Privacy policy
This Policy sets out how the editors of the Don8Play project process personal data in accordance with Russian Federal Law No. 152-FZ of 27 July 2006 “On Personal Data” (“Law 152-FZ”). The site is intended for persons aged 18 and over.
This is an English translation for information. If it differs from the Russian original, the Russian text applies.
1. The personal data operator
Operator: the editors of the Don8Play project (the “Operator”).
Website: https://www.don8play.ru/
Contact address: support@don8play.ru
The Operator determines the purposes and the scope of the personal data it processes, in accordance with Article 3 of Law 152-FZ. Data is processed in line with the principles set out in Article 5 of Law 152-FZ: lawfulness, fairness, purpose limitation, data minimisation, accuracy and storage limitation.
2. Categories of personal data processed
The Operator processes the following categories of personal data:
- Email address: when you choose to send a request to support;
- IP address: recorded automatically with every HTTP request to the server;
- Cookie IDs (
_ym_uid,_ym_d,_ga,_gid): set by the analytics services; - User agent: the browser and operating system string sent automatically;
- Referrer (HTTP Referer): the address of the page from which you came to don8play.ru.
The Operator does not process special categories of data (Article 10 of Law 152-FZ) or biometric data (Article 11 of Law 152-FZ).
3. Purposes of processing
- Keeping the site working: routing requests, protection against DDoS attacks, server logs. Legal basis: Article 6(1)(5) of Law 152-FZ (necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party).
- Web analytics: measuring the audience, analysing behaviour patterns, improving the structure of the content. Legal basis: Article 6(1)(7) of Law 152-FZ (the Operator’s legitimate interest, with the balance of interests respected).
- Handling users’ requests: replies to requests for corrections, questions about the methodology and complaints. Legal basis: Article 6(1)(5) of Law 152-FZ and the data subject’s consent (Article 9 of Law 152-FZ).
4. How long personal data is kept
- Analytics cookie IDs (
_ym_uid,_ga): 24 months from when they are set, after which the browser deletes them automatically. - Server logs (IP address, user agent, referrer): 90 days, after which they are anonymised or deleted.
- Correspondence with support (email): 12 months from the date of the last message in the request.
When these periods end, the data is deleted or anonymised in a way that makes it impossible to restore the personal data (Article 21 of Law 152-FZ).
5. Transfer of data to third parties
The Operator transfers data to the following third parties, operators of analytics services:
- Yandex LLC (Yandex Metrica): cookie IDs (
_ym_uid,_ym_d), the IP address (truncated) and the user agent. Purpose: audience measurement and behavioural analytics. Yandex’s privacy policy: yandex.ru/legal/confidential/. - Google LLC (Google Analytics): cookie IDs (
_ga,_gid) and the IP address (truncated). Purpose: traffic analytics. Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
No other personal data is transferred to third parties without the data subject’s consent, except where Russian law requires it.
6. Cross-border transfer of data
When Google Analytics is used, personal data (cookie IDs, a truncated IP address) is transferred to Google LLC servers located in the USA. The cross-border transfer is made on the basis of Article 12 of Law 152-FZ. Google LLC takes part in the Data Privacy Framework programme. The Operator informs data subjects of this transfer by means of this Policy. The data subject may refuse the transfer by turning off Google Analytics in the ways described in section 8 of this Policy.
7. How personal data is protected
In accordance with Article 19 of Law 152-FZ, the Operator takes the following measures:
- Technical: encrypted connections (TLS 1.2/1.3), access to server logs restricted by IP, HTTPS across the whole don8play.ru domain, regular updates of the server software.
- Organisational: access to the data only for people who need it for the editors’ work; separate access rights; periodic audits of the data being processed.
8. Rights of the data subject (Article 14 of Law 152-FZ)
The data subject has the right to:
- Receive information about the processing of their data: which data, the purposes, the periods, the sources (Article 14(1) of Law 152-FZ);
- Require correction of inaccurate or incomplete data (Article 14(3)(2) of Law 152-FZ);
- Require deletion of the data if it is processed unlawfully or once the purpose of processing has been achieved (Article 14(3)(3) of Law 152-FZ);
- Withdraw consent to processing (Article 9(2) of Law 152-FZ); withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before it;
- Require that processing stops for the purposes of promoting goods, works or services (Article 15 of Law 152-FZ);
- Appeal against the Operator’s actions to the competent authority, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor): www.rkn.gov.ru.
How to exercise these rights: send a letter to support@don8play.ru with the subject “Request from a personal data subject”. In the letter, state what you are asking for, your contact email and the data the request concerns. The Operator handles requests within no more than 10 working days of receipt (Article 20 of Law 152-FZ).
9. Changes to this Policy
The Operator may change this Policy without notifying data subjects in advance. A new version takes effect when it is published at https://www.don8play.ru/privacy/ (in Russian). Continuing to use the site after a new version is published means accepting its terms.
10. Related documents
Document version: 2.0 of 19 May 2026
Operator: the editors of the Don8Play project (don8play.ru)
Contact for questions about data processing: support@don8play.ru