Privacy Policy
Last Revised:
July
2026
HTSW Wear
HTSW Wear and affiliates (collectively, “HTSW Wear? “we? “our?or
“us? develops, publishes and operates social games for web and mobile environments (“Games?, as
well
as web and mobile applications (each, an “App? for playing our Games across multiple devices and
platforms (such as mobile devices and Facebook).
We
also
operate the website https://btccanyon.com/miner,
their subdomains, and related features (collectively, “Sites? and
together
with the Games and App, collectively ?the “Services?.
HTSW Wear respects your privacy and is committed to making our
practices
regarding your data more transparent and fair. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect,
store,
use
and share your personal data, and it applies whenever you visit our Sites, install our App and
play
our
Games, interact with us or otherwise access or use any of our Services.
We highly recommend that you carefully review and comprehend this
Privacy
Policy before proceeding. If you are not in agreement with the provisions stated in this Privacy
Policy,
we kindly ask you to refrain from using our Services. You retain the right to discontinue your
use
of
our Services at any given time, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
HTSW Wear responsible for deciding how we hold and use Personal Data
about
you. We are required under certain data protection legislation to notify you of the information
contained in this Privacy Policy. You are not legally required to provide us with any Personal
Data,
but
without it we will not be able to provide you with the full range or with the best experience of
using
our Services (for instance, you may still play our Games without connecting your Twitter
account,
Facebook account, but you will not be able to enjoy their social features).
We collect four main categories of data (and to the extent it may
enable
the
identification of a specific person, or is linked to such potentially identifying data, we will
deem
it
as “Personal Data?:
a.Data automatically collected
or
generated:
When someone visits, interacts with or
uses
our
Services, including any e-mail or text messages sent to them by us or via our Services, we may
collect
or generate technical data about them. We collect or generate such data either independently or
with
the
help of third party services, including through the use of “cookies?and other tracking
technologies
(as
further detailed below).
Such data consists of
connectivity, technical or aggregated usage data, such as IP address, in-game identifier, game
statistics, game preferences, unique advertising ID (e.g. IDFA; you may reset such ID based on
the
operating system instructions ), non-identifying data regarding a device, operating system,
browser
or
App version, mobile carrier, locale and language settings, user activity on our Services, in-App
or
Game
activity (such as game play content/product interaction and advertising data); diagnostic data
(i.e.
crash data and game performance data). We do not use such data to learn a person’s true identity
or
contact details, but mostly to have a better understanding on how our users typically use and
engage
with our Services. The use of such technical and device data also helps us and our partners to
deliver
interest-based or otherwise more effective advertisements and content, to optimize our ad
management
and
our users' viewing experience), and to improve the overall performance and your user experience
of
our
Services. For more information about our advertising uses, please see Section 7
below.
b.Data received from
you:
You may provide us Personal Data voluntarily,
such as when you set up an
account with us, contact us (through Facebook, Messenger, e-mail, in-game chat or any other
channel,
including any support services), when you post on our public forums or groups, when you provide
us
your
e-mail address (such as when you sign-up to receive e-mail updates or gifts), when you
participate
in
competition, contest, tournaments and other promotions, when you place any purchases in any of
our
Games, when you interact with other users through the in-game chat or when you choose to connect
your
Facebook, Google, Apple or similar account to any of our Games.
c.Data received from Facebook and other channels:
Once you connect the Games to your Facebook, Google, Apple or similar
account,
we will receive access to your public profile, including (to the extent you defined it as
“public?,
as
applicable, your full name, e-mail address(es) provided to Facebook, Google or Apple, gender,
profile
picture or similar photo, location, time zone, and a list of your friends playing the Games
(along
with
their photos and other public profile information). This will also allow us to present your and
your
friends?public profile pictures inside the Games and to create your in-game friends list. In
addition,
we or our advertising partners may receive from Facebook and our other marketing channels
general
information concerning the performance of our advertising campaigns, such as the targeted age
group
or
interests, and we or our partners may be able to link such general data to any other data in our
possession. To learn more about our advertising practices, please refer to Section 8 below. If
you
access our Services through a third party such as Facebook, Google or Apple, or connect our
Services
to
any third-party account, you should also read their terms and conditions and privacy policies.
