Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 03.12.2025
This Privacy Policy explains how NovaArcade OÜ, a company incorporated under the laws of Estonia with registration number 17280191 and registered address at Harju maakond, Tallinn, Kesklinna linnaosa, Narva mnt 7-557, 10117 (“Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you use our Minecraft server, website villagemc.org, online store, and related services (together, the “Services”).
If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use our Services.
1. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
- Identification Data: Username, date of birth, gender.
- Contact Data: Email address, Discord handle.
- Usage Data: IP address, Minecraft client version, device information.
- Payment Data: Transaction ID, payment provider, billing address.
- Communication Data: Support requests, feedback, community interactions.
We collect this data when:
- You play on our Minecraft server;
- You register an account or purchase items;
- You contact us or participate in our community (e.g., Discord, forums);
- You interact with our website or online store.
We do not collect special categories of personal data (such as health data, religion, or political beliefs).
2. Purpose and Legal Basis of Processing
We process your personal data only when we have a valid legal basis under the GDPR:
- Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): to provide you with access to the Minecraft server, deliver purchased digital items, and manage your account.
- Legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR): to comply with tax, accounting, and anti-fraud laws.
- Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): to ensure the security of the Services, prevent abuse (cheating, fraud, harassment), improve our Services, and defend our legal rights.
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR): for optional activities, such as receiving marketing emails or the use of non-essential cookies.
3. Cookies and Tracking
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate effectively, enhance user experience, and analyze traffic. Non-essential cookies will only be used with your consent. You may withdraw or manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings at any time.
4. Data Retention
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, and security requirements. When your data is no longer needed, it will be securely deleted or anonymized.
5. Sharing and Transfers of Data
We may share your personal data with:
- Service providers (e.g., hosting, payment processors, IT support) strictly as needed to operate the Services;
- Authorities when required by law or in response to valid legal requests;
- Community platforms such as Discord, when you voluntarily interact through such services.
Your personal data may be transferred outside the EEA. In such cases, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses).
6. Children’s Data
Our Services are not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children below this age. Users between 13 and 18 years of age may only use the Services with the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected data from a child without proper consent, we will promptly delete it.
7. Your GDPR Rights
| Your Right | Right Explanation |
|---|---|
| Right to access | You have the right to request the copy of your Personal Data processed by Company. |
| Right to rectification | You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, incorrect, unlawfully received or no longer relevant for the purpose of processing. |
| Right to restrict processing | You have the right to restrict the use of your Personal Data in certain circumstances entirely or in part where possible, unless we have an opposite obligation required by applicable law. |
| Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) | You can request the Company to erase any of your data unless we have an opposite obligation required by applicable law. |
| Right to portability | You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request Company to directly transmit those data to a third party where technically possible and reasonable. |
| Right to object to processing | You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data. |
| Right to complain to a supervisory authority | Every data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the state of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the data subject considers that the processing of Personal Data relating to him or her infringes GDPR. |
| Right to be informed of what data processing is taking place | The controller’s obligation to inform includes identity, contact data, purposes, legal basis, recipients, transfers, duration of storage, rights, withdrawal of consent, and information on automated decision-making. |
| Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing | The data subject has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her. |
| Other rights | You may have other rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. |
8. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will always be posted on our website with a new “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the Services after changes are published constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data rights, you
may contact us at:
Contact Information
Administrator Team
📧 Email: support@villagemc.org
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/v2NXcEcxz3