Privacy Policy
Last updated: November 14, 2025
This Privacy Policy outlines our procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our website. It also informs you of your privacy rights and how you are protected by law.
By using our Service, you consent to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for our users in the European Union.
Key Definitions
- Company: Refers to DAQEM Studios, also addressed as "We," "Us," or "Our." For GDPR purposes, the Company is the Data Controller.
- Cookies: Small files placed on your device by a website that store details of your browsing history.
- Country: The Netherlands.
- Device: Any device that can access our Service, such as a computer, cellphone, or tablet.
- Personal Data: Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: Refers to the DAQEM Studios website, accessible at https://daqem.com.
- Usage Data: Data that is collected automatically, either generated by using the Service or from the Service's infrastructure itself (e.g., the duration of a page visit).
- You: The individual or entity using our Service.
Data We Collect
Usage Data
We automatically collect Usage Data when you interact with our Service. This may include:
- Your Device's Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- The pages of our Service that you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers
- Other diagnostic data
When you access our Service via a mobile device, we may also collect information such as the type of mobile device, its unique ID, its IP address, your mobile operating system, and the mobile internet browser you use.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store certain information. The technologies we utilize include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies: You can set your browser to refuse all Cookies or to be notified when a Cookie is being sent. However, some parts of our Service may not function properly without them.
- Web Beacons: These are small electronic files (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) in our website's sections and emails that help us count users who have visited those pages or opened an email.
We use both "Session" and "Persistent" Cookies. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your web browser, while Persistent Cookies remain on your device.
The primary purposes of the cookies we use are:
- Analytics Cookies (Third-Party): We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic. This information helps us understand how users interact with our website and allows us to improve it. Google may use the data collected to personalize ads on its own advertising network.
- For more on Google's privacy practices, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- To opt out of Google Analytics, visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Advertising Cookies (Third-Party): We plan to use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, use these cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. This enables Google and its partners to provide you with personalized advertising.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting: https://www.google.com/settings/ads or http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service: This includes monitoring the usage of our Service.
- For data analysis: We use the data to identify usage trends and to evaluate and enhance our Service, marketing, and your overall experience.
- To serve advertisements: We may use Service Providers to display advertisements to support and maintain our Service.
Sharing Your Personal Information
We may share your personal information with the following Service Providers:
- Google Analytics: To monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
- Google AdSense: To display advertisements.
These third-party vendors collect, store, and use your data according to their own Privacy Policies.
Transfer and Retention of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy represents your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We will retain your Usage Data for internal analysis, generally for a shorter period, unless it is needed to enhance security, improve our Service's functionality, or we are legally required to retain it for a longer duration.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
We may be required to disclose your Personal Data by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency). We may also disclose your data in the good faith belief that it is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend our rights or property
- Prevent or investigate potential wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of our users or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of your Personal Data is important to us. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Your Rights Under the GDPR
If you are within the European Union, you have the following rights under this Privacy Policy and by law:
- Request access to the Personal Data we hold about you.
- Request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate information.
- Object to the processing of your Personal Data.
- Request erasure of your Personal Data.
- Request the transfer of your Personal Data.
- Withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data.
Children's Privacy
Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
- Email: admin[at]daqem[dot]com