Privacy Policy

Website and Closed Beta Test

Last Updated: 20 January 2025

Thank you for using our products and services! We respect your concerns about privacy and appreciate your trust and confidence in us.

Please note that this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) only applies to the closed beta test (“CBT”) of the game (the “Game”) and website (the “Website”) for Rust Mobile (together, the “Service”). If you use any other products or services, please refer to the privacy policy for that particular product or service.

If you have any questions about anything in this Privacy Policy, or want to exercise any rights you may have, our contact information can be found here.

For the purpose of data protection laws, the data controller of your personal information in relation to the Service is Proxima Beta Pte. Limited.

SUMMARY

Here is a summary of the information contained in this Privacy Policy. You can find more detail by clicking ‘More Information’.

*What information do we need to be able to provide the Service?*	For the Website: · We will collect data such as your IP address and device information to better understand visitors to our Website. · We will collect survey information and your email address to determine your eligibility to participate in the CBT of the Game and to provide you with news of the Game, with your consent. For the Game: · If you register an account to use the Game, then we will need some information from you to set this up. This includes device information, social platform information and other information. We will generate an Open ID, which is an internal ID for your account. Depending on your use of the Service and the jurisdiction where you are based, you may also need to provide some additional information to help us set up your account. · If you choose to set up your profile using a social media account, we collect information provided by your social media account service provider to automatically generate your profile, including nickname, social platform avatar, ticket, and user ID from social platform. · To maintain the smooth operation of the Game (which includes activities such from addressing bugs or malicious activity through to improving functionality), we will process customary device and network information (such as user IDs, device identifiers, CPU, storage, network status). · If you need to get in touch with us, we will retain some information (such as your email and any screenshots you send us) so that we can review and respond to your concerns.	More Information.
*How will we use your information?*	· We use your information to set up your account, enable you to use the Service, enable interaction between users of the Service, save your progress, ensure the safe and secure operation of the Service, address bugs, optimize and improve the Service, protect users, resolve user queries, better understand our users, and to comply with our legal obligations and enforce our legal rights.	More Information.
*Who do we share your information with?*	· We use third parties and work with our affiliates to help us deliver the best possible experience (such as needed to perform game data analytics). · All third party service providers providing services for us are prohibited from retaining, using, or disclosing your personal information for any purpose except where strictly necessary for the Service (i.e., to fulfil the purpose(s) described above). · In some cases we may be required by a court or be under a legal obligation (such as a valid search warrant or subpoena) to disclose certain information.	More Information.
*Where do we process your information?*	· Pursuant to our contract with you, we may transfer data outside of the location in which you are based for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. · We have servers for the Service in Silicon Valley and Singapore. The servers applicable to your use of the Service will depend upon your location. We also have support, engineering and other teams who may support the Service, including from Singapore and the PRC.	More Information.
*How long do we keep your information?*	· Unless otherwise required or permissible by applicable laws, we retain your information for the period during which you maintain an account for the Service, or for so long as the information is needed to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected (as further described in this Privacy Policy). We then delete or anonymize such data, in accordance with applicable laws.	More Information.
*How can I exercise my rights over my information?*	· Certain jurisdictions offer users specific rights with respect to their information, so you may have a right to access or receive a copy of your data, or to delete your data or restrict or object to our processing of your data.	More Information.
*How will we notify you of changes?*	· Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here. We will also notify you of changes in accordance with relevant legal requirements.	More Information.

Welcome to Rust Mobile!

This Privacy Policy explains the when, how and why when it comes to the processing of your personal information in connection with the closed beta test (“CBT”) of the game (the “Game”) and website (the “Website”) for Rust Mobile (together, the “Service”), and sets out your choices and rights in relation to that information. Please read it carefully – it will allow you to understand how we collect and use your information, and how you can control it.

Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to the Service. If you use any other products or services please refer to the privacy policy for that particular product or service.

If you do not agree to the processing of your personal information in the way this Privacy Policy describes, please do not provide your information when requested and stop using the Service. By using the Service you are acknowledging how we process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

For the purpose of data protection laws, the data controller of your personal information in relation to the Service is Proxima Beta Pte. Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”).

