Thursday, 01 December 2005 03:18

Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for all our members. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected online through Ohio Gamers Organization’s (ohiogamers.org) Web site, which includes all of the ohiogamers.org websites and governs online data collection and usage by Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org). Please read the complete Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) Online Privacy Policy below and contact us if you have any questions.

COLLECTION AND TRACKING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

So that we can provide you, the members, with the most efficient and enhanced services; we may request information about you. We collect personally identifiable information such as names, email addresses and demographic information such as age, gender and zip code. We also may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring Web site address. This information is collected both during registration on a site, or in response to specific requests, for example when signing up for a newsletter, entering a sweepstakes or contest or answering a survey. Information collected at one Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) Web site will be available within the Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) family of Web sites. On a rare occasion we will give you the opportunity to opt in to offers from third parties not affiliated with Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org). If you decide to accept these offers, we will provide, with your consent, your information to the third party. However, you should note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to information members consent to give to third parties not affiliated with Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org). Any information members give to another party is governed by the rules of that party's privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) is not responsible for information given to other parties. Please review their privacy policies prior to providing any information to third parties.

WHAT WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION

We use personal information so that we may display custom, personalized content to our visitors and send newsletters, emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other updates to our members. A user may, at any time, opt out of receiving such information. We also use collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to determine what part of our services are most popular with members. We may extend offers to members on behalf of our partners about a particular product or service that may be of interest to you, but we will never give out your name or personal information at any time without your permission. As result, although Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) may receive a fee from our partners for this service, Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) sends all the offers so that your personal information is never shared with any outside third party. We may, at times, produce reports for advertisers containing aggregate information about our members such as demographic, age and online usage information. This allows us to work more closely with sponsors to provide content and offers that are most relevant to our members. We will never include any personal information of our members in these reports. We allow members of our Web site to send articles or links by email to other parties who may be interested in them. We do not retain any email addresses (unless you are a member who already has voluntarily provided your email address) of either the sender or recipient of such articles or links after they are sent. We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation. You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online (whether through Ohio Gamers Organization's (ohiogamers.org) services or any other service available online), personal or otherwise, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards, your e-mail or if you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) has no control over this use of your personal information.

USE OF COOKIES

Your browser offers so-called "cookies" which, if you allow their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a Web site. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information about you and therefore cannot be used to identify you personally. Cookies simply assist us in tracking which of our features you like best. Cookies also enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser and our Web sites are viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your browser. However, if you disable cookies, some advanced and customized features of our site, as well as other Web sites, will not be available to you. We may also place a cookie on your browser so that this and other Web Sites owned by the Ohio Gamers Organization will recognize you as a unique user. This will enable us to measure more accurately the number of unique visitors across the network of Ohio Gamers Organization Web sites.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

A member may, at any time, change, correct, modify or delete any personal information they may have provided to Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) by visiting the User Settings Page located on the Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) homepage. Users can also unsubscribe from any newsletters at any time by clicking on "unsubscribe" links in each of our newsletters.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) employees are made aware of its privacy practices through periodic communications and training. We limit access to private and confidential data only to those employees with a specific need to retrieve this information and we store data on multiple service systems, in controlled, secure environments. To maintain our level of security, we conduct both internal reviews and external audits of our security measures and procedures on a regular basis.

CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

Some portions of the Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) Web site may be used by children under the age of 13. Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) is strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit our Web site. Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) has a system in place to effectively screen its members to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. Our site and services may collect information about children under 13, including e-mail forum participation and chat rooms. Use of such activities requires initial registration by the participant. Children under the age of 13 who wish to register are asked to have a parent or legal guardian do so for them. Only after verifying age in accordance with Federal standards, do we collect and maintain the name, date of birth and email address of children who register. With proper proof of identification, parents can review their child's personal information, ask to have it deleted and refuse to allow any further collection or use of their child's information. We may use cookies to check the age of registered members who enter chat rooms. We do not knowingly permit members under 13 into chat rooms unless their parents have consented to their participation. Ohiogamers.org includes many topical areas that all members may access. When a parent provides verifiable consent to allow his or her child to use chat and forums and to receive newsletters or other materials where a child may provide personally identifiable information, the child will also have access to those relevant services throughout the Ohio Gamers Organization (ohiogamers.org) site, including areas that may not be directed toward children. In particular, if you allow your child to participate in chat or forums, your child will have access to all chat and forum areas on Ohiogamers.org. Many chat areas are not monitored and private chat is permitted. Chat areas may contain information or language unsuitable for young children and visitors of all ages may participate. If you authorize your child to participate in these features, we encourage you to monitor their use closely. We also allow guests to participate in chat and forum areas at Ohiogamers.org but use techniques to prevent unregistered children under 13 from participating in areas unsuitable for them. Parents can change these options at any time. Except as authorized under COPPA,

Ohiogamers.org will NOT:

• Collect online contact information from a user under 13 without prior verifiable parental consent, which includes an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. When we do not obtain prior verifiable parental consent, online contact information will be used only to directly respond to the child's request and will not be used to contact the child for other purposes.
• Collect personally identifiable offline contact information from members under 13 without prior verifiable parental consent.
• Distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information collected from children known to be under 13.
• Give the ability to children to participate in forums or chat rooms without prior verifiable parental consent.
• Entice a child under 13 by the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity, to divulge more information than is needed to participate in such activity.

We will also place prominent notice wherever personally identifiable information is collected requesting the child to ask a parent for permission to proceed. If you have any questions regarding the privacy and safety of children on our site, please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

VISITORS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

Our Web site and the servers that make this site available worldwide are located in the United States. All matters relating to these sites are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio in the United States. Any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our sites and submitting information, you authorize this transfer.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to maintain the highest protection for our members and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the policy when you visit our site to be sure you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this policy or in how we will use or collect your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make changes in how we handle previously collected personal information that have retroactive effect unless legally required to do so.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Updated August 2005