We have created this Privacy Policy in order to show our commitment to your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices. This policy covers all Racing Games properties including, but not limited to the following domains: http://racinggames.gameszip.com/, www.gameszip.com, and all other sites owned or operated by Racing Games.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Any personal information that you provide to our Web site will stay safe, private, and secure. We will not resell your information to outside sources.
We will not share your information with any third parties with the exception of verified secure ecommerce transaction providers.
INFORMATION THAT WE MAY COLLECT FROM OUR USERS
We may collect the following information when you sign up for a service:
- First name, last name, e-mail, address, phone number
- For processing transactions, we also collect either credit card information or bank information, depending on your form of payment. We do not store any credit card information after your transaction is complete.
IP Address:
When a user visits any Web site owned or operated by Racing Games, we may collect the IP address that requested the display of one of our sites. This address is collected for several purposes. The first purpose is to exercise our ability to restrict access to the site by users who have violated our Terms of Service. A second purpose is to support our advertising partners, so that the partners will be able to accurately count the number of unique visitors to our sites who may have viewed a given advertisement. Finally, if you participate in our "Share this Game" feature, your IP address will be shared with the person to whom you send a game to using this feature.
Sign Up and Survey information:
Any information you provide to us as part of your use of any Racing Games Web site will be stored as entered.
Cookies:
The sole purpose of cookies is to enhance your online experience. Cookies are small data files that are stored on your computer by Web sites. Through your Web browser, cookies are only used by the Web site that wrote the cookie. Data stored in a cookie from Racing Games is only accessible by the Racing Games Web sites. Personal information stored in our cookies is limited to: My Game Space affiliate identifier, Principal Network Partner affiliate identifier, and your Username. This information enables us to run our affiliate programs, allows customized advertising, lets you automatically sign in when you visit Racing Games, and offers other operational site activities. The information in our cookies is kept private and secure.
USE OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
Your username, e-mail address, and password will be used to uniquely identify you as a user on any Racing Games Web site. We may use or display your username for the purposes of rankings, competitions or sweepstakes, chat identification, or game high scores.
Other identifying information collected during the sign up process or through other voluntary means (e.g., via Surveys) may be used to calculate aggregate demographic figures and/or to facilitate our ability to direct advertisements to your Web browser. In addition, if you participate in our "Share this Game" feature, your IP address will be shared with the person to whom you send a game to using this feature.
SECURITY OF COLLECTED INFORMATION
All data that we collect is stored on one or more secure database servers that cannot be accessed from outside our corporate network. Outside of our network, the only access to this data is that provided through our Web sites. Through our sites, access to personal information is completely controlled by user-defined e-mail addresses and passwords. Within our corporation, access to data is secured through a private user ID and password known only to key personnel who maintain the database. All employees of Racing Games are legally bound by a nondisclosure agreement that prevents the disclosure of any corporate information to other parties. We have taken all reasonable precautions to safeguard the privacy of your data.
E-MAIL/OPT-OUT
When you create a customer account with Racing Games, you will automatically be registered to receive one or more of our newsletters, even if you previously opted out of receiving newsletters at the time you downloaded any game for free trial play. At any time, you may opt-out of receiving these newsletters by selecting the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any newsletter or by contacting us at the address indicated in the newsletter. In addition, the Racing Games website includes an area where you may manually opt-out of receiving further communications. Racing Games treats each of its consumer offerings individually, so if you are receiving mailings from more than one area of our website, if you want to unsubscribe you must do so with respect to each such area individually.
OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED
Your Web browser or client software that you use to access Racing Games may transmit certain geographic information and information regarding the capabilities or features of your computer and/or software to us. We may also track other types of information, such as what games users play, how long our users have been members of any Racing Games businesses or programs, the last time a user visited Racing Games, and whether a user has won any of our games, sweepstakes, jackpots, or contests. We may use this information to calculate aggregate statistics about our user community or for security purposes, and may provide information such information to advertisers and/or partners in aggregate form only.
HOW INFORMATION IS USED
The information you provide to Racing Games will allow us to notify you about new features, enhancements, resolution of site problems, handle and/or route your customer support questions and issues, and inform you of upgrade opportunities, contests, prizes, or special events. Racing Games may use personal information in combination with data from third parties for similar purposes as well.
THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING
It is important that you understand that advertisers or Web sites that link to a Racing Games site may collect personal information about you. The Privacy Policy does not apply to, and cannot control the activities of, other advertisers or Web sites. We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our sites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other sites in order to help them provide relevant ads to users (this information does not include name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number). If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
SHARING INFORMATION
Racing Games may disclose your personal information to third-party vendors to fulfill prizes in those instances in which we do not provide prize fulfillment directly. We may also use your information to process our newsletters or e-mail campaigns, or to analyze and/or store data. Under some limited and special circumstances, we may also disclose your information if there is a violation of the Terms of Service or if we have a good faith belief that the law requires it. It is important that you understand that we cannot control the activities of such third-party vendors. While we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security procedures as Racing Games, we will take all reasonable precautions under the circumstances to ensure the protection of your personal information.
CHAT & MESSAGING
Racing Games sites may choose to operate message boards and/or chat areas where users can exchange ideas and communicate with one another. When posting to a message board or chat area, it is important for you to understand that the information is being made publicly available in an online environment. Any information posted is the sole responsibility of the individual user.
AGREEMENT WITH GAMES ZIP POLICIES
By using any of the Racing Games Web sites, products, or services, you signify your understanding and agreement to the Privacy Policy stated here, and to the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with our policies, please do not use any of the Racing Games Web sites, products, or services.