If you have any questions about anything in this Privacy Policy, or want to exercise any rights you may have, our contact information can be found here. You can also reach out to our data protection officer at dpo_rustmobile@proximabeta.com.

1. Cookies

We use cookies and other similar technologies (“Cookies”) to enhance your experience using the Service. Cookies are small files which, when placed on your device, enable us to provide certain features and functionalities. For more information about our Cookies policy, click here.

2. Children

Children must not use the Service for any purpose.

By children, we mean users under the age of 13 years old. You should in any case refer to the laws in your jurisdiction to ensure you are above the relevant legal minimum age.

Other than as provided above, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under these ages for any purpose. If you believe that we have personal information of a child under these ages without lawful consent, or if you are the parent or guardian of the user and wish to withdraw consent, please contact us.

3. How We Process Your Personal Information

This section provides more detail on the types of personal information we collect from you, and why.

Personal Information	Use
*For the Website*
Information you provide to us (either directly or through a third party)
IP address	We use this information to calculate the number of page views and user views of users visiting the page.
RUM Information: IP address, Android version, CPU version	We use this information to: · monitor the health of the Website and better understand users of the Website; and · locate problems;
Newsletter information: Email address, phone number or other methods agreed by you as the preferred contact method	We use this information to send you our newsletter if you choose to subscribe. You may unsubscribe any time.
Survey Information: Age range, mobile phone number, email address, types of games played, gaming preference, average gameplay duration, and any other responses you choose to provide	We use this information to assess whether you are eligible to participate in the closed beta test for the Service.
*For the Game*
Information you provide to us (either directly or through a third party)
Account Registration Information: · If you choose to log in via your Facebook account: Nickname, avatar, ticket, user ID · Guest login: Open ID	We use this information to allow you to register and create your account for the Service (including by linking your game account to another account of an eligible platform) in accordance with your request, log in to the Service and participate in game activities and receive notifications of the Service.
Information generated as part of the Service
Configuration Information: · Device information: UUID, device language, screen resolution, device brand, device manufacturer, device model, RAM, ROM, CPU information · Other information: Application version, network type, IP address, and any other related configuration information	We use this information: · to obtain the configuration from Cloud Services; · for system monitoring and malicious attack protection; · for basic environment configuration and verification; · for advertisement attribution; · to conduct fault recording and analysis; and · for network optimization.
Announcement Services Information: · Identity information: Open ID · Device information: UUID, device language, screen resolution, device brand, device manufacturer, device model, RAM, ROM, CPU information · Other information: Application version, network type, IP address	We use this information to issue announcements, monitor systems, protect against malicious attacks, conduct fault recording and analysis and for network optimization.
Login Information: · Identity information: Open ID · Device information: Device language, RAM, running process information, device model, Android ID, device brand, screen resolution, ROM, system time, UUID, device manufacturer, system startup time, CPU information, OAID · Other information: IDFV, IDFA, operator name, application version, IP address, network type, and any other related login information	We use this information to create your account for the Service in accordance with your request, to provide user device feature recognition, and to ensure the security of your game accounts. We also use this information for: · system monitoring and malicious attack protection; · ad attribution; · conducting fault recording and analysis; and · network optimization.
Age gating information: Open ID, age, email, country / region, IP address	We use this information to prevent underage users from using the Service.
Webpage Browsing Information: Android ID *Please note that this data is only stored on your device, and is not retained by our servers.	We use this information to support webpage browsing when you use the Service, for system monitoring and malicious attack protection, and to ensure the security of your account.
Safety Information: · User account information, including account ID, username, user ID, profile picture · IP address · User generated content, such as pictures, audio, text	We use this information to ensure a safe gaming environment.
Interface Service Information: Open ID, nickname, game level, area ID (Game server), item ID and counts, mail ID, registration time, login time, logout time, online status, ban status and reasons	We use this information to provide a unified standard interface and real-time data access support.
Game Runtime Information: Server ID, system time, account information (Open ID, nickname, game level), gameplay statistics	We use this information to collect player game runtime data.
Game Log Information: · System information: Server ID, system time, system startup time, network status · Account information: Open ID, nickname, game level · PC hardware information: OS, CPU, GPU, screen resolution · Client performance data: CPU usage, GPU usage, memory usage, FPS · IP address · Gameplay statistics	We use this information to better understand your game behavior for data analysis.
Data analysis and reporting information: · System information: Server ID, system time, system startup time, network status · Account information: Open ID, nickname, game level · PC hardware information: OS, CPU, GPU, screen resolution · Client performance data: CPU usage, GPU usage, memory usage, FPS · IP address · Gameplay statistics	We use this information to conduct data analysis and reporting.
Real time voice chat data: · Identity information: Open ID and voice data* · Device information: Device model, device brand, system time · Other information: SDK version, network type, region ID, voice data* *Please note that this data is only stored on your device, and is not retained by our servers.	We process this information to facilitate your real-time voice chat with users. We also process and review this information if we suspect any inappropriate behavior.
Chat Information: Open ID, text chat data* *Please note that this data is only stored on your device, and is not retained by our servers.	We use this information to allow you to send text messages to other players in the lobby channel, team channel and private channel.
Customer Support Information: · Identity information: Open ID, Role ID · Device information: Device brand, device system version, device manufacturer, device model, device name · Social platform information: Social platform nickname · Other information: Login channel ID, SDK version, application version, IP address, network type, client language, buried data reporting, user question data, and any other information you choose to provide	We use this information to allow you to use our Q&A function to solve any problems you may encounter while using the Service.
Crash Information: Diagnostic logs such as user IDs, device identifiers, CPU, storage, network status and any other related information for crash reporting and resolving	We use this information to pinpoint, analyze and resolve crash issues and other latency issues.
Game Performance Information: · Identity information: Open ID · Device information: Phone memory, GPU information, CPU model, CPU usage rate, device brand, network traffic, device system version, screen resolution, ROM, RAM, device manufacturer, CPU architecture, remaining memory, device model, system time, UUID, whether the device has obtained Root permission, system startup time, battery status · Other information: Framerate per second, SDK version, network type, application version, application package name, and any other related game performance information	We use this information to monitor your game performance.

