Contact and Website Privacy Policy
Version: 2022.03
This Privacy Policy covers the use of this website, operated by: Nintendo European Research and Development, 115 rue Réaumur, 75002 PARIS, FRANCE - RCS Paris B 447 993 445 – SIRET 44799344500041 (“NERD”, “we”).
NERD is the controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 – “GDPR”).
If you are a resident of the United Kingdom (“UK”), references in this Privacy Policy to GDPR shall be understood as reference to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”).
1. Data Processing
Certain information is transmitted to our servers by the internet browser of each online visitor when they access the website, including the date and time of access, names of requested files, the referral-webpage, the status, the internet browser and operation system used, the IP address of the device and the size of transmitted data.
NERD uses this information in order to set up the connection of your device and to enable you to use the website. The legal basis for this processing is the provision of the service you have requested (Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR).
The information is further stored in connection logs for the purpose of ensuring the security and proper functioning of the website, including the prevention of hacking attacks to our systems. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest NERD pursues is the protection of our systems. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to such processing. To exercise this right you may at any time contact NERD as provided for in Section 7 of this Privacy Policy.
We may also use the information for statistical purposes in an anonymized form.
2. Cookies
2.1 General Information
This website may store pieces of information (cookies) in your web browser, that serve several purposes:
2.1.1 Some cookies are required to make the site work and deliver its core functionality (remember visitor preferences, enable accessibility, enforce security and performance); they are necessary cookies, and are set during visits automatically. The legal basis for using such strictly necessary cookies is the provision of the service you have requested (Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR).
2.1.2 Some cookies are used for analytics purposes (measure audience, help us understand how people interact with the site); they are set only if you accept all cookies.
The legal basis for using the cookies for analytics purposes (as specified below) and for collecting personal data through these cookies is your consent (Art 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR). We will only activate these cookies after you explicitly allowed their use. If you permitted the use of such cookies, you can at any time delete all these cookies from your web browser by clicking the button in Section 8.
The legal basis for the subsequent processing of the data collected with the non-essential cookies such as usage, analysis and storage is Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR. The legitimate interest NERD pursues is the improvement and optimization of the website for the benefit of the website visitors.
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to such processing. To exercise this right you may at any time delete all these cookies from your web browser by clicking the button in Section 8. Please note that all preferences will then be lost.
2.2 Google Analytics
With your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google Ireland”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on visitors’ computers, to help us analyse how visitors use the website. The information generated by the cookie about the visitors’ use of the website will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”) on servers in the United States. On this website, IP anonymization has been activated. The IP addresses of users from European Union member states, from other states contracting to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or from the United Kingdom, will be shortened. Only in exceptional cases will a complete IP address be transferred to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. On behalf of NERD, Google Ireland will use this information for the purpose of evaluating the website for us, in order to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for us. Google Ireland will not associate the IP address transferred in the context of Google Analytics with any other data held by Google Ireland. For further information please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
3. User Communications
When you send an email or other communication to NERD, we use those communications in order to process your inquiries and respond to your requests.
The legal basis for this processing is the provision of the service you have requested (Art. 6 para. 1 (b) GDPR).
4. Who Has Access to Your Information
In compliance with applicable data protection requirements, NERD may use third-party data processors and may share your information with such third-party data processors acting on our behalf to provide services in connection with the website. Where such third-party processors are located outside the European Union / the European Economic Area, such third-party processors are either located in a third country where the European Commission has decided that this country ensures an adequate level or appropriate safeguards for an adequate level of data protection are provided for by standard data protection clauses that have been adopted by the European Commission and that have been entered into between NERD and the third-party data processor.
5. Storage Time
NERD will only store your information as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the information is collected and processed or – where the applicable law provides for longer storage and retention periods – for the storage and retention period required by law. After that your personal data will be deleted. In particular, if you exercise a right to object to the processing of your personal data, we will delete your personal data that we processed for the purpose to which you objected without undue delay, unless another legal basis for processing and retaining this data exists or unless applicable law requires us to retain the data.
6. Your Rights Under GDPR
You may in particular, without limitation, have the following rights under applicable European data protection law:
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Right of access: You have the right to obtain confirmation from NERD as to whether or not we processes personal data from you and you also have the right to at any time obtain access to your personal data stored by NERD.
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Right to rectification of your personal data: If NERD processes your personal data, NERD shall endeavour to ensure by implementing suitable measures that your personal data is accurate and up-to-date for the purposes for which NERD collected your personal data. If your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request the rectification of such data.
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Right to erasure of your personal data or right to restriction of processing: You may have the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data or the restriction of processing of your personal data.
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Right to data portability: You may have the right to receive the personal data concerning you and which you have provided to NERD, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to transmit those data to another controller.
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Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data as further specified in this Privacy Policy.
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Right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority located in the European Union. You may contact the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).
To exercise the rights specified above, you can contact us as provided in Section 7 of this Privacy Policy.
7. Contact
If you have any questions about this Website Privacy Policy and NERD’s data processing activities or if you want to exercise any of your rights under GDPR, please contact:
Nintendo European Research and Development
GDPR
115 rue Réaumur
75002 PARIS
FRANCE
or send an email to:
gdpr@nerd.nintendo.com
8. Cookie Deletion
You may, at any time, delete all cookies set by this website from your web browser by clicking the button below; please note that all preferences will then be lost.