Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 06 August 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Backyard Games collects and uses personal information provided to us or that we otherwise collect when you visit our website or engage with us. If you apply for an employment opportunity with us, you should review this privacy policy together with the policy on the recruitment website. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to stay informed about how we collect and process personal information.
- Introduction
- Information We Collect
- How We Use Your Information
- Sharing Your Information
- Cookies and Related Technologies
- International Data Transfers
- Retaining and Deleting Personal Information
- Our Policy Concerning Children
- Links and Third-Party Services
- Protecting Your Information
- Your Privacy Rights
- Contact Us
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how Backyard Games collects and uses personal information provided to us or that we otherwise collect when you visit our website or engage with us. If you apply for an employment opportunity with us, you should review this privacy policy together with the policy on the recruitment website. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy to stay informed about how we collect and process personal information.
2. Information We Collect
The personal information we collect and process depends on how and why you interact with us.
A) Information you provide us
We collect personal information that you provide to us. For example, you may provide us with your:
| Personal Information | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Name, email address, and any information you send us via our website or online. | To provide and manage our website, including inquiries and requests received from you through the website. |
| Name, email address, phone number, date of birth, pictures, nationality (e.g., where you live), postal address, professional information, or other information that you provide in your resume. | To assess potential job applicants and progress through the recruitment process. |
B) Information we collect automatically
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, some of which could be considered personal information (also known as “Session Data”). Session Data we automatically collect may vary, but generally includes:
- Your device information (including OS version, model information, device ID, etc.);
- Online identifiers (including IP address, MAC address, etc.);
- What areas of the websites you accessed, browsed, searched for, or used; and
- Time spent on our websites and related statistical information.
We do not use Session Data to personally identify you. We use it to administer, operate, and improve our Sites. The process by which we collect this information is through cookies related online technologies. See our “Cookies and Related Technologies” section below for more information.
C) Information we collect from third parties
When you apply to our company using third-party platforms, we may receive certain information from your profile/account on third-party platforms as permitted by the terms of the third-party platform and your privacy settings thereon. For example, if you apply with LinkedIn profile, we receive your resume that is saved in LinkedIn.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information collected through the website for the following purposes:
- Operate the sites and answer inquiries;
- Prevent, detect, identify, investigate, and respond to potential or actual claims, liabilities, prohibited behavior, and criminal activity;
- Comply with and enforce legal requirements, agreements, and policies; and
- Achieve purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
In the majority of cases, our processing of your personal information is necessary to respond to you or process your request. We may also process your information to comply with a relevant legal obligation. For example, we may process your personal information to comply with legal obligations related to screening job applicants for employment, which may require the maintenance of certain records and for us to make mandatory disclosures to authorities. From time to time, we may ask for your consent to use your information for certain specific reasons. You may withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal by contacting us at the address provided in this Policy.
4. Sharing Your Information
We may share personal information with the following categories of parties and as otherwise described in this Policy or at the time of collection:
- With our service providers who help us perform and deliver our services, including: cloud service provider, website management, hosting, and analytics; communications; form processing; information technology and security; job application systems providers; recruitment providers; and auditing;
- With the appropriate authorities if we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent physical, financial, or other harm, injury, or loss, including to protect against fraud or credit risk;
- With legal, governmental, or judicial authorities as instructed or required by those authorities and applicable laws, or in relation to a legal activity, such as in response to a subpoena or investigation of suspected illicit or illegal activities, or where we believe in good faith that users may be engaged in illicit or illegal activities, or where we are bound by contract or law to enable a network partner to comply with applicable laws; and
- With necessary third parties in connection with, or during negotiations for, an acquisition, merger, asset sale, or other similar business transfer that involves all or substantially all of our assets or functions where personal information is transferred or shared as part of the business assets.
6. International Data Transfers
We operate globally and to provide our website may transfer your data to countries and other regions outside of the country where you are located. If your personal information is transferred, stored or processed by us, we take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information, including entering confidentiality and standard contractual clauses where appropriate. Additional information concerning the international transfer of your information is available depending on your region. See the supplemental terms section below for more information.
7. Retaining and Deleting Personal Information
In principle, we will remove your personal information without delay after the purpose of collecting personal information is achieved. Please note, however, we may retain your personal information for other reasons, such as to comply with our legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, cheating or abuse, or enforce this Policy or any other agreement we may have with you.
8. Our Policy Concerning Children
We do not knowingly collect, use or share any information about children. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with information, you can contact us and request your child’s information to be deleted from our system.
9. Links and Third-Party Services
If you click on a link to a third-party website, including, without limitation, an advertisement, you will leave our website and go to the website you selected. Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, we do not hold any responsibility for that third party’s use of your personal information, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security practices that we do. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any other service provider from whom you request services. If you visit a third-party website that is linked to our website, you should consult that site’s privacy policy before providing any personal information.
10. Protecting Your Information
While no one can guarantee your personal information is always completely secure, we use administrative, organizational, technical, and physical safeguards to help protect the personal information we collect and process. Our security controls are designed to maintain data confidentiality, integrity, and give us appropriate access to your data. Among other things, we update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We restrict access to your personal data to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. We use professional third-party service providers and data centers to provide our website, and enter into confidentiality agreements with them where appropriate. Those service providers and data centers implement industry-standard measures to protect the security of the personal information we collect, such as SSL (Secure Socket Layers), firewalls, digital certificates, and encryption.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to limitations in applicable law, you are entitled to object to or request the restriction of processing of your personal information, and to request access to, correction, and erasure of your own personal information. To make a request concerning your rights or if you have any other questions, please contact us by sending an email to the address specified in the “Contact Us” section. We endeavor to respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy, or your dealings with our website, please contact us by sending an email toadmin@backyardgames.au.