Summary of the CVGWORLD’s Privacy Policy:
1. INTRODUCTION – The Introduction identifies the basic CVGWORLD Services covered by this Privacy Policy and provides a brief overview of what this Policy covers.
2. COOKIES & 3rd PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS
3. SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION - This section addresses the types of information that CVGWORLD collects directly from users and the collection of non-personally identifiable information.
4. NOTICE AND CHOICE - This section provides information on users’ options to control how their information is collected and used, how CVGWORLD notifies users about future Privacy Policy changes, where CVGWORLD stores data, and third-party websites and services that may link to the CVGWORLD Services.
5. USE AND DISCLOSURE - This section describes how CVGWORLD uses your information to provide and manage the CVGWORLD Services, including when CVGWORLD may disclose your information to third parties that assist CVGWORLD in providing those services.
6. SECURITY - This section describes CVGWORLD’s security measures.
7. CONTACT US - This section instructs users how to contact CVGWORLD.
1. INTRODUCTION
CVGWORLD, (“CVGWORLD” or “we”), provides a collection of online services, including, without limitation, various communication tools, online forums, social networking features, personalized content and branded programming, and any other feature, content or application offered from time to time by CVGWORLD.
CVGWORLD is a general audience site and not targeted to children, CVGWORLD does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.
This Privacy Policy applies to all “users,” including both those who use some of the CVGWORLD Services without being registered and “Members” who have registered with CVGWORLD to create a profile, enter a sweepstakes or contest or otherwise participate in an activity on the CVGWORLD Services. The Policy describes CVGWORLD’s collection and use of users’ personal information (e.g., information that identifies a specific person, such as full name or email address) where that information is not otherwise publicly available on the CVGWORLD Services. It also describes generally CVGWORLD’s practices for handling non-personally identifiable information (e.g., interests, demographics and site usage) to the extent such information is associated with a particular user or user account.
2. COOKIES & 3rd PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our web site. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
3. SUBMISSION AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON CVGWORLD SERVICES
User Submitted Information
Registration Information is the information that users provide to CVGWORLD: (a) to register for certain CVGWORLD Services, participating in sweepstakes, contests, surveys, or certain special initiatives, supplying user reviews, submitting game guides, or participating in chat rooms; or (b) to purchase products or services from or through the CVGWORLD Services. Registration Information may include one or more of the following: full name, email address, gender, date of birth, postal address, telephone number and credit card number.
Public Site Content consists of information you disclose in public areas of an CVGWORLD Site like member home pages, message boards, chat rooms and other community areas. Please be aware that Public Site Content is always public and available to everyone and may be displayed in search results both on the CVGWORLD Services and on external search engines.
Correspondence consists of information you disclose when you contact CVGWORLD, for example, for customer service purposes.
CVGWORLD Collected Information
CVGWORLD Site Activity Information. When users access the CVGWORLD Services, we may collect certain non-personally identifiable information about those visits. For example, in order to permit your connection to the CVGWORLD Services, our servers receive and record information about your computer and browser, including potentially your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the CVGWORLD Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier to that device or other transactional information for that device in order to serve content to it. We also may use cookies and other tracking technologies (including browser cookies, pixels, beacons, and Adobe Flash technology including cookies), which are comprised of small bits of data that often include an anonymous unique identifier. Websites send this data to your browser when you first request a web page and then store the data on your computer so the website can access information when you make subsequent requests for pages from that site. We may use these technologies to collect and store information about your usage of the CVGWORLD Services, including your actions while using the CVGWORLD Services, such as pages you have visited, search queries you have run, advertisements you have seen, as well as other anonymous, non-personally identifiable information. CVGWORLD may also use cookies and similar tools to relate your use of the CVGWORLD Sites to personal information obtained from you or a third party. For example, if you’ve asked us to provide you information about our upcoming products or promotions, cookie and/or click stream data about your activities on the CVGWORLD Sites may allow us to limit the materials we provide you to items we think you will find interesting, based on your prior online activities and preferences. However, we will not coordinate your personal information and cookie or click stream information in this manner without first obtaining your express affirmative consent.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies, but you can change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, or to block cookies altogether. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for more information (e.g., http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies). Users can manage the use of Flash technologies, including cookies, with the Flash management tools available at Adobe’s website, seehttp://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security/privacy_policy/faq.html. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features or personalization available through the CVGWORLD Services.
