Privacy and cookie statement Rusty Lake Website

This privacy and cookie statement was most recently revised on 22 June 2026.

Your privacy and the protection of your personal data is of great importance to Rusty Lake B.V. (hereinafter: Rusty Lake). During the processing of your personal data via our website (www.servantofthelake.com) we work in accordance with the requirements for the processing of personal data laid down in the privacy legislation (General Data Protection Regulation). This means we:

● Clearly specify our purposes before we process personal data, by using this privacy and cookie statement.
● Limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data needed for legitimate purposes.
● First ask for explicit permission to process your personal data in cases where your permission is required.
● Take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and we demand the same from parties who process personal data on our behalf.
● Respect your right to access, correct or delete your personal data held by us.

For what purposes do we use your personal data?
By visiting our website (www.servantofthelake.com), we obtain various personal data from you. For each purpose it is indicated what information we obtain from you, for what purpose we process this information and how long it will be stored. If you have any questions or want to know exactly what information we store of you, please contact us. Our contact details are mentioned below.

Contact
You can contact us by using our contact form or sending us an e-mail. For this purpose, we process the following personal data:
● Name
● E-mail address
● Any information you enter yourself as content of your message

We use this information in order to be able to handle your request to contact you properly and to perform the contract with you to this end. If you contact us, your personal data will be retained until we are sure that we fully answered and correctly handled your request.

Sending our newsletter
Via our website you can subscribe to our newsletter. In this newsletter we will inform you on a weekly base by e-mail about our games and universe. For this purpose, we process the following personal data:
● E-mail address
● Name

Your e-mail address will be added to the list of subscribers only with your explicit consent. We will retain your personal data until you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Each newsletter contains a link with which you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time.

Downloading our games
Rusty Lake is a creator of games. The games we create can be downloaded via the App Store, the Google Play Store, Steam, GOG and Itch.io. We have no influence on which personal data is processed by these providers and for what purpose they use your information. Therefore, we recommend that you read the relevant privacy statement of the provider in question. For more information about the personal data being processed in the games, please see the privacy statement of the relevant game.

ReCAPTCHA
We use the reCAPTCHA service of Google Inc. (Google) to protect our website against spam and abuse. In order for Google reCAPTCHA to work, the IP address of a website visitor, mouse movements and possibly other data are collected. This information is sent to and processed by Google for this purpose. By analysing this information, Google can determine whether we are dealing with a real website visitor or a robot. For more information, please see Google's privacy statement.

Providing data to third parties
Rusty Lake only shares your data with third parties when this is allowed by current legislation. It may happen that we provide your personal information to third parties, because:
● we have engaged them to process certain data;
● it is necessary to carry out the agreement with you;
● you give permission for this;
● we have a legitimate interest in this;
● we are legally obliged to do so (e.g., if the police demand this in case of a suspicion of a crime).

The parties that process personal data in our or your assignment:
● IT suppliers and service providers
● Cookie service providers
● Payment service providers

In order to provide this service, Rusty Lake may provide your personal data to parties established outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Rusty Lake will only do this if there is an adequate level of protection for the processing of personal data. This means, for example, that we use a model contract from the European Commission or make agreements about the handling of personal data.

Social media buttons
On our website we use social media buttons, which redirect you to the social media platforms. This gives you the option to follow us and share content within the network. You will also see advertisements on your social media page. The buttons are active because of bits of code that come from the social media networks. If you want to know what the social media platforms do with your personal data, please read the relevant privacy statement:
● Facebook (privacy policy)
● Twitter (privacy policy)
● YouTube (privacy policy)
● Instagram (privacy policy)
● Discord (privacy policy)
● Google (privacy policy)
● Disqus (privacy policy)
● Weibo (privacy policy)
● VK.com (privacy policy)
● Reddit (privacy policy)

Cookies
We and third parties use cookies on our website which are saved on your computer. Cookies are small information files that can be automatically stored on or read out from the device (including a PC, tablet or smartphone) of the website’s visitor, while visiting a website. This is done through the web browser on the device. Rusty Lake uses cookies for the following purposes:
● To enable the functionality of our website (functional cookies)
● To generate overall statistics and gain insights in the use of our website by the public in order to improve and optimize our website and services (analytical cookies)
● To show personalized advertisements (marketing cookies)

These cookies collect the following data from you:
● IP address
● Cookie ID
● Website and clicking behaviour
● Referrer URL

When you visit our website for the first time, we will display a message with an explanation about the cookies we use. We will ask for your consent to place the cookies, when we are required to do so. If you agree to the use of cookies, they will be placed on your device.

