Privacy Policy

General Information

Protecting your personal information is our priority. This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes the data practices of Peak Studios and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we”, “us,” “our,” or “Company”), covering the online website https://peakrp.net/” including all sub-pages, sub-domains, and associated domains thereof as well as any multiplayer and/or role-playing modification server (each a “Server”) for Grand Theft Auto V that is developed, operated, and maintained by Company (collectively the “Services”). By using the Services, submitting a job application, entering into agreements with Company, or otherwise communicating with Company, you are consenting to this Policy and the processing of your data in the manner set forth in this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms set forth in this Policy, please do not use the Services or submit any communications to Company.

THE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN. IF YOU ARE NOT AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, THEN YOU MAY NOT USE OR ACCESS SERVICES IN ANY MANNER.

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time in our sole discretion. We will provide you with notice of such a change. Notice of any changes to the Privacy Policy will be accomplished upon Company sending you an email to the address listed in your account notifying you of such changes and/or Company announcing such changes through the Services. Such changes will go into effect immediately upon your access of the Services after you are given notice, as described herein. Your continued use of the Services following the notice of any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of such changes. Any information collected by the Services will be dealt with in accordance with the version of this Privacy Policy that was in place at the time of collection.

1. Information Processed.

a. User Provided Information

To operate the Services and to provide users (“Users”), with the best possible experience, we may collect personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”). Personal Information is any information that can be used to identify you or your household or to contact you online or offline and includes, but is not limited to, your name, address, email, and phone number. The Services may collect Personal Information when it is provided to us, such as when you use our Services, contact us, or connect with us on social media or via one of our partners.

b. Information that is Automatically Collected

We and our analytics service providers use cookies, which are small text files that help store User preferences and activity, similar technologies such as web beacons, pixels, ad tags, logs, and SDKs, which are blocks of code provided by our service providers that may be installed within the Services, to recognize you when you visit our Services, and to collect information such as the number of visits, which features, pages, or content are popular, and to measure your browsing activities. These technologies allow us to optimize the operation of our Services, including by allowing us to help ensure our Services are functioning properly and ultimately improve the Services. Examples of Personal Information collected via cookies includes, but is not limited to, your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, other unique User identifiers, your mobile device and browser type identifiers, software and system type, and information about your use of the Services, including the duration of time you access or use the Services and information about Services performance analytics, including crashing, network, and tracing. You can prevent the storage of cookies by a corresponding setting of your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use all the features of the Services to the fullest extent possible.

We may also create or collect device-identifiable information (DII), such as statistical identifiers, unique device and advertising identifiers, and similar identifiers that are linkable to a browser or device. From this information, we may also receive other information, such as your IP address, user agent, timestamps, precise and imprecise geolocation, sensor data, apps, fonts, battery life information, and screen size. We may combine this data with Personal Information.

For efficiency’s sake, information about your interactions may be transmitted to our servers while you are not using the Services.

c. Categories of Personal Information We Collect

e. User Generated Content

Certain information, materials, and content that you upload or share via the Services including Custom Assets, may be collected and stored by Company and may be distributed or displayed publicly within the Servers and subsequently used or shared by Company. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, such content will be referred to as “User Generated Content.” Any User Generated Content including any Personal Information therein, is subject to this Privacy Policy. By consenting to this Privacy Policy, you hereby consent to Company’s use of any Personal Information contained in the User Generated Content for the reasons set forth herein and understand and agree that other Users may have access to such Personal Information, by virtue of their access to the User Generated Content.

2. Information From Children

We do not knowingly collect or maintain Personal Information from persons under 18 years of age. If we learn that Personal Information of persons under 18 years of age has been collected on or through the Services, we will take the necessary and appropriate steps to delete the Personal Information.

3. How Company Uses Your Personal Information

We use the information we collect from our Services to provide, fulfill maintain, protect, and improve our Services, to develop new Services and offerings, and to protect our Services, us and our Users.

Personal Information is primarily used to provide you the Services or for legitimate business purposes, such as for sending you occasional communications and updates, hiring, responding to inquiries, logins, and providing and maintaining the Services. When you contact us, we may keep a record of your communication as well as the other information to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our Services, such as letting you know about changes or improvements. For more information on how we use your Personal Information, see Section 1.

