Privacy Policy
Effective February 26, 2009.
Privacy Policy
Resistor
Productions, LLC (“Resistor”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform
you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and
disclosure of personal information we receive from users of
www.clan-wars.org (this “Site”). This Privacy Policy applies only to
information that you provide to us through this Site. This Privacy
Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any
material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You
are advised to consult this policy regularly for any changes. Unless
otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy
Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service <insert
link>.
As used in this policy, the terms “using” and
“processing” information include using cookies on a computer,
subjecting the information to statistical or other analysis and using
or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to
collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining,
disclosing and transferring information within our organization or
among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.
Information Collection and Use
Our
primary goals in collecting information are to facilitate your playing
of Clan Wars, provide and improve our Site, services, features and
content, to administer your membership (together, the “Service”) and to
enable users to enjoy and easily navigate the Site.
All persons registering with the Clan Wars site will be added to our newsletter email list. If you do not want to be added to this list, do not sign up. Once you have completed your registration, you may remove yourself from our newsletter by visiting your profile and turning off the newsletter option.
Our newsletter will not be sent more than twice monthly.
Personally Identifiable Information.
When
you register with us through the Site, to play Clan Wars we will ask you
for personally identifiable information. This refers to information
about you that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal
Information”). Personal Information includes, but is not limited to,
your name, phone number, credit card or other billing information,
postal address and email address. We use your Personal Information
mainly to provide the Service and administer your inquiries.
We
also collect the other information that you provide as part of
registration and the administration and personalization of your
Clan Wars profile (e.g., without limitation, zip code (on its own) and
individual preferences) (“Non-Identifying Information”).
We use
your Personal Information (in some cases, in conjunction with your
Non-Identifying Information) mainly to provide the Service, complete
your transactions, and administer your inquiries.
Certain
Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal
Information if it were combined with other identifiers (for
example
, combining your zip code with your street address) in a way
that enables you to be identified. But the same pieces of information
are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or
combined only with other non-identifying information (for example, your
viewing preferences). We may combine your Personal Information with
Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected
from other Resistor Users (defined below) and Clan Wars Players to
attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality
and value of the Service and to analyze and understand how our Site and
Service are used. We may also use the combined information without
aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance to deliver a
product to you according to your preferences or restrictions.
We
also use your Personal Information to contact you with our newsletters,
marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of
interest to you. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to
receive such communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe
instructions provided in any of the communications or update your “user
preferences” information. (See “Changing or Deleting Information,”
below.)
Log Data. When you visit the Site, whether as a
Clan Wars Player or a non-registered user just browsing (any of these, a
“Resistor User”), our servers automatically record information that
your browser sends whenever you visit a website (“Log Data”). This Log
Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol
(“IP”) address, browser type or the webpage you were visiting before
you came to our Site, pages of our Site that you visit, the time spent
on those pages, information you search for on our Site, access times
and dates, and other statistics. We use this information to monitor
and analyze use of the Site and the Service and for the Site’s
technical administration, to increase our Site’s functionality and
user-friendliness, and to better tailor it to our visitors’ needs. For
example, some of this information is collected so that when you visit
the Site again, it will recognize you and serve advertisements and
other information appropriate to your interests. We also use this
information to verify that visitors to the Site meet the criteria
required to process their requests.
Cookies
Like many
websites, we use “cookies” to collect information. A cookie is a small
data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk for
record-keeping purposes. We use cookies for two purposes. First, we
utilize persistent cookies to save your registration ID and login
password for future logins to the Site. Second, we utilize session ID
cookies to enable certain features of the Site, to better understand
how you interact with the Site and to monitor aggregate usage by
Resistor Users and web traffic routing on the Site. Unlike persistent
cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer when you log
off from the Site and Service and then close your browser. Third party
advertisers on the Site may also place or read cookies on your
browser. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to
stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from
the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may
not be able to use all portions of the Site or all functionality of the
Service.
Phishing
Identity theft and the practice
currently known as “phishing” are of great concern to Resistor.
