Welcome to the Moonpickle Universe
At Moonpickle Studios, we create games, applications, and digital experiences designed to bring people together.
We believe that enjoying our games and sharing experiences with family and friends should not come at the expense of your privacy.
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") explains how Moonpickle Studios Inc. ("Moonpickle," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, stores, discloses, and protects personal information when you use our websites, applications, games, and related services.
It also explains your privacy rights, the choices available to you, and how to contact us about your personal information.
Our privacy principles are straightforward:
- Collect only information reasonably necessary for legitimate, identified purposes.
- Explain how personal information is used.
- Give users meaningful choices and appropriate control over their information.
- Apply additional safeguards to children's information.
- Protect personal information against unauthorized access and misuse.
- Respect requests to access, correct, or delete information in accordance with applicable law.
- Be transparent about the third-party services that help operate our products.
By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have been provided with this Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will request that consent through an appropriate process. Merely using a Service does not constitute blanket consent to every possible data practice.
1. Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Policy applies to the digital products and services developed, published, or operated by Moonpickle Studios Inc., including:
Moonpickle Studios Website
Our website at https://moonpicklestudios.com, including free browser-based games, interactive experiences, and related online functionality.
MyNiftyGifty
Our family-oriented gift registry and wish-sharing application, including parent-managed child profiles, family circles, gift ideas, favorites, and shared wish lists.
BIG2 Games
Our tabletop and card-game scorekeeping platform, including player accounts, game sessions, score histories, player statistics, and leaderboards where available.
Brine Alert
Our upcoming commercial game intended for distribution through Steam, including game functionality, player statistics, and leaderboard features when released.
Future Products
Additional Moonpickle games and applications that expressly adopt this Policy.
Collectively, these are referred to as the "Services."
Not every category of information described in this Policy is collected by every Service.
Data collection depends on the product, features used, permissions granted, and the technical services required to operate the experience.
Third-party platforms, including Steam and independent retailers, may have their own privacy policies governing information they independently collect.
2. Who Is Responsible for Your Information?
The organization responsible for personal information collected and processed under this Policy is:
Moonpickle Studios Inc.
Alberta, Canada
Website: https://moonpicklestudios.com
Privacy Contact: privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
Designated Privacy Officer: Privacy Officer
Privacy Officer Contact: privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
Moonpickle Studios Inc. is responsible for determining the purposes and means of processing personal information within its own Services, subject to applicable law.
Certain third-party platforms may independently determine how they process information for their own services.
The Privacy Officer is the designated point of contact for questions and requests concerning personal information, privacy practices, and the rights described in this Policy.
3. Personal Information We Collect
The personal information we collect varies according to the Service you use.
3.1 Account and identity information
When an account is created or maintained, information may include:
- Name or display name.
- Email address.
- Username or account identifier.
- Authentication identifiers.
- Profile photographs or avatars selected by the user.
- Account preferences and settings.
- Associated family or game-group memberships.
We collect only account information needed for the relevant functions and associated legitimate purposes.
Authentication providers may process additional information under their own agreements and privacy notices.
3.2 MyNiftyGifty information
When using MyNiftyGifty, information may include:
- Family-circle names and membership information.
- Display names or nicknames of family members.
- Parent-managed child profile information.
- Gift ideas, wishes, and preferences.
- Product descriptions and product links.
- Photos or images uploaded to gift collections.
- Birthday or occasion information voluntarily entered by an authorized user.
- Information about gifts, favorites, or shared wish lists.
- Family invitations and sharing permissions.
Information about a child may be entered or managed by a parent or legal guardian.
We do not require users to include sensitive information in gift descriptions or wish lists.
MyNiftyGifty does not currently support in-app purchases or payment transactions. We therefore do not collect payment-card information for in-app purchases through MyNiftyGifty.
3.3 BIG2 Games information
When using BIG2 Games, information may include:
- Player names or identifiers.
- Game-group memberships.
- Recorded scores and results.
- Game titles and session information.
