wplacePrivacy Policy
Last update: June 10, 2025
This Privacy Notice for Wplace ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- Visit our website at wplace.live, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Use Wplace. Wplace overlays a massive, interactive canvas on the map of the Earth, letting users collaborate in real time by placing pixels and building art as a community.
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
Summary of Key Points
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting wplace.live, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we
collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the
choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we
collect may include the following:
- Email address
Sensitive Information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if
you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security
code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored byStripe https://stripe.com/privacy
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to
register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook,
X, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect
certain profile information about you from the social media provider, as described in
the section called
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate,
and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you
interact with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user
accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well
as keep your account in working order.
- To save or protect an individual's vital
interest. We may process your information when necessary
to save or protect an individual’s vital interest,
such as to prevent harm.
To authenticate the user to the platform .__________
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e.If you are located in the EU or UK,
this section applies to you.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid
legal bases we rely on in order to process
your personal information. As such, we may
rely on the following legal bases to process
your personal information:
- Consent. We may
process your information if you have given
us permission (i.e.
, consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent.
- Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when
we believe it is necessary to
fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legal Obligations. We may
process your information where we believe it
is necessary for compliance with our legal
obligations, such as to cooperate with a law
enforcement body or regulatory agency,
exercise or defend our legal rights, or
disclose your information as evidence in
litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process
your information where we believe it is necessary
to protect your vital interests or the vital interests
of a third party, such as situations involving
potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this
section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have
given us specific permission (i.e.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally
permitted under applicable law to process your
information without your consent, including,
for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and
prevention
- For business transactions provided certain
conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement
and the collection is necessary to assess,
process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased
persons and communicating with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an
individual has been, is, or may be victim of
financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection
and use with consent would compromise the
availability or the accuracy of the
information and the collection is reasonable
for purposes related to investigating a
breach of an agreement or a contravention of
the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a
subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of
the court relating to the production of
records
- If it was produced by an individual in the
course of their employment, business, or
profession and the collection is consistent
with the purposes for which the information
was produced
- If the collection is solely for
journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available
and is specified by the regulations
- We may disclose de-identified information for
approved research or statistics projects,
subject to ethics oversight and
confidentiality commitments
We
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
We may use cookies and similar
tracking technologies (like web
beacons and pixels) to gather
information when you interact with
our Services. Some online tracking
technologies help us maintain the
security of our Services
We also permit third parties and
service providers to use online
tracking technologies on our
Services for analytics and
advertising, including to help
manage and display advertisements,
to tailor advertisements to your
interests, or to send abandoned
shopping cart reminders (depending
on your communication
preferences). The third parties
and service providers use their
technology to provide advertising
about products and services
tailored to your interests which
may appear either on our Services
or on other websites.
To the extent these online tracking
technologies are deemed to be a
Specific information about how we
use such technologies and how you
can refuse certain cookies is set
out in our Cookie Notice
Our Services offer you the
ability to register and log in
using your third-party social
media account details (like your
Facebook or X logins). Where you
choose to do this, we will receive
certain profile information about
you from your social media
provider. The profile information
we receive may vary depending on
the social media provider
concerned, but will often include
your name, email address, friends
list, and profile picture, as well
as other information you choose to
make public on such a social media
platform.
We will use the information we
receive only for the purposes that
are described in this Privacy
Notice or that are otherwise made
clear to you on the relevant
Services. Please note that we do
not control, and are not
responsible for, other uses of
your personal information by your
third-party social media provider.
We recommend that you review their
privacy notice to understand how
they collect, use, and share your
personal information, and how you
can set your privacy preferences
on their sites and apps.
7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary toWe will only keep your personal
information for as long as it is
necessary for the purposes set out
in this Privacy Notice, unless a
longer retention period is
required or permitted by law (such
as tax, accounting, or other legal
requirements).
When we have no ongoing
legitimate business need to
process your personal information,
we will either delete or
8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system ofWe have implemented appropriate
and reasonable technical and
9. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market toWe do not knowingly collect,
solicit data from, or market to
children under 18 years of age[email protected]
10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short:In some regions (like
We will consider and act upon any
request in accordance with
applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or
UK and you believe we are
unlawfully processing your
personal information, you also
have the right to complain to your Member State data
protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in
Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data
Protection and
Information
Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to
process your personal information,
However, please note that this will
not affect the lawfulness of the
processing before its withdrawal
nor,
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your
account, we will deactivate or
delete your account and information
from our active databases. However,
we may retain some information in
our files to prevent fraud,
troubleshoot problems, assist with
any investigations, enforce our
legal terms and/or comply with
applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar
technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept
cookies by default. If you prefer, you
can usually choose to set your browser
to remove cookies and to reject cookies.
