Terms and Conditions
General terms of use
Use of www.wordcolony.com implies acceptance of the terms and conditions below.
KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL assumes the right to modify these provisions without further notice. The most recent version can be accessed on this page.
Your access/visitation of this website is subject to the Terms of Use, includin all its subchapters, and implies your explicit acceptance of them and represents the agreement between the parties.
The relationship between the parties is governed by the EU law and the Romanian law, as follows:
OG no. 21/1992 on consumer protection
GEO no. 34/2014 on consumer rights in contracts concluded with professionals
Law no. 363/2007 on combating unfair practices of traders in relation to consumers and harmonization of regulations with European consumer protection legislation
Law 365/2002 on e-commerce
KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL guarantees the user limited access, for personal use (placing online orders, information), to the website www.wordcolony.com and does not grant the user the right to download or modify part or all of the website, to reproduce part or all of the website, to copy, sell/resell or exploit the website in any other way, for commercial purposes or without its prior written consent.
The entire content of the www.wordcolony.com website – products, images, texts, graphics, symbols, web graphics, emails, scripts, programs and other data – is the property of KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL and its suppliers and is protected by the Law for the protection of copyrights (law no. 8/1996) and by the laws on intellectual and industrial property. The use of any of the elements listed above without the consent of KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL is punishable according to the legislation in force.
The domain www.wordcolony.com is owned by KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL. The use of this trademark, web domain or trade names, logos and emblems, in direct or “hidden” form (such as, but not limited to, meta tags or other indexing techniques, web search) without prior written permission is prohibited and punishable by law.
The products presented on www.wordcolony.com are produced and marketed by KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL. The general appearance, design, colours and content of the actual products may differ from what is presented on the website.
KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL or/and www.wordcolony.com website does not sell products or make direct sales, with B2C (Business to Consumer) purchases and deliveries. The marketing of products is done by our distributors and retailers, therefore direct purchases and deliveries are made directly to and from them. Please check their websites to see their terms and conditions. www.wordcolony.com is strictly for the presentation of products and their use.
Company details
KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL
VAT no.: RO28947668
Registered in Romania: J09/524/2011
Address: Baraganului str., no. 5, Bl. E, Apt. 41, zip 810453, Braila, Jud. Braila
Offices:
Str. Malcoci, no.1, bl.45, ent.3, apt.67, zip code 051921, Sector 5, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail:
hello [@] karpathic [.] com
hi [@] wordcolony [.] com
Copyrights and Trademarks
Word Colony®, Rummy Colony, KARPATHIC, including the names, logos, game cards, game board, pawns, pawn names and logos, packaging, game instructions and extensions are trademarks and copyrights of KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL.
Registered with the IP Rights Office Copyright Registration Service, registration number: 19217269570.
The Word Colony® trademark is registered with the EUIPO, European Union Intellectual Property Office under No. 018335461 and with the USPTO, United States Patent and Trademark Office under No. 6439720.
Reproduction of any part of this game is strictly prohibited without written permision. Our policy is to comply with all intellectual property laws and to act as soon as we are made aware of any infringement.
Disclaimer
The general knowledge information in the games is about facts and entities in the public domain, known to most people, with multiple sources.
As public information, we do not reserve any rights to it. This information presented in the questions and answers on the game cards is purely for information and entertainment purposes.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this game, neither we nor third parties make any warranty as to the accuracy, currency, performance, completeness or adequacy of the information and materials found or offered in this game for any purpose. The most recent update for this version of Word Colony®, was made in August 2023. If you notice any erroneous or incomplete information in the game, please email us at hi [@] wordcolony [.] com or send us a message using our contact page form.
By continuing to play Word Colony®, Rummy Colony or other related games and expansions, you assume responsibility that the information in the game may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for these to the fullest extent permitted by law. We reserve the right to change the content and game guide at any time without prior notice. The photos used in the guide, inserts and on the packaging are for presentation purposes only. Word Colony® is created in Romania by Dorian Sărmășan. ©2019-2024 Word Colony. LARPATHIC BRANDS SRL. All rights reserved. www.wordcolony.com
Privacy policy
The confidentiality of your personal data is one of the main concerns of KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL, located at str. Baraganului, nr. 5 apt, 41, Braila, Jud Braila, Romania, as data controller.
The purpose of this document is to inform you about the processing of your personal data in the context of the use of the website http://wordcolony.com, which we will hereinafter refer to as the “site”.
