Google Play
If you bought one of our apps on the Google Play store, all personal data related to the purchase is handled by Google. Their privacy policy is available on the Play store website, and any questions or concerns you may have about the way they process your data should be directed to them.
ARC Browser
The ARC Browser frontend stores its data locally on the device where it is installed, but there are a few ways data can be transmitted outside the device:
- When you send a crash report. The report should not contain any personally identifiable or otherwise sensitive information, but nevertheless you will still have to confirm sending each report. Crash reports are not sent automatically.
- When you download game metadata and media from online sources (known as "scraping"). In this case, information such as the selected platform and the game's filename (or the app name in the case of Android apps and games) will be transmitted to an online database to find the requested data. This information is stored for a short period of time for troubleshooting purposes, and then discarded.
- When you use the RetroAchievements integration, in which case information will periodically be sent to the RetroAchievements API to request up-to-date information about achievements for your games. The information transmitted includes the username and API key you specify in the app as well as identifiers for your games. This information is sent to third party RetroAchievements, and we have no control over how they use the data. Please visit their website if you wish to find out more or contact them.
In addition to the information above, your IP address will also be transmitted as it would be impossible to provide these services without it. The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interest.
Consulting and development
If you are a client paying for consultation and/or software development services, some of your personal data will be processed by us. This includes, at a minimum, contact information like names, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers, but may also include other personal data as necessary depending on the business arrangement. This information is necessary for us to conduct business and fulfill our part of the business agreement.
In some cases, our processing of your personal data may be governed by specific agreements (for example, a personal data assistant agreement), in which case those agreements will take precedence over this privacy notice.
After our business relationship has ended we will retain the data for a maximum duration of one year (unless a more specific agreement says otherwise). You can of course ask us to delete your personal data at any time, as per the last section of this document. Do keep in mind that some information related to accounting and invoices may have to be kept for up to eight years in order to comply with accounting laws.
E-mail
When you send an e-mail to us, that e-mail almost always contains some personal data (e-mail addresses, for example, can be considered personal data). Regardless of the type or amount of personal data in the e-mail, it will always be processed when we receive and read it. This is necessary for us to even determine what kind of personal data the e-mail contains, and thus we have a legitimate interest to do so. After reading the e-mail, it will be determined to fall into one of three categories:
- You are a consultation and/or software development client, and the e-mail contains personal data related to our business agreement. In this case it will be processed as per the previous section.
- The e-mail contains no personal data other than contact information (name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number and similar). In this case, the data will be processed and kept for up to one year after the issue addressed by the e-mail has been resolved. The reason for this is to keep track of our e-mail conversations, and to keep a history of previous conversations if you e-mail us again about a similar issue at a later date. Most e-mails that fall into this category will be requests for support or questions about our apps, and thus we have a legitimate interest in doing our best to provide the best possible service to you.
- The e-mail contains personal data other than contact information, which we don't have a defined lawful basis to process. In this case, depending on the nature of the e-mail, we will either delete it immediately or reply to you and ask for your consent to continue processing the data. If we haven't received your consent after 48 hours of asking, the e-mail will be deleted. You may of course withdraw your consent at any time.