Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 7, 2025

Secrets of War ("SoW") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how Workman General, Inc. ("Company," "we," "us," "our") collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our services, including our website, game, forums, and any other online products or services (collectively, the "Services").

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the Services, including:

1. Personal Information: Information that identifies you personally, such as your name, email address, IP address, and payment information.
2. Usage Data: Information about your interactions with the Services, including chat logs, gameplay behavior, and preferences.
3. Third-Party Data: Information from third-party services that you link to your account, such as Discord for social logins and Google Analytics for usage analytics.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to provide a consistent browsing experience, perform internal analytics, and may use them for advertising purposes in the future.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

1. Account Management: To create and manage your account, provide customer support, and communicate with you about your account.
2. Service Improvement: To understand how users interact with the Services, monitor and analyze usage and trends, and improve the Services.
3. Moderation and Safety: To monitor user activity, detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and other harmful activities, and enforce our Terms of Service.
4. Game Events: To facilitate in-game events and promotions.
5. Marketing and Promotions: To send you promotional materials and other communications related to the Services.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

1. Service Providers: With third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to your information to carry out work on our behalf, such as payment processors (e.g., Stripe), analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics), and content moderation tools (e.g., OpenAI for user-generated content moderation).
2. Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to a legal process, such as a court order or subpoena.
3. Protection of Rights: To protect the rights, property, and safety of the Company, our users, or others.

4. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. You may request the deletion of your personal information by contacting us at privacy@sowclassic.com. We will remove any personally identifiable information (PII) upon request, except for records necessary to ensure continuity of gameplay, prevent fraud and abuse, or comply with legal obligations.

5. Data Security

We implement a variety of security measures to protect your personal information, including encryption, secure storage, and access restrictions. Our hosting provider, Render.com, achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance in January 2024 (https://render.com/blog/render-soc2-compliance), ensuring adherence to industry-standard security practices.

6. Age Restrictions

The Services are intended for users aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a person under 18, we will take steps to delete such information promptly.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete your data. We strive to comply with applicable data privacy laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). If you have any questions or requests regarding your data, please contact us at privacy@sowclassic.com.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice by updating the date at the top of this document and, when appropriate, notifying users through email, in-game notifications, or other means. Continued use of the Services after such changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Workman General, Inc.
1860 Barnett Shoals Rd
Suite #103; Box #400
Athens, GA 30605
Email: privacy@sowclassic.com