4. How We Store and Share Your Personal Information

We may transfer data outside of the location in which you are based for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We have servers for the Service in the United States and Singapore. The servers applicable to your use of the Service will depend upon your location. We also have support, engineering and other teams who may support the Service, including from Singapore and the PRC.

Only where necessary will we share your personal information with third parties. Situations where this occur are:

· Third parties that provide services in support of the Service, including providers of services that process information identified in this policy for the purpose of providing the Service. All third party service providers providing services for us are prohibited from retaining, using, or disclosing your personal information for any purpose except where strictly necessary for the Service (i.e., for the purpose(s) described above).

· Companies within our corporate group who process your personal information solely for the purpose of providing the Service to you. All such group companies may only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Regulators, judicial authorities and law enforcement agencies. There are circumstances in which we may be legally required to disclose information about you, such as to comply with legal obligations or processes. In complying with the terms of valid legal processes, such as a subpoena, or search warrant, unfortunately we may not be able to seek your consent to or notify you in advance of such disclosure.
Third parties to ensure safety, security, or compliance with laws. We may disclose your information to:

enforce our terms and conditions and other agreements, including investigation of any potential violation thereof;
detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or
protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law (such as exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction).

A third party that acquires all or substantially all of us or our business. We may also disclose your information to third parties if we either: (a) sell, transfer, merge, consolidate or re-organize any part(s) of our business, or merge with, acquire or form a joint venture with, any other business, in which case we may disclose your data to any prospective buyer, new owner, or other third party involved in such change to our business; or (b) sell or transfer any of our assets, in which case the information we hold about you may be sold as part of those assets and may be transferred to any prospective buyer, new owner, or other third party involved in such sale or transfer.

5. The Security of Your Personal Information

We have information security and access policies that limit access to our systems and technology, and we protect data through the use of technological protection measures such as encryption.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement and maintain reasonable measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted through the Service or otherwise via the Internet; any transmission is at your own risk.

6. Data Retention

We do not keep your data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the relevant purpose described above unless we are required or permitted to do so under law. If we retain your information beyond the retention periods set out below, for example to comply with applicable laws, we will store it separately from other types of personal information.