- Game dates and participation histories.
- Player statistics, achievements, and rankings.
- Leaderboard entries where supported.
Information entered by a game organizer may relate to other people who participated in the same game.
Users should avoid entering unnecessary personal information about other players.
BIG2 Games does not currently distribute cryptocurrency or other financial rewards through gameplay.
Accordingly, this Policy does not describe blockchain wallets or financial reward transactions as existing BIG2 gameplay features.
If blockchain-based rewards are introduced, Moonpickle will provide appropriate additional disclosures before collecting information for those features.
3.4 Free browser-game information
When you play games on the Moonpickle Studios website, we may process limited technical and gameplay information required for the game to function.
Depending on the specific game, this may include:
- Game session identifiers.
- Scores and gameplay statistics.
- Saved progress, if supported.
- Browser and device information.
- Technical error reports.
- Information necessary to operate online features.
Some games may be playable without a registered user account.
Where game progress is stored locally in your browser or device, that information may not be linked to a Moonpickle user account.
3.5 Brine Alert and Steam information
When Brine Alert becomes available on Steam, Moonpickle may receive or process information made available through Steam's developer services, depending on which integrations are implemented.
This may include:
- Steam account identifiers.
- Steam display names.
- Game ownership or entitlement information.
- Game statistics and achievements.
- Leaderboard scores and rankings.
- Gameplay session information.
- Technical diagnostics and error information.
Certain leaderboard information may be displayed to other players through Steam or Moonpickle-operated game features.
Purchases made through Steam are processed through Steam's purchasing infrastructure.
Moonpickle does not directly collect full payment-card details simply because a user purchases Brine Alert through Steam.
Steam independently processes information in accordance with its privacy policy and applicable agreements.
Steam Privacy Policy: https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
The exact information processed by Brine Alert will depend on the services enabled at release.
3.6 Technical and device information
When our Services are accessed, we or our service providers may process technical information such as:
- Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Application version.
- Device or session identifiers.
- Approximate location inferred from network information.
- Website interaction and application performance information.
- Server logs, crashes, and error reports.
This information may be used to deliver the Services, maintain compatibility, diagnose problems, prevent abuse, and protect our infrastructure.
We do not require precise device location merely to create a gift list or record tabletop game scores.
If a future feature requires access to precise location, we will explain its purpose and request any necessary permission before collecting it.
3.7 Communications and support requests
When you contact Moonpickle, we may collect:
- Your email address.
- Your name or account identifier.
- The contents of your inquiry.
- Supporting information you voluntarily provide.
- Records of our responses.
- Information needed to investigate or resolve a support request.
Please avoid including passwords, payment credentials, or other unnecessary sensitive information in support communications.
4. How We Use Personal Information
We process personal information for the purposes described below, where appropriate and permitted by applicable law.
4.1 Operating our Services
We use relevant information to:
- Create and maintain accounts.
- Authenticate users.
- Enable family-circle functionality.
- Save and display gift ideas.
- Maintain game records and scores.
- Display player statistics and leaderboards.
- Save supported game preferences.
- Deliver requested online functionality.
4.2 Improving our products
We may use appropriate usage and diagnostic information to:
- Identify defects and crashes.
- Improve application performance.
- Understand feature reliability.
- Improve usability and accessibility.
- Monitor service availability.
- Develop and test improvements.
Where practicable, we use aggregated or de-identified information rather than directly identifiable information for general product analysis.
4.3 Security and misuse prevention
We may process information to:
- Protect accounts against unauthorized access.
- Investigate suspected fraud or abuse.
- Detect automated attacks or malicious activity.
- Protect our systems and users.
- Investigate manipulated game scores.
- Enforce applicable Terms of Service and community rules.
4.4 User communications
We may use your contact information to:
- Respond to support requests.
- Notify you of material changes to our Services.
- Communicate important security information.
- Provide necessary account and service notifications.
Optional promotional communications, if offered, will be subject to applicable consent and unsubscribe requirements.