4. NOTICE & CHOICE
Means of Notice. This Privacy Policy is the primary means by which CVGWORLD provides you with notice about its collection and use of your personal information. CVGWORLD will not use your personal information in a manner different from what is described in this Privacy Policy without your permission.
Privacy Policy Changes. CVGWORLD may modify this Privacy Policy as necessary. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that expand our rights to use your personal information, we will notify you to seek your consent through email or a prominent posting on the site.
Location of Data. The CVGWORLD Services are hosted in the United States. If you are a user located outside the United States, you understand and consent to having any personal information you provide transferred to and processed in the United States. U.S. data protection and other relevant laws may not be the same as those in your jurisdiction. As a result, please read this Privacy Policy with care.
5. USE AND DISCLOSURE
Information Made Public Through Use of CVGWORLD Services and User Privacy Settings
CVGWORLD’s Use and Disclosure of Information
We only share your non-public personal information with non-affiliated third parties when we believe sharing is permitted by you or authorized by this Privacy Policy. In addition, CVGWORLD may share your personal information with Affiliated Companies.
We use the information we collect from and about users for the following purposes:
To provide and manage the CVGWORLD Services. We use the information we collect from and about users to provide the CVGWORLD Services and features to you including to measure and improve those services and features, to personalize your experience by delivering relevant content, advertising and marketing messages, to allow you to participate in online games, contests or promotions, to enable you to communicate and share with other users, and to provide you with customer support and respond to inquiries. We may use aggregated, anonymous data about use of and activity on the CVGWORLD Services to assist us in this regard and such data is not subject to this Privacy Policy.
To allow third-party service providers to assist us in providing and managing the CVGWORLD Services. CVGWORLD may make your non-public personal information available to certain third-party service providers, such as contractors, agents or sponsors, who help us manage or provide the CVGWORLD Services. These outside service providers are required to protect non-public personal information entrusted to them and not use it for any other purpose than the specific service they are providing to CVGWORLD.
To deliver relevant advertising. We may use the information you provide to us, and information we collect about your use of the CVGWORLD Services through cookies and other technologies, to assist us in delivering you relevant ads when you visit the CVGWORLD Services. We may work with third-party advertising networks and advertisers who help deliver these ads to you. We do not share your non-public personal information with these third parties, but we may share anonymized or aggregated information with them to improve the relevancy of the ads you see on the CVGWORLD Services. As noted above, these third-party advertising networks and advertisers may also use cookies and similar technologies to collect and track non-personally identifiable information such as demographic information, aggregated information, and Internet activity to assist them in delivering advertising that is more relevant to your interests. To find out more about third-party online advertising and to opt out of this type of advertising, visit the Network Advertising Initiative website located at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
To contact you. CVGWORLD may periodically send promotional materials (e.g., newsletters) or notifications related to the CVGWORLD Services to the email address you provided to us at registration or to your account. If you want to stop receiving promotional materials from CVGWORLD, you can follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. There are certain service notification emails that you may not opt-out of as long as you are a Member, such as notifications of changes to the CVGWORLD Services or policies.
To protect the rights of CVGWORLD and our users. There may be instances when CVGWORLD may disclose user information without providing notice or choice, including situations where CVGWORLD has a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary in order to: (i) protect or defend the legal rights or property of CVGWORLD, our Affiliated Companies or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements); (ii) protect the safety and security of users of the CVGWORLD Services or members of the public; (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or (iv) comply with the law or legal process.
To complete a merger or sale of assets. If CVGWORLD sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of its assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or transfer of all or a material part of its business, CVGWORLD may transfer your information to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction.
6. SECURITY
CVGWORLD uses commercially reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard user information in its possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.
7. CONTACT US - This section instructs users how to contact CVGWORLD.
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