Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Including Cookie Policy — How we collect, use, and protect your data

Detective.Games | June 2026

1. Introduction

Detective.Games is a collaborative product operated jointly by ASAMARA DIGITAL - FZCO and THE SAME Adventures GmbH (together "we", "us", "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and your rights — including under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADO).

By creating an account and using Detective.Games, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy.

2. Joint Controllers (Who We Are)

Asamara Digital and THE SAME Adventures are joint controllers of your personal data within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR. This means both companies jointly determine the purposes and means of processing your data in connection with Detective.Games. Asamara Digital is responsible for the technology and platform; THE SAME Adventures is responsible for game content and marketing.

You may exercise your data subject rights against either company. The contact point for all data protection matters is:

Primary contact: info@detective.games

ASAMARA DIGITAL - FZCO
DSO IFZA, IFZA Properties, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE
Trade License: 69015 (Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority)
VAT: 10523265660003

THE SAME Adventures GmbH
Hauptstrasse 28, CH-4102 Binningen, Switzerland
Contact: zentrale@the-same.ch | +41 (0) 61 423 10 01
Representative: Nathalie J. Sameli

3. What Data We Collect

3.1 Account & Identity Data

  • Email address (used for account creation and login)
  • Password (stored in hashed form — we never see your plain-text password)
  • Date of account creation

3.2 Payment Data

Payments are processed by Paddle.com Market Limited, who acts as the Merchant of Record for all orders. We do not store your credit card details. Paddle provides us with a transaction reference, amount, and status only. Paddle's privacy policy applies: paddle.com/legal/privacy

3.3 Game Activity Data

  • Gameplay progress, scores, and in-game actions
  • Game session timestamps and duration

3.4 User-Submitted Photos

During gameplay, you may optionally upload photos to celebrate your arrest moment. These are stored securely and used solely within the game experience. If you separately consent (see Section 5.3), we may also publish these on social media.

3.5 Feedback

At the end of a game, you may optionally submit ratings and written feedback. If you separately consent (see Section 5.4), we may publish your feedback with your name.

3.6 Technical & Analytics Data

We use Lovable (Lovable Labs AB) as our application platform and analytics provider. Lovable collects standard usage telemetry: IP address and approximate location, browser type and version, pages and features accessed, and session duration. We also use Google Analytics and Meta Pixel for advertising measurement. See Section 7 (Cookies) for details.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

  • Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b)): processing your account and payment data to provide the game service.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): analytics, fraud prevention, and improving game quality.
  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): non-essential cookies; publication of your photos on social media; publication of your feedback with your name.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): retaining transaction records for UAE VAT purposes.

5. How We Use Your Data

5.1 To Provide the Game

We use your account, payment, and game activity data to create and maintain your account, authenticate sessions, process payments, and deliver the game experience.

5.2 To Improve the Game

We use anonymised analytics and feedback data to understand how players interact with the game and to make improvements.

5.3 Social Media Publication of Photos

We will only publish your photos on social media (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok) — whether posted by Asamara Digital or THE SAME Adventures — if you explicitly tick the consent checkbox at the point of upload. All posts will be credited to Detective.Games.

Consent checkbox shown at upload:

"Asamara Digital and THE SAME Adventures may share my photo on Detective.Games social media. (Optional. Withdraw anytime: info@detective.games)"

Consent is voluntary, free of charge, and can be withdrawn at any time. Upon withdrawal, we will remove the image from future posts; images already published may remain in historical archives.

5.4 Social Media Publication of Feedback

We will only publish your written feedback with your name on social media or on our website if you explicitly tick the consent checkbox on the feedback form.

Consent checkbox shown on feedback form:

"Asamara Digital and THE SAME Adventures may publish my feedback with my name on Detective.Games or social media. (Optional. Withdraw anytime: info@detective.games)"

5.5 Advertising

We run advertising campaigns on Google Ads and Meta. These platforms may use pixel tracking to measure ad effectiveness. We do not use your personal data to send you marketing emails without your separate consent.

6. Data Sharing & Third Parties

As joint controllers, Asamara Digital and THE SAME Adventures share access to data relevant to their respective responsibilities — platform data and analytics for Asamara Digital; content, marketing, and feedback data for THE SAME Adventures. Both companies are bound by this Privacy Policy.

We also share data as necessary with the following processors:

  • Lovable Labs (platform hosting and analytics) — EU region, Ireland (eu-west-1)
  • Supabase, Inc. (database and authentication) — EU region, Frankfurt (eu-central-1)
  • Paddle.com Market Limited (payment processing, Merchant of Record) — subject to Paddle's own DPA and privacy policy
  • Google LLC (Google Analytics, Google Ads)
  • Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta Pixel, Instagram/Facebook)

All processors are bound by data processing agreements. We do not sell your personal data.

7. Cookies

7.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. On your first visit to Detective.Games, you will be shown a cookie consent banner. Non-essential cookies will only be set after you provide consent.

7.2 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Required for the Game to function — no consent needed.

  • Session / authentication cookies: keep you logged in (Supabase Auth)
  • Security cookies: prevent cross-site request forgery

7.3 Analytics Cookies (consent required)

  • Lovable Analytics: usage telemetry, page views, feature interactions
  • Google Analytics (Google LLC): website traffic and behaviour data

7.4 Advertising Cookies (consent required)

  • Google Ads (Google LLC): conversion tracking for Google ad campaigns
  • Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms, Inc.): conversion tracking for Facebook and Instagram ad campaigns

7.5 Managing Cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time via the 'Cookie Settings' link in the footer. Third-party cookie policies: Google — policies.google.com/privacy | Meta — facebook.com/policy/cookies | Paddle — paddle.com/legal/privacy

8. International Data Transfers

Your data is hosted within the EU (Ireland and Frankfurt). Where data is transferred outside the EEA — for example via Google or Meta services — we ensure appropriate safeguards including Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) are in place.

9. Data Retention

  • Account data: for as long as your account is active, plus 2 years after deletion
  • Payment records: 5 years (UAE VAT legal requirement)
  • Game activity data: 3 years from last activity
  • Uploaded photos: deleted within 90 days of account deletion, unless consented for social media
  • Feedback: 2 years
  • Analytics data: as per provider settings (typically 14–26 months)

10. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your data, and to object to processing or withdraw consent. Contact us at info@detective.games — we will respond within 30 days.

EU/Swiss residents may also lodge a complaint with their local data protection supervisory authority. Swiss residents may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) at fdpic.ch.

11. Children

Detective.Games is for users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has registered, contact us at info@detective.games.

12. Security

We use encrypted data transmission (HTTPS/TLS), hashed password storage, and host on ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified infrastructure (Lovable and Supabase).

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Registered users will be notified of material changes by email. The current version is always available at detective.games/privacy.

14. Contact

For all privacy matters: info@detective.games

ASAMARA DIGITAL - FZCO | DSO IFZA, IFZA Properties, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, UAE

THE SAME Adventures GmbH | Hauptstrasse 28, CH-4102 Binningen, Switzerland | zentrale@the-same.ch