YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICES AND WEB SITES IS SUBJECT TO YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
3000AD INC. ("3000AD") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information that you may provide while using our web sites and services. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") is intended to provide you with notice of the following:
• The web sites and services covered by this Policy.
• Our policies concerning children.
• What personal information we collect from you.
• What non-personal information we collect from you.
• Information on "cookies" and related technology.
• How we use and share the information that we collect from you.
• Information about links and third parties related to our sites and services.
• How you may access or change the information you have provided to us.
• Other important agreements that govern your use of our sites and services.
• Information for persons outside the United States.
• Our commitment to secure the personal information we have collected.
• Notice of changes to the Policy.
If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding this Policy, please contact us through our website or via email at contact@alganon.com.
3000AD currently operates websites Alganon.com and MyAlganon.com. In addition, 3000AD may own other domain names that may redirect to the home page and/or content-specific "subsites" of 3000AD. From time to time, 3000AD may add new sites that may not be listed above, but that will provide a link to this Policy and will be governed by its terms.
3000AD complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm) and all other applicable laws and regulations concerning children and the Internet.
Because 3000AD's site is not directed to children under the age of 13, 3000AD does not provide memberships to persons under age 13. If you are under the age of 13, you may not create an account on the Site, you may not sign up for any subscription service or buy anything through the Store, and you are not eligible to enter any of our sweepstakes or promotions. Except as may be required by law, 3000AD will not knowingly collect, maintain, or disclose any personal information from children under the age of 13.
If you are between ages 13 and 18, please let your parent or guardian know about this Policy and get his or her permission before you give 3000AD any of your personal identifiable information, before you use any of our message boards, instant message or chat features, before you sign up for any subscription game services, and before you buy anything from the Store. Do not post your real name on a web site or message board, and never tell anyone online anything private about yourself or your family, including your phone number and address. Use the Alias name you've chosen when you signed up, at all times. If you win a sweepstakes that has a prize, your parent or guardian will have to mail or fax us a signed note at the address or fax number listed in the rules for the specific contest that says it was OK for you to enter, and tells us they will accept the prize for you. Some areas of the Site may have special rules for children under the age of 18. When you are in those areas, you must follow those rules.
3000AD encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to become familiar with the types of content available on the Internet, including our online games. Parents and guardians should regularly oversee their children's use of e-mail and other online communications and transactional features. Control tools are available from online services and software manufacturers that can help provide a safe online environment for kids.
If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child has submitted his or her personal information without your permission or consent, 3000AD will take reasonable steps to remove that information from the 3000AD database at your request. To request removal of your child's information, please send us an e-mail to contact@alganon.com and be sure to include in your message the same user name, password, and email address that your child submitted.
We do not collect any personal information from you, unless you provide it to us voluntarily. If you decide to provide us your personal information (e.g., name, email address, and mailing address), we will only collect the personal information needed to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives. If you refuse to divulge your personal information when requested, you will not be able to access certain areas on the 3000AD site (such as the message boards).
In order for you to register with 3000AD and MyAlganon.com, we require you to provide us with an email address. Some areas may allow you to visit as a guest and remain anonymous, but you may not be able to access all the content and features of those areas without registering (in order to play our subscription based games, additional information, such as your real name and billing information, will be required).
You may be asked to choose a user or member name and password. Please do not use your real name or the real name of another person when selecting a user name. Please note that your user name will be available to the Internet's general public while you participate in some services, like chat rooms or message boards, so you should exercise discretion when using these services.
Personal information disclosed by you within our chat areas, instant message service, message boards, or during game play can be collected by other users of such services and may result in unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for protecting such information that you may disclose to third parties through our services (e.g. sending your telephone number to another user through the chat service). To the extent that you create a public profile that may be available to others on our sites and services, you are solely responsible for its content and accuracy at all times. To edit, change, or delete such information, follow the instructions on the web site.
You can opt out of receiving future emailing from us by following the directions contained in the email to "unsubscribe" or by unsubscribing through your profile on MyAlganon.com. Also, except in jurisdictions where it may be prohibited by law to do so, some 3000AD sites and services may ask you to submit information about other people. For example, we may offer "Send to a Friend" promotions, like electronic postcards on our sites or through our newsletters. In these situations, users are asked to provide the e-mail address and, sometimes, the name of a friend. After the "Send to a Friend" transaction is completed, that information is deleted.
