By registering for a user account and/or accessing or using the Service, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, and you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your information by Games in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with any information and do not use the Service.
Games reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time (for example to reflect updates to the Service or to reflect changes in the law). If we make a material change to the Privacy Policy, we will provide you with appropriate notice and will seek your consent to the updated Privacy Policy in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Please check this Privacy Policy periodically for those changes. Your continued use of the Service after the posting of changes constitutes your binding acceptance of such changes.
We obtain information about you when you use or otherwise access the Service. Please note that we need certain types of information so that we can provide the Service to you. If you do not provide us with such information, or ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Service.
Information We Collect From You
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, you may provide us with information through your:
The types of information we collect directly from you include:
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may collect information about you or others through our affiliates or through non-affiliated third parties. For example, you may be able to register for an Account through a social networking account. If you access the Service through a social media account, you may allow us to have access to certain information in your social media profile. This may include your user ID, name, email, gender, birthday, current city, profile picture URL and the user IDs of your friends who have also connected with our applications. We may also cache data we receive from the Facebook APIs to improve our user experience. Social networking sites have their own policies for handling your information. For a description of how these sites may use and disclose your information, including any information you make public, please consult the sites’ privacy policies. We have no control over how any third-party site uses or discloses the personal information it collects about you.
We may also collect information about you from non-affiliated third parties for fraud or safety protection purposes, or for marketing purposes. For example, we may receive information about your use of products/services offered by our advertising partners. We may collect also collect information about you, such as your name or email address, from third party websites or other sources from which you download or access Games applications, services or products that also make up part of the Service.
We likewise may combine information that we collect from you through the Service with information that we obtain from such third parties and information derived from any other products or services we provide.
Information We Collect Automatically
Device/Usage Information: We and our third-party service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect and store information about your use of the Service. As described further below, we may collect and analyze information including, but not limited to: (1) device type; (2) operating system and version; (3) carrier provider; (4) IP address; (5) Media Access Control (MAC) address; (6) International Equipment Mobile ID (IMEI); (7) whether you are using a point package; (8) the game version; (9) the device’s geo-location; (10) language settings; and (11) a unique device ID. In addition, we create a unique user ID to track your use of our Service. This unique user ID is stored in connection with your Account profile information to enable us to move your information to a new device at your request. In addition, it may be used to link a character with which you play our games to your username on the Forums.
Log Data, Cookies and Web Beacons
When you browse certain portions of the Service, we automatically collect and record standard user information and clickstream data about your visit (through the use of cookies and otherwise) as part of our analysis of the use of the Service. For example, when you visit or request a web page from our server, we record the IP address of your machine, the time, date and URL of the request and information about the browser being used, and other information regarding the visit, such as the pages visited on the Service, the time spent on each page, any advertisements clicked and any search terms used (collectively, “Log Data”). Log Data may be aggregated and is used to monitor and analyze use of the Service and to enable us to analyze traffic and trends, administer and improve the Service, identify and keep track of errors and bugs, and gather broad demographic information to become more familiar with where visits to the Service originate, how often the Service is visited and what parts of the Service are visited most often. We also share such information with third party service providers assisting us with the foregoing and with our advertisers. For example, some of this information is collected and used so that when you visit the Service 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 Service meet the criteria required to process their requests. We link Log Data to your information for tracking and analyzing our customers’ use of the Service to help improve the Service, to tailor the Service to their needs and to enforce our Terms of Service.
A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive. Like many websites, we also use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data, to improve the Service and in some cases to enable you to more easily log in to your Account. We may combine information collected through the use of cookies we issue with other information that you provide to us. Games may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with the Service, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on the Service, and to improve the Service and our other products and services. A session cookie enables certain features of the Service and is deleted from your computer when you disconnect from or leave the Service. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Service. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies.
We may feature advertisements served by third party advertising companies which deliver cookies to your computer or device so the advertisements you see can be tracked. These advertisers may use information about your visits to our Service in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
You can instruct your web browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If your browser is set to refuse all cookies, however, some features of the Services may not function properly.
We and third party advertising companies may collect information using Web beacons. Web beacons or “gifs”, are electronic images that may be used on our Site, in our Service or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon. Advertisers may use web beacons in connection with our Service in order to collect and use data regarding advertisement performance and your interests for the purpose of delivering relevant advertising to you.
