The MetaSchool Privacy Policy is designed to help you better understand the information we collect and the different ways we may use or share it. This policy applies to your use of the MetaSchool services. By “MetaSchool services,” we mean any of our websites, stores, games, game developer tools, applications, or other products or services that link to this policy. Additional terms and conditions may also apply to your relationship with MetaSchool, depending on how you choose to interact with us. Please read this entire policy to make sure you fully understand it. You should also be sure to carefully review other terms potentially applicable to your visit and your use of specific MetaSchool services (such as Fortnite or the use of your MetaSchool Account with third-party games), and confirm that you understand and agree to them, before using the MetaSchool services. MetaSchool, Inc. and our subsidiaries operate and support the MetaSchool services from different locations around the world. When we say “MetaSchool” or “MetaSchool,” we’re referring to the relevant MetaSchool entity identified for your region in the “How to Contact Us” section of the policy below. This MetaSchool entity is responsible for providing the MetaSchool services to you and is the controller of information collected under this policy. Please see “How to Contact Us” below to learn more about sending us any privacy-related questions or concerns you may have.
We generally collect information in three ways: (1) you voluntarily provide information to us, such as by creating an account, making purchases, or signing up for email alerts, (2) we collect information automatically from your use of the MetaSchool services, such as through cookies or our games and other software, and (3) other parties, such as game console platforms and social networks, may provide information to us. Each of these methods is described in more detail below.
You may provide your personal information to us when you choose to use the MetaSchool services. Because we change our offerings and features from time to time, the options you have to provide us with information also may change. Some of the most common examples of situations in which you may provide information to us include:
The specific types of information you may be able to provide us will often vary depending on the MetaSchool services you are using and how you interact with them. For example, you’ll need an MetaSchool account to access certain parts of the MetaSchool services. If you’d like to create one, you may be asked to provide basic registration details like your name, a public-facing display name, password, country of residence, and email address. We automatically assign each new MetaSchool account with a number (an “MetaSchool account ID”) during the registration process, which helps to uniquely reference your MetaSchool account across the MetaSchool services and facilitate features like cross-play. If you’d like to make a purchase, we may ask you to provide billing information (like your card’s payment account number and expiration date) to enable the transaction. Sometimes we ask for other information like your phone number, postal address, billing address, and date of birth. We’ll also collect information when you choose to share it with us directly in any other way, including by sending it as part of a communication with MetaSchool (like through Player Support requests) or other users of the MetaSchool services (like through in-game chat or forum posts). Some of our websites also provide a feature that supports job applications, in which case we also ask for your resume, real name, email address, and phone number. We use this information to determine if you are qualified for the position for which you applied or to contact you to set up an interview.
We collect some information automatically when you visit the MetaSchool services. We typically aggregate this data and use it in statistical form to determine trends among groups of users, rather than using it to identify individuals. If a combination of information that we collect does identify you as an individual, we will treat the combined information as personal information. We collect information automatically through technologies such as web browsers, cookies, log files, web beacons, and our back-end servers collect usage data transmitted from the MetaSchool services. We use the information for purposes such as modifying or improving features, managing advertising, addressing technical issues, preventing fraud or misuse of our services, and conducting data analytics. The type of information that we automatically collect may vary, but generally includes:
Please note that if certain features on the MetaSchool services are provided by third parties, those third parties may also use automated means of data collection and may record information about your use of the MetaSchool services or others’ websites over time. These features are subject to those third parties’ privacy notices and policies. Fraud Prevention & Anti-Cheat: Providing users with a fair, balanced, and competitive experience on the MetaSchool services is extremely important to us. We strictly enforce prohibitions against cheating, hacking, account stealing, and any other unauthorized or fraudulent activity on the MetaSchool services. When you create an MetaSchool account, buy our products or services, play our games, or otherwise interact with the MetaSchool on or through the MetaSchool services, we may use a variety of anti-cheat and fraud prevention technologies to help us identify and prevent malicious activity. These services may collect and analyze data about the game binary or your computer to detect cheating, and may be provided by MetaSchool or by third parties such as BattleEye.