To participate in some of our sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and other promotions, you may be asked to provide additional personal information such as your mailing address. In each such case, no new personal information will be collected from you without your consent. This information may be collected by 3000AD or by third parties such as co-sponsors or vendors for the promotion. 3000AD's use of any such information will be governed by this Policy. The names of third parties such as co-sponsors (other than vendors hired by 3000AD to conduct, administer, and execute a promotion on behalf of 3000AD) will be disclosed to you when you are asked to sign up for the promotion. You should review such third parties' privacy policies to see how they may use any information that they collect.
Issues related to customer service, billing questions, or technical and computer support, etc. may also require you to provide us with some personal information (such as such as your real name, email address, street address, etc.) so that we may resolve the issue.
When you play any of the games offered and/or served by 3000AD, or use any of the communication features on any 3000AD site, your IP address (the Internet protocol address from which you access any of the above) may be stored in our records. When any game is updated or "patched," our patch routine may check your computer to see that you have the most recent version of game-specific files; when you communicate within any game, even "privately" to another person, you do so with the understanding that those communications go through our servers, can be monitored by us, you have no expectation of privacy in any of those communications and, accordingly, you expressly consent to monitoring of communications (including technical support and customer service communications) that you send and receive. When you log into one of our online games, your system specifications (such as OS, RAM, video card, monitor, system configuration, etc.) may be reviewed/recorded by us for the purposes of analyzing and optimizing your game experience and in order to provide you with customer service.
3000AD allows for the online submission of resumes. Please be advised that information (including personal information) contained in an applicant's resume or otherwise submitted to 3000AD in a business capacity is not subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. The information obtained from your resume will only be used for the purpose of accepting and evaluating your submission for a job and contacting you in connection with that purpose.
General, aggregated, demographic, and non-personal information may be collected by 3000AD. It will not be linked to any of your personal information, through cookies or other means, without your consent. This type of anonymous, aggregated profiling and session data may include information that you have provided to us through surveys, polls, etc., but will not be tied to any personal information, without your consent. It may also include aggregated anonymous information about site usage and the customer base.
As part of the registration process for some services, you may be asked to provide information that does not personally identify you. For example, you may be asked to provide information concerning your entertainment preferences, purchasing habits, and the like. This information is generally optional but may be included in your account profile and tied to personal information. 3000AD requests this information to understand you better and to also bring to your attention new services, programs, or offers that may be of interest to you.
In many cases, 3000AD will automatically collect certain non-personal information about your use of its sites and services. 3000AD might collect, among other things, information concerning the type of Internet browser or computer operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your "click path" through the 3000AD site, and the web site or advertisement that was linked to or from the 3000AD site when you visited. To do this, 3000AD may use cookies and other technology (see below). Your visits to our web sites, and information provided through these technologies, will be anonymous unless you provide us with personal information or have provided such information in the past.
3000AD web sites, and some services and advertisements on such sites, may contain "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data that is sent to your browser, which will store the cookie on your computer if your browser is enabled to accept cookies. Clear gifs (also known as "web beacons") assist in the delivery of cookies.
3000AD uses cookies, clear gifs, frames, server log analysis and other technology to customize your experience with our sites and services. Personal information collected through the use of these technologies will be handled according to this Policy.
Most internet browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. You should refer to your browser instructions or "Help" screen to learn more about how to manage cookies. Please note, however, that if you block cookies, some portions of the 3000AD web sites and services may not function properly.
Personal information that we collect for a particular purpose will only be saved and used for that purpose, unless you have agreed to allow us to use it for some other purpose, as described in this Policy. When you have provided personal information to us for a particular purpose, we may disclose your information to other companies that we have engaged to assist us in fulfilling your request. We may also disclose any of your personal information to law enforcement or other appropriate third parties in connection with criminal investigations, investigation of fraud, infringement of intellectual property rights, or other suspected illegal activities, or as otherwise may be required by applicable law, or, as we deem necessary in our sole discretion, in order to protect the legitimate legal and business interests of 3000AD.
