StreamerChoice Privacy Policy: Comprehensive Data Protection Notice

1. Identity and Details of the Data Controller

The legal entity responsible for the processing of your personal data on this website is:

Centre Européen du Marketing Digital SARL
Registered Address: 1 Pl. Francisque Régaud, 69002 Lyon, France
Email Contact: contact@streamerchoice.com

For all questions regarding this Privacy Policy or any requests to exercise your statutory data protection rights, you can reach out directly to our Data Protection Representative via the contact email provided above.

2. Fundamental Principles of Data Processing

We process your personal information strictly according to the core principles established by the GDPR and UK GDPR:

• Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: We process data lawfully and clearly inform you about what happens to your information.

• Purpose limitation: Personal data is collected exclusively for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes.

• Data minimization: We collect only the minimum amount of information strictly necessary to fulfill our stated objectives.

• Accuracy: We ensure data is kept accurate and updated where necessary.

• Storage limitation: Data is retained only for as long as required for processing purposes.

• Integrity and confidentiality: Appropriate technical and organizational security controls are implemented to protect your data against unauthorized access or loss.

3. Personal Data That You Voluntarily Provide

Our website is completely accessible without any mandatory registration, profile creation, or account sign-up. The only scenario in which you directly provide personal data is when submitting an inquiry via our interactive Contact Form. In this context, we collect:

• Your full name;

• Your email address;

• The content and context of your inquiry or message;

• Timestamp of form transmission and explicit consent confirmation.

4. Automatically Collected Technical Information & Server Logs

When you navigate streamerchoice.com, our web hosting servers automatically record certain technical connection details in standard access logs. This data includes:

• Anonymized or truncated Internet Protocol (IP) address;

• Browser type, software version, and language configuration;

• Operating system and device architecture;

• Date, time, and duration of the server request;

• Referrer URL (the previous webpage from which you navigated to our site).

This information is processed to ensure system stability, prevent cyber threats, diagnose technical faults, and optimize site delivery.

5. Lawful Bases for Data Processing

We process your personal data solely when a valid legal ground under Article 6 of the GDPR / UK GDPR applies:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): You have provided explicit consent when checking the privacy agreement box before submitting our contact form or when choosing cookie options.

• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Processing is necessary to protect server infrastructure, enhance user experience, conduct traffic analytics, and ensure cyber security.

• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): Processing is required to comply with binding legal and regulatory duties.

6. Purpose and Scope of Data Utilization

The information gathered through our platform is utilized exclusively for the following defined purposes:

• Responding accurately to user questions, editorial inquiries, and partnership requests;

• Operating, maintaining, and improving the responsiveness and design of our website;

• Aggregating anonymous metrics regarding which game reviews and sections generate player interest;

• Detecting, preventing, and mitigating fraudulent bot activities or unauthorized access attempts.

7. Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Mechanisms

StreamerChoice utilizes cookies and comparable tracking files to personalize settings, analyze traffic patterns, and measure advertising campaigns. Cookies are small text fragments saved directly onto your device. For full details regarding cookie categories, lifespans, and browser management instructions, please consult our dedicated Cookie Policy.

8. Third-Party Analytics and Advertising Tools

We cooperate with reputable third-party partners such as Google Analytics and Google Ads to evaluate audience engagement and assess digital marketing effectiveness. These service providers may capture anonymized browsing identifiers subject to their own data protection practices. You can opt out of Google tracking at any time by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or adjusting your Google Ad personalization settings.

9. Data Retention and Deletion Timelines

We do not retain personal information for longer than is strictly necessary. Specific retention periods include:

• Contact Form Communications: Deleted within 12 months following the complete resolution of your query, unless legal recordkeeping mandates otherwise.

• Server Access Logs: Automatically overwritten or deleted within 30 to 90 days.

• Analytics Data: Retained in aggregated, anonymized form according to standard analytics retention policies.

10. Data Security Measures and Technical Safeguards

We maintain state-of-the-art security measures to shield your personal details from accidental destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure. All communication between your web browser and our servers is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology. Access to communication logs is strictly limited to authorized administrative personnel.

11. International Transfers of Personal Information

Whenever personal information is processed outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (for example, by global analytics infrastructure providers located in the United States), we verify that appropriate data transfer safeguards are implemented. Such safeguards include the European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA), or applicable adequacy decisions.

12. Outbound Links and Third-Party Digital Ecosystems

Our platform contains external outbound links directing visitors to third-party services, particularly the Google Play Store. Once you follow an external hyperlink, you depart streamerchoice.com. We possess no oversight or liability over the data collection, privacy policies, or cookie handling practices of third-party platforms or developers.

13. Your Statutory Data Protection Rights

Under the European GDPR and UK GDPR regulations, you hold extensive rights over your personal data:

• Right of Access (Art. 15): Request a copy of the personal data held about you.

• Right to Rectification (Art. 16): Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal records.

• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten", Art. 17): Request deletion of your personal details where retention is no longer justified.

• Right to Restriction of Processing (Art. 18): Demand that we restrict the handling of your data under specific conditions.

• Right to Data Portability (Art. 20): Receive your information in a structured, machine-readable format.

• Right to Object (Art. 21): Object at any time to the processing of your data based on our legitimate interests.

• Right to Withdraw Consent (Art. 7(3)): Withdraw previously granted consent with immediate future effect.

14. How to Submit a Request or Lodge a Regulatory Complaint

To exercise any of your statutory rights, please send a written request to contact@streamerchoice.com. We process all verifiable requests free of charge and respond within one calendar month. If you believe our data processing violates applicable data protection laws, you also maintain the right to lodge a formal complaint with a competent supervisory authority, such as the CNIL in France (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés) or the ICO in the United Kingdom (Information Commissioner's Office).