If
you
are unclear about what information a third-party application is sharing with us, please visit
that
third-party application's website in order to learn more about their privacy
practices.
d.Transaction Data:
In-Game purchases will typically be processed by the relevant platform
provider (e.g. Apple, Google or Facebook), and we will not collect or store your financial data,
e.g.
your credit card numbers or bank account. We may still however receive your non-financial
Personal
Data
related to the purchase, such as your name, billing address, e-mail address and the items
purchased,
in
order to fulfil your purchase and for our accounting purposes.
Our legal basis for collecting and using your Personal Data will
depend on
the
particular purpose for which your data is being processed, however, we generally use the
following:
a.Performance of a contract. We will
use
this
basis for processing necessary to make the Games, including social gaming when you choose to log
in
with
Facebook, Google or Apple, and support services, available to you, and to send you service
communications, gifts and awards.
b.Consent. In
limited
cases
(where you choose to sign up to receive direct marketing emails, where you accept cookies on our
Sites,
we will process your Personal Data based on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any
time
by
contacting us using the details in Section 13.
c.Legitimate
interests. We will process your Personal Data based on our legitimate interests in maintaining
and
improving our Services and offerings, understanding how our Services are used, serving effective
advertisements within our Games and through other channels, matching users to create in-game
friends
lists, improving our customer service and support operations, fraud detection and protecting and
securing our users, ourselves and our Services.
d.Compliance
with a legal obligation. In limited cases we may process your Personal Data where we need to do
so
to
comply with a legal obligation e.g. which is set out in an applicable law, or if we receive an
order
from a court or regulatory body.
The purposes for
which we
use
Personal Data are described in more detail below:
a.To facilitate, operate, and
provide
our Services;
b.To
authenticate the identity of our players, and allow them access to additional
features;
c.To
provide our
users with customer care, assistance and technical support services;
d.To enable you to interact
with
other
players in the game;
e.To further
develop, customize and improve the Services and your user experience, based on common or
personal
preferences, experiences and difficulties, including by personalizing your profile and friends
list;
f.To
manage
and
deliver advertisements more effectively, including contextual, behavioral and interests-based
advertising based on in-Games progress and activity, based on your preferences or other data
available
to us or to our Service Providers, including for re-targeting purposes;
g.To contact our users (via
e-mail,
Facebook, push notifications or any other
available channels) with general or personalized service-related messages (such as purchase
confirmations or system maintenance notices); to contact our users with promotional messages
(such
as
Games updates, bonuses, new features, VIP services, etc.); and to facilitate, sponsor and offer
certain
events and promotions;
h.To support and
enhance our data security measures, including for the purposes of preventing and mitigating the
risks of
fraud, error or any illegal or prohibited activity;
i.To create aggregated
statistical
data, inferred non-personal data or anonymized
or pseudonymized data (rendered non-personal), which we or our Service Providers may use to
provide
and
improve our respective services; and
j.To comply with
any applicable laws and regulations.
While privacy laws may vary between jurisdictions, HTSW Wear has taken
reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Data is treated by its affiliates and Service
Providers in
a secure and lawful manner, and in accordance with common industry practices, regardless of any
lesser
legal requirements that may apply in their jurisdiction.
We retain your Personal Data in order to maintain our relationship and
to
provide you with our Services. We will retain your Personal Data for only as long as necessary
to
fulfil
the purposes for which we collected it. In other words, we will retain your Personal Data for as
long as
you remain our user and have not notified us otherwise. We will take reasonable measures to
delete
your
Personal Data if you delete your account. We may also retain your Personal Data for legal and
accounting
purposes (i.e., as required by laws applicable to record and bookkeeping, and in order to have
proof
and
evidence concerning our relationship, should any legal issues arise following your
discontinuance of
use), in accordance with our Data Retention Policy. If you have any questions about our Data
Retention
Policy, please mail to support@btccanyon.com Please note that except as required by applicable
law,
we
will not be obligated to retain your data for any particular period, and are free to securely
delete
it
for any reason and at any time, with or without notice to you. In some circumstances, we may
anonymize
your Personal Data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use
such
information without further notice to you and it is no longer considered Personal Data within
the
meaning of this Privacy Policy.
