PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: October 19, 2026

Your privacy is important to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how HOOWTOPLAY.COM (“Hoow To Play,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, processes, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit or interact with our website.

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is an independent online publication operated by WEB DV DIGITAL MARKETING LTDA, a company established in Brazil and registered under CNPJ No. 53.431.544/0001-74.

This Privacy Policy is intended for users in the United States and is designed to provide transparency regarding our privacy practices and the choices that may be available to you under applicable U.S. privacy laws.

1. SCOPE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through HOOWTOPLAY.COM and related pages operated by us.

It explains:

  • What information we may collect
  • How we collect information
  • How we use information
  • How cookies and similar technologies may be used
  • How advertising and analytics technologies may operate
  • With whom information may be disclosed
  • How long information may be retained
  • What privacy rights may be available to you
  • How you can exercise applicable privacy choices

This Policy does not govern third-party websites, government agencies, financial institutions, educational platforms, advertisers, or other external services that may be linked from our content.

When you leave HOOWTOPLAY.COM, the privacy practices of the third-party website or service you visit will apply.

2. WHO OPERATES HOOWTOPLAY.COM?

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is operated by:

WEB DV DIGITAL MARKETING LTDA
CNPJ: 53.431.544/0001-74
Country of Establishment: Brazil
Location: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Email: [email protected]

WEB DV DIGITAL MARKETING LTDA is responsible for personal information that it collects and processes directly when it determines the purposes and means of that processing.

Certain third-party service providers may separately process information according to their own privacy policies, contractual responsibilities, and applicable laws.

3. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

The information we collect depends on how you interact with HOOWTOPLAY.COM and which technologies are enabled on the Website.

3.1 Information You Provide to Us

You may voluntarily provide information when you contact us, subscribe to communications, submit a form, or otherwise communicate with our team.

This information may include:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Information submitted through contact or subscription forms
  • Information contained in messages sent to our team
  • Communication preferences

We do not require users to provide passwords, Social Security numbers, full payment card numbers, bank account credentials, or government-issued identification documents to access our informational articles.

If you receive a request through our content asking for this type of information, please contact us.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit HOOWTOPLAY.COM, we and certain service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information.

Depending on the technologies being used, this information may include:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Device or browser identifiers
  • Cookie identifiers
  • Pages viewed
  • Date and time of access
  • Approximate time spent on pages
  • Referring website or traffic source
  • Clicks
  • Scrolling activity
  • Interactions with Website content
  • Interactions with advertisements
  • Website performance and diagnostic information

Some service providers may also derive general location information from an IP address.

We do not intend to collect precise geolocation information unless a specific feature clearly requires it and appropriate notice is provided.

4. SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may obtain personal information from:

  • You directly
  • Your browser or device
  • Cookies and similar technologies
  • Analytics providers
  • Advertising providers
  • Security and fraud-prevention providers
  • Hosting and infrastructure providers
  • Referral sources and traffic measurement services

Third parties integrated into the Website may also collect information directly from your browser or device.

5. HOW WE USE INFORMATION

We may use information for purposes including:

  • Operating and maintaining HOOWTOPLAY.COM
  • Providing access to our content
  • Responding to questions and requests
  • Managing communications
  • Sending requested content or updates
  • Improving Website usability
  • Understanding how visitors use our content
  • Measuring Website traffic and audience activity
  • Measuring the performance of articles and pages
  • Identifying technical problems
  • Maintaining Website security
  • Preventing fraud, abuse, or malicious activity
  • Measuring advertising performance
  • Displaying advertisements
  • Limiting advertisement frequency
  • Providing contextual advertising
  • Supporting personalized or interest-based advertising where permitted
  • Complying with applicable legal obligations
  • Establishing, exercising, or defending legal rights

We may also use information for other purposes disclosed to you at the time the information is collected.

6. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

HOOWTOPLAY.COM uses or may use cookies and similar technologies.

