Last Updated: March, 2025
When visiting this website (the “Wesbite”) we collect and manage user data according to the following privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”). This document is part of the Website’s Terms of Service, and by using the Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Please read the Terms of Service in their entirety, and refer to those for definitions and contacts.
We collect anonymous data from every visitor of the Website to monitor traffic and fix bugs. For example, we collect information like web requests, the data sent in response to such requests, the internet protocol address, the browser type, the browser language, and a timestamp for the request.
In order to enable certain Website features, we use Cookies (defined below) to store session information for your convenience. You can block or delete Cookies and still be able to use the Website, although if you do you may not be able to use certain Website features.
Should you choose to delete your Personal Information (as defined in the Information We Collect section) from the Site, please contact us at [email protected] and we will follow up with such a request as soon as possible.
Minors and children should not use the Website. By using the Website, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.
We only use your Personal Information as indicated in this Privacy Policy or Terms of Service, to provide you the Website services, to communicate with you about such services or the Website, or to publicly display such information as you convey to us for public display.
We employ industry standard techniques to protect against unauthorized access of data about you that we store, including Personal Information.
We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
Unless otherwise set forth herein, we do not share Personal Information you have provided to us without your consent, unless:
When visiting the Website you agree to any processing of any Personal Information you provide us according to this policy.
Unless otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will never contact you by email without your express consent.
We don't share your Personal Information with third parties, unless it is in accordance with this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service. From time to time aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve the Website and its services. We currently use Google Analytics, Cloudflare and NitroPay. Feel free to check out their own privacy policies to find out more.
We employ and contract with people and other entities that perform certain tasks on our behalf and who are under our control (our “Agents”). We may need to share Personal Information with our Agents in order to provide products or services to you. Unless we tell you differently, our Agents do not have any right to use Personal Information or other information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information with our Agents.
We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the transferred business assets. Moreover, if we, or substantially all of our assets, were acquired, or if we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of us or our assets may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this policy.
Method may keep track of the Website and pages users visit within the Website, in order to determine what Website services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Website to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by the Website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website.
If you choose to do so you may link to your Website profile or login to certain Website using your Battle.net, Discord, Google, Patreon, or Twitter account (the "Social Media Accounts") to assist in user account management. When you do so we also gain access to some of the information stored on your Social Media Accounts. We may use this information such as interests or preferences to group you with other people with similar interests or preferences and place you into a market segment.
The Website use cookies and/or similar technologies (collectively referred to as “Cookies“). A Cookie is a small bit of record-keeping information that many Website and other online products and services often store on a user’s computer or device in order to identify it and associate activity with it.
When visiting the Website you may have options to enable or disallow Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept Cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline Cookies, if you do not want to accept them. We use Cookies to optimize your visit, make your browsing and/or user experience as effective as possible, and let you know about features that we think will interest you. This means that if you disallow Cookies, your use of the Website may not include all the Website features. If you browse the Website from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.
By using the Website you agree, and consent, to receive Cookies unless you manage your cookie setting options.
Please also note that the use of information obtained by certain third party providers is also subject to their own privacy policies and may differ from ours.
Method does not knowingly collect or store any Personal Information from children under thirteen (13) in the United States or under the relevant age threshold in other jurisdictions where the child is located. If you are under thirteen (13) years old in the United States, or under the relevant age threshold in the jurisdiction where you are located, you cannot use the Website without the permission of your parent or guardian.
However, we may collect technical information required for delivering the service and for the support of our internal operations from all users of our Website. If parents or guardians believe that we have unintentionally collected their children’s Personal Information or otherwise used their children’s Personal Information for another purpose, they may reach out to us at [email protected]. Parents should contact us immediately if they have any concerns.
The Website may contain links to other Website. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such a Website. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy policy and terms of use of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Method takes a range of security measures designed to protect your Personal Information and keep it confidential (unless it is non-confidential by nature, for example, publicly-available information).
We also take steps to ensure that the Personal Information collected is protected from misuse and alteration. In addition, we request vendors who process Personal Information on our behalf to themselves take a range of security measures designed to help protect your Personal Information.
However, the internet by its nature is not a secure environment and the nature of security risks is constantly evolving, as are the technical and organizational industry standards relating to management of those risks. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet which are beyond our control; and (b) complete security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through the Website cannot therefore be guaranteed.
You have choices over the Personal Information provided by you and by other sources, and how that information is used by Method.
If you do not want to provide Method with Personal Information, then you can choose not to provide it. Please note that if you choose not to provide us with Personal Information, we may not always be able to provide you with the relevant services or functionality that you may want.
You may be able to control how third parties collect and share your Personal Information by changing your preferences or opting out of collection directly with those third parties. Before disclosing Personal Information to third parties, we recommend you check their respective privacy policies for further details.