We do not require consent to unrelated promotional marketing as a condition of obtaining essential account security communications.
4.5 Legal compliance
We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable law, valid legal process, or lawful regulatory requirements, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.
5. MyNiftyGifty and Children's Privacy
Protecting children's personal information is especially important to Moonpickle Studios.
MyNiftyGifty allows family participation through accounts administered by parents or legal guardians.
5.1 Parent-managed access
Children participate through parent-managed profiles rather than independently administered parent accounts.
Parents or guardians authorize profile creation and manage the child's participation through supported controls.
Moonpickle will obtain any additional verifiable parental consent required by applicable law before engaging in collection, use, or disclosure of children's personal information that requires such consent.
5.2 Information associated with child profiles
A parent or guardian may choose to provide information for a child's profile, such as:
- A display name or nickname.
- An avatar or profile photograph.
- Gift preferences and wish lists.
- Birthday or occasion information.
- Family-circle membership.
The information collected should be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the intended family features.
Parents should avoid entering unnecessary sensitive information about their children.
5.3 Privacy by default
Child profiles should be configured to protect personal information by default.
A child's information should not be made publicly discoverable merely because a child profile exists.
Family sharing should be limited to appropriately authorized participants or through sharing mechanisms deliberately selected by the parent or guardian.
Parents should understand that information shared through a link may become accessible to anyone who receives that link, depending on how the feature operates.
5.4 Children's advertising and profiling
Moonpickle's child-privacy policy is not to sell children's personal information or use it for behaviourally targeted advertising.
We will not authorize the use of children's personal information for unrelated advertising or profiling purposes without satisfying all applicable legal requirements.
Any non-essential use requiring parental consent must be disclosed and supported by an appropriate consent process.
5.5 Parental rights
Subject to applicable law and appropriate verification, a parent or legal guardian may request to:
- Review personal information associated with a child profile.
- Correct inaccurate information.
- Delete a child's profile or associated information.
- Withdraw consent for optional processing.
- Ask questions about how a child's information is used or shared.
Requests may be submitted to:
privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
We may need to verify the requester's authority to act for the child before disclosing or changing personal information.
5.6 Children's data retention
Children's personal information should be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the authorized purposes.
When a child profile is deleted, the associated personal information will be deleted or de-identified in accordance with applicable law and our retention procedures, subject to legitimate exceptions such as required legal records and limited backup retention.
Verification Required: The actual deletion periods, backup-retention limits, and procedures for child-profile deletion have not yet been confirmed.
5.7 International children's privacy requirements
Where applicable, Moonpickle will comply with laws governing children's personal information, including relevant requirements under Canada's privacy legislation and the United States Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Parental control over an account does not replace any additional consent, notice, data-minimization, or security obligations imposed by applicable law.
6. Sharing and Visibility Within Our Services
Certain features are specifically designed to share information with other people.
6.1 Family circles
Information shared through MyNiftyGifty may be visible to members of an authorized family circle.
This may include gift ideas, wish lists, names or nicknames, photos, and other voluntarily shared content.
Parents and account administrators should carefully manage invitations and shared links.
6.2 BIG2 game groups
Depending on the available features, game scores, names, statistics, and histories may be visible to relevant game participants or through supported leaderboard functionality.
Users should consider the visibility of information entered about other participants.
6.3 Brine Alert leaderboards
If Brine Alert includes online leaderboards, certain player identifiers, display names, scores, and rankings may be visible to other players.
Where leaderboards use Steam functionality, visibility may also depend on Steam's own systems and privacy settings.
6.4 Information shared externally
If you copy or distribute information outside our Services, such as a shared wish-list link, we cannot fully control how recipients subsequently use, copy, or redistribute information they can access.
We encourage users to share responsibly and use available privacy controls.
7. Third-Party Service Providers
Moonpickle uses third-party infrastructure and technology providers to operate its websites, applications, and games.
7.1 Confirmed service provider
Google Cloud
Google Cloud has been identified as a technology service provider used by Moonpickle Studios.
