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Privacy Policy

1. Data controller

The controller responsible for processing your personal data on this website is:

Matikus Games
Owner: Mathias Kusch
Email:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how your data is processed, you can contact me at any time via email.

2. What data is collected and for what purpose?

2.1 Newsletter and updates

If you subscribe to my newsletter or development updates, I collect and process:

Email address
Name or nickname
Any other information you choose to provide in the form

Purpose:

Sending newsletters, devlogs, progress updates and information about current or future games.
Occasionally asking for feedback, playtests or surveys related to Matikus Games.

Legal basis: Your consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, for example by using the unsubscribe link in my emails or by contacting me directly at .

3. Use of Tally for forms

For the newsletter form and other contact or feedback forms, this website uses the service Tally.so, operated by Tally BV, a company based in the European Union. When you submit a form, your form inputs are processed and stored by Tally on servers they operate. Tally acts as a data processor on my behalf.

Tally may also collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type and version, and the date and time of submission. Further information about data processing by Tally can be found in Tally’s own Privacy Policy at tally.so.

4. Email communication

If you contact me directly by email, I will process the data you provide (email address, content of your message, name, attachments) in order to answer your request and, if necessary, to maintain a conversation or relationship with you.

The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of a contract or steps prior to entering into a contract) or Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in answering inquiries and building a community around my games).

5. Data retention

Newsletter data is stored as long as you are subscribed. If you unsubscribe, your email address will be removed from the active mailing list. I may keep minimal information in a suppression list to ensure you do not receive further emails by mistake.

Form submissions that are no longer needed for the original purpose will be deleted or anonymised within a reasonable period.

6. Your rights under GDPR

As a data subject under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access – to obtain confirmation and a copy of the personal data I hold about you.
Right to rectification – to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure – to request deletion of your data, where legally possible.
Right to restriction of processing – to limit how your data is used in certain cases.
Right to data portability – to receive the data you provided in a structured, commonly used format.
Right to object – to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to withdraw consent – where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise these rights, simply contact . You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in Portugal (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados – CNPD).

7. Cookies and tracking

At the current stage, this website does not intentionally use cookies or third-party tracking tools for analytics or advertising beyond what is technically necessary to deliver the site. If this changes in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated and, where required, a cookie banner and consent mechanism will be implemented.

8. Updates to this Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, services or data processing. The latest version is always available on this page.

Last updated: 02.01.2026