For further details on how long we keep your data, please refer to the time periods set out below.

Personal Information	Retention Policy
*For the Website*
Survey Information	Stored for the duration of CBT, after which it is deleted within 30 days, or automatically deleted within 30 days from receipt of your data erasure request, whichever is earlier.
IP Address RUM Information	Stored for the lifetime of your use of the Service until you submit an account deletion or data erasure request, after which this data is automatically deleted within 30 days from receipt of your request.
Newsletter Information	Stored until you withdraw your consent to subscribe to our newsletters.
*For the Game*
Configuration Information Age gating information Account Registration Information	Stored for the duration of CBT, after which it is deleted within 30 days, or deleted within 30 days from receipt of your account deletion request.
Customer Support Information	Stored for 90 days after the completion of the CBT, or until account deletion in accordance with your request, after which it is deleted within 30 days (whichever is earlier).
Interface Service Information Game Runtime Information Data analysis and reporting Information Crash Information Game Performance Information Game Log Information	Stored for 30 days from the completion of the CBT, after which it is automatically erased.
Safety Information	Stored for 7 days, except for evidence of penalty, which will be stored for lifetime of your use of the Game.
Announcement Services Information Webpage Browsing Information Real time voice chat data Chat data	This data is only processed and stored on your device, and is not retained on our servers.

7. Your Rights

Some jurisdictions’ laws grant specific rights to users of the Service. Please refer to the Supplemental Jurisdiction-Specific Terms, or the applicable laws in your jurisdiction, for an overview of specific rights that apply to persons subject to data protection laws in the listed jurisdictions and how these can be exercised.

You may have certain rights in relation to the personal information we hold about you. Some of these only apply in certain circumstances (as set out in more detail below). You can exercise some of these rights directly by accessing and updating the information in your account. If you believe we hold any other personal information about you, please contact us.

Access

You may have the right to access personal information we hold about you, how we use it, and who we share it with. You can access the personal information you have made available as part of your account by logging into your account.

Consent Withdrawal

To the extent provided by applicable laws and regulations, you may withdraw consent you previously provided to us for certain processing activities by contacting us at dpo_rustmobile@proximabeta.com. Where consent is required to process your personal information, if you do not consent to the processing or if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to deliver the expected service. Please note that the right to withdraw consent is only available if the legal basis for processing information is consent.

Announcements

We may from time to time send you announcements when we consider it necessary to do so (for example, when we temporarily suspend access to the Service for maintenance, or security, privacy or administrative-related communications). These are essential system and service-related announcements and you are not able to opt-out of these notifications, which are not promotional in nature.

8. Contact

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions. You can reach us in the first instance at:

Email: dpo_rustmobile@proximabeta.com

Mailing Address:

Tencent International Privacy & Data Protection Centre

[30 Raffles Place #19-01

Singapore

048622]

We will endeavor to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to any right you may have to launch a claim with a data protection authority in the region in which you live or work where you think we have infringed data protection laws.

9. Changes

If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy we will post the updated Privacy Policy here and notify you in accordance with relevant legal requirements.

10. Language

Except as otherwise prescribed by law, in the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the English version and local language version of this Privacy Policy, the English version shall prevail.

SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS – JURISDICTION-SPECIFIC

Some jurisdictions’ laws contain additional terms for users of the Service, which are set out in this section. If you are a user located in one of the jurisdictions below, the terms set out below under the name of your jurisdiction apply to you in addition to the terms set out in our Privacy Policy above.

Canada

If you are located in Canada and wish to obtain written information about our policies and practices with respect to our service providers located outside Canada, you may contact us as specified in Section 8 (Contact). Where we use service providers who might have access to your personal information, we require them to have privacy and security standards that are comparable to ours. We use contracts and other measures with our service providers to maintain the confidentiality and security of your personal information and to prevent it from being used for any purpose other than as provided in this Privacy Policy.

United States

For purposes of this section, “personal information” and “sensitive personal information” have the meanings given in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) (“CCPA”), and respectively include the terms “personal data” and “sensitive data” as defined in the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), the Connecticut Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (“CTDPA”), the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), (collectively, “US State Laws”). The terms do not include information excluded from the scope of US State Laws.