These technologies may include:

  • Cookies
  • Pixels
  • Tags
  • Web beacons
  • Browser storage
  • Device or browser identifiers
  • Measurement technologies

They may be used for Website functionality, security, preferences, analytics, audience measurement, advertising, and fraud prevention.

Cookies may generally be categorized as:

Essential Cookies

Used for Website operation, security, technical functionality, and fraud prevention.

Preference Cookies

Used to remember certain settings or preferences.

Analytics and Measurement Cookies

Used to understand Website traffic, user interactions, content performance, and technical performance.

Advertising Cookies

Used to display and measure advertisements and, where permitted, support personalized or interest-based advertising.

For additional information, please review our Cookie Policy.

7. ANALYTICS, ADVERTISING, AND THIRD-PARTY TECHNOLOGIES

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is an editorial website that may be supported by advertising.

Depending on the technologies currently implemented, we may use services provided by companies such as:

  • Google AdSense
  • Google Ads
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Microsoft Clarity
  • Meta
  • Actview
  • Cloudflare
  • Other analytics, advertising, security, performance, or infrastructure providers

Not every provider listed above is necessarily active on every page or for every visitor.

These companies may use cookies, pixels, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, device identifiers, browser information, and similar technologies.

Third parties may collect information about your activity on HOOWTOPLAY.COM and, depending on their technologies and your privacy choices, may associate that information with activity on other websites or services.

Information collected directly by third parties is also subject to their respective privacy policies and practices.

8. GOOGLE ADVERTISING SERVICES

HOOWTOPLAY.COM may use Google AdSense and other Google services to display, manage, and measure advertising.

Google and its partners may use cookies or other identifiers in connection with advertisements displayed on the Website.

Depending on your settings, location, applicable law, and Google advertising configurations, advertisements may be:

  • Contextual
  • Non-personalized
  • Personalized or interest-based

Google and its partners may process information such as IP addresses, browser or device information, cookie identifiers, the page being visited, and interactions with advertisements.

Users may manage certain Google advertising preferences through Google’s advertising and privacy controls, including My Ad Center.

9. HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose information to third parties when reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Recipients may include:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers
  • Security providers
  • Analytics and measurement providers
  • Advertising platforms and advertising partners
  • Technology providers
  • Email and communication providers
  • Professional advisers
  • Government authorities when legally required
  • Parties involved in protecting our legal rights or preventing fraud or abuse

We do not claim that all information disclosed to service providers is anonymous.

Certain providers may receive identifiers, IP addresses, device information, browsing information, or other data necessary to provide their services.

10. SALE, SHARING, AND TARGETED ADVERTISING

We do not sell personal information for money as a business model.

However, certain U.S. state privacy laws define terms such as “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly.

As a result, the use of certain advertising, analytics, cookie, pixel, or similar technologies may be considered a sale or sharing of personal information or processing for targeted advertising under applicable state law, even when no money is exchanged for the information.

Depending on the technologies enabled on HOOWTOPLAY.COM, information involved in these activities may include:

  • IP addresses
  • Cookie identifiers
  • Device or browser identifiers
  • Internet or electronic network activity
  • Pages viewed
  • Advertising interactions

Where applicable law provides you with the right to opt out of these activities, you may exercise that right through the privacy controls available on the Website.

A link labeled “Your Privacy Choices,” “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information,” or similar wording may be provided for this purpose.

Opting out of personalized or targeted advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements. You may continue to receive contextual or non-personalized advertisements.

11. U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

Residents of certain U.S. states may have privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Depending on where you live, the applicable law, and whether that law applies to our activities, you may have the right to:

  • Confirm whether we process your personal information
  • Access personal information we maintain about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information
  • Request deletion of certain personal information
  • Obtain a portable copy of certain personal information
  • Opt out of the sale of personal information
  • Opt out of sharing personal information
  • Opt out of targeted advertising
  • Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • Appeal certain decisions regarding privacy requests
  • Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

These rights are not identical in every state and may be subject to exceptions.

12. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

To submit a privacy request, you may contact us at:

[email protected]

Please indicate that your message concerns a Privacy Request and describe the right you wish to exercise.

Depending on the request and applicable law, we may need to verify your identity before processing it.

We will only request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and process the request.

We may be unable to fulfill a request if we cannot reasonably verify your identity or if an applicable legal exception allows or requires us to retain or process the information.

We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

Authorized Agents

Where permitted by applicable law, you may designate an authorized agent to submit a privacy request on your behalf.

We may request documentation demonstrating that the agent is authorized to act for you and may also ask you to verify your identity directly.

Appeals

Residents of states that provide a right to appeal may appeal a denied privacy request by contacting:

[email protected]

Please include “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line and explain why you believe our decision should be reconsidered.

13. GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL AND UNIVERSAL OPT-OUT SIGNALS

Certain browsers and privacy tools allow users to send automated privacy preference signals.

Where required by applicable law, we recognize qualifying universal opt-out preference signals, including Global Privacy Control (GPC), as a request to opt out of applicable sale, sharing, or targeted advertising activities for the browser or device sending the signal.

Because these signals are generally browser- or device-specific, you may need to enable the setting separately on each browser or device you use.

14. DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (“DNT”) setting.

Traditional DNT signals and legally recognized universal opt-out mechanisms such as Global Privacy Control are not necessarily the same.

Because there is no universally adopted standard governing traditional DNT signals, HOOWTOPLAY.COM does not currently respond to traditional browser DNT signals unless required by applicable law.

However, where legally required, we process recognized universal opt-out preference signals such as GPC as described above.

Third-party advertising and analytics providers may collect information regarding your online activity over time and across websites or online services, subject to their own technologies, policies, and your applicable privacy choices.

15. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE

This section provides additional information for California residents.

To the extent that the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), applies to HOOWTOPLAY.COM, California residents may have rights including:

  • The right to know what personal information is collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared
  • The right to access personal information
  • The right to delete certain personal information
  • The right to correct inaccurate personal information
  • The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
  • The right to limit certain uses and disclosures of sensitive personal information
  • The right to non-discriminatory treatment for exercising CCPA rights

Categories of Personal Information

Depending on how you use the Website and the technologies enabled, we may collect categories of personal information such as:

Identifiers

Examples may include your name, email address, IP address, cookie identifiers, browser identifiers, and device identifiers.

Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity

Examples may include browsing activity, pages viewed, interactions with Website content, referral information, clicks, scrolling activity, and interactions with advertisements.

General Geolocation Information

Certain technologies may infer an approximate location from an IP address.

We do not intend to collect precise geolocation information unless specifically disclosed.

Information You Voluntarily Provide

This may include information included in communications or requests that you send to us.

Sources

We may collect this information directly from you, automatically from your browser or device, or from service providers and technology partners.

Business and Commercial Purposes

We may use these categories for purposes including:

  • Website operation
  • Security
  • Customer support
  • Communications
  • Analytics
  • Audience measurement
  • Content improvement
  • Advertising
  • Advertising measurement
  • Fraud prevention
  • Compliance with legal obligations

Disclosure to Third Parties

We may disclose these categories of information to:

  • Service providers
  • Contractors
  • Hosting companies
  • Security providers
  • Analytics providers
  • Advertising providers and partners
  • Technology providers
  • Government authorities when legally required

Sale or Sharing

We do not sell personal information for monetary payment.

However, certain disclosures involving advertising or tracking technologies may be considered “sale” or “sharing” under the CCPA.

Where applicable, California residents may opt out through the Your Privacy Choices mechanism available on the Website or through a qualifying Global Privacy Control signal.

Users Under 16

We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age in circumstances requiring affirmative authorization under applicable California law.

16. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is an informational website and does not intend to collect sensitive personal information such as:

  • Social Security numbers
  • Government identification numbers
  • Financial account credentials
  • Payment card credentials
  • Precise geolocation
  • Biometric identifiers
  • Private communications not directed to us

Please do not send this type of information through general contact forms or ordinary email unless specifically requested for a legitimate and clearly disclosed purpose.

Where sensitive personal information is processed and applicable law provides additional rights or consent requirements, we will address those requirements as required by law.

17. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • The type of information
  • The reason it was collected
  • Whether you maintain an ongoing relationship with us
  • Security requirements
  • Fraud-prevention requirements
  • Legal obligations
  • The need to establish or defend legal claims
  • The retention practices of relevant service providers

We seek to avoid retaining personal information longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Information processed independently by third-party providers may be subject to their own retention periods.

18. DATA SECURITY

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information under our control against:

  • Unauthorized access
  • Unauthorized use
  • Unauthorized disclosure
  • Loss
  • Destruction
  • Alteration
  • Misuse

However, no website, Internet transmission, server, or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security.

If you believe there may be a security issue involving HOOWTOPLAY.COM, please contact us at:

[email protected]

19. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is a general-audience website and is not directed to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information online from children under 13 in circumstances governed by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).

If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances requiring parental consent, we will take appropriate steps to delete or otherwise handle the information in accordance with applicable law.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact:

[email protected]

Advertising and analytics providers may maintain additional policies and restrictions concerning children and child-directed content.

20. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS

If you subscribe to email communications or otherwise request updates from us, we may use your email address to provide the requested communications.

You may stop receiving marketing or promotional emails by using the unsubscribe method included in the communication or by contacting us.

We may retain limited information concerning an opt-out request when necessary to ensure that your preference continues to be honored.

21. INTERNATIONAL DATA PROCESSING

WEB DV DIGITAL MARKETING LTDA is established in Brazil, while HOOWTOPLAY.COM provides content to users in the United States and potentially other countries.

Our hosting, analytics, advertising, security, infrastructure, and other technology providers may operate in the United States, Brazil, or other countries.

As a result, information may be processed or stored outside the state or country where you live.

Where required by applicable law, we will take appropriate measures regarding personal information for which we are directly responsible.

Third-party providers remain responsible for their own privacy practices and legal obligations.

22. EXTERNAL WEBSITES AND SERVICES

Our articles may contain links to:

  • U.S. government websites
  • State or local government websites
  • Financial institutions
  • Insurance companies
  • Educational institutions
  • Businesses
  • Advertisers
  • Other third-party services

These links are primarily provided for informational purposes.

HOOWTOPLAY.COM does not control the privacy practices, tracking technologies, security practices, products, services, or terms of external websites.

Once you leave HOOWTOPLAY.COM, the privacy policy and terms of the third-party website or service apply.

We recommend reviewing those policies before providing personal information.

23. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time because of changes in:

  • Applicable law
  • Website functionality
  • Technology
  • Advertising practices
  • Analytics practices
  • Service providers
  • Our privacy practices

When we update this Policy, we will publish the revised version on this page and update the Last Updated date.

If required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice or request consent before implementing a material change.

We encourage users to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

24. CONTACT US

HOOWTOPLAY.COM is operated by:

WEB DV DIGITAL MARKETING LTDA
CNPJ: 53.431.544/0001-74
Project: HOOWTOPLAY.COM
Website: HOOWTOPLAY.COM
Country of Establishment: Brazil
Location: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Email: [email protected]

For questions about:

  • This Privacy Policy
  • Personal information
  • Privacy rights
  • Advertising privacy
  • Cookies
  • Opt-out requests
  • Access, correction, or deletion requests
  • Privacy appeals

please contact us at:

[email protected]

You may also review our Cookie Policy and Terms of Use for additional information about the operation of HOOWTOPLAY.COM.