PRIVACY POLICY
1. Introduction
Deviant Monkey Studios is wholeheartedly devoted to creating kick-ass apps for everyone to enjoy. We respect the privacy of everyone who uses our apps, website(s) and all related services which we may provide to you from time to time ("Services"). In this document we refer to Deviant Monkey Studios as "us", "we" or "our" and we refer to you as "you" and "your".
This document, the "Privacy Policy", explains how we collect, process and store any personal data belonging to you, meaning information about you which is personally identifiable such as your name, address, telephone number or email address. Such information is referred to throughout this policy as "Personal Information" or "data".
By accessing and/or using our Services you consent to us collecting, processing, storing and sharing your Personal Information in the ways set out in this Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns about providing data to us or having it used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy you should not use our Services. As set out in the terms and conditions relating to our Services, you must be at least 13 years old to access and use our Services.
2. About us
Deviant Monkey Studios is an independent app developer studio based in Sweden.
3. Information we collect about you, and how we collect it
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- information that you provide us with when you fill in forms when using our Services, or when you create an account with us;
- details of your use of our Services and the resources that you access (for example, information about how and when you use our Services, what device you use to access our Services;
- if you contact us or respond to messages and communications that we send to you, we may keep a record of that correspondence;
- your interactions with us on our social media channels; and
- information we collect via cookies, as explained further below.
Cookies are small files which store some information on your computer or mobile device. We use cookies and similar technologies:
- to allow us to recognize you and your device, for example by identifying your IP address;
- to allow our Services to interact with a third-party social network or platform (where you have chosen to allow such interaction);
- to allow our payment processors to process your payment instructions;
- to provide you with more customized Services, for example to provide our Services in the correct language;
- to obtain data which will allow us to understand how people are using our Services so that we can improve them.
By accessing or using our Services you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You can disable cookies through your browser settings but you may find you are not able to enjoy all the features of our Services if you do so.
We advertise our Services on mobile devices. Ad identifiers are non-permanent, non-personal, device identifiers such as the Android advertising ID and/or Apple’s ID for advertising, or IDFA. When we advertise our Services on mobile devices, we may use your device’s advertising identifier and other information associated with it, which we may hold ourselves or may be provided to us by our advertising network partners, to help us to deliver ads that relate to your interests and to improve and measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns. You can choose to prevent your device’s ad identifier being used for interest-based advertising, or you can reset your device’s ad identifier, by changing the settings of your device.
Payment InformationWhen you purchase Services, we may collect certain payment information from you on behalf of our payment service providers, but this information is temporarily cached in a way that is unreadable by us. When you purchase items via the App Store or on Google Play we do not collect or store any payment information from you.
4. How will we use your Personal Information?
You agree that we (or a supplier or group company acting on our behalf and only under our instructions) may use your Personal Information for the purposes of:
- contacting you, for example as part of customer service or to send you updates about our Services;
- managing your account and relationship with us and improving your experience when you use our Services;
- research, surveying, and engaging with you, for example by sending you communications (including by email) for these purposes;
- to create reports, analysis or similar services for use by us for the purposes of research or business intelligence, for example to track potential problems or trends with our Services;
- preventing cheating, crime or fraud. We may also need to pass your information to fraud prevention agencies and other organizations involved in crime and fraud prevention;
- if you live in the European Union, for the purpose of providing VAT invoices where we are required to do so by law or where requested by you; and
- to provide relevant and correct advertisements. For more information about the privacy policy of our advertising provider, please visit Appodeal.
- as otherwise expressly set out in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.
5. Will we share your Personal Information with third parties?
We will only share your data with third parties (for example, our group companies or suppliers):
- with your consent (including as set out in this Privacy Policy);
- where it is necessary to carry out your instructions (for example, to process a payment instruction we must provide your Personal Information to our payment processors);
- where your data is on an anonymous and aggregated basis, meaning you could not be personally identified from it;
- when you submit information as part of a competition or otherwise interact with our social media channels (for example, by providing a testimonial about one of our Services) we may publish the information you submitted, alongside your name and home country on our website and social media channels;
- in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and/or any other agreement with you; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our users, or others;
- in the event that there is a sale of our assets or corporate restructuring, or as a result of a change of control of us or one of our group companies, or in preparation of any of these events. Any third party to which we transfer or sell our assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that you provide to us in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not sell or rent your information to any third party outside of these circumstances.