Collection and Disclosure of Personal Information

Over the past 12 months, we have collected and disclosed for a business purpose the following categories of personal information, including sensitive personal information (denoted by *), from or about you or your device:

· Identifiers, such as your name as it appears on your social media profile, Open ID / user ID, IP address, device ID, device token, phone number, email address, and nickname. This information is collected directly from you and your device and from social media platforms if you choose to sign up using a social media account.

· Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute, including information covered by other categories such as your phone number. This information is collected directly from you.

· Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law such as age range. This information is collected directly from you in the context of being our consumer or, if you choose to set up your profile using a social media account, your gender may be provided by your social media account provider.

· Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as your information regarding your use of the Service, including level, score, date and time stamps of actions, log-in and clickstream data and other device information as described in the main Privacy Policy. This information is collected directly from you and your device.

· Geolocation information such as your region location when you set up your profile and choose to provide this information for the Service. This information is collected directly from you.

· Audio and visual information such as your social media profile picture, photos shared in the Service, and audio messages. This information is collected directly from you and from social media platforms if you choose to sign up using a social media account.

· Account log-in information, including the username and password used to access your Service account. *

· Contents of your chat and voice messages* sent on Service. This information is collected from your device, is only stored on your device, and is not retained by our servers.

We collect and disclose your personal information, including sensitive personal information, for the following purposes:

· to provide you with the Service, maintain your account, provide customer service, resolve crash and latency issues, and deliver audio and text messages;

· to ensure a safe gameplay environment;

· to process surveys;

· to improve our services, including the functionality of the Service;

· to conduct data analysis and better understand our users;

· for security and verification purposes, including to prevent and detect fraudulent activity;

· to address and remediate technical issues and bugs.

For additional information about what each type of personal information is used for, see Section 3 (How We Process Your Personal Information).

We disclose each of the categories of personal information that we collect as described in Section 4 (How We Store and Share Your Personal Information).

In the past 12 months, we have not sold or shared personal information of California residents within the meaning of “sold” and “share” in the CCPA. And we have no knowledge of any sale or sharing of personal information of users under 16 years of age.

In addition, we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than to perform the services reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those services or as otherwise permitted by US State Laws.

Retention of Your Personal Information

The retention period varies among the different categories of data collected. For detailed information about the retention period for any specific category of data, see this chart in the main portion of the Privacy Policy.

Rights under US State Laws:

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to information that we have collected about you. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.

· Right to Access/Know. Request we confirm whether we process information about you and give you access to that information. You may also request to receive that information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the information to another business without impediment. If you are a California resident, you may request the following information about our collection, use and disclosure of your information:

o the categories of personal information about you that we collected;

o the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;

o the business or commercial purposes for collecting personal information about you;

o the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information about you and the categories of personal information that was disclosed (if applicable) and the purpose for disclosing the personal information about you; and

o the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you;

· Request to Delete. Request we delete personal information we collected about you;

· Request to Correct. Request we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you; and

· Right to Non-Discrimination. Be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights including providing a different level or quality of services or denying goods or services to you when you exercise your rights under the US State Laws.

How to Exercise Your Rights

First, you may wish to log into your account and manage your data from there. Depending on where you live, you may also exercise your rights, if any, regarding other data by contacting us as specified in Section 8 (Contact). We may take steps to verify your identity before complying with your request to protect your privacy and security, and may decline your request if we are unable to verify your identity. To verify your identity, we may need the following information from you: your first name, last name, address, phone number, date of birth and email address.

Depending on where you live, you may exercise these rights yourself or you may also designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. In order for us to process the request, you must provide the authorized agent with signed written permission. We reserve the request to require the agent to verify their own identity and to confirm directly with you that you have provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.

In addition, where applicable, we will provide you with more information about our appeal process. When you submit a request or launch an appeal, we will limit our collection of your information to only what is necessary to securely fulfil your request or process your appeal. We will not require you or your authorized agent to pay a fee for the verification of your request or appeal.

Questions

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us as set out in Section 8 (Contact).