Terms of Service

Welcome to stopgame.com.br. These Terms of Service explain the rules for using the game, creating an account, joining rooms, participating in matches, using free or premium features, interacting with other players, viewing ads, and exercising your rights related to personal data. The goal is to keep StopGame fun, safe, respectful, and sustainable.

This document was prepared for general use of the service and does not replace individualized legal advice.

1. Acceptance of the Terms

• These Terms of Service govern access to and use of stopgame.com.br, an online game inspired by the classic Stop, Adedonha, and Abcdario word games.
• By accessing, creating an account, joining rooms, playing matches, using chat, rankings, premium features, or any StopGame functionality, you declare that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms.
• If you do not agree with any condition described here, you must not use StopGame.
• Continued use of the game after updates to these Terms represents acceptance of the most recent version.

2. Who May Use StopGame

• StopGame is intended for recreational use by players who can understand and respect basic rules of online coexistence.
• Minors must use the game with the knowledge and authorization of their parents or legal guardians.
• A legal guardian may request information, review, or deletion of data related to a minor by email at [email protected].
• StopGame may restrict, suspend, or remove accounts when it identifies use that is incompatible with these Terms, poses risk to the community, or involves abuse, fraud, or legal violation.

3. Account, Login, and Player Responsibility

• To play, you may create an account using a nickname and avatar, or use social login made available by StopGame.
• When using social login, such as Google or Facebook, StopGame may receive basic data required for authentication, such as account identifier, name/nickname, and profile picture.
• You are responsible for all activities carried out through your account, including messages, nicknames, room creation, interactions, votes, answers, and use of premium features.
• It is prohibited to sell, transfer, lend, or share your account with third parties to bypass penalties, rankings, limits, security systems, or premium benefits.
• StopGame may use session tokens, recovery codes, and other technical mechanisms to keep account access secure.
• If you notice unauthorized use of your account, contact support immediately.

4. Nicknames, Profile, and Public Identification

• The nickname chosen by the player will be publicly displayed in areas of the game, such as rooms, rankings, chat, matches, system notices, and interactions between players.
• It is prohibited to use nicknames, room names, messages, or any identification containing:
  • profanity, insults, or offensive language;
  • sexual, pornographic, obscene, or vulgar content;
  • promotion of violence, crime, drugs, or self-harm;
  • racism, homophobia, xenophobia, ableism, or discrimination;
  • threats, harassment, stalking, or humiliation of third parties;
  • personal data belonging to yourself or others;
  • impersonation of administrators, moderators, brands, or public figures;
  • any term created to bypass automatic filters.
• StopGame may block, change, remove, or require the replacement of a nickname when it identifies a violation of these Terms.
• Attempts to disguise prohibited words using numbers, symbols, spaces, intentional misspellings, abbreviations, or phonetic variations may also result in blocking or banning.

5. Conduct and Respect Rules

• StopGame must be used respectfully, recreationally, and lawfully.
• You agree not to engage in abuse, intimidation, humiliation, stalking, excessive provocation, hate speech, or any behavior that harms the experience of other players.
• It is prohibited to use chat, comments, microphone, room names, answers, or reactions to send offensive, sexual, discriminatory, threatening, illegal, or inappropriate content.
• Discussions, jokes, and light teasing may be part of the game environment, but abuse, personal attacks, or conduct that makes the environment hostile will not be tolerated.
• StopGame may apply warnings, content removal, room expulsion, suspension, temporary bans, or permanent bans.

6. Rooms, Matches, and Game Operation

• StopGame allows players to create, list, and join public or private rooms, with settings for players, rounds, categories, time, and other available options.
• Public rooms may be visible to other players. Private rooms may require a password, invitation, or specific link.
• The room creator may have additional permissions, such as starting, editing within allowed limits, removing players, or closing the room.
• StopGame may close empty, inactive, abandoned, problematic rooms, or rooms that violate these Terms.
• The game may use automatic mechanisms to keep the experience fluid, such as reconnection, room cleanup, round synchronization, answer validation, and ranking updates.
• Network, browser, device, server, cache, or connection instabilities may affect matches, scores, and reconnections.

7. Answers, Validation, and Scoring

• Each round draws a letter and requires players to fill in categories within the defined time.
• Answers may be evaluated automatically, by voting, by player validation, by internal rules, by moderation, or by a combination of these methods.
• Blank, invalid, off-letter, offensive, sexual, discriminatory, or category-incompatible answers may receive zero points.
• StopGame may adjust scoring, validation, ranking, tie-breaker, missions, XP, and reward rules to improve balance, security, and the game experience.
• Rankings, XP, levels, achievements, and statistics are recreational and may be corrected in cases of technical error, abuse, fraud, or manipulation.