The website http://wordcolony.com has an informative, presentational role. Through this website it is not possible to place orders online. Orders for Word Colony products can only be placed through the online/physical shops of the partners. We will provide an informative privacy policy below, but for more details and exact information, please refer to the Privacy Policies and Terms and Conditions of the partners’ websites.
Contents
1. Categories of personal data processed
2. Purposes and grounds for processing
3. Duration for which we process your data
4. Disclosure of personal data
5. Transfer of personal data
6. Your rights
7. Confidentiality of minors
8. Changes to the privacy policy
1. Categories of personal data processed
A. If you are a customer of the site, we will process your personal data such as:
Name and surname
Telephone number
Your e-mail address
Data on how you use the site (e.g. your behaviour/preferences/habits within domains
As well as any other categories of data that you provide directly in the context of creating a user account, in the context of placing an order through the site or in any other way that results from the use of the site.
If you use your Facebook or Google account to create your user account on the site, you will process the following public profile data displayed by those applications: username, email address.
If you choose to create your user account only before completing the order of a product available on the site, you will be asked for your e-mail address under which an account will be automatically created.
If you do not complete your order, the e-mail address and other data provided will not be stored by , and the account created will be automatically deleted.
B. If you are a visitor to the site, we will process your personal data that you provide:
Directly in the context of your use of the site, such as the data you provide in the contact/ section, to the extent that you contact us in this way
Indirectly, data such as: IP address, browser used, browsing duration, search history, operating system used, language and pages viewed, full URLs, sequence of clicks to, through and from our site, information or products viewed/searched for, duration of visits to particular pages, information on page interaction (e.g. scrolling, clicks, mouse-overs), user behaviour data.
2. Purposes and grounds for processing
A. If you are a customer of the site, we process your personal data as follows:
– for the performance of the contractual relationship between you and , namely for the taking, validation, dispatch and invoicing of the order placed on the site, informing you about the status of the order, organizing the return of ordered products, etc.
Basis: The processing of your data for this purpose is based on the contract concluded between you and , defined in the Terms of use and Conditions defined in this page. The provision of your personal data is necessary for the performance of this contract. Refusal to provide data may result in the impossibility of the contractual relationship between you and .
– for the fulfilment of legal obligations in the context of the services provided through the site, including obligations in tax matters, as well as archiving.
Basis: The processing of your data for this purpose is necessary on the basis of legal obligations. Providing your data for this purpose is necessary. Refusal to provide your data may result in the impossibility to comply with legal obligations and therefore in the impossibility to offer you services through the website.
– for marketing activities, i.e. for the transmission, via remote communication means (e-mail, sms) of commercial communications on products and services offered by , through the site.
Basis: The processing of your data for this purpose is based on your consent, if you choose to provide it.
You can express your consent to the processing of your data for this purpose by ticking the appropriate box at the time of account creation, or after account creation, in the My Account Information section.
To unsubscribe from receiving such commercial communications, you can use the option at the end of each e-mail/sms containing commercial communications. In addition, you can unsubscribe by send us an email.
Providing your data for this purpose is voluntary. Refusal to provide your consent to the processing of your data for this purpose will have no negative consequences for you.
– for the purpose of performing various analyses, reporting on how the site works, profiling consumer preferences, mainly to improve the experience offered on the site.
Basis: The processing of your data for this purpose is based on the legitimate interest of continuously improving the customer experience on the site. Providing your data for this purpose is voluntary. Refusal to provide data for this purpose will not have negative consequences for you.
B. If you are a visitor to the website, KARPATHIC BRANDS SRL processes your personal data as follows:
– for marketing activities, i.e. for the transmission, via remote communication means (e-mail, sms), of commercial communications concerning products and services offered by www.wordcolony.com through the website.
Grounds: The processing of your data for this purpose is based on your consent, if you choose to provide it.
You can express your consent to the processing of your data for this purpose by completing and ticking the appropriate box in the newsletter subscription form available on the website.
To unsubscribe from receiving such commercial communications, you can use the option at the end of each e-mail/sms containing commercial communications.
Providing your data for this purpose is voluntary. Refusal to provide your consent to the processing of your data for this purpose will have no negative consequences for you.
– to resolve complaints, claims and to monitor traffic and improve your experience on the site.
Basis: The processing of your data for this purpose is based on the legitimate interest of [website owner] to ensure the proper functioning of the website, as well as to continuously improve the experience of visitors to the website, including by resolving various comments, questions or complaints.
