Privacy Policy • BaseMelon

Information we collect

• Account Information: When you create an account on BaseMelon, we collect your email address. This information is required to create and manage your user profile.
• Profile Information: If you create a user profile, we may collect additional information you choose to provide, such as your username, Clash of Clans player tag, and in-game username.
• Clash of Clans Account: To upload bases you link your Clash of Clans player tag. We confirm that the player is yours by sending the one-time API token you copy from the game settings to the official Clash of Clans API by Supercell; the token is used once and never stored. We then store the public player information returned by that API (in-game name, player tag, Town Hall and Builder Hall levels, experience level, league, and clan) and refresh it every hour. By default, others only see your nickname, avatar, social links and your bases on BaseMelon, marked as a verified player; your player tag and this game information are shown publicly only if you choose so when linking your player or later on your profile page. When you link your player, bases you uploaded earlier are credited to it if you always used one author name for them (or the author name is your in-game name), and that author name becomes your nickname if you have none yet; otherwise your in-game name becomes your nickname, unless it is reserved or not accepted by our name check (see Sharing Information), and you can change it at any time. Your email address is never shown publicly. See the FAQ for details.
• Avatar: With a linked Clash of Clans player, you can choose an avatar from the game or upload your own picture. An uploaded picture is cropped to a square, re-encoded without its metadata and checked against our rules before it is stored (see Sharing Information). Your avatar is shown publicly with your player and on the bases you built.
• Social Links: With a linked Clash of Clans player, you can add your YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram and Twitch profiles and a Discord server invite. This is optional. We store only the usernames and the invite code, build the links ourselves and show them publicly on your player card.
• User-Uploaded Content: When you upload Clash of Clans base images to our website, we store these images on our servers. Once a base is approved and published, it becomes publicly visible to other users. Published bases stay on the website, even if you delete your account: other players copy them into their villages, rate them and share them, so they become part of our public base collection. Bases waiting for review can still be approved and published. Published bases keep the builder name shown at upload, unless you choose to remove your name from the bases credited to you when you delete your account. Before every upload you confirm the base requirements, which say so.
• Usage Information: We may collect information about your use of our website, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, and other actions you take.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your interactions with our website.

Use of Information

• We may use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our website, to communicate with you, and to personalize your experience.
• Account Management: We use your email address to create and manage your account, verify your identity, and maintain the security of your profile.
• Transactional Emails: We send transactional emails only, which include account verification, password reset requests, and important account-related notifications. We do not send promotional or marketing emails.
• We may also use your information to respond to your inquiries and to fulfill your requests.

Sharing Information

• We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
• Avatar Checks: When you upload your own avatar, we send the picture to OpenAI's moderation and image analysis services to check it for nudity, violence, hate or political symbols, drugs, offensive text and photos of minors. Pictures that do not pass are not stored by us. See OpenAI's Privacy Policy.
• Name Checks: When your nickname, your profile link or a social link username is set or changed (including the nickname taken from your in-game name when you link your player), we send the new text to OpenAI's moderation service to check it for insults, hate and sexual content. Texts that do not pass are not saved.
• Advertising Partners: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and other advertising partners may collect information about your visits to this and other websites through cookies and similar technologies to provide you with relevant advertisements. See our Advertising section for more details.
• We may also disclose your information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or to protect the rights, property, or safety of BaseMelon or others.

Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and to analyze usage patterns. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website and enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility.
• Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable us to personalize your experience on our website, such as remembering your preferences.
• Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used by our advertising partners (such as Google AdSense) to display relevant advertisements to you based on your interests. These cookies track your browsing activity across different websites. See the Advertising section below for more details.

Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense is a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC.

How Google AdSense Works

Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites. Google may use the information collected to show you personalized ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your browsing history.

Information Collected by Google

• Cookies that identify your browser and device
• IP address
• Information about your interactions with ads
• Browsing activity across websites that use Google advertising services

Opting Out of Personalized Advertising

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices. For more information about how Google uses data, please visit Google's Privacy Policy.