We may use the information we collect from you for the purpose of providing you with technical support, customer service, and account maintenance. We use the information we collect to learn what you like, tailor your experience accordingly, and to improve web sites and our other products. We send e-mail to our members who want to receive e-mail from us. However, if you don't want to receive e-mail from us, you can "opt out" of receiving it at the time you register as a member on our web sites or each time we request information from you. If you change your mind and wish to stop receiving e-mails from us, you may also choose to opt out by following the steps described in each such e-mail.
Except as described in this policy, we will not give any of your personal information to any third party without your express approval, and the only personal information we will ask you if you want us to share with third parties is your name, your mailing address and e-mail address. We sometimes share general, demographic, or aggregated (not personal) information with third parties about our user base, but that information does not include any personal information.
You will be deemed to have consented to the disclosure to, and use by, a subsequent owner or operator of the 3000AD site, of any personal information contained in the 3000AD database for such site, if 3000AD or one of its companies assigns all of its rights and obligations regarding the use of your personal information at the time of a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, sale of all or substantially all of 3000AD's or such 3000AD company's assets to a subsequent owner or operator, or similar event.
This Policy applies only to information collected online by 3000AD through web sites maintained by 3000AD and affiliated companies that 3000AD may own or control. From time to time, we may provide links to third party web sites. This Policy does not apply to third party web sites, whether we provide a link to such sites or not, so we encourage you to review the policies of all such sites carefully, as your rights will be governed by those third party policies and not by 3000AD's. Additionally, there may be unauthorized third party web sites that may be providing links from their sites to our web sites without our knowledge or control. We are not responsible for the content of any third party web sites, expressly disclaim any statements or assertions made on such web sites, and deny all liability associated with your use of, and the content on, such other sites or advertisements contained therein.
If you change your mind and do not want to receive e-mails from us and/or to have us share your name and e-mail address (or other personal information) with third parties, you may send an e-mail to us at contact@alganon.com. Subject to security and privacy concerns (e.g., regarding your password, etc.), we will give you the ability to review, correct, delete, and/or update your information. To do so, you may send us an e-mail at contact@alganon.com. If you choose to have your personal information removed from our active databases, we will do so within a reasonable time after your request and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is not used (except as may be required by law) by 3000AD after your notification to us.
In addition to this Policy, your rights and obligations concerning our web sites, services, and online games are governed by the applicable web site terms of service, the applicable game's end user license agreement and/or terms of use, code of conduct and other applicable policies, guidelines, and requirements. When you sign up to use our services, please review each such agreement carefully, as you must agree to be bound by each such agreement before you may use the service.
By consenting to this Policy, you confirm that your command and knowledge of English is sufficient to understand the terms and conditions set forth herein. For persons in European Union countries, as used herein, terms such as "personal information" refer to "personal data" as defined by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data ("Directive"). We will not collect any personal data from you unless you provide it voluntarily by providing us with your freely given specific and informed consent. By using 3000AD websites or services, you agree that we may transfer your personal information outside the European Union in connection with the purposes stated in this Policy. Your personal data may be transferred to the United States (and/or other non-EU jurisdictions, as applicable).
In certain countries other than the United States, some of our online games and the services related thereto, may be provided to you by third party distribution partners. To the extent that a third party distributor is providing services related to your account, you understand and agree that each such distributor will collect and use your personal information in accordance with its own privacy policies (which you will have access to when you register to play). To the extent that 3000AD collects or retains any of your personal information, its use will continue to be governed by the terms of this Policy.
While 3000AD takes precautions against possible breaches in its web sites and customer databases, no web site or Internet transmission is completely secure. Consequently, 3000AD cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or other breaches will never occur. Your use of the 3000AD sites and services is at your own risk. 3000AD urges you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by memorizing your password or keeping it in a safe place (separate from your account information), logging out of your user account, and closing your web browser. Whenever you give 3000AD sensitive or confidential information, 3000AD will take commercially reasonable steps to protect the information by establishing a secure connection with your web browser.
3000AD reserves the right to change this Policy at any time by notifying registered users via e-mail of the existence of a new Policy and/or posting the new Policy on the 3000AD site. All changes to the Policy will be effective when posted, and your continued use of any 3000AD site or service after the posting will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.
Last Updated Sep 28, 2009.