8. Technical Prohibitions, Fraud, and Security

• It is prohibited to use bots, scripts, automation, reverse engineering, exploit vulnerabilities, manipulate packets, use multiple accounts, or use any artificial means to gain an advantage.
• It is prohibited to attempt to take down rooms, harm connections, overload servers, bypass limits, simulate players, manipulate rankings, or interfere with StopGame’s operation.
• It is prohibited to access administrative areas, endpoints, sockets, routes, databases, caches, or internal systems without authorization.
• StopGame may record technical events necessary for security, fraud prevention, auditing, bans, abuse investigation, and service stability.
• Technical violations may result in immediate blocking of the account, IP, device, session, or other security identifiers.

9. Chat, Comments, Reactions, and Microphone

• Communication features such as chat, comments, reactions, room messages, and microphone must be used respectfully.
• It is prohibited to transmit audio, text, images, or any content involving offenses, sexual content, threats, exposure of personal data, discrimination, spam, scams, or harassment.
• StopGame may limit, remove, moderate, technically log, or block interactions when necessary for security, legal compliance, or community protection.
• Microphone use depends on browser permission and may be limited to premium players or specific game features.

10. Premium Features, Subscriptions, and Payments

• StopGame may offer premium features, such as ad removal, microphone access, room customization, visual benefits, XP boost, exclusive features, or other recreational advantages.
• Before purchase, essential plan information will be presented, including price, payment method, duration, benefits, and possible limitations.
• Payments may be processed by third-party platforms, such as Mercado Pago or other payment intermediaries. Financial processing follows the rules of the respective platform.
• Premium activation may depend on payment confirmation, approval, settlement, anti-fraud validation, or automatic response from the payment intermediary.
• Cancellations, renewals, refunds, failed charges, and subscription expiration may affect access to premium benefits.
• When applicable under Brazilian law, the consumer may exercise the legal right of withdrawal, subject to the conditions of the contracted digital service and the payment method used.
• Premium features already used, consumed benefits, fraud, improper chargebacks, or abusive use may be reviewed before any refund, in accordance with applicable law and the payment platform’s rules.
• Misuse of payment methods, abusive chargebacks, fraud, or attempted manipulation may result in account suspension.

11. Ads, Google AdSense, and Monetization

• StopGame may display ads to keep the game free, improve infrastructure, and support the continuity of the service.
• The site may use advertising platforms, including Google AdSense, which may use cookies, identifiers, similar technologies, and browsing signals to display, measure, and protect ads.
• Ads may be personalized or non-personalized, depending on available settings, user consent, and applicable rules.
• You must not click ads artificially, encourage clicks, use bots, generate invalid traffic, or manipulate impressions.
• StopGame may adjust the quantity, placement, and format of ads to balance player experience, revenue, and compliance with ad network policies.
• User-generated content, such as nicknames, rooms, messages, and answers, must comply with safety and content rules to avoid violations that may harm the community and the game’s monetization.
• Detailed information about advertising cookies, partners, personalized ads, non-personalized ads, and consent options will be available in StopGame’s Privacy Policy.

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

• StopGame may use cookies, local storage, session identifiers, and similar technologies for authentication, security, preferences, language, audio, ads, statistics, and game operation.
• Some cookies or technologies may be necessary for the basic operation of the service.
• Advertising and measurement cookies may depend on consent, according to applicable law and the control tools available on the site.
• Users may manage cookies through the browser, through the consent banner when available, or through settings provided by advertising partners.
• Blocking cookies may affect login, preferences, ads, match operation, personalization, and game features.

13. Processing of Personal Data and LGPD

• StopGame processes personal data in accordance with Brazil’s General Personal Data Protection Law — LGPD, Law No. 13,709/2018.
• The data may include, depending on the type of use: user identifier, nickname, avatar, email when applicable, social login data, session, IP, device, browser, game statistics, score, XP, achievements, technical history, interactions, reports, security records, and information necessary for premium payments.
• Processing may occur based on contract performance, legitimate interest, compliance with legal or regulatory obligations, regular exercise of rights, fraud prevention, service security, and consent when required.
• Processing occurs for legitimate purposes, such as:
  • creating and maintaining the player account;
  • enabling matches, rooms, rankings, and game features;
  • preventing fraud, abuse, spam, cheating, and unauthorized access;
  • complying with legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations;
  • processing payments and premium features;
  • improving service security, stability, and experience;
  • displaying ads, measuring performance, and complying with advertising policies.
• StopGame adopts the principle of minimization, seeking to collect only the data necessary to operate, protect, and improve the service.
• Users may request access, correction, confirmation of processing, deletion, portability, objection, review, or information about data sharing by email at [email protected].
• Data deletion may affect access to the account, history, ranking, premium features, achievements, and other resources linked to the player.