Web Analytics

We use web analytics tools to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us improve our content and user experience.

Information Collected

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website or source
• Browser type and device information
• General geographic location (country/region level)
• Interactions with website features

Our current analytics implementation does not use cookies. The data collected is used solely for understanding website usage patterns and improving our services. This information is not used to personally identify individual users.

Your Choices

• Account Deletion: You can delete your account yourself on your profile page. This immediately deletes your email address, nickname, avatar, social links and the link to your Clash of Clans player, and signs you out on every device. Ratings you gave remain as anonymous votes. Bases you uploaded remain on the website as described under User-Uploaded Content. If you choose, your name is also removed from the bases on BaseMelon that are credited to you as their builder. We cannot change copies of your bases that others have shared outside BaseMelon. If you need help, contact us at [email protected].
• Avatar: You can change or remove your avatar at any time on your profile page. A replaced or removed uploaded picture is deleted from our servers.
• Nickname and Social Links: You can change your nickname and change or remove your social links at any time in the Account tab of your profile page.
• Player Tag and Game Stats: They are hidden by default. You can show or hide them at any time in the Account tab of your profile page.
• Public Profile: Once your first base is published, your bases are listed on a public profile page under a profile link you choose (basemelon.com/coc-bases/your-name). You can change it once every 30 days; earlier links lead to your current profile. Names of Supercell, BaseMelon and popular creators are reserved. After you delete your account, the profile page is removed.
• Transactional Emails: As we only send transactional emails (account verification, password resets, etc.), these cannot be opted out of while maintaining an active account, as they are essential for account security and functionality.
• Personalized Ads: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info/choices.
• Cookies: You can control cookies through your web browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences and to delete cookies that have already been stored on your device.
• Please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on our website, may limit your ability to access certain features, and may result in non-personalized advertisements being displayed.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act or “CCPA” (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq.) affords consumers residing in California certain rights with respect to their personal information. If you are a California resident, this section applies to you.

We're collecting the following categories of personal information: identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, and inferences. For details about the precise data points we collect and the categories of sources of such collection, please see the Information we collect section above.

BaseMelon does not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third-party service providers, see Sharing Information section above.

Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to (1) request to know more about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you, (2) request deletion of your personal information, (3) opt out of any sales of your personal information, if we engage in that activity in the future, and (4) not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. You may make these requests by emailing us at [email protected]. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your rights under the CCPA.

Link to this Privacy Policy is clearly visible on every website page in the footer. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the every page as specified.

Additional Disclosures for Individuals in Europe

If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have certain rights and protections under applicable law regarding the processing of your personal data, and this section applies to you.

Legal Basis for Processing

When we process your personal data, we will do so in reliance on the following lawful bases:

• When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data to operate our business or protect our interests (e.g., to provide, maintain, and improve our products and services, conduct data analytics, and communicate with you).
• To comply with our legal obligations (e.g., to maintain a record of your consents and track those who have opted out of non-administrative communications).
• When we have your consent to do so (e.g., when you opt in to receive non-administrative communications from us). When consent is the legal basis for our processing your personal data, you may withdraw such consent at any time.

Data Retention

We retain your account information (including your email address) for as long as your account remains active. If you delete your account, your personal data is deleted immediately. However, any bases you have uploaded will be retained permanently as part of our public base collection, as this content is considered contributed to the community and other players keep using it. When you delete your account, you can choose to remove your builder name from these bases.

Data Subject Requests

Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you and to receive your data in a portable format, the right to ask that your personal data be corrected or erased, and the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing. You may object at any time to the use of your personal data by contacting [email protected].

Questions or Complaints

If you have a concern about our processing of personal data that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority where you reside. Contact details for your Data Protection Authority can be found using the links below:

• For individuals in the EEA: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en
• For individuals in the UK: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
• For individuals in Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact.html