You can exercise choices over how the Website uses your Personal Information and update your preferences at any time:
If you opt-out of receiving email marketing communications from us, please note that we may still contact you occasionally to provide you with service-related information.
As set out in more detail below, we only process or transfer your Personal Information where we can rely on legal grounds and appropriate safeguards to do so. You also have additional rights regarding your Personal Information if you are located in the EEA.
We only process your Personal Information where we can rely on legal grounds to do so. We process your Personal Information for the purposes set out below.
We process your Personal Information for the performance of our services, to provide or support our products/services, or for any other feature you request or enable.
We process your Personal Information based on your consent. This includes, for example, providing:
We process your Personal Information where we have a legitimate interest to do so. This includes, for example, processing:
We process your Personal Information for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
You have the following rights in addition to your rights to view, correct, update, or request the deletion of your Personal Information. To access or delete your Personal Information, you can make a request by emailing [email protected].
You may object to the processing of your Personal Information based on a legitimate interest on grounds relating to your particular situation. You may control the extent to which we market to you and you have the right to request that we stop sending you marketing messages at any time. You can make a request by emailing [email protected].
In certain circumstances, you can request that we transfer Personal Information that you have provided to us.
Where we rely on your consent in order to process your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw such consent to further use of your Personal Information at any time. You can email [email protected] to update your marketing preferences.
We hope that we can satisfy queries you may have about the way we process your Personal Information. However, if you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to data protection authorities. You can bring the complaint in your member state of residence, or where an alleged infringement of data protection law occurred.
Your Personal Information may be transferred to and processed in various countries where our central databases operate or other countries where Method or its partners maintain facilities or business operations. We use European Commission approved contract clauses to protect your Personal Information. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected].
If you are a visitor to our Website or other online products and services from outside the U.S., the Personal Information you provide will be collected, processed and stored directly on, or transferred to, servers in the United States or other countries where Method or its affiliates maintain facilities or business operations.
No matter where your Personal Information is located, Method takes commercially reasonable measures to safeguard your privacy rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the collection, processing, storage and transfer of your Personal Information, please do not provide your Personal Information when requested and stop using our Website and other online products and services.
From time to time, Method may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication relating to Method or the Website. In order to improve our features, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Method and/or when you click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Method, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link/button.
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained elsewhere in this Privacy Notice and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
The CCPA provides consumers located in the state of California with certain rights regarding their Personal Information and data. The following section describes those rights and explains how to exercise them:
You have the right to request that Method disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (as described in the section “Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights”), we will disclose to you:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects.
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by emailing us at [email protected].
Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
You have the right to request that the company disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request we will disclose to you:
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access of data portability twice within a twelve (12) month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you.
Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Our Website, emails (with your consent, where required by law), and other products, services and platforms collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“Personal Information”). In particular, our Website, apps, emails, and other products, services and platforms may have collected the following categories of Personal Information from its consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
| Category | Collected |
| A. Identifiers | YES |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) | YES |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | NO |
| D. Commercial information. | YES |
| E. Biometric information. | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity. | YES |
| G. Geolocation data. | YES |
| H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar data. | NO |
| I. Professional or employment-related information. | YES |
| J. Education information. | YES |
| K. Inferences drawn from other Personal Information. | YES |
Personal information does not include:
We may use or disclose the Personal Information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:
Method will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
Method may disclose your Personal Information to a third-party for a business purpose or sell your Personal Information, subject to your right to opt-out of those sales (see the ‘Sales of Personal Information’ Section below). When we disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that Personal Information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. The CCPA prohibits third parties who purchase the Personal Information we hold from reselling it unless you have received explicit notice and an opportunity to opt-out of further sales (see the ‘Sales of Personal Information’ Section below).
We may share your Personal Information with the following categories of third parties:
In the preceding twelve (12) months, Method has disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:
In the preceding twelve (12) months, Method has sold the following categories of Personal Information collected through our ad-supported services:
Method and our advertising partners collect the Personal Information identified above (such as the Cookies stored on your browser, the advertising identifier on your mobile device, or the IP address of your device) when you visit our Website, apps, and other products, services and platforms, or open our emails. We, and our partners, use this information to tailor and deliver ads to you on our Website, apps, emails, and other products, services and platforms, or to help tailor ads to you when you visit others’ sites (or use others’ apps). To tailor ads that may be more relevant to you, we and/or our partners may share the information we collect with third parties.
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make major changes in the way we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website. A user is bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when he or she uses the Services after such changes have been first posted.
Should you have any question or concern, please write to [email protected].
Our Website do not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their respective privacy policies.
This site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies such as the Common ID cookie to provide its services. Cookies are important devices for measuring advertising effectiveness and ensuring a robust online advertising industry. The Common ID cookie stores a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners. This simple ID that can be utilized to improve user matching, especially for delivering ads to iOS and MacOS browsers. Users can opt out of the Common ID tracking cookie by clicking here.