Depending on the services configured, cloud infrastructure may support hosting, application operations, data storage, or other technical functions.
Google Cloud's processing of personal information is subject to the applicable service agreements and privacy or data-processing terms.
Provider: Google Cloud
Provider Website: https://cloud.google.com
Specific Cloud Products: [Unverified — confirmation required]
Processing Countries: [Unverified — confirmation required]
Data Categories Processed: [Unverified — confirmation required]
7.2 Other third-party providers
Depending on the product and technical implementation, additional providers may perform functions such as:
- Account authentication.
- Database storage.
- File and image storage.
- Application distribution.
- Crash reporting and diagnostics.
- Analytics and service monitoring.
- Email and support communications.
- Steam game integrations.
These are categories of possible services, not confirmation that a particular third-party provider is currently active.
We provide service providers with information appropriate to their contracted functions and require suitable privacy and security protections.
Where a provider acts on our behalf, it should process personal information only for authorized purposes and in accordance with applicable contractual requirements.
Independent platforms, such as Steam or external retailers, may also process information for purposes they determine under their own privacy policies.
Verification Required: Confirm any additional providers, the specific Google Cloud services in use, personal information shared with each provider, processing locations, and relevant contractual safeguards.
8. Cookies, Local Storage, and Analytics
Our websites and browser-based games may use cookies, local storage, session information, and similar technologies.
8.1 Essential technologies
These technologies may be used to:
- Maintain login sessions.
- Preserve settings or preferences.
- Store browser-game progress.
- Support security functionality.
- Enable essential website features.
Where applicable, certain essential technologies may be necessary for the requested Service to operate.
8.2 Performance and analytics
If analytics technologies are enabled, they may collect information about website performance, application stability, or usage patterns.
We will provide required notices and choices for non-essential analytics technologies, including consent where applicable.
8.3 Advertising technologies
If advertising or cross-service tracking technologies are introduced, we will provide appropriate notice, disclosure, and available privacy controls before their use.
Children's personal information will be subject to the additional protections described in Section 5.
8.4 Your choices
You can generally control or delete browser cookies and local storage through your browser settings.
Blocking certain essential technologies may prevent parts of the Services from functioning correctly.
Where non-essential cookies or tracking technologies require consent, we will provide suitable consent or preference controls.
Verification Required — Cookies and SDK Inventory
The following have not yet been confirmed:
- Whether Google Analytics or Firebase Analytics is enabled.
- Whether crash-reporting SDKs are active.
- Whether advertising or tracking technologies are used.
- Which essential cookies and local-storage mechanisms are present.
- Whether additional consent-management functionality is required.
This section must be updated to reflect the actual technologies in use before publication.
9. Marketing Communications
Moonpickle may offer optional updates about games, product releases, studio news, or community events.
Where promotional email or other electronic marketing is offered, we will obtain consent where required and provide an appropriate method to withdraw consent or unsubscribe.
Necessary account, safety, security, or service communications are different from optional marketing messages.
We do not treat a child's participation in a family-circle account as independent authorization to receive promotional marketing.
10. International Data Processing and Transfers
Moonpickle Studios Inc. is based in Alberta, Canada.
Moonpickle has identified Google Cloud as a service provider.
Depending on the Google Cloud regions and other technical services configured, personal information may be processed, stored, or accessed outside Alberta or outside Canada.
The actual data storage and processing countries have not yet been confirmed.
Where personal information is processed outside Canada, it may be subject to the laws of the country where it is held or accessed, including lawful access requests by public authorities.
Moonpickle will apply contractual, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information and applicable legal requirements.
Where required, we will provide information about the countries involved, the purposes of foreign service providers, and how individuals can obtain further information about these arrangements.
Verification Required — Foreign Processing Locations
Confirm:
- Google Cloud regions used by each application.
- Primary database and object-storage locations.
- Backup and disaster-recovery locations.
- Countries from which authorized service providers can access personal information.
- Any additional international processing arrangements.