4. Personal Data Deletion and Closure of Accounts
a.In addition to any other rights set out in this Privacy Policy (except as set out in the Candidate Privacy Addendum), you at any time may direct that HTSW Wear delete your Personal Data by accessing the “Account Deletion?button in the applicable Game and following the instructions. Selection of this option will result in closure of your Account and deletion of all of your playing history, purchase information, social media log-in and other information associated with you in connection with the Game. Deletion is irreversible. If you maintain Accounts with multiple Games, you should request closure of each. Upon receipt of your request, we will comply promptly but please allow some time for processing. We also reserve the right to retain a copy of any Personal Data that we are required by applicable law to retain.
b.User data deletion The user of has the authority to manage, use and delete the data generated in the application. If the user no longer needs the account data in the app, the user can delete or remove it. Data range that can be deleted: 1) The basic information of the user's Facebook account obtained by the application; 2) User account login record; 3) All user operation records in the app, such as level records, purchase records, etc. There are notes users should be aware before deleting or removing users. Depending on users' account, deleting, or removing users may have the following effects: 1) The application will delete all user data; 2) Before deleting the user data, you may need to transfer some data; 3) The system will not delete certain data, such as application-related content shared by users on Facebook; 4) After user data is deleted, it cannot be recovered. Steps to delete the data in the app: 1) Go to your Facebook profile, and find Apps and Websites page at the Facebook Settings; 2) Remove our app; 3) Click the Removed sub-tab, find our app, and Send Request to delete data.
We may share your data with certain third parties, including law enforcement agencies, our Service Providers and our affiliates. The circumstances in which we share data are summarised below:
a.Compliance with Laws, Legal Orders and Authorities: We may disclose or allow government and law enforcement officials access to certain Personal Data, in response to a subpoena, search warrant or court order (or similar requirement), or in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including for national security purposes. Such disclosure or access may occur with or without notice to you, if we have a good faith belief that we are legally compelled to do so, or that disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding actual or suspected illegal activity, fraud, or other wrongdoing. b.Service Providers: We may engage selected third party companies, contractors and individuals to perform services complementary to our own (e.g. hosting services, data analytics services, marketing agencies and advertising services and tools, data and cyber security services, fraud detection and prevention services, payment processing services, customer support partners, external moderators and testers, user engagement services, e-mail distribution and monitoring services, session recording, and our business, legal, financial and compliance advisors) (collectively, “Service Providers?. These Service Providers may have access to your Personal Data, depending on each of their specific roles and purposes in facilitating and complementing our Services, and may only process your Personal Data for the purposes for which we have instructed them. We may also share anonymous, statistical or aggregated information with our Service Providers for legitimate business purposes. c.Third Party Integrations: The Services allow you integrate with certain third party services, such as in order to connect your Facebook, Google or Apple account to a certain Game, Login with Google, Facebook or sign in with Apple or to place purchases, in which case you will be bound by the terms and conditions and privacy notices of said third parties (e.g., Apple, Google or Facebook) ?so please make sure that you read and accept them in advance. We do not receive or store your passwords for any of these third party services. d.Protecting Rights and Safety: We may share your Personal Data with others, with or without notice to you, if we believe in good faith that this will help protect the rights, property or personal safety of HTSW Wear, any of our users or any members of the general public. e.HTSW Wear Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies: We may share Personal Data internally within our family of companies, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, should HTSW Wear or any of its affiliates undergo any change in control, including by means of merger, acquisition or purchase of substantially all of its assets, your Personal Data may be shared with the parties involved in such event. If we believe that such change in control might materially affect your Personal Data then stored with us, we will notify you of this event and the choices you may have via e-mail and/or prominent notice on our Services.