We use the following cookies: Type Cookie; entity Purpose Retention period Functional Google Tag Manager Google LLC, United States Privacy statement The cookies from Google Tag Manager make it possible to load scripts from other cookies. Google Tag Manager is purely functional and is not used for the collection of personal data. Session Various: First party cookies with strictly functional purposes These cookies enable necessary functionalities of the website, such as remembering the chosen language and whether consent for cookies has been given, displaying the cookie banner, etc. Up to 2 years Analytical Google Analytics Google LLC, United States Privacy statement These cookies are placed to gain insight into visitor behaviour and to improve the user experience. We have set these cookies to be privacy friendly. That means that we: ● have concluded a data processing agreement with Google; ● only provide Google masked IP addresses; ● do not share any further data with Google; ● and we do not use other Google services in combination with Analytics. Up to 2 years Marketing Google DoubleClick Google LLC, United States Privacy statement These cookies are used to register the website visitor's actions on the website after viewing or clicking on advertisements. The purpose of this is to measure the effectiveness and to show personalized advertisements. Up to 6 monthsπ Google AdSense Google AdSense cookies are used to experiment with the effectiveness of advertisements on the websites and to display relevant advertisements. Up to 1 year

If you would like to know what the cookie service providers do with your personal data, please read the privacy and cookie statement of the company in question. If you click on 'privacy statement' in the cookie table, you will be redirected to the relevant privacy statement.

Disabling of cookies
You can set your web browser to only accept cookies with your consent. For more information, please consult your browser's manual. Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.

Removal of cookies
Most cookies have an expiration date. This means that they will automatically expire after a certain period and no longer register any data concerning your visit of the website. Another option is to remove the cookies manually before the expiration date. In order to do this, consult your browser’s manual.

Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational security measures with regard to the processing of personal data to be carried out, against loss or against any form of unlawful processing (such as unauthorized access, corruption, alteration or disclosure of personal data).

Your rights
You can always contact us if you have any questions regarding our privacy and cookie statement. Besides that, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
● Right of access: you have the right to see what kind of personal data we process about you.
● Right of rectification: you have the right to rectify any personal data we process about you, if this information is (partially) wrong.
● Right to object: you have the right to object against the processing of your personal data by us, or against direct marketing.
● Right to be forgotten: you can file a request with us to remove any personal data we process of you.
● Right to data portability: if technically possible, you have the right to ask us to transfer your processed personal data to a third party.
● Right to restriction of processing: you can file a request with us to (temporarily) restrict the processing of your personal data.
● Right to revoke your consent, when we process your data based on your consent.

You may send a request by sending an e-mail to privacy@rustylake.com. To prevent abuse, we may ask you to provide proper proof of your identity.

We will usually respond to your request within one month. This term can be extended if the request is proven to be complex or tied to a specific right. You will be notified about a possible extension of this term within one month.

Modification of this privacy and cookie statement
We may change this privacy and cookie statement from time to time. Changes will be published on our website. It is therefore advised to consult this privacy and cookie statement on a regular basis, so you are aware of these changes.

Complaints
If you would like to file a complaint about our use of personal data, please send an email with the details of your complaint to privacy@rustylake.com. We will look into it and respond to any complaint we receive. If you think that we are not helping you correctly, you have the right to file a complaint with the national supervisory authority responsible for the protection of personal data against our processing of your personal data. For the Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

Contact details
Rusty Lake B.V.
Overhoeksplein 2
1031KS Amsterdam

E-mail: privacy@rustylake.com

Chamber of Commerce: 67664040