Privacy Policy

Base Bit Studio. Latest Version October 2018.

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit and use our websites (https://basebit.studio or https://waterlines.net).

We collect data with intention to understand how you use our services and products in order improve them.

When given explicit consent by the user, we also collect data for marketing and remarketing purposes. You can revoke consent for this website at any time by clicking on the button below:


1. Data Capture Every Time You Access the Website

a) Usage data

Every time you access the website or otherwise deliberately transfer information (for example by signing up for a newsletter), we will capture the following general data, transmitted by your browser, which allow you to visit the website (usage data): (1) the browser types and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using these general data and information, Base Bit Studio does not draw any conclusions about the data subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Base Bit Studio analyzes anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process.

b) Cookies

When using our website cookies are saved on the device you use to access the page.

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. We also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.

Opt-In : Without consent this website uses only strictly necessary cookies that it needs to function properly. With an explicit consent other types of cookies are also used.

c) Pixels

A pixel tag ("pixel") is a small piece of code that can be embedded on websites and emails. We use pixels and cookies to learn how you interact with our webpages and emails. This information helps us, and the advertising services providers we use, better promote our services.

d) Third-Party Providers

i. Analytics

Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. The purpose of analytics is to understand the use of the website in order to improve it.

Google Analytics
As a part of our internet presence we use Google Analytics, which is a web analysis tool provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how our website is used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is transferred to and stored on a Google server.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for us as website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Where applicable, Google will transmit this information to third parties if this is prescribed by law, or as long as these third parties process these data on behalf of Google.

If, however, you wish to prevent the use of Google Analytics, you can install the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics. Get the add-on from Google .

You can also prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly. Though, if you do this you may not be able to fully use all the functions on this website.

More information regarding data usage via Google .

ii. Remarketing

Remarketing is a variant of online targeting in which users of an online service are marked by suppliers via the retargeting function. This function serves to present visitors to a website with interest-based advertisements as part of the advertising networks. In order to do this, your browser stores cookies which make it possible to recognize you as a visitor when you access websites which belong to the corresponding supplier’s advertising network. These pages display advertisements for products based on your previous internet activity, including products in which you have shown an interest on other websites which use the corresponding provider’s remarketing function.

On our website we mainly use retargeting services from the following suppliers:

Facebook
If you don’t wish to use Facebook’s retargeting function, then you can generally deactivate it via your Facebook account .

Google Remarketing
If you don’t wish to use Google’s retargeting function you can deactivate it by selecting the according settings on Google or follow these instructions to deactivate the use of cookies for interest-based advertising .

Twitter
If you don’t wish to use Twitter’s retargeting function may find instructions on how to opt out of Twitter’s collection of remarketing data .

iii. Links to Third-Party Providers

Links to third-party providers and our internet presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Steam are embedded in our website. Base Bit Studio is not responsible for data processing carried out by third-party providers. Please learn more about data processing by reading the relevant company’s privacy notices.

2. Additional Data Processing with Newsletter Subscriptions

For processing newsletter subscriptions, we will pass the email address on to the relevant service provider. This service provider is bound to our instructions as part of an order processing relationship and will not pass your data on to third parties. Our current service provider for newsletter subscription is Elastic Email.

You can unsubscribe to our newsletter at any time by clicking unsubscribe link found in every our newsletter email.

Email Analytics: we use analytics to track whether you open the mail, click on the links, and otherwise interact with what we send. We collect and use this personal information pursuant to its legitimate interest in understanding the interests of its community of supporters and volunteers in order to provide more relevant news and updates.

3. Contact and Support Service

If you contact us via email, we will use your email address and name in order to process your query and contact you if necessary.

4. Changes to the policy

If we change the contents of this policy, those changes will become effective the moment we publish them on our website.

5. Contact Information

If there are any questions or requests regarding this privacy policy you may contact us at info@basebit.studio.