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OVERVIEW
Thank you for visiting our website ("Site"), a website provided to you by
Funtank, LLC ("Funtank"). We understand that you, our visitor,
are concerned about how we handle the information that you may choose to
provide us with. We have developed this Privacy Statement to inform you of
the ways in which we define, gather and utilize any information that is
provided and to explain choices you can make about the manner in which your
information is collected and used. Funtank is committed to protecting the
privacy of visitors to our Site. This Privacy Statement outlines the practices
Funtank has in regards to personally identifiable information collected on
this Site. By accessing and using this Site, you are agreeing to this Privacy
Statement. If you do not agree, please exit this Site. By using the Site in
any way, you are agreeing to comply with this Privacy Statement, including any
amendments, updates, or changes to any rules or policies) and acknowledge that
any other agreements between you and Funtank are superseded with respect to this
subject matter.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
It is our policy to minimize the amount of information we collect from our visitors.
In some cases, we ask our Site users to provide us with some personally-identifiable
information. We define personally-identifiable information as information relating to
an individual consumer. For example, name, address, e-mail address, social security
number, and telephone number. Examples of instances that we may ask you to provide
this type of information include website registration and sweepstakes entry. While we
do not require our users to register with the Site, doing so may enable you to customize
your website experience and use features such as "My Scoreboard" and "Challenge a Friend."
No personally-identifiable information is collected unless you provide it voluntarily
and knowingly. At the time we ask for this information, we will tell you why we are
requesting this information and what the information will be used for.
Here are the ways we may collect personally-identifiable information.
Registration:
We don't require you to register or provide personally-identifiable information
to view our Site or play our games. However, to take full advantage of all our
offerings, you may choose to register on our Site. In the registration process,
we request certain information (such as your name and e-mail address) so we can
provide you with the communications you request and customize our contacts with
you. We may also use the registration information you provide for other purposes
with your prior consent.
Contests, Sweepstakes and Games:
Our Site contains notices of contests, sweepstakes and games we are conducting,
which you may enter electronically in some cases. We use the information you
provide to conduct the promotion (for example, to contact you if you're a winner).
We won't use the information you provide to enter the promotion for any other
purpose unless you've agreed otherwise.
Newsletters:
When you ask us to send you newsletters by e-mail, you may provide us with
certain information like your e-mail address so we can fulfill your request.
"Contact Us" Link:
If you email us through the "Contact Us" link on this Site, we ask for
information such as your first name and email address so we can respond to
your questions and comments. You may choose to provide additional information
as well.
Tell A Friend:
We may give you the opportunity to tell your friends about features on our Site.
If you take advantage of our Tell A Friend option, we may ask you for your friends'
and your first name and e-mail address. We use the information you provide only to
send the e-mail that you have requested we forward. We may use information about
you in other ways, however, if you've given us permission to do so.
Challenge A Friend:
If you are registered on our Site, you may challenge a friend to a game on the
Site by submitting your friend's e-mail address to us. We use your friend's
e-mail address only to invite your friend to play in the challenge. We don't
use your friend's e-mail address for any other purpose.
Other Site Features:
We offer visitors to our Site various features for their enjoyment, which we
change from time to time. We may ask you to submit certain
personally-identifiable information so we can provide you with these features.
Questionnaires and Surveys:
We occasionally ask visitors to our Site to complete online surveys and opinion
polls about their activities, attitudes and interests. These surveys help us
understand the needs of our visitors. We do not keep any personally-identifiable
information about you in connection with your participation in a website survey
unless you specifically agree to provide this information.
We also may collect aggregate and non-personal information when you visit a
Funtank-affiliated website. We define this type of information as information that
does not relate to an individual consumer. For example, this information includes
how many users visit our websites and how many pages are accessed. By collecting
this information, we learn how best to modify our websites to meet the needs of
our visitors. This information is collected through either "cookies" or
"web beacons" as explained below:
Cookies:
Like many companies, we use "cookies" on our Site. Cookies are information
files that your web browser places on the hard drive of your computer when
you visit a website. Cookies allow websites to "remember" users' activities
on a website, as well as a user's visits to a website. Cookies may enhance
your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a
particular site. For example, cookies may be used to enhance your experience
with games by reducing the number of repeated questions. You can, of course,
disable cookies on your computer by indicating this in the preferences or
options menus in your browser, and most browsers will allow you to stop
accepting new cookies, be notified when you receive a new cookie, and disable
existing cookies. Funtank does not save personally identifiable information
in cookies but we may link the cookies to any other information we collect.
In addition, we may use cookies in connection with our advertisements. For
example, cookies may be used to control the number of times a user sees a
particular advertisement or to target an advertisement to those users that
will likely be the most interested in it. We do not have access to cookies
set by third parties or the information they may contain.
Web Beacons:
Certain pages on our Site contain "web beacons" (also known as Internet
tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to
obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded
the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the
beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type
of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the
third party.
When you access our Site we may collect technical information that is not
personally identifiable (e.g. the type of internet browser and operating
system you use, domain name of the Website from where you came, average time
you spend on this Site). We use this information for internal purposes only
in order to evaluate and improve the attractiveness of our Site.
