Effective as of August 5, 2023.

Thank you for using Waddle Penguins Island.

The one-stop for enjoying Club Penguin Island with your friends again.

What is Waddle Penguins Island?

Waddle Penguins Island is an educational and archival recreation of Club Penguin Island's online features.

Introduction to the Privacy Policy

In our Privacy Policy, we discuss the various data and privacy information included in the website and applications.

This Privacy Policy explains how to remove, manage, and export your data from Waddle Penguins Island, as well as the types of data we collect.
We understand the responsibility that comes with maintaining sensitive information and are dedicated to keeping it secure.

Please read the policies in this document before using any Waddle Penguins Island websites or applications.

If you do not agree to our policies (“Terms of Service”, “Privacy Policy“, “Community Guidelines“), please stop using our services immediately.

Your Data Controller is Waddle Penguins Island.

Ownership Statement

By accessing Waddle Penguins Island, you acknowledge that we are not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company or the Disney Interactive Media Group (collectively, “Disney”). We are an independent project. We have no contact with Disney and have no connection with Disney. You agree to release Disney and any of its employees or agents from any liability, corporate or personal loss resulting from your use of our services.

This policy is divided into two sections.

When referring to the Website's (https://www.waddlepenguins.me/) Privacy Policy, you'll see (Website) at the end of the title in points or as a point. However, (Online Game Services) will be found at the end of the point's title or as the point for the Waddle Penguins Island Online Game Services Privacy Policy.

Data that we collect

Website

Analytics:
Waddle Penguins Island uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to measure website views, referrers, campaigns, and device types. You can learn more at https://blog.cloudflare.com/privacy-first-web-analytics/#what-does-privacy-first-mean.
Cloudflare Web Analytics makes no use of cookies or local storage. The service also does not track you based on your IP address or User Agent.

Comments on Island Blog posts:
Waddle Penguins Island has a blog (“Island News”) where users can learn about upcoming events, celebrations, updates, and parties. You can leave comments on those posts using an external service called Disqus. To write a comment, you must first sign up for a Disqus account. The privacy policy for the external service can be found at https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717103-disqus-privacy-policy.

Embedded content:
You can find embedded content on our website such as YouTube videos, Twitter social links, and more. These embedded contents are external and are subject to the privacy policies of the service.
The Twitter Privacy Policy can be found here: https://twitter.com/en/privacy.
The Privacy Policy for YouTube and Google services may be found at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Online Game Services

Accounts:
To join Waddle Penguins Island, you need to create a new account.¹ Waddle Penguins Island does not support your CPI/Offline Mode account, and attempting to log in with it will result in an error.² When you create an account, your email address, username, and password are securely transmitted to the Waddle Penguins Island API, which checks if the username you've chosen is available and then completes the account creation flow. Only your username and password are securely transmitted the next time you log in. Your Waddle Penguins Island Account is safely kept on our backend, allowing it to be synced across all of your devices; however, it does not work in Offline Mode and will only function while your game is configured to connect to Waddle Penguins Island.

Information collected by the Game Server:
Waddling throughout the Island with your friends, as well as social interactions, are handled by the Game Server. Your IP address used to join, your username, the room you're connecting to, the version of the game you're using, the current date, and your in-game messages are all gathered. Your in-game messages are gathered and logged for everyone's safety. When someone violates one of our rules and another user reports it, we use the logged chats to take necessary steps against the rule breaker.

Who we share your data with

Website

Your data gathered by Cloudflare Web Analytics is only shared with the collector – Cloudflare Inc, although as previously stated, the data is collected in an untraceable manner. Web Analytics does not provide any information about a user to Waddle Penguins Island. Cloudflare Inc is the Cloudflare Web Analytics Data Processor. Cloudflare's Privacy Policy may be found at https://www.cloudflare.com/en-au/privacypolicy/.

Your Disqus data is shared primarily with the collector, which is Disqus; however, the service's privacy policy states that your data will be shared with the connected company - Zeta Global for marketing purposes. Waddle Penguins Island can see a portion of your IP address and email address from your Disqus account. Even without viewing the entire dataset, that data is used to filter potentially abusive and spam comments as well as the users who post them. Disqus' Privacy Policy can be found at https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717103-disqus-privacy-policy.