Providing your data for this purpose is voluntary. Refusal to provide data for this purpose will have no negative consequences for you.
3. Duration for which we process your data
Will process your personal data for as long as is necessary to achieve the processing purposes mentioned above.
If you are a customer, we will process your data for the entire duration of the contractual relationship and thereafter in accordance with the legal obligations incumbent on us (e.g. in the case of financial-accounting supporting documents for which the retention period provided by law is 10 years from the end of the financial year during which they were drawn up).
If you are a customer and you exercise your option to delete your user account by clicking on the “delete account” button in the “my account information” section, we will interpret this action as your option to unsubscribe from receiving commercial communications by which we keep you informed about the products and services offered through the site.
In this regard, if you choose to delete your user account, we will no longer send you such e-mails and/or sms.
However, we would like to inform you that deleting your account will not automatically delete your personal data.
If you wish not to have your personal data processed or if you wish to have your data deleted, you can exercise your rights as detailed in point 6 below.
If you request the deletion of your account, but there is at least one active order on that account, the request for deletion of the account can only be registered after the delivery of the products and the completion of the last active order.
If you withdraw your consent to the processing of your data for marketing purposes, the processing of your personal data for such purposes will cease, without however affecting the processing carried out on the basis of the consent expressed by you prior to your withdrawal.
4. Disclosure of personal data
We do not rent/sell your personal data to third parties.
In addition to the Operator, in certain situations, the data may be accessible to third parties such as service providers, transport operators, hosting providers, IT companies, appointed, if necessary, as persons empowered by the Operator.
They are contractually obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the data and to use them exclusively for the purpose for which they were provided.
We may also disclose your personal data to central/local public authorities in the following cases:
– for site administration
in situations where such disclosure would be necessary for the award of prizes or other facilities to data subjects obtained as a result of their participation in various promotional campaigns organised by us through the site;
– to maintain, customise and improve the site and the services provided through it
for conducting data analysis, testing and research, monitoring usage trends and activity, developing security features and user authentication
– for the transmission of commercial marketing communications, under the conditions and within the limits provided by law
– where disclosure of personal data is required by law, etc.
5. Transfer of personal data
Personal data provided to us may be transferred outside Romania, but only to countries in the European Union.
6. Your rights
Under the conditions provided by the legislation on the processing of personal data, as data subjects, you have the following rights:
– the right to information – the right to receive details of the processing activities carried out by , as described in this document;
– the right of access to data – the right to obtain confirmation from the controller of the processing of personal data, as well as details of the processing activities such as the manner in which the data are processed, the purpose for which the processing is carried out, the recipients or categories of recipients of the data, etc;
– the right to rectification – the right to have inaccurate/unjustified personal data corrected without undue delay and to have incomplete data completed;
– the right to erasure of data without undue delay (“right to be forgotten”) – certain conditions apply; it is possible, following the request for erasure of data, to anonymise these data (thus depriving them of their personal nature) and to continue processing for statistical purposes under these conditions;
– the right to restrict processing, under certain conditions;
– the right to data portability – the right to receive personal data in a structured, commonly used and easily readable format, and the right to have such data transferred to another data controller, provided that the conditions laid down by law are met;
– the right to object
– in relation to processing activities may be exercised by submitting a request as indicated below;
– at any time, for reasons relating to the data subject’s particular situation, that data relating to him or her are processed on the basis of the data subject’s legitimate interest or on the basis of the public interest, except where he or she can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of data subjects or where the purpose is to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim;
– at any time, free of charge and without any justification, that data relating to him or her may be processed for direct marketing purposes.
– the right not to be subject to an automated individual decision the right not to be subject to a decision taken solely on the basis of automated processing activities, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning the data subject or similarly affects him or her to a significant extent;
– the right to apply to the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing or to the competent courts, to the extent you consider necessary.
For any further questions on how personal data are processed and to exercise the rights mentioned above, please contact us at the email address provided in this page, from the Company details section.
7. Confidentiality of minors
does not knowingly contact or collect information from persons under the age of 18. The Website is not intended to solicit information of any kind from persons under the age of 18.
If we become aware of such information in error, we will obtain appropriate parental consent to use such information or, if that is not possible, we will delete the information from our servers.
If you would like to notify us of our receipt of information about individuals under the age of 18, please contact us by email at
8. Changes in privacy policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy. In case of major changes in the future you will be notified by email (if possible) or by posting a specific message on the site.