If you choose to remove cookies or reject
cookies, this could affect certain features
or services of our Services.
If you have questions or comments
about your privacy rights, you may
email us at [email protected] .
11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (California law requires us to let
you know how we respond to web
browser DNT signals. Because there
currently is not an industry or
legal standard for
12. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: If you are a resident ofCategories of Personal Information We Collect
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to the section| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as
real name, alias, postal
address, telephone or
mobile contact number,
unique personal
identifier, online
identifier, Internet
Protocol address, email
address, and account name |
B. Personal information
as defined in the
California Customer
Records statute | Name, contact
information, education,
employment, employment
history, and financial
information |
Gender, age, date of
birth, race and ethnicity,
national origin, marital
status, and other
demographic data | ||
Transaction information,
purchase history,
financial details, and
payment information | ||
Fingerprints and
voiceprints | ||
Browsing history, search
history, online | ||
Device location | ||
Images and audio, video
or call recordings created
in connection with our
business activities | ||
Business contact details
in order to provide you
our Services at a business
level or job title, work
history, and professional
qualifications if you
apply for a job with us | ||
Student records and
directory information | ||
Inferences drawn from any
of the collected personal
information listed above
to create a profile or
summary about, for
example, an individual’s
preferences and
characteristics | ||
We may also collect other personal
information outside of these
categories through instances where
you interact with us in person,
online, or by phone or mail in the
context of:
- Receiving help through our customer
support channels;
- Participation in customer surveys
or contests; and
- Facilitation in the delivery of our
Services and to respond to your
inquiries.
- Category A -
As long as the user has an account with us
- Category B -
As long as the user has an account with us
Sources of Personal Information
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect inHow We Use and Share Personal Information
Will your
information
be shared
with anyone
else?
We may
disclose your
personal
information
with our
service
providers
pursuant to a
written
contract
between us and
each service
provider.
Learn more
about how we
disclose
personal
information to
in the
section,
We may use
your personal
information
for our own
business
purposes, such
as for
undertaking
internal
research for
technological
development
and
demonstration.
This is not
considered to
be
We have not
disclosed,
sold, or
shared any
personal
information to
third parties
for a business
or commercial
purpose in the
preceding
twelve (12)
months. We will not sell
or share
personal
information in
the future
belonging to
website
visitors,
users, and
other
consumers.
Your Rights
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:- Right to know whether or not we
are processing your
personal data
- Right to
access your personal
data
- Right to
correct inaccuracies in
your personal
data
- Right to
request the deletion of your
personal data
- Right to
obtain a
copy of the personal
data you
previously
shared with us
- Right to
non-discrimination for exercising your
rights
- Right to opt
out of the processing
of your personal data
if it is used for
targeted advertising
(or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law) , the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects ( "profiling" )
Depending upon
the state where
you live, you
may also have
the following
rights:
- Right to access
the categories
of personal data
being processed
(as permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
Minnesota)
- Right to obtain
a list of the
categories of
third parties to
which we have
disclosed
personal data
(as permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
California, Delaware, and Maryland )
- Right to obtain
a list of
specific third
parties to which
we have
disclosed
personal data
(as permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
Minnesota and Oregon )
- Right to
review,
understand,
question, and
correct how
personal data
has been
profiled (as
permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
Minnesota)
- Right to limit
use and
disclosure of
sensitive
personal data
(as permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
California)
- Right to opt
out of the
collection of
sensitive data
and personal
data collected
through the
operation of a
voice or facial
recognition
feature (as
permitted by
applicable law,
including the
privacy law in
Florida)
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact usUnder certain
US state data
protection laws,
you can
designate an
Request Verification
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.If you submit
the request
through an [email protected] California
California
Civil Code
Section 1798.83,
also known as
the
Appeals
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us atCalifornia
California
Civil Code
Section 1798.83,
also known as
the 13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.We may update
this Privacy
Notice from
time to time.
The updated
version will
be indicated
by an updated
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.