Data gathered by the embedded elements of our website will be shared with the collector, who may share it with others. Please read the embedded website's Privacy Policy before committing to it, establishing an account, or using it.

Online Game Services

Waddle Penguins Island stores Accounts and the data associated with them using Google Firebase and its modules (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage for Firebase, Firebase Dynamic Links). As previously stated, the data is safely delivered to our API, which subsequently reads, saves, and manages the Firebase data. Google Firebase securely stores the following information: IP Address, Email Address, Passwords (encrypted), and Device Specifications. Google Ireland Limited is the Data Processor. The Privacy Policy for Google Firebase may be found at https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy/. This data can only be managed by the Waddle Penguins Island Management Team.

The Game Server's data is solely accessible to the Waddle Penguins Island Management Team and is not shared with any other internal or external teams.

Data obtained from third parties

Waddle Penguins Island does not have any advertisements on any of our services. The only third-party data we may acquire is through our website analytics, which is collected in an untraceable manner.

We will notify you of the source of information and the type of information we have obtained about you by email: [email protected] within a reasonable time after receiving the personal data, but no later than one month.

Your Security Rights

Waddle Penguins Island provides considerable possibilities for members to modify account information or end their interaction with the service, under these terms. Furthermore, you have specific rights in certain regions (such as the European Economic Area) under applicable data privacy legislation.
These may include the right to

request access to and a copy of your personal information,
request modification or erasure,
limit the processing of your personal information,
data transferability, where applicable.

In certain cases, you may also have the right to file an objection to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected]. Any request will be reviewed and processed in accordance with data protection legislation in force.

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time if we are processing your personal information with your consent. Please keep in mind that none of this impacts the validity of the processing prior to its withdrawal.

Your California Privacy Rights

This limited section of the Waddle Penguins Island Privacy Policy only applies to California residents.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, allows our California users to request and obtain information once a year about the categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes, as well as the names and addresses of all third parties with whom we shared personal information in the preceding calendar year.

If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please send us an email with the subject "My California Privacy Rights" at [email protected].

You have the right to have unwanted information publicly displayed on the Application or Website erased if you are under the age of 18, live in California, and have a registered account with Waddle Penguins Island. To request that such data be removed, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject "My California Privacy Rights" and include your email address as well as a statement that you live in California. We will ensure that the data is not publicly shown on our website/app, but please be aware that it may not be completely removed from our systems.

For how long do we store your data

Website

Cloudflare Web Analytics Data is not traceable and does not contain your personal data.

According to Disqus Privacy Policy, your Data will be stored for "as long as is necessary to complete the reasons for which it was obtained, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements" (Disqus Privacy Policy, point 8). Please contact Disqus for questions about your data on Disqus.

Please contact the embedded website host if you have any issues or questions about Your Data on platforms that are/were embedded on our website.

Online Game Services

Your Account Data will be stored until you end your usage of Waddle Penguins Island and request account deletion through Waddle Penguins Island Accounts/Passports Management Panel - https://passport.waddlepenguins.me - or until 3 months after your Account was terminated for failing to comply with the Terms of usage, Privacy Policy, or Community Guidelines. This excludes data that we must maintain for administrative, safety, or legal reasons.

The Game Server logs, which include your in-game communication logs, are removed after two months or sooner if a legitimate email request is made. This does not include data that we must keep for administrative, safety, or legal reasons.

Children

Waddle Penguins Island does not allow anyone under the age of 13 to use its services. Any account discovered to be underage will be deleted.

Revisions

Waddle Penguins Island reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time. These conditional rules may be modified in response to concerns about abuse or security, regulatory or legal requirements, or changes in our policies. If a term is deemed to be invalid or unenforceable, it has no bearing on any of the other conditions listed in this privacy statement. Users will be alerted before any new changes are implemented.

Notices

¹Waddle Penguins Island is incompatible with Club Penguin Island Accounts. When creating a new account while being connected to Waddle Penguins Island, your offline account will stay intact offline. However, please do a backup.
²When you try to login with your Offline Account to Waddle Penguins Island, you'll get an "Incorrect username/password" error, due to that account not exisitng in our database.