PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 21, 2025

Craftbit is a service operated by B.A.D. Groep, a company registered in The Netherlands with Kamer van Koophandel (KvK) number 77617800. ("us", "we", or "our") operates the Craftbit Minecraft server and website (the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

• Personal Data: While using our Service, especially through our contact form, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information ("Personal Data"). This may include, but is not limited to: your name, email address, Minecraft username, and any other information you voluntarily provide in your message.
• Usage Data: We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. This data is collected via Google Analytics.
• Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. This includes cookies set by Google Analytics for website usage tracking and Google reCAPTCHA v3 for spam prevention on our contact form. For more details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your Personal Data based on the following legal grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Consent: We process your Personal Data when you have given us explicit consent to do so (e.g., by agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service when submitting a contact form).
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your Personal Data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that your rights and freedoms do not override those interests (e.g., for website analytics, security, and improving our services).
• Contractual Necessity: We may process your Personal Data when it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
• Legal Obligation: We may process your Personal Data when it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Use of Data

Craftbit uses the collected data for various purposes: to provide and maintain the Service, to notify you about changes to our Service, to allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so, to provide customer care and support, to provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service, to monitor the usage of the Service, to detect, prevent and address technical issues.

Disclosure of Data

We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Protect and defend the rights or property of Craftbit (B.A.D. Groep).
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
• Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
• Protect against legal liability.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Craftbit aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your Personal Data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Craftbit relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

• Google Analytics: For website analytics and usage tracking.
• Google reCAPTCHA v3: For spam and abuse prevention on our contact form.
• Nodemailer (via our server): For sending contact form emails.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: [email protected]
• By visiting this page on our website: craftbit.net/contact