Privacy questions about international transfers may be directed to:
privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
11. How Long We Retain Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Retention depends on the nature of the information and the Service involved.
11.1 Account information
Account information may be maintained while the account remains active and for any limited period reasonably necessary to complete deletion, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, or meet legal obligations.
11.2 MyNiftyGifty content
Wish lists, gift information, and family-circle records may be retained while needed to provide the requested functions.
When associated content or profiles are deleted, retention is subject to applicable backup practices, legal requirements, and information that has been separately shared with or retained by other users.
11.3 BIG2 game history
Game histories, statistics, and player records may be retained to support persistent scorekeeping.
Account deletion, correction requests, and applicable privacy rights may require records to be removed, de-identified, or otherwise adjusted.
11.4 Brine Alert information
Where applicable, player statistics and leaderboard records may be retained in Moonpickle or Steam-operated systems according to the relevant functionality, retention rules, and applicable law.
Moonpickle cannot independently delete information for which Steam is the responsible controller.
11.5 Security and operational records
Technical and security logs may be retained for limited periods appropriate to diagnosing problems, preventing abuse, and protecting the Services.
11.6 Support communications
Support records may be retained for the time reasonably necessary to resolve issues, maintain an appropriate service history, or meet legal obligations.
11.7 Retention schedule
Verification Required — Retention Periods
Actual retention periods have not yet been established for:
- User accounts and inactive accounts.
- Parent-managed children's profiles.
- MyNiftyGifty gift and family-circle records.
- BIG2 game scores and histories.
- Brine Alert player statistics.
- Technical, security, and diagnostic logs.
- Cloud backups and deleted-record recovery.
- Customer support correspondence.
Until confirmed, this Policy does not represent that a specific number of days, months, or years applies to these categories.
The final published retention disclosures must reflect actual operational practices and applicable legal obligations.
12. Security of Personal Information
We take the security of personal information seriously.
Moonpickle uses, or will implement as appropriate, reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, modification, loss, or destruction.
Safeguards should be appropriate to the sensitivity of the information, with particular attention to children's data.
These measures may include access restrictions, secure authentication, appropriate encryption, service-provider controls, monitoring, and secure development practices.
No electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
If we identify a privacy or security incident, we will investigate, take appropriate corrective action, and provide notifications to individuals or regulators when required by law.
Users should protect their credentials and report suspected unauthorized access.
Security Contact: support@moonpicklestudios.com
13. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of eligible personal information.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Request a portable copy of information where legally required.
- Ask for information about relevant disclosures or processing practices.
- Submit a complaint to an appropriate privacy regulator.
13.1 Access and correction
You may request access to personal information under our control and ask us to correct inaccuracies.
We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
13.2 Account and information deletion
You may request deletion of eligible account and personal information by using available account controls or contacting our privacy team.
Certain records may need to be retained where required by law or necessary for a legitimate purpose recognized by applicable law.
Deletion of information held by an independent third party, such as Steam, may require a separate request to that provider.
13.3 Withdrawal of consent
Where processing relies on your consent, you may withdraw that consent in accordance with applicable law.
Withdrawal may affect optional features or, where the information is essential to a requested Service, our ability to continue providing that Service.
We will explain material consequences where appropriate.
13.4 Parent and guardian requests
Parents or legal guardians may submit requests concerning their children's MyNiftyGifty information.
Moonpickle may verify parental authority before disclosing or changing children's personal information.
13.5 How to submit a privacy request
Send requests to:
privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
Please describe the request and provide enough information to identify the relevant account or Service.
We will respond within the period required by applicable law and explain any lawful exceptions that affect our response.
We will not discriminate against individuals for exercising legally protected privacy rights.
14. Additional Information for Canadian Users
Moonpickle Studios Inc. operates from Alberta, Canada.
Our practices are subject to applicable Canadian privacy legislation, which may include:
- Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
- The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), where applicable.
- Other provincial privacy laws where applicable.
Individuals may request information about Moonpickle's privacy practices and exercise the rights provided under applicable legislation.
