Privacy Policy

StereoFame respects your privacy and understands the importance of protecting your personal information. We will only collect information we need to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives. We will never send you marketing communications without your consent, and we will never share your personal information with third parties that are not bound by our privacy policy unless you tell us we can.

By registering for an account with StereoFame ("Account), we may transfer and store your account information in the USA. By registering, you agree that StereoFame may process your data in accordance with the following privacy policy and that you will abide by StereoFame's Terms of Service ("TOS").

By registering for an Account, using this site and/or any of StereoFame's online or mobile products and services ("Services"), you agree to the StereoFame online privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") set forth herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use any of the Services. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page or other places so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material or significant changes to this policy or the way we use your child's information, we will notify you or the parent/guardian here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. Your continued use of our online and mobile products and services will signify your acceptance of the changes to our Privacy Policy.

1. Introduction

StereoFame, Inc. and its subsidiary companies ("StereoFame") respect the privacy rights of consumers and recognize the importance of protecting the information collected about you. This Privacy Policy explains how we store and use the personal and non-personal information that we collect during your use of the Services (including online game play).

2. Personal Information

"Personal information" means information that identifies you and that may be used to contact you on-line or off-line. StereoFame may collect personal information from our online visitors during:

• Contest registration and prize acceptance;
• Customer support and/or technical service requests;
• Player match up and other head-to-head online competitions;
• Registration for games and/or special game-specific events;
• Newsletter subscriptions, referral services, and other marketing surveys and email campaigns;
• Registration for StereoFame and/or other service accounts;
• Product, service and/or subscription orders;
• Service requests from third party service providers on our site; and
• Otherwise through use of our software, mobile or online services where personal information is required for use and/or participation.

Information collected will vary depending upon the activity and may include your name, email address, phone number, home address, birth date, mobile phone number and credit card information. Prize winners may be required to provide their Social Security or other identification number for tax purposes, and will be used only for prize fulfillment.

3. Non-Personal Information

StereoFame collects Non-Personal Information about your use of our online and mobile products and services both on our website and in the course of game play and software usage (on PC, mobile and console platforms). "Non-Personal Information" shall mean non-personal demographic information including gender, zip code, information about your computer, hardware, software, platform, media, mobile device, mobile device ID, console ID, incident data, Internet Protocol (IP) address, network Media Access Control (MAC) address and connection. We also collect other non-personal information such as feature usage, game play statistics and scores, user rankings and click paths as well as other data that you may provide in surveys, via your account preferences and online profiles or through purchases, for instance. We may also receive either non-personal or public information from third parties in connection with market and demographic studies that we use to supplement personal information provided directly by you.

StereoFame collects Non-Personal Information along with Personal Information when you actively provide it in the context of various online and mobile activities including online and mobile purchases, game registration and marketing surveys, for instance. In addition, we use cookies and other technologies to passively collect non-personal demographic information, personalize your experience on our sites and monitor advertisements and other activities.

4. Use of Your Information

StereoFame uses your information to fulfill your specific requests, purchase orders and to send you purchase confirmation and other account-related information. In addition, if you choose to receive communications from us about StereoFame products and news, the personal information you provide will allow us to send you messages about things including new products, features, enhancements, special offers, upgrade opportunities, contests and events of interest. You may also later opt out of this service from StereoFame.

Otherwise, StereoFame uses Personal Information and Non-Personal Information, both individually and combined together, to better understand the behavior and preferences of our customers, to troubleshoot technical problems, to enforce our Terms of Service, to ensure proper functioning of our products and services as well as to help improve them. In addition, we combine Non-Personal Information with Personal Information, such as an email address, to tailor our offerings, web pages or game play experience to your preferences or interests. We will not, however, send you any such marketing emails to you unless you opt in to receive them.

Your participation in tournaments or other online game events is also conditional upon our collection, use, storage, transmission and public display of statistical data (such as your scores, rankings and achievements) generated through your participation.