In some cases, other parties provide us with information about you, or allow us to collect information about you. We generally collect information from other parties in four ways: (1) you interact with MetaSchool using a service that is not controlled by us, such as a social network, (2) you choose to use a social feature of the MetaSchool services, (3) you access MetaSchool services through another party, such as a gaming console or mobile device operator, or (4) you link a third party account to your MetaSchool account. In some cases, we are not able to control the amount or type of information that other parties, like social networks, make available to us. In those cases, we use only the data that we need to provide the types of services we think our users want and expect. Although we cannot control your privacy settings at those websites or how those other parties protect your privacy, once we receive information about you through those websites, we will treat it in accordance with this policy. When You Interact with MetaSchool on Third Party Services When you interact with MetaSchool on a website or app not controlled by MetaSchool, that website or app may allow MetaSchool access to certain information about you. For example, social networks may provide us with information from your profile on their services or other information that you agreed the social network or other party could provide to us. When You Use Social Features of the MetaSchool Services When you choose to use some of the MetaSchool services’ social features, you allow MetaSchool to receive information about you from third parties (like social networks). Our social features promote and facilitate interaction among players, such as by allowing you and your friends to work together to meet a shared challenge presented by our game or application. You may be able to use these features to find out if your friends are actively playing the game and using the feature, to find out if they used it in the past, and to invite them to join with you to meet a game challenge. If you choose to use one of our social features, you may be asked to log into a social network through our game or application. The social network may then provide MetaSchool with information such as your social network user ID, your profile picture, and the user IDs and profile pictures of your connections. When You Access MetaSchool Services through Other Parties or Devices We may also receive information about you from the organizations that sell our games or applications, or which provided the gaming system you use. Those parties may provide us with information regarding your account or registration, but they do not give us your payment information. Because those organizations determine what information they will collect from you, it may vary according to their services, but is likely to include details such as your display name and user ID for those services, as well as device and region information. When You Link a Third Party Account to Your MetaSchool Account If you choose to link a third party account, such as a gaming console or social media account, to your MetaSchool account, the third party will provide MetaSchool with information about that account. Because those organizations determine what information they will collect from you, it may vary according to their services, but is likely to include details such as your third party account display name and user ID, as well as associated device information, name, and email address.
As a general matter, we use and share the information we collect (either individually or in combination with other information collected as described in this policy) to help us provide, improve, customize, analyze, and market the MetaSchool services where we have an appropriate basis to do so. (1) Use We rely on several different legal bases to process personal information for the purposes disclosed in this policy. These often depend on the exact nature of your relationship with MetaSchool, but common examples include: To support our legitimate interests, such as: To communicate with you, respond to your requests, or provide you with updates and information; To better understand our users and their preferences; To personalize your experience, save your preferences, authenticate our users, and provide similar user-experience features; To develop, deliver, and improve our products, services, and other offerings, some of which may be offered in partnership with other parties; To manage and customize advertisements or promotional offers; For security purposes; and For internal purposes such as auditing and data analysis. To provide services that are subject to terms you have accepted, such as enforcing our licenses, agreements, and terms of service, which may include reasonable monitoring to detect and prevent misuse or fraud, keep our games fair for all users, and otherwise protect and defend the MetaSchool services. When you give consent, which you can withdraw at any time. To comply with legal obligations. We store personal information for as long as we reasonably need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. For example, if you create an MetaSchool account, we will store the personal information associated with your MetaSchool account for as long as needed to maintain your account, provide the MetaSchool services you requested, enforce any applicable terms that govern your use of the MetaSchool services, and maintain appropriate records to reflect our delivery of the MetaSchool services to you. We periodically review the personal information we retain to determine whether continued storage is proper. (2) Sharing Service Providers. We share personal information with service providers that we’ve engaged to help support the MetaSchool services by performing certain services on our behalf and under our instructions. For example, if you make a purchase on the MetaSchool services, we’ll generally share your billing information with a third-party payment processor to enable your transaction. Other common examples include partners that assist with cloud storage, email marketing of products and services offered by MetaSchool, Player Support ticketing, and monitoring and securing the MetaSchool services. These service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose