority can advise you; however, regardless of where you are based, we would appreciate it if you would give Winin the chance to deal with your concerns directly by contacting
• A right to object to the processing of your personal data or obtain a restriction of such processing under certain circumstances.
• A right to have your personal data transferred to another organization should it be technically feasible for Winin to do so.
  If the processing of personal data is based on your consent, a right to withdraw consent at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of processing before its withdrawal)
• There may be exceptions to these rights in certain circumstances, and where you cannot exercise a right due to an exception, we will provide that explanation. To make such requests, contact us; Info@theareaapp.com Info@wininapp.com

If you submit a request, we will require you to verify your identity either by making the request through your existing account and/or by providing a form of government identification through our customer service portal, where, if feasible, we may match your identification information with personal information we have about you, depending on the type of request made and verification measures proportional to the risk of the personal information involved with the request(s).

There is no reasonable method by which we can verify your identity to the degree of certainty required by law for certain pieces of personal information, for example, unique identifiers such as cookie IDs, device ID, and IP address (where that information is not held by us in connection with directly identifiable information). There may be exceptions to these rights in certain circumstances, and where you cannot exercise a right due to an exception, Winin   / AREA will provide that information. Winin  / AREA will use reasonable efforts to fulfill your request within the response times of the applicable laws.

Winin and AREA remain liable for the transfer of personal data to third parties acting as our agents unless we can prove we were not a party to the events giving rise to the damages. We respect the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from any country around the world.

Winin and AREA commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information, individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Notice should contact us at Info@wininapp.com, or by Info@theareaapp.com.
Individuals can update or correct inaccurate information or request erasure of data that has been processed in violation of the Frameworks. Individuals wishing to exercise this right may do so by contacting Winin using the details in this section.

If Winin does not appropriately address your complaint, you can visit theareaapp.com for more information and file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you. If your complaint remains unresolved after contacting  Winin, and AREA LLC. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

If your Privacy Policy complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by another redress, Under the United Kingdom Laws, “see our Terms and Conditions” mechanisms.

If you are an employee of Winin and your personal human-resource-related data is transferred, and you have a Privacy Shield complaint that is within the context of your employment relationship, please refer to your Company ” AREA / The App Privacy” Notice for further instructions on filing a complaint.

How to contact us about your personal information and this Privacy Notice

If you have questions or comments about our data practices or this Privacy Notice, you can contact us or our data protection officer at:
Info@theareaapp.com Info@wininapp.com

If you have authorized an agent to submit a request to know or a request to delete, Winin may require that you

• Provide written permission for a named agent to do so
• Verify your identity directly with Winin.
• Provide the authorized agent with a valid power of Winin may deny a request made on your behalf if the agent does not submit proof authorizing such a request.

You can request certain information regarding the disclosure of personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. We do not share our customer’s personal information with unaffiliated third parties for their own direct marketing purposes without your consent. For inquiries about our disclosure policy, please contact us at the email address. If you are under the age of 13, and a registered user of any Service where this privacy policy is posted, you may request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to Info@wininapp.com please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted, and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

How will you know if we amend this Privacy Notice?

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by changing the last updated date. If we make material changes to how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will describe the changes, and, if required by law, seek your consent for such changes.

OUR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY COMMITMENT TO KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS

Winin has developed its Services with the goal of creating an enjoyable experience for all users. Building on our general Privacy Policy, we recognize the need to provide additional privacy protections when kids visit the Services on which this Kids’ Privacy Notice is posted. This Kids’ Privacy Notice is designed to answer your questions regarding our privacy policies and principles with respect to kids. As used in this Notice, “children”, “child”, and “kid(s)” refers to children under the age of 13, except for those jurisdictions where the privacy law specifies a different age. Also, when we use the term “parent”, we include legal guardians.