ChessEmpires is operated and presented to User infos in all locations by ChessEmpires. This Privacy Policy covers use of information by ChessEmpires.
We are committed to providing a fun, entertaining, and safe website for people of all ages.
To help ensure a rewarding online experience for our visitors, we provide you with this Privacy Policy that describes the ChessEmpires website information practices, including how we collect, use and disclose personal information.
we may collect additional personally identifiable information ("USER INFO") from the registrant. The types of USER INFO that may be collected at that time include the User's full name, email address, credit card billing information including mailing address, and such other information as may be requested from time to time. The ChessEmpires website requires the User to provide a valid email address in order to register on the website. We use this information to send the User a message that can be used to activate the ChessEmpires account, to send you communications either about your account with us or about products and services of ChessEmpires and its related companies and affiliates, and for the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This email address is correlated with the account User info name. We may also request a User info name and email address when a User info submits a form through the "Contact Us" portion of the ChessEmpires website so that we may respond to the inquiry. For some of our online activities - such as polls or surveys - we may ask the Users to provide information that is not personally identifiable, such as country of residence or a visitor's favorite color. We also enable the Users to chat online through our website, but we take measures so that the User's cannot communicate personal information through this chat function. Additionally, when visitors come to our site, we may passively collect certain non-personally identifiable computer information, such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS X), the User info's IP Address, the web browser (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer) being used, and information regarding the Internet service provider. We may link this information to USER INFO that we have collected. If we do so, we will treat such linked information as USER INFO. Finally, we collect financial information as set out in Section 6 of this Privacy Policy. We do not use this financial information for any purpose other than processing payments to ChessEmpires. The financial information that you enter to purchase a membership is not stored by ChessEmpires, but, instead, is retained by our payments processing vendor for the purpose of processing credit card payments made to ChessEmpires. If personal information is not provided to us, then ChessEmpires may not agree to ChessEmpires membership and may not be able to provide access to certain content and functionality on the ChessEmpires website, or to provide other information, products or services which may be requested.
In addition to the purposes described in Section 1, we may actively collect and use email addresses and User info names to track usage and to ensure User infos are following the site's Terms of Use. In addition, we may use an email address and User info name to ban a User info temporarily or permanently from the ChessEmpires website if that User info engages in inappropriate conduct on the site. We may also use email addresses and User info names to enable us to review the INFO that the User have submitted to the ChessEmpires website and to provide notification regarding the site, such as any future amendments to this Privacy Policy. We also may use information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer products, programs, or services. We may disclose information where we are required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena, or where we disclose information to service providers or other group companies who provide support for the operations of our website and who do not use or disclose the information for any other purpose. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we also may disclose USER INFO in response to a law enforcement agency's or other public agency's (including schools or children services) request or if we feel that such disclosure may prevent the instigation of a crime, facilitate an investigation related to public safety or protect the safety of the Users using our website, protect the security or integrity of our website, or enable us to take precautions against liability. If we sell all or part of our business or make a sale or transfer of our assets or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer USER INFO to a third party as part of that transaction, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Finally, we may transfer USER INFO and store it outside of the jurisdiction in which a member of ChessEmpires is located.
We may use software technologies such as unique identifiers or "cookies." Cookies are small text files that we place in visitors' computer browsers to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any USER INFO. Where we link these unique identifiers with your other USER INFO, we will treat the unique identifiers as USER INFO as long as they are linked. We do use unique identifiers to learn about usage of our site, such as geographic location, how many visitors we have and how often they visit various sections of our site.
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
As noted in Section 1, if you decide to purchase a membership, additional financial information will be required at the time of purchase. That information is not stored by ChessEmpires, and, instead, is collected and stored by our payments processing vendor for the purpose of processing payments made to ChessEmpires. That information is safeguarded with appropriate security, and it will not be used for other purposes. Furthermore, our payments processing vendor has agreed to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the personal and financial information it obtains from the ChessEmpires website, and only to use this information on our behalf. Our financial institution is bound by all applicable privacy laws relating to the provision of financial services.
If you have questions or wish to send us comments about this Privacy Policy, please send an e-mail with your questions or comments to chessempires@gmail.com
Please be assured that any personal information that you provide in communications to the above e-mail will not be used to send you promotional materials, unless you so request.
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