personal information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. Affiliates. We may share personal information we collect with MetaSchool, Inc. subsidiaries to support the MetaSchool services worldwide. Marketing Partners. We may share certain limited information, such as device identifiers, with marketing partners for purposes of executing and optimizing campaigns, and gauging the effectiveness of advertising and other marketing strategies solely on MetaSchool's behalf. MetaSchool Store Partners. If you purchase a game from the MetaSchool Store, we may share certain information associated with your MetaSchool account with the game’s developer or publisher to support your gameplay and permit them to contact you for appropriate purposes. For example, to support gameplay we may share your MetaSchool account ID and entitlement to the game. To support in-game social features we may also share your MetaSchool display name and your MetaSchool friends list. You may also opt-in to share your contact information with a game’s developer or publisher. If a store partner removes their game from the MetaSchool Store, we also will transfer information necessary to support your continued gameplay on another platform to them. When MetaSchool provides your information to these independent developers and publishers, their use and disclosure of the information is governed by limitations in our agreements with them. However, they also provide their end users with privacy notices or policies that govern their use of your information. Personal information you share with them or that is not provided by MetaSchool will be subject to the developers’ and publishers’ privacy notices and policies, and may not be subject to this policy. MetaSchool Account Services. If you sign in to a third-party developer’s game or application using your MetaSchool account, you may choose to share details about your MetaSchool account such as your MetaSchool account ID, MetaSchool display name, linked account identifiers, online presence, and your MetaSchool friends using the same game or application. These third-party developers’ uses of this MetaSchool account information is governed by limitations in our agreements with them. Personal information you share with them or which is not provided by MetaSchool is subject to the third-party developers’ privacy notices and policies, which may differ from MetaSchool’s practices as described in this policy. Please review third-party developers’ privacy policies carefully, and ensure you understand and are comfortable with how they handle your information, before using your MetaSchool account to access their products or services. Social Features. We may share, or provide you with opportunities to share, information about you with other users of the MetaSchool services as described in this policy. We also provide services that allow our users to communicate with MetaSchool and each other, in which case personal information may be shared and account IDs may be displayed. For example, we may share information about you with your social contacts when you and they use the same social features of our games and applications. We may also disclose information about you: (i) if we are required to do so by law, legal process, or a reasonable request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials, (ii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity, or (iii) if necessary to protect the vital interests of another individual (such as to prevent death, bodily harm, or serious damage to property). We reserve the right to transfer information about our users in the event we sell or transfer all or substantially all our business or assets.
We seek to provide you with meaningful choices about the personal information you share with MetaSchool, as well as the ways we may use or share that information.We’ll generally only ask you for personal information that is necessary to provide the MetaSchool services you request. You can choose not to give us personal information we request, but if you decide not to, you may not be able to access certain parts of the MetaSchool services and some features may not work as intended. We may also seek your prior consent to process your information in certain ways. You aren’t required to provide consent if you do not want your personal information to be processed for the requested purposes, and may withdraw your consent at any time. Any withdrawal of consent is only effective on a going-forward basis and will not impact processing we undertook while relying on your consent. We provide you with the ability to request access to, and correction or deletion of, your personal information. You can update your account information or request that we delete your MetaSchool account directly through the MetaSchool services at any time. If you would like to request access to personal information associated with your MetaSchool account, please see the “How to Contact Us” section below. Other examples of your choices include: You can browse our website without providing any personal information. We may collect some limited information automatically, as described above. You may opt out of receiving our marketing messages at any time by using the opt-out mechanism provided in the message. You can change your privacy settings on other parties’ websites, such as social networks, which will stop or limit our receipt of information from those other websites. You also may choose not to use social features we make available. If you choose to use these features, you should refrain from posting personal information that will be visible to others, such as including your email address in a forum or during a chat. You may change your browser settings or take other steps to block, manage, or delete cookies. Not all of our websites and online services currently respond to browser “do not track” signals, so you will need to use your browser settings to effectively manage cookies. In some cases, blocking or disabling cookies may cause our websites, games, and applications not to work as intended and some features may not be available. You can limit interest-based advertising by opting out at www.aboutads.info/choices/ or www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. If