In general, the information collected is used to provide or support the
products and services made available by Funtank or its affiliates, including
being used to administer contests, to respond to your communications to us,
to communicate with you, to customize your use of this Site, to administer
this Site, to diagnose technical problems with this Site, to develop new
products and services and to market products and services. Information
collected enables us to better design and administer our websites, collect
demographic and psychographic information about those who visit our websites,
allows us to help diagnose problems which we may be having with our websites,
permits us to generally gather statistics and allows us to respond to our
customers' requirements.
SHARING OF INFORMATION
When you voluntarily provide us with any requested information, we generally use that information as outlined above, for internal purposes only, such as to fulfill your request for our products and items and to provide the services you have requested. In addition, we may use this information to communicate directly with you, such as to respond to your inquiries, to inform you when you have won one of our contests or sweepstakes, to fulfill a request with respect to one of the offers or activities, or to provide you with additional information about our other products, programs, services, promotions or offers that we believe may be of interest to you. Such communications will include information on how to opt out from receiving further information or services.
Funtank may utilize other companies and individuals to perform functions with it or on its behalf, such as collecting data, filling requests, delivering products, conducting contests and sweepstakes, sending physical or electronic mail, obtaining and analyzing data, collating statistics, making marketing assistance, complying with agreements with co-promotion partners and for various other services necessary for Funtank to carry on its business and best serve its customers. These companies, individuals and business partners will have access only to the information that is needed to perform their functions. These companies, individuals and business partners do not have our authority to use the information for other purposes. We must rely solely on the representations of these companies and individuals that they have met our privacy standards. We cannot, however, warrant their compliance with these standards.
Funtank may share the personal information with its principals, partners, parent company(ies) and associated or affiliated or related entities.
Additionally, in the event that all or substantially all of the assets relating to the Site is transferred or sold to another entity, personally identifiable information submitted to us may be transferred to the acquiring entity. Finally, we may also disclose personally identifiable information to third parties in order to comply with the law or requests by law enforcement agencies, to enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements or to protect the rights, property or safety of Funtank, our Site, users of our Site, and others. This includes exchanging the information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit-risk reduction.
Our Site may contain links to other Funtank websites or to websites that are owned and operated by third parties. These other websites may have their own privacy policies and would not be governed by this Privacy Statement. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of websites owned and operated by any such third parties. Other websites may collect and treat information collected differently, so we encourage you to carefully read and review the privacy policy for each website you visit.
Funtank will not sell, rent, share or otherwise disclose the personal information for commercial purposes other than its own. If the information is to be disclosed other than as set out above, Funtank shall notify you through a notice on this Site to give you the opportunity to choose not to have the information so disclosed.
If the information is to be disclosed other than as set out above, Funtank shall notify you through a notice on this Site to give you the opportunity to choose not to have the information so disclosed.
CONTEST AND SWEEPSTAKES
Personal information provided by people entering our contests and sweepstakes will also be used for the specific purpose of that contest or sweepstake and may be used and disclosed in accordance with the rules and regulations relating to such contest or sweepstake and also as required by law. This may involve sharing your information with our promotion partners, agencies, judging organizations, fulfillment houses and other persons or entities necessary to properly administer the contest or sweepstake.
CONSENT
By using this Site and providing Funtank with the information, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of the personal information as specified in this policy. You represent and warrant that you are lawfully authorized to consent to the collection, use and disclosure of information that you provide Funtank about a third party. You will indemnify and save harmless Funtank, its officers, employees and business partners for all claims resulting from the collection, use and disclosure of information about a third party that you provide Funtank.
NOTE TO PARENTS:
Funtank is focused on the safety and privacy of all its users, especially children. To protect the interests of children, Funtank has no intention of collecting any personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age, without notice to and the consent of a parent or guardian, or unless otherwise permitted by law. As the services are designed to reach a broad audience it is the parent's responsibility to identify the service they deem to be appropriate for their child or children. In addition, Funtank strongly advocates the monitoring by parents and guardians of online activities by children. You are encouraged to contact Funtank about use of our Site by your child and to advise Funtank immediately if you have any reason to believe that your consent has been given improperly. Where appropriate, Funtank will specifically instruct children under 13 years of age not to submit such information on our Site. As stated above, any such information, if collected, will be kept private and will not be shared, sold, or otherwise transferred to any third parties outside Funtank, except as specifically set out herein.
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
If you decide to provide your personal information, you are entitled to know whether we hold information about you, and, if we do, to have access to this information and require it to be deleted or corrected if it is inaccurate.
If you have any questions in regards to this Privacy Statement or wish to update or delete your personal information, you can contact us at feedback@funtank.com
DATA SECURITY
The security and confidentiality of your personal information is extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect information from unauthorized access and improper use. From time to time, we review our security procedures in order to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware though that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot warrant the security of any information received online and must advise you that any information that is transmitted electronically or via the Internet is at your own risk.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our Site may contain links to other websites. Funtank is not responsible and cannot be held liable for the content and/or for the privacy policies of such websites.
Any personal information collected from visitors to our Site is kept private by Funtank and is not sold to any third parties. Personal information collected from visitors to our Site is not shared or otherwise transferred to any third parties outside Funtank except as otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Statement.
OFFLINE V. ONLINE PRACTICES
This Privacy Statement applies solely to Funtank's practices on information gathered in connection with this Site and does not apply to any of our practices relating to information gathering conducted offline or on other websites.
UPGRADES TO THIS POLICY
Funtank reserves the right to change this Privacy Statement at any time. Changes will be effective when the changed Privacy Statement is posted on this Site.
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