MetroidvaniaDB

MVDB

Our Commitment

metroidvaniadb.com (collectively “we”) respect the privacy rights of our online users. We recognize the importance of protecting your information. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is here to guide how we collect, store, and use that information.

BY VISITING metroidvaniadb.com (the “WEBSITE”) YOU ARE ACCEPTING AND CONSENTING TO THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY (INCLUDING AS UPDATED OR AMENDED). IF, FOR ANY REASON, YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, STOP USING THE WEBSITE AT ONCE. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Terms of Use.

Collected Information

User-provided Information: You may provide to us what is generally called “personally identifiable” information (including, but not limited to your full name and email address) by logging in to the Website.

“Cookies” Information: When you use the Website, we may send to your computer one or more cookies, which are small files containing strings of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your web browser, while a persistent cookie remains after closing your web browser and can be used by your web browser on subsequent visits. Persistent cookies can be removed. Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to see how to correctly modify your cookie settings.

“Automatically Collected” Information: When you use the Website we may automatically record certain information from your system. This may include but is not limited to Internet Protocol address or “IP Address”, geo-location data, a unique user ID, version of software installed, system type, the content and pages that you access on the Website, as well as the dates and times that you visit the Website.

Third Party Information: We may receive personal information about you from third parties so long as you have agreed to share this personal information with us.

How We Use Your Information

We use information provided by you or collected from you to perform under the respective Terms of Use, to operate, maintain, enhance, and provide all of the features of the Website as well as to track generated content as necessary to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

We may use your email address, without further consent, for administrative communications such as notifying you of major Website updates, to address copyright infringement or defamation issues, for email advertisement and other marketing activities, or to contact you regarding any content that you have posted or modified.

We use all of the information that we collect to understand the usage trends and preferences of our Users to improve the way the Website works and looks and to create new features and functionality.

We may use “Automatically Collected” information and “Cookies” to remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you access the Website, and to monitor aggregate Website usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages accessed; as well as track your contributions, submissions, and status in any other activities.

When we will disclose information

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or to comply with applicable laws or to respond to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant as required by the requesting entity. We disclose information to tax authorities in order to comply with applicable tax laws.

We also reserve the right to disclose information that we feel is appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability. This includes protection from unlawful uses, to investigate and defend ourselves against third-party claims or allegations, to assist government agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Website, or to prevent or investigate possible criminal activity. Also, as permitted by law, we may review server logs for security concerns and may disclose these to appropriate authorities, who may in turn use this information. As it is permitted by the law, we reserve the right to report to law enforcement or government authorities any activities that we believe are in violation of applicable rules and regulations, and we reserve the right to do so without prior notice.

We may share some or all of your personal information, as identified above, with third-party service providers that provide services to us for a variety of business purposes, including customer service, email deployment, advertising and marketing (which includes counting ad impressions, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, ensuring compliance with industry standards and specifications, ad delivery, reporting, personalization, audience segmentation, and analytics), security and performance monitoring, maintaining or servicing accounts, information hosting, auditing, and information processing. You hereby expressly agree that we may collect and process this information in and outside of the United States as well as to transmit such information for overseas processing.

Your Options

You may decline to share your personally identifiable information with us, which may result in our being unable to provide some features or functionality.

You may review and opt out of receiving personalized ads and sharing your information with third parties for direct marketing purposes at any time by contacting us at hello@fictionalweb.com.

You may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes by contacting hello@fictionalweb.com.

Data Security

We employ commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to protect your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, so by sharing your information with us you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, we make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If we learn of a security systems breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. We may send you a notice if such a security breach occurs.

For details about the data points we collect, please see “Collected Information” above. We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes described in “How we use your information” above.

We do not sell any information that we collect, though we may disclose it to third parties as detailed in "When we will disclose information" above.

Links to external sites

This Website may contain links to sites that are not operated by us, including advertisements provided by our ad providers. If you click on one of these links, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policies of every site you visit. We do not have control over and and do not assume responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information from persons under 13 years-of-age. If we learn that personally identifiable information of persons less than 13 years-of-age has been collected on or through the Website, then we will take appropriate steps to delete such information. If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 13 who has provided us with personally identifiable information, please contact us at to have that information deleted.

State-based Privacy

As of the date of this Privacy Policy, six states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Utah and Virginia—have enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. The laws have several provisions in common, such as the right to access and delete personal information and to opt-out of the sale of personal information, among others. The following is a brief synopsis of those laws. If you are a resident of any of these states, we advise you to familiarize yourself with the laws that applies to your situation and access it in the event you have any questions not answered here.

California: The California Consumer Privacy Act or “CCPA” (California Civil Code Section 1798.83) permits users of the Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact hello@fictionalweb.com.

The CCPA provides consumers residing in California certain rights regarding their personal information. If you are a California resident, you may have the right to request to know more about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, and disclose, request deletion of your personal information, opt out of sale of your personal information (if any), and not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

You or your authorized agent may make these requests by contacting us at hello@fictionalweb.com. Note that we may ask you for additional information to help us verify your identity before we complete your request. If we receive your request from an authorized agent, we may ask for evidence that you gave that person authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your rights under the CCPA.

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of information: Identifiers (such as email addresses);

Colorado: On July 7, 2021, Colorado passed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), which went into effect on July 1, 2023. The law sets forth consumers' data protection rights, including the right to access their personal data; the right to correct inaccuracies in their data; the right to request deletion of their data; the right to obtain a copy of their data; and the right to opt out of the processing of their personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of their data or profiling.

Connecticut: On May 10, 2022, Connecticut became the fifth US state to sign into law comprehensive consumer privacy legislation. Most provisions of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) went into effect on July 1, 2023, along with the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) on the same day.

Nevada: If you are a resident of the State of Nevada, you may be able to exercise additional rights to opt out of future sales of certain covered information that a website operator has collected or will collect about you, and you may exercise this right by submitting a request through by contacting hello@fictionalweb.com. Please note we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request.

Utah: On March 24, 2022, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) was enacted, making Utah the fourth State to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. The UCPA establishes consumers' rights around access, deletion, portability, and provides for the right to opt-out of targeted advertising and sale of personal data. The UCPA became effective Dec. 21, 2023. Consumers may request to access the personal data that a controller processes about them, delete personal data that the consumer provided to the controller, obtain a copy of the personal data, in a "portable" format, that the consumer provided to the controller, and opt out of the "sale" of personal data (defined as disclosure by a controller to a third party for monetary consideration) or processing of personal data for targeted advertising.

Virginia: On March 2, 2021, Virginia's legislature passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA, the Act), which went into effect on January 1, 2023. The CDPA recognizes certain data protection rights over consumers' personal information, including the right to access their data, correct inaccuracies in their data, request deletion of their data, receive a copy of their data, and opt out of the processing of their personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of their data or profiling.

Oher Rights: You have the right, where provided under applicable law, to ask us not to process your personal information for direct marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your information or clicking “unsubscribe” on the emails you receive. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at hello@fictionalweb.com. We will retain your personal information for as long as needed to provide you with any products and services which you request. We will retain and use your personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may occasionally change the terms of this Privacy Policy, so we encourage you to review the Privacy Policy periodically. You can view the Privacy Policy at any time here. If you do not agree to the amendments or to any of the terms in this Privacy Policy, please stop using the Website.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@fictionalweb.com.