Privacy Policy

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Welcome to https://www.slow-bros.com, the website of Slow Bros. GmbH (hereinafter: "Slow Bros"). On our website you can, among other things, find information about our video game Harold Halibut.

Data protection is of high importance to Slow Bros. We strictly adhere to legal regulations when processing data and respect your privacy. We process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the German Federal Data Protection Act ("BDSG") as well as all other applicable laws.

With this privacy policy, we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data by Slow Bros or in the video game Harold Halibut, as well as your rights under data protection law according to Articles 15 to 22 GDPR.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for data protection is:

Slow Bros. GmbH
Mathias-Brüggen-Straße 4
50827 Köln
Germany

Managing Directors: Onat Hekimoglu, Fabian Preuschoff, Ole Tillmann

Phone: +49 221 50607776
Email: mail(at)slow-bros.com

2. Processing Situations

2.1 Browsing on Slow Bros Website

2.1.1 Description & Purposes of Processing Personal Data

When you browse our website, pages are requested from your device and transmitted to you from our web server based on the HTTPS internet protocol. Form data you enter may also be transmitted.

You do not need to log in or identify yourself for this. However, the assignment of requests and responses from our server is based on your IP address, which may establish a connection of this data to your person. This connection data and any form data are processed to enable you to browse our website and to achieve the purpose you are pursuing (e.g., retrieving information about Slow Bros or Harold Halibut, contacting us, transmitting your data).

2.1.2 Legal Basis for Processing

The legal basis for any processing of your data when visiting our website depends on the specific purpose of your visit:

2.1.3 Categories of Recipients

In principle, the processing of your data is fully automated and takes place exclusively on servers of our hosting provider. In exceptional cases (e.g., for troubleshooting or investigating attacks), log files are used by our IT service provider (host) for operational security and may be forwarded to public authorities such as law enforcement agencies and courts for the purpose of investigating or prosecuting illegal attacks on our systems.

Potential recipients are IT service providers (e.g., for hosting) that we use as processors.

Use of Google Analytics: This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Due to the activation of IP anonymization on these websites, your IP address will be truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Use of Google Webfonts: To display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use script libraries and font libraries such as Google Webfonts on this website. The privacy policy of Google can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

2.1.4 Storage Duration

Your log file data is stored for seven days. Connection data is deleted immediately after the HTTP/S call is made.

2.2 Data Processing in Connection with Harold Halibut

2.2.1 Description & Purposes

If you purchase Harold Halibut through a store (e.g., Steam, Microsoft, or PlayStation Store), we do not process your personal data. Cancellations, distribution, sales, and any reversals are always handled directly through the respective store where you purchased Harold Halibut, and your personal data is generally not passed on to us. We also do not collect or process any personal data from you through the operation of the video game Harold Halibut.

2.2.2 Data Protection for Children

Our offer is not aimed at persons under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from persons under 13 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and know that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we determine that we have collected personal data from persons under 13 years of age without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove this data from our servers.

2.3 Newsletter Subscription

As a user, you have the option to subscribe to our Slow Bros Newsletter, with which we inform you about news about Harold Halibut and information or offers that may be of interest to you. By subscribing to the Slow Bros Newsletter, you consent to us using the data you have provided (contact data) to send you personalized advertising and/or special offers and services from Slow Bros or Harold Halibut.

The processing of your data for our newsletter is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR). You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.

2.4 Contact

If you contact us with a concern (e.g., via our contact form, by email, via contact options in gaming stores where Harold Halibut is distributed, but also via social networks such as X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, or TikTok), we naturally also process your personal data, e.g., name, first name, email address, as well as the contents of the communication for the purpose of conducting the exchange with you.

3. Your Rights as a Data Subject

If Slow Bros processes your personal data, you have the right, within the respective legal scope, to:

You also have the option to lodge complaints with:

4. Contact for Data Protection

To exercise your legal rights and for questions about data processing, including processing carried out by Slow Bros, you can contact us or our data protection contact person in the most convenient way for you:

5. Status of Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on May 8, 2024.