14. Data Sharing with Third Parties

• StopGame may share strictly necessary data with service providers, authentication platforms, hosting providers, analytics, security, advertising, and payment providers.
• Examples of third parties include social login services, infrastructure providers, payment processors, and advertising networks.
• Sharing occurs only when necessary for operation, security, payment, legal compliance, abuse prevention, or service monetization.
• StopGame does not sell nicknames, rankings, answers, or players’ personal data as an independent product.

15. Moderation, Reports, and Bans

• StopGame may use automatic moderation, manual review, technical records, user reports, and behavior analysis to keep the environment safe.
• Possible measures include warning, muting, content removal, room expulsion, feature blocking, point removal, suspension, temporary ban, or permanent ban.
• Bans may apply to the account, IP, session, device, or other technical identifiers when necessary to contain abuse.
• The player may request a penalty review through support, providing the nickname, context, and reason for the dispute.
• StopGame is not required to restore accounts, rankings, premium benefits, or data when there is fraud, abuse, serious violation, or risk to the community.

16. Intellectual Property

• StopGame, its brand, interface, layout, texts, systems, code, visual assets, sounds, rankings, mechanics, avatars, graphic elements, and features belong to StopGame or its respective licensors.
• It is prohibited to copy, sell, modify, reproduce, distribute, commercially exploit, or create derivative versions of StopGame without authorization.
• The user receives only a limited, personal, revocable, and non-exclusive license to use the game according to these Terms.
• Use of StopGame does not transfer any intellectual property rights in the service to the player.

17. User-Generated Content

• The user is responsible for all content entered or transmitted on StopGame, including nicknames, room names, answers, messages, comments, audio, reports, and interactions.
• By submitting content to the game, you authorize StopGame to display, process, temporarily store, moderate, and use it for match operation and community safety.
• StopGame may remove, hide, limit, or record content that violates these Terms, the law, third-party rights, or safety policies.

18. Availability, Maintenance, and Service Changes

• StopGame is provided according to technical availability and may experience interruptions, slowness, maintenance, updates, failures, connection drops, or temporary unavailability.
• StopGame may change, remove, suspend, or add features at any time, including game rules, categories, rankings, premium features, ads, and internal systems.
• StopGame does not guarantee uninterrupted operation, error-free operation, or compatibility with all devices, networks, operating systems, or browsers.
• Whenever possible, relevant changes will be communicated on the site, within the game, or through official channels.

19. Limitation of Liability

• StopGame is a recreational online service and does not guarantee results, earnings, specific performance, ranking permanence, or continuous availability.
• StopGame is not responsible for losses arising from internet failures, browser issues, device issues, cache issues, misuse of the account, sharing of tokens, cookie blocking, third-party unavailability, or events outside its reasonable control.
• To the maximum extent permitted by law, StopGame shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, moral, consequential damages, loss of profits, loss of recreational data, ranking loss, or frustration of expectations related to the game.
• Nothing in these Terms excludes rights that cannot be waived under applicable law.

20. Account Closure and Data Deletion

• Users may request account and personal data deletion by email at [email protected].
• The request may require minimum information to confirm account ownership and prevent improper deletion.
• Some data may be retained for the period necessary to comply with legal obligations, auditing, fraud prevention, security, defense of rights, or financial records.
• After deletion, the player may lose history, ranking, XP, achievements, premium features, preferences, and any data linked to the account.

21. Changes to These Terms

• StopGame may update these Terms to reflect service improvements, new features, legal changes, monetization rules, security, or operational needs.
• The updated version will be published on this page, with the last updated date indicated.
• Continued use of StopGame after the publication of the new version means acceptance of the updated Terms.

22. Official Contact

• For questions, privacy requests, reports, ban review, support, or matters related to these Terms, contact us by email:
  [email protected]
• Official website:
  https://stopgame.com.br

23. Record Retention and Security

• StopGame may retain technical records of access, session, device, IP, security events, reports, bans, and relevant in-game actions for the period necessary for security, auditing, fraud prevention, legal compliance, and defense of rights.
• These records are not intended for public exposure and are used to protect the service, players, infrastructure, and match integrity.
• When no longer necessary, the data may be deleted, anonymized, or retained only when there is a legal obligation, legitimate basis, or need to defend rights.

24. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

• These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
• Any disputes should preferably be resolved by direct contact with StopGame support.
• If no administrative resolution is reached, the competent jurisdiction will be observed in accordance with applicable Brazilian law, especially consumer protection rules when applicable.