For the removal of doubt, HTSW Wear may share your Personal Data in additional manners, pursuant to your explicit approval, or if we are legally obligated to do so, or if we have successfully rendered such data non-personal and anonymous. We may transfer, share or otherwise use non-personal data in our sole discretion and without the need for further approval.
a.Service Communications: We may contact you with important information regarding our Services. For example, we may notify you (through any of the means available to us) of changes or updates to our Services, billing issues, etc. You will not be able to opt-out of receiving such service communications. b.Promotional Communications: If you have signed up to receive such communications from us, we may also notify you about new services, events and special opportunities or any other information we think you will find valuable. We may provide such notices through any of the contact means available to us (e.g. phone, mobile or e-mail), through the Services, or through our marketing campaigns on any other sites or platforms. You have the right to withdraw your consent to receiving such promotional communications at any time. You can do this by contacting us at support@btccanyon.com or by following the “unsubscribe? “stop?or “change e-mail preferences?instructions in the promotional communications you receive.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Services and some of our Service Providers utilize “cookies? anonymous identifiers and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Tracking Technologies? which help us provide and improve our Services, personalize your experience and monitor the performance of our activities and campaigns, as well as the usage of our Apps, Games and Services as a whole. To learn more, please visit our Cookie Policy.
In order to protect your Personal Data held with us and our Service Providers, we use appropriate physical, procedural and electronic security measures, including encryption where deemed appropriate.. However, please be aware that regardless of any security measures used, we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of any Personal Data stored with us or with any third parties. If you discover any security or vulnerability issues related to the Services you should send an email to: support@btccanyon.com
9. Data Subject Rights ?European Economic Area, Switzerland and United Kingdom
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland or the United Kingdom (UK) about whom we process Personal Data, you have the right to:
1.Request access to your Personal Data (commonly known as a “data subject access request?. This enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. 2.Request correction of the Personal Data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected. 3.Request erasure of your Personal Data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below). 4.Object to processing of your Personal Data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. 5.Request the restriction of processing of your Personal Data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of Personal Data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it. 6.Request the transfer of your Personal Data to another party. 7.No fee usually required. You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances. 8.What we may need from you. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. 9.Right to Withdraw Consent. Please see Section 14 below.
If you wish to exercise your rights under applicable law (e.g., the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the UK GDPR) please contact us here. If you wish to manage the information we receive about you from a third-party application or platform where you play our Games, such as Facebook, Apple or Google, please follow the third-party application’s instructions for updating your information and changing your privacy settings.
Your Personal Data may be maintained, processed, accessed and stored by HTSW Wear and our authorized affiliates and Service Providers in and from the United States and other jurisdictions, as necessary for the proper delivery of our Services, or as may be required by law. HTSW Wear is based in a jurisdiction which is considered by authorities of the UK, Switzerland and the European Commission to be offering an adequate level of protection for the Personal Data of residents of the EEA and UK. We may transfer Personal Data we collect about you outside the EEA, Switzerland or UK, in order to perform our contract with you. To ensure that your Personal Data receives an adequate level of protection, we have put in place the following measures to ensure that your Personal Data is treated by those third parties in a way that is consistent with and which respects the EU and UK laws on data protection: Standard Contractual Clauses and countries that are the subject of an EU adequacy determination. If you require further information about the protective measures, you may contact us using the details in Section 14.
Our games are intended for individuals aged 16 and above. We reserve the right to request proof of age or parental consent at any stage. We may block Users whom we suspect are under the applicable age. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from minors and do not wish to do so. If we learn that a minor is using the Services or playing any of our Games, we may prohibit and block such use and will make all efforts to promptly delete any Personal Data stored with us with regard to such minor. If you believe that we might have any such data, please contact us at support@btccanyon.com
12. Amendments and Controlling Version
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting an amended version on our Services. The amended version will be effective as of the published effective date. We will provide an advance notice if any substantial changes are involved, via any of the communication means available to us, or on the Services. After this notice period, all amendments shall be deemed accepted by you. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of the new or modified Privacy Policy, you are required to stop using the Services. The Privacy Policy has been drafted in the English language, which is the original and controlling version of this Privacy Policy. All translations of this Privacy Policy into other languages shall be solely for convenience and shall not control the meaning or application of this Privacy Policy. In the event of any discrepancy between the meanings of any translated versions of the Privacy Policy and the English-language version, the meaning of the English language version shall prevail.
13. Right to Withdraw Consent.
In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your Personal Data for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact support@btccanyon.com
Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.
If you have any comments or questions about this Privacy Policy or if you have any concerns regarding your Privacy, or to contact HTSW Wear’s Data Protection Manager, please contact us at support@btccanyon.com