you are located in Europe, more information is available at www.youronlinechoices.eu/. If you are under the age of 18 and have an account for our websites, mobile apps, game engines, games, or other online services, you may request that we remove certain content that you provided, such as deleting or editing comments you have posted. You also may ask us to assist you in removing or anonymizing content you have posted by contacting us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section of this policy. Please be aware that taking these steps may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on our websites, online services, applications, or games. We also may not be able to remove content you post if applicable law requires us to maintain the posting or if another party has re-posted the content to a website, app, game or other online service that we do not own or control. You may also exercise and amend your choices by sending an email to us as detailed in the “How to Contact Us” section below. EEA and UK Residents. If you are an EEA or UK resident, you may have the right to access your information, the right to correct your information, the right to request deletion of your personal information, the right to request restricted processing of your personal information, the right to a portable copy of the personal information you have provided, and the right to object to processing of your personal information, such as for direct marketing. For more information about exercising these rights, send an email to the address specified in the “How to Contact Us” section below. EEA and UK residents may contact MetaSchool’s data protection officer with any questions or concerns about our handling of personal information at dpo@MetaSchoolgames.com. EEA and UK residents also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority if they have concerns about MetaSchool’s handling of personal information. California Residents. If you are a California resident and are not a job applicant, employee or employee of another company interacting with us in your job, you have the right to ask us what personal information we have collected and shared about you, the right to request deletion of your personal information, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights. For more information about exercising these rights, send an email to the address specified in the “How to Contact Us” section below. Sales of Information. MetaSchool only uses the personal information we collect to help provide, support, and improve the MetaSchool services as described in this policy, and we do not sell this information to third parties.
We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use and other unlawful forms of processing. In some cases, your information is accessible when you log into a feature we offer, and in those cases you need to keep your user credentials and password confidential and secure so that your information is protected.
The MetaSchool services are intended to be appropriate for general audiences. Once a parent provides their consent, we’ll give them an opportunity to review and change important account settings that control how their child can interact with the MetaSchool services. To learn more, see https://www.MetaSchoolgames.com/fortnite/en-US/parental-controls. Parents are also generally free to change or revoke the choices they’ve previously made, and can review the personal information associated with their child’s account or request that we delete it from our systems. To submit these requests or ask us any other questions you may have about how we handle your child’s personal information, please see “How to Contact Us” below. Authorized child accounts are otherwise treated much like other MetaSchool accounts. They can generally play approved games (such as Fortnite), access communications and social features (like chat and friends lists), and freely interact with most of the MetaSchool services (including downloading other games from the MetaSchool Store). For additional details, please see the “Information We Collect” and “How We Use and Share Information” sections of the policy above.
MetaSchool is a company with operations around the world. By using the MetaSchool services, you acknowledge and agree that your information may be processed outside your country of residence, including in other jurisdictions (like the United States) that may have different data protection frameworks than your region. To learn more about the MetaSchool entity responsible for operating the MetaSchool services in your region, see “How to Contact Us” below. We’ve implemented and maintain a framework consistent with applicable law and this policy for transfers of information outside the country of collection. For example, when we transfer personal data collected in the European Union to locations outside the European Economic Area, we rely on transfer mechanisms adopted by the European Commission to help establish adequate safeguards, like Standard Contractual Clauses. We may also need to transfer your information to provide the MetaSchool services to you in accordance with our existing agreements with you, such as the Terms of Service.
This policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal information practices or relevant laws. We will indicate at the top of this policy when this policy was last updated. Please review this policy every time you access or use the MetaSchool services to make sure that you have reviewed the most recent version.
If you have general questions or concerns about the MetaSchool services (such as game-related issues, trouble accessing your MetaSchool account, bugs or other technical problems, payment matters, or content and entitlement issues), please contact our Player Support team. To learn more about MetaSchool’s privacy practices or this policy, please email your questions to metaschool.info@gmail.com or send them to us via postal mail (marked “Attn: Legal Department”) at the appropriate address listed below. You can also contact our Data Protection Officer directly at metaschool.info@gmail.com. The MetaSchool entity identified below is responsible for providing the MetaSchool services to your region and is the controller of personal data collected under this policy.