Privacy policy | Playfield Atlas

Scope

This notice explains how Playfield Atlas handles personal information when you browse this website or use the enquiry form. Playfield Atlas is the controller responsible for the information described here. It applies to the publication’s website, but not to sites reached through links that Playfield Atlas does not operate.

Information we collect

If you use the enquiry form, the fields shown are your name, email address, chosen topic, optional title or format, and your question or message. The form also records your agreement for Playfield Atlas to use those details when responding. It includes a hidden field named Website as part of the form structure.

The site uses necessary and functional browser storage. Functional storage can remember your cookie preference in local storage. Analytics and advertising identifiers are not used.

How we use information

Playfield Atlas uses enquiry details to respond to and manage messages submitted by visitors. The stated lawful basis for this purpose is legitimate interests, subject to the controller’s assessment. Cookie-choice information is used to remember your preference about the site’s cookie notice.

Lawful basis

For an enquiry, the stated lawful basis is legitimate interests, subject to the controller’s assessment, and the purpose is responding to and managing the enquiry. Where the form asks you to agree that Playfield Atlas may use your details to respond, that choice is recorded with the enquiry. If you would like the current assessment for a particular use, contact Playfield Atlas using the details below.

Form submissions

When you submit the form, Playfield Atlas handles the information in its fields so the publication can review and respond to your message. The configured form does not send the submission to an external endpoint. Submitting the form does not create an account, newsletter subscription or payment.

The form asks for your name, email address, a topic, an optional title or format, your question or message, and agreement to the stated response use. The available topics are: Ask about a feature; Suggest a title or format; Share a recommendation; Ask about a game mechanic; and Something else.

Retention

Enquiry information is kept only for as long as needed to review and answer the enquiry and manage the related correspondence. The appropriate period can depend on the nature and context of the message; no fixed retention period is stated here. Cookie-choice information remains in browser local storage until it is cleared or replaced through the available choice.

Security

Playfield Atlas takes reasonable care with information submitted through the site and uses it only for the purposes described in this notice. No online transmission or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. If you believe information has been sent to the wrong place or have a security concern, please contact Playfield Atlas promptly.

Your choices and rights

You can choose whether to submit an enquiry and whether to provide optional information such as a title or format. You can also choose how to respond to the site’s cookie notice. Under the UK GDPR, you may have the following rights, depending on the circumstances:

the right to object to processing, including where you object to the use of your information for the stated enquiry purpose;
the right to access your personal information;
the right to ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;
the right to ask for information to be erased;
the right to ask for processing to be restricted; and
the right to data portability where applicable.

To exercise a right or ask a question about your information, use the contact route at the end of this notice. Playfield Atlas may need enough information to identify the relevant enquiry before responding.

Data-subject rights

Your right to object is particularly relevant where you do not want your information used for the stated enquiry purpose. You can raise an objection, request access, or ask for correction, erasure, restriction or applicable data portability by contacting Playfield Atlas. These rights may be subject to circumstances and limits set by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Complaints

Please contact Playfield Atlas first so the enquiry can be reviewed. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection. The ICO provides its own information about how to make a complaint.

Children

This publication is intended for a broad adult readership. The site does not knowingly ask children to provide personal information. If you believe a child has submitted information, please contact Playfield Atlas so the matter can be reviewed.

Changes to this policy

Playfield Atlas may update this notice when the site, its form or its information practices change. The effective date at the top of this page shows which version is currently in use. For an up-to-date answer about a practice not described here, please use the contact details below.

Contact

For privacy questions, rights requests or enquiries about this notice, contact Playfield Atlas by email at [email protected] or by phone on +44 845 609 9991.

Written contact address: Playfield Atlas, 206 Whitechapel Road, London, England, E1 1AA.