WorldWorks Games Privacy Policy
WorldWorks Games is committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our website. By using this site you accept the terms of WorldWorks Games Privacy Policy as detailed herein. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not provide any personally identifiable information to us.
Information Collection
WorldWorks Games does not require that visitors reveal any personally identifiable information in order to access the vast majority of our website. However, we do encourage our users to register on the site and to provide us with an e-mail address and a nickname or "persona" to function as a username within the WorldWorks Games community. Some situations in which registration is required include:
1. Participating in the WorldWorks Games forum;
2. Participating in online contest or special event
The type of information collected for these purposes may include e-mail address, a WorldWorks Games nickname or "persona," passwords, Internet Protocol Information, and cookies.
Use of Information
As an interactive website with a robust forum and on-line event registration, it is sometimes necessary for our users to provide us with contact information. All information given to WorldWorks Games is given on a voluntary basis. You are never under any obligation to give us personally identifiable information.
Under COPPA, no website operator is permitted to require a child under the age of 13 to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation.
General Privacy Statement
This privacy statement discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices of WorldWorks Games. WorldWorks Games can be contacted by e-mail at services@worldworksgames.com, or by phone at 604-736-8771.
Collection of Personal Information from Site Visitors
WorldWorks Games may collect and/or track any of the following:
· The home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of client computer, files downloaded, search engine used, operating system, and type of Web browser of visitors to the WorldWorks Games website;
· The e-mail addresses of visitors that communicate with WorldWorks Games via e-mail;
· Information knowingly and voluntarily provided by the visitor in online forums, registration forms, surveys, e-mail, contest entries, and other online avenues; and
· Aggregate and user-specific information on which pages visitors' access.
WorldWorks Games may place Internet "cookies" on visitors' hard drives. Internet cookies save data about individual visitors such as the visitor's names, password, user-name, shopping cart, screen preferences, and the pages of a site viewed by a visitor. When the visitor revisits WorldWorks Games' website, WorldWorks Games may recognize the visitor by the Internet cookie and customize the visitor's experience accordingly. Visitors may decline Internet cookies, if any, by using the appropriate feature of their web client software, if such feature is available.
Use of Personal Data Collected
Personal data collected by WorldWorks Games may be used for a variety of reasons, for example, for editorial or feedback purposes, for marketing and promotional purposes, for a statistical analysis of user behavior, for product development, for content improvement, or to customize the content and layout of WorldWorks Games' site. Aggregate data on visitors' home servers may be used for internal purposes. Individually identifying information, which visitors voluntarily provide to WorldWorks Games, may be added to WorldWorks Games' databases.
Disclosure to Third Parties
WorldWorks Games will only disclose to third parties information that is publicly available and/or that is knowingly and voluntarily disclosed by visitors. Information that is knowingly and voluntarily disclosed expressly includes the types of information identified in Paragraph 1 above.
General Non-Confidentiality of Information Transmitted Via the Internet
WorldWorks Games has security features to prevent the unauthorized release of, or access to, personal information. Please be advised, however, that the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from WorldWorks Games via this site or e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Accordingly, WorldWorks Games is not responsible for the security of information transmitted via the Internet or other global computer networks.
Opt-Out Right
Visitors may opt-out of having their personally identifiable information used by WorldWorks Games for secondary purposes, disclosed to third parties, or used by WorldWorks Games or third parties to send promotional correspondence to the visitor by contacting WorldWorks Games via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone at the addresses and numbers listed at the beginning of this section. (This does not apply to collection of the type of web browser used by visitors to WorldWorks Games' website.)
Access to and Ability to Correct Personal Data
Upon request via postal mail, e-mail, or telephone, WorldWorks Games will provide visitors a summary of any personally identifiable information retained by WorldWorks Games. Visitors may update, modify, correct, or change personally identifiable information collected by WorldWorks Games via this website or may cause their personal record to be removed from WorldWorks Games' database by contacting WorldWorks Games by postal mail, e-mail, or telephone.
WorldWorks Games' Right to Change Privacy Statement
WorldWorks Games reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and will use reasonable efforts to notify visitors of any changes.
