Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to the operations of all sites, brands and services provided by Gameworld Industries Pty Ltd.Overall
privacy statement
Gameworld Industries takes your privacy seriously. Because we gather
certain types of information about our users we want to help you
understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and
use of that information. This privacy statement discloses the types
of information we gather, how we use it, and how to correct or change
it. These privacy practices apply to the Web site that you were
viewing when you clicked through to this policy, which is operated
by Gameworld Industries, its partner, or affiliate.
1. What
personally identifiable information does Gameworld Industries collect?
Gameworld Industries' primary goal in collecting personal information
is to provide you with the best and most useful content and services.
Because Gameworld Industries derives its revenue mainly from advertising,
collecting information is essential to keeping our services affordable
to users.
Gameworld Industries collects personally identifiable information when you provide it to us, such as when you register on one of our sites, when you subscribe for an e-mail newsletter, when you use certain services, and when you visit Gameworld Industries' pages and read newsletters. Several of the services that we offer on our sites, such as message boards, may require registration as a condition of use. Once you register with one of our Gameworld Industries sites you are no longer anonymous to us. Gameworld Industries may also receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information you provided to us.
2. What
anonymous information does Gameworld Industries collect?
Cookies
Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" which
store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to
any of our sites. However, cookies tell us nothing about who you
are unless you specifically give us personally identifiable information.
You do not need to have cookies turned on to visit most Gameworld
Industries sites, although active participation in certain areas
of our sites may require cookies. In addition, you may elect not
to allow cookies to be collected by selecting certain options on
your browser.
Web bugs
& servers
We use electronic images known as Web bugs--sometimes called transparent
GIFs, clear GIFs, or beacons--that allow us to track general user
traffic patterns. Gameworld Industries also automatically receives
and records information from our servers and from your browser,
including your IP address, the time, and information about the page
you requested.
We use tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:
- Keeping count of return visits to our site or our advertisers' or partners' sites
- Accumulating and reporting anonymous, aggregate (data collected in mass), statistical information on Web site and advertisement usage
- Determining which features users like best
- Saving your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our sites
Third-party
advertisement servers
Some of our advertisers use third-party companies to serve their
advertisements on our sites and, in some cases, in our HTML-formatted
newsletters. Often, these third-party advertising companies employ
cookie and Web bug technologies to measure advertisement effectiveness.
We do not give any personally identifiable information to them as
part of this relationship. Use of their tracking technology is subject
to their own privacy policies.
3. How does Gameworld Industries use the information?
Gameworld Industries uses the information we gather for four general
purposes:
- To customize the advertising and content you see
- To enhance the user experience in our network of sites. We use tracking information to determine how well each page performs overall based on aggregate user demographics and traffic patterns to those pages. This helps us continue to build a better service for you
- To fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as sending out electronic newsletters and enabling users to participate in paid services, polls, contests, message boards, and auctions
- To send you information you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you
4. How
does Gameworld Industries share the information?
Personally identifiable information
Gameworld Industries will make your personally identifiable information
available to other companies or people when:
- We have your consent to share the information
- We have engaged companies to work with or on behalf of Gameworld Industries to provide a product or service that you have requested, such as opt-in e-mail announcements
- You use co-branded services. When you use a co-branded service within our network of sites you grant us permission to pass your registration information back to that service partner. Their use of your information is subject to their applicable privacy policies.
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process; or we believe that your actions violate applicable laws, Gameworld Industries' Terms of Use or any usage guidelines for specific products or services, or threaten the rights, property, or safety of Gameworld Industries, our users, or others
Aggregate
information
Gameworld Industries aggregates personally identifiable information
and discloses such information in a non-personally identifiable
manner to advertisers and other third parties for marketing, promotional,
and other purposes. We do not disclose to these entities any information
that could be used to identify you personally.
5. What
are my options?
Users who would rather not provide any of the user data requested
by our registration process do not need to register with us. You
can still view much of the content and use many of the services
offered by our sites without registering.
We also give users the following options:
- Opting not to receive our electronic newsletters or those of third parties when registering. Users who opt-in may remove themselves from mailing lists at any time through the subscription management pages or by following the instructions at the end of the e-mail they received from us;
- Opting not to provide certain personal information when registering for a site.
6. How
can I update my personally identifiable information?
You can correct or change the information collected during registration
for any site. The instructions for doing this can be found in our
member services areas. Users may change this information at any
time and as often as necessary. Users who are experiencing problems
or who have questions about how our services work can contact us
by e-mail. Currently, we do not offer users a means by which to
completely delete personal information established at the time of
registration.
7. How will I know if the privacy policy is changed?
Any modifications to our privacy practices will be reflected first
within this area of our network of Web sites. If there is a material
change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our sites that
our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new
privacy statement. If we are going to be using the information collected
from users in a manner materially different from that stated at
the time of collection we will send affected users written notice
of the change.
8. Privacy
of children
Our network of sites is not directed to children under the age of
13. We operate our network of sites in compliance with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act and do not permit registration by,
and will not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information
from, anyone under 13 years of age. This requirement is clearly
posted during the registration process.
Questions,
comments
Questions regarding this privacy statement, or regarding any other
aspects of our network of Web sites, should be sent via e-mail.
We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every
one. We may also file your comments to improve the site, or review
and discard the information.
Click here to contact us regarding a privacy issue. Please include the site you are referring to in your e-mail to us.
Updated June
2003