{"id":147,"date":"2026-09-16T08:19:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highgroundentertainment.com\/Stage\/privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:19:25","slug":"privacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highgroundentertainment.com\/Stage\/privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n\n<style>\n\/* Privacy: Inhaltsverzeichnis links, Text rechts. 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The short version: no tracking, no advertising, and nothing\n        loads from third parties until you ask for it.<\/p>\n    <\/header>\n  <\/section>\n  <section class=\"hg-section hg-wrap\">\n<div class=\"hg-glance\">\n  <div><b>No tracking<\/b><span>No analytics, no advertising cookies, no user profiles.<\/span><\/div>\n  <div><b>Local fonts<\/b><span>Fonts load from our own server, not from Google.<\/span><\/div>\n  <div><b>Your choice<\/b><span>Newsletter only with double opt in. Videos only load when you press play.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"hg-privacy\">\n      <nav class=\"hg-privacy-toc\" aria-label=\"Contents\"><a href=\"#controller\">Who is responsible<\/a><a href=\"#hosting\">Hosting and server log files<\/a><a href=\"#cookies\">Cookies and consent<\/a><a href=\"#fonts\">Fonts<\/a><a href=\"#newsletter\">Newsletter<\/a><a href=\"#contact\">Contact form<\/a><a href=\"#youtube\">YouTube videos<\/a><a href=\"#links\">Steam and Discord<\/a><a href=\"#security\">Security<\/a><a href=\"#rights\">Your rights<\/a><a href=\"#changes\">Changes to this policy<\/a><\/nav>\n      <div class=\"hg-privacy-body\">\n<section id=\"controller\">\n<h2>Who is responsible<\/h2>\n<p>The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website within the meaning\nof the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:<\/p>\n<div class=\"hg-controller\">\n  <p>Highground Entertainment<br><span class=\"hg-note\" style=\"margin:10px 0 0\">Full legal name and postal address to be added<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can reach us about anything related to your data through our\n<a href=\"\/Stage\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"hosting\">\n<h2>Hosting and server log files<\/h2>\n<p>This website is hosted by an external provider. Whenever you open a page, your browser\nautomatically transmits information that the server stores in log files. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>your IP address<\/li>\n  <li>date and time of the request<\/li>\n  <li>the page or file requested and the amount of data transferred<\/li>\n  <li>the referring page, if your browser sends it<\/li>\n  <li>browser type, version and operating system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We need this data to deliver the website, keep it stable and secure, and investigate attacks.\nIt is not combined with other data sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in a secure and working website.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cookies\">\n<h2>Cookies and consent<\/h2>\n<p>We use the consent tool CookieAdmin. When you first visit, it asks which cookies you allow and\nstores your choice in a small cookie in your browser, so it does not have to ask again on every page.<\/p>\n<p>We do not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not build user profiles.<\/p>\n<p>If you log in to the WordPress backend, which only applies to site administrators, WordPress sets\nthe cookies it needs for the login session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: \u00a7 25(2) TDDDG and Art. 6(1)(c) and (f) GDPR. Storing your\nconsent choice is technically necessary.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"fonts\">\n<h2>Fonts<\/h2>\n<p>The fonts on this website are hosted on our own server. When a page loads, no connection is made\nto Google Fonts or any other external font service.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"newsletter\">\n<h2>Newsletter<\/h2>\n<p>If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address to send you development updates,\nplaytest invitations and release news. Subscribing is voluntary.<\/p>\n<h3>Double opt in<\/h3>\n<p>After you submit the form, you receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription. You are\nonly added to the list once you click the confirmation link. We store the time of your signup and\nconfirmation together with your IP address, so we can prove that you really requested the newsletter.<\/p>\n<h3>MailerLite<\/h3>\n<p>The newsletter is sent with MailerLite, operated by MailerLite Limited, 88 Harcourt Street,\nDublin 2, D02 DK18, Ireland. Your email address and the signup data above are stored on MailerLite\nservers. MailerLite can also record whether a newsletter was opened and which links were clicked,\nwhich helps us understand what readers find useful. We have a data processing agreement with MailerLite.<\/p>\n<p>MailerLite belongs to a group that includes MailerLite, Inc. in the United States, so data may be\nprocessed outside the European Union. MailerLite, Inc. is certified under the Data Privacy Framework\nbetween the European Union and the United States.<\/p>\n<h3>Unsubscribing<\/h3>\n<p>You can unsubscribe at any time with the link at the bottom of every newsletter. Your email address\nis then removed from the active list. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of\nanything sent before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, your consent.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"contact\">\n<h2>Contact form<\/h2>\n<p>If you write to us through the contact form, we process the details you enter: your name, your email\naddress, the subject and your message. We use them only to answer your request and for follow up\nquestions.<\/p>\n<p>The form is provided by the WordPress plugin FormLayer. Your message is stored in the database of\nthis website, and a copy is sent to our email inbox. It is not passed on to third parties.<\/p>\n<p>We delete your details once your request is fully answered and there is no reason to keep them,\nunless legal retention periods require otherwise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your request relates to a contract,\notherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in answering messages we receive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"youtube\">\n<h2>YouTube videos<\/h2>\n<p>We show our trailers from YouTube in privacy enhanced mode (youtube nocookie). The video is <strong>not<\/strong> loaded when you open a page. You only see a preview image served from our own server. Only when you press play does your browser connect to YouTube. YouTube then receives data such as your IP address and the page you are on, and may store cookies or similar information on your device.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.\nData may also be transferred to Google LLC in the United States, which is certified under the Data\nPrivacy Framework between the European Union and the United States. Details are in\n<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google&#8217;s privacy policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, your consent, which you give by starting the video.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"links\">\n<h2>Steam and Discord<\/h2>\n<p>Our pages link to Steam and Discord, for example to wishlist a game or join our community. These are\nplain links. No data is sent to Valve or Discord while you browse our website. Only when you click a link\nand leave this site do the privacy policies of those platforms apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/privacy_agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam, Valve Corporation<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discord Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"security\">\n<h2>Security<\/h2>\n<p>To protect the login area from attacks, we use the security plugin Loginizer. It records the IP\naddress and time of failed login attempts and temporarily blocks addresses after repeated failures.\nThis only affects attempts to log in to the backend, not normal visits.<\/p>\n<p>This website uses an encrypted connection (TLS). You can recognise it by the lock icon and the\nhttps address in your browser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"hg-privacy-law\">Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, our legitimate interest in protecting the website.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"rights\">\n<h2>Your rights<\/h2>\n<p>You have the right to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>request information about the personal data we hold about you (Art. 15 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>have incorrect data corrected (Art. 16 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>have your data deleted (Art. 17 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>restrict the processing of your data (Art. 18 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>receive your data in a common, machine readable format (Art. 20 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>object to processing based on our legitimate interests (Art. 21 GDPR)<\/li>\n  <li>withdraw any consent you have given, with effect for the future (Art. 7(3) GDPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To use any of these rights, send us a message through the <a href=\"\/Stage\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in\nparticular in the country where you live or where the suspected infringement took place (Art. 77 GDPR).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"changes\">\n<h2>Changes to this policy<\/h2>\n<p>We update this policy when our website or the services we use change. 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