We use DII to operate our Services and manage User sessions, including analyzing usage of our Services, preventing malicious behavior and fraud, improving the content, to link your identity across devices and browsers, to provide you with a more seamless experience online, and helping third parties provide relevant advertising and related metrics. We share DII with service providers and processors primarily for advertising and analytics purposes, for external processing, and for security purposes.

4. How Company Shares Information with Third Parties

WE DO NOT SELL OR LEASE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CROSS-CONTEXTUAL BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING. FURTHER, WE DO NOT USE YOUR INFORMATION TO CREATE PROFILES INCLUDING PROFILES FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING.

However, there are certain circumstances in which we may transfer your Personal Information to third parties, without further notice to you.

• For external processing - We provide Personal Information to our affiliates, service providers, processors, or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy.
• For legal reasons - We will use and/or share Personal Information with companies, outside organizations or individuals if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable law.
• In case of a sale or asset transfer - If we become involved in a merger, acquisition or other transaction involving the sale of some or all our assets, User information could be included in the transferred assets.
• In aggregated form for business purposes - We may use or share aggregated information and DII with our partners such as businesses with whom we have a relationship.

5. How Long Will Your Information Be Stored

We will not use your Personal Information for any longer than is necessary to accomplish the purpose for which such data is processed, as described herein. Upon that purpose being complete, we will promptly remove such Personal Information. However, we will keep any removed Personal Information on our backup systems, solely for the purpose of archival storage and retrieval, for up to ninety (90) days or as otherwise required by law.

6. More on Third Parties

While we strive to work with reputable companies with good privacy practices, this Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed or linked to you on the Services. We also do not control the privacy policies and your privacy settings with third parties, including social networks and ad networks. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Services and to read the privacy statements of any other site or application that collects Personal Information.

7. More on Cookies and Do Not Track Signals

Generally, we use cookies to collect additional service usage data, to improve the Services, and to personalize your experience. Using cookies helps ensure a safe experience; prevent spam, scammers, and phishing; and facilitate User-to-User interactions.

We offer other choices with respect to third parties. Many third parties participate in self-regulation to offer you a choice regarding receiving targeted ads. Please note that you’ll still see generic ads after opting out, but they won’t be based on your activities online.

8. Legal Basis for Processing

The Personal Information we process may qualify for multiple legal bases for processing under Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation (and similar laws that require legal bases for processing).

• It is contractually necessary to process Identifiers such as your name email, Steam ID, Server User IDs, IP address, and device ID.
• We have a legitimate interest in processing your Discord ID and Social Media handle.
• We have a legitimate interest in processing your email address for responding to communications.
• We have a legitimate interest in processing Identifiers for generating analytics.
• We have a legitimate interest in processing Identifiers for securing our Services.
• We have a legitimate interest in processing Identifiers for monitoring activity and enforcement.

9. Your Rights

If you are a resident of Australia, the European Economic Area, including the European Union, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, and wish to access, update, correct, object to the processing of, or delete your Personal Information, please reach out to us by opening a ticket in our Discord server.

We may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require that you create an account with us.

You have rights including:

• The right to access, update or to delete your Personal Information.
• The right of rectification.
• The right to object.
• The right of restriction.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent.
• The right to opt-out.

10. Nondiscrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising the rights set forth herein.

11. Security of your Personal Information

We will take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any mobile or wireless network is 100% secure.

12. International Transfer

Our Services are located in Australia and your Personal Information may be transferred or stored in the Australia. The data protection laws and rules in the Australia may be different than those where you live.

13. Email Communications

From time to time, we may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication regarding the Services.

If you would like to stop receiving such communications via email from Company, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button and/or by opening a ticket in our Discord server.

14. Merger or Sale

The information collected pursuant to this Policy, including Personal Information, is considered an asset of Company. In the event Company or some or all of the assets related to the Services are acquired by another entity through a sale, merger, or some other change of ownership transaction, Company reserves the right to transfer or assign the information, collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.