We will never disclose, make public or sell your Personal Information for financial gain.
6. Using our apps socially
Interaction with third-party social networks or platformsYou may allow our Services to interact with a third-party social network or platform, which will provide information about you to us. These applications or websites are created and maintained by a third party which is not a part of, or controlled by us. You should ensure that you read their terms of service and privacy policies to understand how they treat your data and what data they might share with us.
You understand that where you allow our Services to interact with any third-party social network or platform, we may share data about you with your contacts (and vice versa) in order that you may enjoy using the Services socially (the “Social Data”).
You can make changes to what data a third-party social network or platform shares with us, or stop our Services interacting with that social network or platform by adjusting your settings with that third-party provider, however you may find you are not able to enjoy all of the same features of our Services.
ProfileUsers of our Services may be automatically assigned a profile which is visible to other users of our Services. Your profile may include the Social Data described above, achievements or other app information and details of which other account holders have viewed your profile.
Your profile will be visible to other users of our Services. If you choose to view another individual's profile, that individual and other users of our Services will know that you have visited them because some of your Social Data and a link to your profile will be displayed on that individual’s profile. They will also be able to visit your profile.
7. For how long will we retain your information?
We will retain your Personal Information for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as needed to provide you with Services. We may retain your Personal Information after you have closed any account you have with us or after we have ceased providing Services to you if retention of your Personal Information is reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes between members, prevent fraud, cheating or abuse, or enforce this Privacy Policy or any other agreement we may have with a user.
8. How do we protect your Personal Information?
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We maintain appropriate technical and physical safeguards to protect your Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction or loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, use and all other unlawful forms of processing of the data in our possession. We use the same level of skill in protecting your Personal Information as other providers of similar Services. However, since the internet is not a completely secure environment, we cannot guarantee that information you transmit via our Services will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of our safeguards.
9. Links from our Services
We may provide links to third-party websites from our Services. You understand that when you click on these links any data which you provide thereafter is subject to such third party's privacy policy and not to ours. Although we will endeavor only to link to reputable websites, we take no responsibility for the content, safety or security of any third-party website.
10. Your rights in relation to your Personal Information
- You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your Personal Information, please contact us by sending an email to the address posted on our website www.deviantmonkeystudios.com.
- We want to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us to modify, correct or remove information by contacting us as explained above.
- Information that you have shared via our Services on any social network or third-party platform cannot be amended or deleted by us where it is in the control of that social network or third-party platform. In addition, where any third-party copies information which you have made available via the use of our Services (for example, one of your friends on a social network you allow to interact with your account), we may not be able to amend or delete it because it may not be in our control.
- You have the right to ask us not to use your Personal Information for marketing purposes. To change your marketing preferences, or to unsubscribe, please contact us by sending an email to the address posted on our website www.deviantmonkeystudios.com
11. How to contact us
To find out more about how your Personal Information will be used please contact us by sending an email to the address posted on our website www.deviantmonkeystudios.com.
12. Complaints
We hope that you won't have any complaints about us or our Services. If you are unhappy with our use of your Personal Information then please contact us by sending an email to the address posted on our website www.deviantmonkeystudios.com
You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority if there is a problem.
13. Legal matters
If any court or other competent authority finds any of the terms of this Privacy Policy to be invalid or unenforceable, the other terms of this Privacy Policy will not be affected.
This Privacy Policy is governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Sweden. Any dispute arising in connection with this Privacy Policy will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Sweden.
We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to improve our Services. We may therefore amend this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect such improvements or any other changes to our business. We will endeavor to tell you about any significant changes to this Privacy Policy which we feel may disadvantage you in any material way. If you object to any of the changes you should immediately stop using our Services and close any account you may have with us.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on November 30, 2025.