StereoFame will never share your personal information with third parties without your consent. We may, however, share non-personal data in the aggregate (in a form that does not personally identify you) with third parties. You may also opt in to allow StereoFame to share your Personal Information with companies and organizations that provide products or services that we believe may be of interest to you. To opt out of further communications from a marketing partner or sponsor with whom your information has been shared, please contact that partner or sponsor directly.

StereoFame does not disclose any personal information about children under 18 years of age who have registered on the Services, or share or disclose personal information other than as set forth in this policy, provided however, that in the event of a merger, acquisition, or the unlikely event of bankruptcy, management of StereoFame customer information may be transferred to its successor or assign regardless of age.

From time to time, StereoFame employs third party contractors to collect Personal Information on our behalf to provide email delivery, product, prize or promotional fulfillment, contest administration, credit card processing, shipping or other services on our sites. When requesting these services, you may be asked to supply your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address to our contractors. We ask some third party contractors, such as credit agencies or market research firms, to supplement Personal Information for our own marketing and demographic studies, so that we can consistently improve our sites and related advertising to better meet your needs and preferences. To enrich our understanding of individual customers, we tie this information to your Personal Information.

When our third party contractors collect and/or have access to the Personal Information, StereoFame requires that they adhere to our stated privacy policies and protect the confidentiality of personal information they collect or have access to in the course of their engagement by StereoFame. These third parties are prohibited from using your Personal Information for any other purpose without your specific consent.

You will be notified before your Personal Information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service provider, so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your information with that party.

We may also disclose Personal Information to law enforcement, or the appropriate civil authorities to enforce legal rights and comply with the law, or to comply with an order from a government entity or other competent authority, or when we have reason to believe that a disclosure is necessary to address potential or actual injury or interference with our rights, property, operations, users or others who may be harmed or may suffer loss or damage, or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, combat fraud and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on StereoFame.

5. Protection Of Your Personal Information

The security of you and your child's personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and in storage. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using 256-bit secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Account Information

You can correct or update your account information at any time. If you deactivate your account, we may still retain your information in our files however, to resolve disputes, enforce our user agreement, and due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of our websites.

7. Children

We recognize a special obligation to protect personal information obtained from young children. Therefore, with respect to children residing in certain jurisdictions, no information should be submitted nor posted to the Services by children 13 years of age or under.

If children 13 years old and under in such jurisdictions wish to participate in online activities that require or permit the disclosure of personal information, we will request that they provide their parent or guardian's email address to notify the parent, obtain prior permission or other verifiable consent from the parent or guardian as may be necessary to participate in the activities of the site. In some other jurisdictions, notification, prior written permission or other verifiable consent may be required of a parent or guardian for children from 13 to 17 years of age.

8. Public Information

You may choose to disclose information about yourself in the course of contributing user generated content to the Services or in our online chat rooms, blogs, message boards, user "profiles" for public view or in similar forums on our sites. Information that you disclose in any of these forums is public information, and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality there.

You should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit in the course of these public activities can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.

If you post a video, image or photo on one of our sites for public view you should be aware that these may be viewed, collected, copied and/or used by other users without your consent. We are not responsible for the videos, images or photos that you choose to submit to StereoFame's site. Please see our TOS on this point and for other guidelines about posting content on the Services.

9. Third Party Sites

The Services may contain advertising or services which link to other websites such as Twitter and YouTube. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. If you click on a link to a third party site, including on an advertisement, you will leave the Services and go to the site you selected. Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, we cannot accept responsibility for any use of your personal information by such third parties, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security practices as StereoFame. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any other service provider from whom you request services. If you visit a third party website that is linked to StereoFame, you should consult that site's privacy policy before providing any personal information.

10. California Residents

Under California law, California Residents who have an established business relationship with StereoFame, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries may choose to opt out of the disclosure of personal information about them to third parties for direct marketing purposes. As detailed above, our policy is not to disclose personal information collected online to a third party for direct marketing purposes without your approval. If you choose to opt-out at any time after granting approval, email privacy@stereofame.com with your request or send a letter stating same to StereoFame - Privacy, PO Box 3359, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32002-3359.

Last updated June 27, 2011
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