We may use the information we collect, alone or in combination, for various business and commercial purposes, including, but not limited to providing the Service as well as the following:
We may combine any of the information that we collect from you with other information, including information that we obtain from third parties, or with information derived from any other products or services we provide. For example, we may combine personal information you provide us, such as an email address, with information automatically collected about your device. We may use this combined information to, among other things, provide you with personalized recommendations.
We share your information with third parties with whom we have a business relationship such as advertisers, ad networks and analytics providers. The information shared with these third parties may be used for industry analysis, ad targeting, tracking ad conversions or demographic profiling, or other purposes related to providing the Services to you.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, or to assist us in analyzing how the Service is used. These third parties have access to your information to perform these tasks on our behalf and we use good faith efforts to obtain their commitment not to use your information for any other purpose.
We may also provide your 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.
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 Games or any 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, illegal, unethical or legally actionable.
We may transfer your information in connection with a change or transfer of Game’s ownership, or a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy, including in the course of diligence.
We may share your information with your consent, including where you post information to be shared publicly or with other users. For example, you may post content to a blog, message board, chat room or within Games’ applications or other forums (“Forums”). Certain of your information, such as your username and other information, will always be publicly visible by other users of the Forums, including when such users view your Account profile page. Your email address will not be publicly visible unless you choose to make it visible in your Account profile page. You may also direct us to share information when you participate in player forums or message boards post comments to other users’ profiles, send private messages or invitations to other users, chat with other users, and post photos in your public Profile.
The sharing scenarios identified above apply to personally identifiable information, not aggregated or anonymous information. We may share aggregated or anonymous information about you and other users with advertisers, publishers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties, in which case such information may be disclosed and used for a broad range of commercial purposes without limitation.
The laws in some jurisdictions require companies to tell you about the legal ground they rely on to use or disclose your “personal data” (as defined in such applicable laws). To the extent those laws apply, our legal grounds are as follows:
We generally retain information for so long as it may be relevant to the purposes above and in compliance with applicable law. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collected and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws.
Games takes reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse or alteration by third parties. Although we make good faith efforts to store the information collected on the Service in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of that information during its transmission or its storage on our systems. Further, while we attempt to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining access to this information. We do not warrant or represent that your Account or any of your information will be protected against, loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties.
When you register for an Account or later access your Account, you will able to adjust settings and preferences within your Account to choose whether to share and make publicly visible other pieces of your information, and the Service will display your information based on the settings and preferences you choose. You can review and revise your Profile information at any time.
For Residents of the European Union and EEA Countries:
Residents of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), can exercise certain data subject rights available to them under applicable data protection laws. Where such rights apply, we will comply with requests to exercise these rights in accordance with applicable law. Please note, however, that certain information may be exempt from such requests in some circumstances, which may include if we need to keep processing your information for our legitimate interests or to comply with a legal obligation. If these rights apply to you, they may permit you to request that we:
For more information on how to exercise these rights, please contact us using the information in the “Contacting Us” section below. If applicable, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in the country where you are based. Alternatively, you may seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.
For Residents of California:
The information discussed in this Privacy Policy is collected and controlled by Games in the United States. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, you agree that such information will be processed in the United States for the purposes described herein. As described above, Games also may subcontract the processing of your data to, or otherwise share your data with, Games subsidiaries, service providers, and business partners in the United States or countries other than your country of residence. The data-protection laws in these countries may be different from, and less stringent than, those in your country of residence. You expressly consent to such transfer and processing.
The Service may contain links to other websites and online services (“Linked Sites”). The fact that we link to a third party website or service is not an endorsement or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy policies or practices. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such Linked Sites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such Linked Sites. The operators of Linked Sites may collect information about you, and may use and disclose that information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the Linked Sites that you use.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for an Account on the Service or send any information about yourself to Games. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information (as defined by the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), we will delete such information from our files as required by applicable law.
We do not knowingly process data of EU residents under the age of 16 without parental consent. If we become aware that we have collected data from an EU resident under the age of 16 without parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as possible. We also comply with other age restrictions and requirements in accordance with applicable local laws.