If you are dissatisfied with our response to a privacy concern, you may have the right to contact the relevant privacy commissioner or regulator.
For Alberta private-sector privacy matters, information is available from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta:
https://oipc.ab.ca
We encourage users to contact our privacy team first so that we can attempt to resolve concerns promptly.
15. Additional Information for International Users
Moonpickle products may be accessible internationally.
Different privacy laws may apply according to your location and our activities.
15.1 European Economic Area and United Kingdom
Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR applies, Moonpickle will process personal information only where an appropriate legal basis exists.
Depending on the processing activity, these bases may include:
Contractual necessity: Processing necessary to provide a requested account, game, or application feature.
Legitimate interests: Processing reasonably necessary for purposes such as securing the Services, preventing abuse, and improving reliability, subject to applicable balancing requirements.
Consent: Processing for purposes requiring consent, including certain optional technologies or communications.
Legal obligations: Processing required to comply with applicable law.
Eligible individuals may exercise rights under applicable law, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and withdrawal of consent.
Individuals may also have the right to complain to a competent supervisory authority.
Where legally required, Moonpickle will provide additional information about international transfer safeguards and any appointed regional representative.
Verification Required — EU/UK Compliance
The following remain undetermined:
- Whether Moonpickle's current activities trigger specific EU GDPR or UK GDPR requirements.
- Whether an EU or UK representative must be appointed.
- Whether additional regional privacy notices are necessary.
- Which international transfer safeguards apply.
- Whether other regional compliance arrangements are required.
No EU or UK representative is identified in this draft because an appointment has not been confirmed.
15.2 United States
Users in certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights if the relevant state privacy laws apply to Moonpickle.
These may include rights concerning access, correction, deletion, portability, and certain uses or disclosures of personal information.
We will honor applicable rights and provide opt-out mechanisms where legally required.
Where COPPA applies, Moonpickle will provide required notices and obtain appropriate verifiable parental consent for covered processing of children's information.
A parent-managed account does not, by itself, replace all obligations under COPPA.
15.3 Other jurisdictions
Users in other jurisdictions may have additional privacy protections under their local laws.
Where those laws apply, Moonpickle will comply with the relevant mandatory requirements.
16. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, retailers, game platforms, and online resources.
These services may independently collect personal information.
Examples may include links to products on MyNiftyGifty wish lists or Steam features used by Brine Alert.
Their privacy practices are governed by their respective policies rather than this Policy, except where they process information on Moonpickle's behalf under our instructions.
We encourage users to review the privacy notices of third parties before sharing personal information with them.
17. Automated Processing and Analytics
Certain functions may involve automated processing, such as calculating game statistics, identifying errors, ranking leaderboard scores, or detecting suspicious activity.
These activities are intended to support the Services.
If Moonpickle introduces automated decision-making or profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects on individuals, we will provide the disclosures and safeguards required by applicable law.
Game scores and automated leaderboards are not intended to serve as evaluations of a person's financial eligibility, employment suitability, or other legally significant personal characteristics.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Policy as our Services, technology, or legal obligations change.
When we make updates, we will revise the effective or last-updated date.
For material changes to how personal information is processed, we will provide appropriate notice and obtain additional consent where required by law.
We will not treat publication of an updated Policy as permission to use personal information for materially new purposes where additional consent is legally required.
Previous versions may be made available upon reasonable request where appropriate.
19. Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy, personal information, children's privacy, data access, or deletion requests, please contact:
Moonpickle Studios Inc.
Jurisdiction: Alberta, Canada
Postal Mailing Address: [Unverified — physical or postal address not yet provided]
General Correspondence Email: support@moonpicklestudios.com
Website: https://moonpicklestudios.com
Privacy Officer: Privacy Officer
Privacy Contact: privacy@moonpicklestudios.com
General Support: support@moonpicklestudios.com
Legal Inquiries: legal@moonpicklestudios.com
We will review privacy inquiries and respond in accordance with applicable law.
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