The Wiire Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 09/30/06

At The Wiire, we strive to bring readers current and accurate news, information, and media relating to Nintendo's next video game console, Wii. The Wiire is not endorsed, sponsored, nor otherwise affiliated with Nintendo. We recognize that privacy is an important issue, so we design and operate our services with the protection of your privacy in mind. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we gather when you use our services, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard it. If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, you may contact us here.

Data Collection

The Wiire will never rent, share, or sell any information you provide to us with any other people, websites, or companies, unless compelled to by law.
The Wiire, its forums, and other website services do not collect any personally identifiable information when viewing in a read-only mode.
The Wiire automatically collects limited non-personally identifying information your web browser makes available whenever you visit a page on our website. This log information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your query and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your web browser. We use this information only to develop and improve our services.
Some of our website services require you to register for a free account. By registering for an account, users are granted the privilege to post their own information, comments, and opinions onto our message boards, provided that they follow the Terms of Service.

The Wiire Website Account

This site complies with The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) and as such cannot accept registrations from users under the age of 13 without a written permission document from their parent or guardian. For more information you can read the legislation here.
When registering for a The Wiire Account, the following information is required: a username, a password, a first name, and a valid e-mail address. Your e-mail address will be used for administrative contact, and for contact from other users. Your e-mail address will be accessible to other site members unless you select to hide it via your user personal account settings after signing up.
Registering for a Website Account does not grant the user unlimited or unrestricted access to The Wiire. Certain administrative functions are hidden for security purposes, and may not be accessed by standard users. By registering for an account, the user must comply with the The Wiire Terms of Service (see below).

The Wiire Terms of Service

The Terms of Service are available on this page.

The Wiire reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time.

Information Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
We restrict access to your information to website administrators who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.

Updating Your Information

We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally identifying information on our services. If you need assistance or more information regarding these mechanisms, please consult our help documentation.

Changes to this Policy

Please note this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post those changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. The latest revision date will be noted at the top of the page.