Last updated: 03-Apr-2024
Scaffold offers services across the world, such services allowing users to submit information generated by users.
To be able to offer such services, we must collect, store and transmit some personal information.
This document outlines what kind of information we collect and how we use it, as well as what tools you have at your disposal to control how we treat your information.
By using Scaffold, you agree the terms outlined in the Terms & Conditions as well as this Privacy Policy. If you do not desire for us to process your information as outlined in this Policy, you may use the given tools to limit how much information is collected from you, or stop using Scaffold and related services.
Using the service anonymously includes using the website to see public information about stages stored in Scaffold, as well as being able to download them through BRICKBREAKER SPRINT. This is the base functionality. To provide this functionality, we store:
This information is used to protect the services from malicious actors, and is never shared publicly.
To be able to perform more actions in Scaffold, you must be authenticated through the game-hosting platform itch.io. itch.io has their own privacy policy, which you can review in their website. Scaffold stores the following information from itch.io:
This information is used to identify you uniquely in Scaffold. This information is also updated at every login. The information outlined above is public with exception of the itch.io user ID, which is used to determine ownership of the account.
When you upload a stage using the online stage editor (Trowel pico), the browser sends to the server the following information:
Stages uploaded to Scaffold are by default visible, although the visibility of your stages may be changed by you at any point in time.
Scaffold uses a self-hosted analytics service called Matomo (instance named Satellite) as well as data generated by the regular use of the application to collect analytics about how users interact with Scaffold. This data includes information such as:
This data is stored in-premise and is not shared publicly with the exception of some aggregated statistics.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals for the following reasons:
We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to (parts of) your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
You have the right to migrate, update or delete your personal information. Your user information is updated from itch.io's API every time you login.
To delete stages uploaded by you, you may use the "delete stage" button found in the stage information page while authenticated. To delete your user information from within Scaffold, send the staff team an email using the email contact button in the About page. The deletion process is manual. Do note that other parts of your public information may still remain accessible after user information deletion.
It is possible to opt-out of Matomo analytics tracking. To do so, you may configure your browser to send Do-Not-Track headers with your requests.
We use cookies. They are used to store session information and to be able to collect analytics data. Since cookies are an integral part for the services' functioning, if you do not wish for cookies to be stored, please do not use the services.
Scaffold follows accepted standards to protect personal information during transfer, processing and storage. All Scaffold sites are encrypted via TLS and we make sure to restrict access to personal information in our servers when we don't need to access it.
The services are not designed for children under 13 years. Refer to section "underage users" in the Terms & Conditions document.
Scaffold may contain links to external sites. By clicking on a third-party link you will be directed to the site the link leads to. We do not control those sites and therefore we do not assume responsibility for their policies and content, so it's important you understand the Privacy Policies of any applicable sites as necessary.
This document may be updated from time to time, so it's recommended to check this page in the case it changes. Any updates will be notified in this very page, and such updates will be effective the moment they are posted on this page.