Privacy Policy

Effective Date: ____________

This Privacy Policy applies to [App Name] ("App"), operated by [Your Company Full Name], a company registered in China (referred to as "we", "us", "our").

This Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share and transfer personal data when you or your child access and use our educational interactive game platform. This policy complies with the GDPR (EU), UK GDPR and Saudi PDPL (SDA requirements).

Platform Status Note: At launch, all interactive educational games and content on the platform are developed and published by our team (PGC). In future versions, we plan to enable registration for verified educational developers to publish their own educational interactive content on this platform.

1. Data Controller

• Controller: [Your Company Full Name]
• Registered Address: [Company Registered Address]
• Privacy & Data Protection Contact: [Privacy Contact Email]

2. Data We Collect

2.1 Voluntary Account & Profile Data

• User nickname (no requirement for real legal name)
• Self-created avatar, profile picture uploaded by users
• Email address (optional, only for account recovery; not mandatory to play the game)

For verified educational developers (future feature): We collect additional information required for developer identity verification, such as developer name/entity information for review.

2.2 Automatically Collected Technical Data

• Device type, operating system version, screen resolution
• App crash logs, session duration, feature usage statistics, gameplay progress
• Network information for loading assets and educational game content
• Advertising ID / Android ID: we will not use it for targeted advertising for child users

2.3 Data We DO NOT Collect

We do not actively collect real name, residential address, phone number, biometrics unless a user voluntarily submits such information to our support team.

3. Purposes of Data Processing

1. Deliver, maintain and host the educational game service, save cloud game progress
2. Content review and safety moderation for platform content; for future developer-submitted educational works, we will perform content moderation before publication
3. Fix bugs, optimize performance and improve educational features
4. Respond to support inquiries and user complaints
5. Verify identity of educational developers (future function)
6. Comply with applicable legal obligations in EU, UK, Saudi Arabia and other territories
7. Send the Weekly Learning Report to subscribed parents (email address only, used for no other purpose). You can unsubscribe at any time by replying to any email or contacting us at parents@alaabgames.com

4. Legal Basis for GDPR

• Contract: To provide the game service you requested.
• Legitimate Interest: Security, content moderation, anonymized product analytics, balanced against user and children's rights.
• Consent: For optional non-essential analytics or marketing communications.
• Legal obligation: Respond to regulator or court requests.

5. Children's Data Protection

Our App may be used by children.

• We only collect the minimum data strictly necessary for educational gameplay.
• If a child is below the local age of digital consent, parental or guardian consent must be obtained before account creation.
• Parents/guardians may request to view, download or delete their child's account and personal data by emailing our privacy contact.
• No targeted / interest-based advertising for child users. Only contextual non-personalized ads if ads are enabled.
• Content available for children will be subject to enhanced content review.

6. Sharing & Transfer of Personal Data

We will never sell your personal data or children's personal data.

We may disclose data only to:

1. Authorized service providers (cloud hosting, CDN, analytics, content moderation vendors) acting as Data Processors under signed data processing agreements.
2. Courts, law enforcement or regulators when legally required.
3. Verified educational developers (future feature): Only limited data required to operate their published educational content, subject to data protection controls.

Your personal data may be transferred outside EEA, United Kingdom or Saudi Arabia to our servers in Singapore/Hong Kong or our company in mainland China. For EU/UK users, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to safeguard cross-border transfers. For Saudi users, cross-border transfers follow Saudi PDPL / SDA rules.

7. Your Rights (GDPR & UK GDPR)

You have the right to:

1. Access a copy of your stored personal data
2. Rectify incorrect personal information
3. Request erasure ("right to be forgotten") of your account
4. Restrict processing of your data
5. Data portability of your saved game progress
6. Object to processing based on legitimate interests
7. Withdraw previously given consent at any time

Submit requests via our privacy contact email. We will respond within statutory timelines.

8. Saudi PDPL / SDA Supplementary Terms

For users located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

• This service complies with the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) and SDA guidance.
• You may file complaints related to personal data with the Saudi Data and Protection Authority (SDA).
• Personal data will only be retained for the period required to fulfill the service purpose.
• Cross-border data transfers outside KSA comply with PDPL requirements.

9. Analytics & Cookies

We use in-app anonymous analytics. Users can opt out of non-essential analytics inside App settings.
No persistent tracking cookies without user consent.

10. Content Ownership & License

All educational games and interactive content published on the platform at launch are owned by us.

When we launch the educational developer program in the future: verified educational developers retain copyright of their original educational works. By submitting content to our platform, developers grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, display, moderate, cache and distribute their educational content within the App for service operation.

We reserve the right to remove any content that violates our Terms of Service, local laws or third-party copyright.

11. Contact

Privacy inquiries: [Privacy Contact Email]