Play It Forward

Privacy Policy

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Your privacy matters here. This policy is written in plain English — no legal maze, no hidden agenda. If anything is unclear, just email us at info@playitforward.fun.

1. Who We Are

Play It Forward (playitforward.fun) is a free browser gaming platform based in Canada. Our goal is straightforward: any verified nonprofits will receive the ad revenue generated by your gameplay. Play It Forward is referred to by "we," "us," and "our.". "You" refers to everyone who uses or visits our website.

2. What We Collect

Information you give us

  • Name and email address — when you create an account or contact us.
  • Username and password — to save your progress, badges, and nonprofit preferences.
  • Messages — anything you send via our contact form or email.

Information collected automatically

  • IP address and approximate location (country or city — never precise GPS).
  • Device and browser details — type, operating system, screen size.
  • Usage data — pages visited, time spent, links clicked, and referring URLs.
  • Cookie and session identifiers — see our Cookies Policy at Here for full details.

What we never collect

We do not collect payment information (the platform is free), sensitive personal data such as health or political information, precise location, or data from children under 13.

3. How We Use Your Information

  • To run the platform — serve games, save your achievements, and honour your nonprofit selections.
  • To direct ad revenue — route advertising income to the charities you have chosen.
  • To communicate with you — account emails only (registration, resets, policy updates). No marketing without your explicit opt-in.
  • To improve the platform, analyze anonymized, aggregated usage patterns.
  • To keep things secure — detect fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access.
  • To comply with the law, where applicable legal obligations require it.
We do not sell your data. We do not rent it. We do not trade it. Full stop.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For our visitors in the UK and Europe, we want to be completely open about how we use your data. Mainly, we use it because it’s necessary to run your account and keep our platform safe and running smoothly. For optional features like tracking cookies or analytics, we will always ask for your consent first—which you can withdraw at any time. Finally, we only process data beyond that if a legal obligation requires us to do so.

5. How We Share Your Information

Service providers

Trusted vendors , hosting, analytics, email delivery, who process data strictly on our behalf under contractual obligation.

Advertising partners

On our platform, ads are served by Google AdSense. Google has its own privacy policies. https://google. com/privacy). Ad personalization can be controlled via adssettings. Google Dot Com. We don't give Google any personally identifiable information.

Charitable organisations

We share only aggregated, anonymized donation totals with our nonprofit partners — never your name, email, or personal details without your explicit permission.

Legal and business reasons

We may share data if required by law, court order, or to protect safety. If Play It Forward is ever acquired or merged, we will notify you before your data moves to a new policy. Links to third-party sites — including our charity partners — leave our policy the moment you click away; we encourage you to check their own policies.

6. Data Retention

Account dataKept as long as your account is active; deleted within 30 days of closure (except where law requires longer retention).
Analytics dataaggregated and anonymized; may be held indefinitely.
Support communicationsup to 2 years.
Legal and financial recordsas required by applicable law, typically 7 years.

7. Your Rights

No matter where you live, you have the following options: access the information we have about you; request that inaccurate information be corrected, that your data be deleted, or that certain processing be restricted or objected to; receive your data in a portable format; and withdraw your consent at any time without affecting previously authorized processing.

Residents of the UK and the EEA may also file a complaint with their local data protection authority. Residents of California are also entitled to know, delete, correct, and opt out of sale (we don't sell data) under the CCPA/CPRA. We also fully adhere to PIPEDA as a Canadian platform; any issues can be brought up with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at priv. DC. CA.

Want to exercise any of your privacy rights? Just drop us an email at info@playitforward.fun with the subject line 'Privacy Request'. We’ll get back to you within 30 days, and it won't cost you a thing.

8. Children's Privacy

Play It Forward is not intended for kids under 13 (or 16 in some areas). We don't intentionally gather information from minors. Contact info@playitforward if you think a child may have shared information with us. fun right away, and we'll remove it right away.

9. Security and International Transfers

We protect your information with secure HTTPS encryption, hashed passwords, and tight internal access controls, all backed by regular security reviews. While no system is completely unhackable, we've got your back. If a breach occurs that affects your rights, we will notify you and the authorities within 72 hours, in line with GDPR requirements.

Our platform is based in Canada. If you are in the EEA or UK, your data may pass through Canada or the US (for Google services). We ensure appropriate safeguards — including Standard Contractual Clauses where required — are in place.

10. Policy Updates and Contact

Whenever we make changes to this policy, we'll let you know. If a change significantly affects your rights, we will email our registered users directly. For other major updates, we’ll post a quick notice right on our homepage and refresh the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. By staying on and using the platform after these updates go live, you’re indicating that you agree to the new terms.

Questions or requests: email info@playitforward.fun (subject: 'Privacy Request') or visit playitforward.fun/contact-us/.
This policy works alongside our Cookies Policy (playitforward.fun/cookies-policy/) and Terms & Conditions (playitforward.fun/terms-conditions/).

Thank you for trusting Play It Forward.
Privacy is not an afterthought here — it is built into how we operate.

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