Safeguarding information to help protect you from identity theft is a
top priority. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit
card information, your Account ID, login password, or national
identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or
telephone communication. For more information about phishing, visit
the Federal Trade Commission’s website.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Clan Wars Players. When you register through the Site you submit your Personal
Information to become a Clan Wars Player and create an Account. Other Clan Wars Players will see your “Screen Name” and related in game
character data. You can choose what other Personal Information you
provide as part of your profile (“Other Subscriber Information”) and in
some cases you can choose whether to share that information publicly on
the Site by making selections via the “user preferences” section of
your profile webpage. Providing Other Subscriber Information is
voluntary and should correlate with the degree of interaction you want
to have with other Clan Wars Players. We recommend that you guard your
anonymity and sensitive information and that you not use your real name
as your “Screen Name,” since that would allow others to identify you.
Aggregate
Information and Non-Identifying Information. We may share aggregated
information that does not include Personal Information and we may
otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information and Log Data with third
parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other
purposes. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not
contain your Personal Information.
Clan Wars Game Forums. When
you register to become a Clan Wars Player, you may be asked if you wish
to participate in an online game forum for Clan Wars. Resistor may
use third party companies to operate, run and host such online game
forums, including without limitation, mmorpg.com; consequently, if you
want to participate on such an online forum, Resistor will, when
necessary, share your Personal Information and Non-Identifying
Information with such third parties, including without limitation,
mmorpg.com for the sole purpose of your participation in the online
game forum. Clan Wars Players who elect to participate in online game
forums may be able to use the same username, screen name and password
for the Site, Clan Wars and the online game forums. The Personal
Information and Non-Identifying Information that Resistor shares with
the third parties as contemplated in this section, will be used by the
applicable third party in accordance with the applicable third party’s
privacy policy and Resistor does not endorse, authorize or represent
that third party, or that third party’s privacy or information security
policies or practices, nor does Resistor exercise control over the
online game forums and websites relating thereto. These third party
websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer,
collect data or solicit personal information from you and follow
different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal
information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy
policies or statements of these third party websites before you decide
to participate in such online game forums.
Service Providers.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our
Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Site-related
services (e.g., without limitation, maintenance services, database
management, web analytics and improvement of the Site’s features) or to
assist us in analyzing how our Site and Service are used. These third
parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these
tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any
other purpose. We may also provide Personal Information to our business
partners or other trusted entities for the purpose of providing you
with information on goods or services we believe will be of interest to
you. You can, at any time, opt out of receiving such communications.
Compliance
with Laws and Law Enforcement. Resistor cooperates with government and
law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply
with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government
or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole
discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and
legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the
property and rights of Resistor or a third party, to protect the safety
of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may
consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, any illegal, unethical or
legally actionable activity.
Business Transfers. Resistor may
sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including
your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition,
reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy.
Resistor will notify you before transferring your information to a new
entity as part of such merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of
some or all of its assets if the new entity's processing of your
information will materially differ from that set forth in this Privacy
Policy.
Changing or Deleting Your Information
All
Subscribers may review, update, correct or delete the Personal
Information in their registration profile by contacting us. If you
completely delete all such information, then your Account may become
deactivated. If you would like us to delete your record in our system,
please contact us and we will attempt to accommodate your request if we
do not have any legal obligation to retain the record. See below for
privacy contact information.
Security
Resistor is
very concerned with safeguarding your information. We employ
administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect
your information from unauthorized access.
We will make any
legally required disclosures of any breach of the security,
confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored
“personal data” (as defined in applicable state statutes on security
breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on this
Site in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable
delay, insofar as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law
enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of
the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.
International Transfer
Your
information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers
located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental
jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those
in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and
choose to provide information to us, Resistor transfers Personal
Information to the United States and processes it there. Your consent
to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information
represents your agreement to that transfer.
Links to Other Sites
Our Site contains links to other websites. If you choose to visit an
advertiser by “clicking on” a banner ad or other type of advertisement,
or click on another third party link, you will be directed to that
third party’s website. The fact that we link to a website or present a
banner ad or other type of advertisement is not an endorsement,
authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third
party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information
security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third
party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or
other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal
information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the
use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. We
encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other
websites you visit.
Our Policy Toward Children
This Site
is not directed to children under 18. If you are under 18 years old,
you may not access the Site, Service, Clan Wars or the Content.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@resistorproductions.com
