PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: May 5, 2025
INTRODUCTION
City of Gamers Inc. ("CoG," "we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.cogfuture.com, use our Royaltea platform (our game development gigwork marketplace), or use our mobile applications, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Services").
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Services.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we collect via the Services depends on the content and materials you use, and includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and demographic information that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Services or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Services, such as:
Creating an account
Setting up a project on our platform
Filling out user profiles
Participating in bounties or collaboration opportunities
Processing payments and royalty distributions
Uploading or downloading game assets
Participating in skill development activities
Game Development Data
When you use our Royaltea platform (our game development gigwork marketplace), we collect information about your creative contributions, project participation, and royalty distributions, including:
Project details and metadata
Contribution metrics (tasks, time spent, difficulty levels)
Revenue and payment information
Skill assessments and development pathways
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Services, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Services.
Financial Data
Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, exchange, or request information about our Services. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processors, PayPal and [other payment processors used], and you are encouraged to review their privacy policies and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
Social Media Data
Information from social networking sites, such as [Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn], including your name, social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.
Mobile Device Data
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Services from a mobile device.
Third-Party Data
Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Services permission to access this information.
Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use personal information collected via the Services for a variety of business purposes, including:
Business Operations
To create and maintain your account
To process your transactions and distribute royalties
To manage your participation in collaborations, bounties, and projects
To facilitate creative team formation and collaborations
To track contributions and distribute revenue fairly
To provide you with support and respond to your inquiries
Service Improvements & Analytics
To improve our Services, products, and user experience
To administer promotions, surveys, and contests
To develop new products and services
To analyze user behavior and optimize system performance
To identify trends and patterns in the indie game development ecosystem
Communication & Marketing
To send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies
To send you promotional materials and information about our Services
To respond to your comments, questions, and requests
To provide you with news and general information about products, services, and events that may be of interest to you
Personalization & Educational Content
To personalize your experience and deliver content and product offerings relevant to your interests
To recommend learning resources based on identified skill gaps
To provide personalized development pathways and upskilling recommendations
To match you with appropriate collaboration opportunities based on your skills
Legal Compliance
To comply with applicable laws and regulations
To enforce our Terms of Service
To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations, including:
Business Transfers
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted by law and/or contract.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Project Collaborators
If you participate in collaborative projects through our Royaltea platform (our game development gigwork marketplace), we will share information about your contributions, performance, and skills with other project members, as necessary for project completion and royalty calculations.
Marketing Communications
With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Interactions with Other Users
If you interact with other users of the Services, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.
Online Postings
When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Services, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Services in perpetuity.
With Your Consent
We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital Interests and Legal Rights
We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Services to help customize the Services and improve your experience. When you access the Services, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Services.
Internet-Based Advertising
We may use third-party software to serve ads on the Services, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us.
Website Analytics
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Services through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users' use of the Services, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity.
SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
For the Royaltea platform (our game development gigwork marketplace) specifically, we implement additional security measures to protect your royalty tracking data, including:
Secure cryptographic verification for contribution tracking
Transparent distribution systems for royalty payments
Control mechanisms to maintain data quality and integrity
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Account Information
You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:
Logging into your account settings and updating your account
Contacting us using the contact information provided below
Sending us an email at privacy@cogfuture.com
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.
Emails and Communications
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:
Noting your preferences at the time you register your account with the Services
Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences
Contacting us using the contact information provided below
Clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email from us
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to privacy@cogfuture.com with "California Privacy Rights" in the subject line.
Additional Rights for EU/EEA Residents
If you are a resident of the European Union or European Economic Area, you have certain additional rights regarding your personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
The right to access your personal data
The right to rectify inaccurate personal data
The right to delete your personal data
The right to restrict processing of your personal data
The right to data portability
The right to object to processing of your personal data
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@cogfuture.com.
POLICY FOR CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
City of Gamers Inc. 1205 43rd St. Orlando, FL 32839
info@cogfuture.com
www.cogfuture.com