Privacy Policy

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We here at Dboyz Interactive consider your right to privacy to be of paramount importance. Because the trust of our users is key to the success of our business, this Privacy Policy is intended to make you feel as comfortable as possible visiting our website and playing our games.

‘Personal Information’ is information that would allow someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your full name, address, telephone number, or email address. Personal Information does not include aggregated information that, by itself, does not permit the identification of individual persons (like statistics about how many persons visited our web site last month, or how many visitors are male and how many are female).

This Privacy Policy is a condition of acceptance on the Sites and their respective services, including, without limitation, the services Dboyz Interactive performs on behalf of its affiliates; by using the Sites and these services, you agree to be bound by this policy’s terms and conditions. This Privacy Policy only addresses activities from our servers. Other sites (including those to which we may link) and other service providers may have their own policies, which we do not control, and thus are not addressed or controlled by this policy.

(1) Collection of Personal Information
- You provide certain Personal Information to us when you:
(a) register to use the services
(b) register for contests or giveaways
(c) complete questionnaires
(d) order products and services from us
(e) send email messages, submit forms or send other information to us.

- Your email address will be used to contact you regarding specific issues related to your active account(s). You may also receive special notices and offers for products and services offered by Dboyz Interactive. You will be given the opportunity to ‘opt out’ of any mailings which do not include critical information regarding your active game account(s). Please see ‘Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions, and Related Third Party Services’ below for specific information on how your Personal Information may be used by third parties in those special cases.

- You will also be asked to submit Personal Information when purchasing goods from our Item Shop. For example, if you choose to pay for Dboyz Interactive services by credit card, you will be required to provide us the name of your credit card issuer, credit card number, billing address, CVV number, and expiration date. If you choose to pay for Dboyz Interactive services and/or the services Dboyz Interactive performs on behalf of its affiliates by using, without limitation, check, PayPal, SMS, paysafecard, Game Time Cards, or ELV, you will be required to provide us with applicable Personal Information in order to permit us to process such payment.

– In addition to the login information, we will automatically collect certain non-personal information about your use of our Sites and services. We might collect, among other things, information concerning the type of Internet browser or computer operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your ‘click path’ through the Sites, and the web site or advertisement that was linked to or from the Sites when you visited. To do this, we may use cookies and other technology (see below). Your visits to our Sites, and information provided through these technologies, will be anonymous unless you provide us with personal information or have provided such information in the past. For example, if you’ve created a membership account, your account information (including name, email address, and billing and shipping information) may be linked to the items you purchased at our online store (i.e., purchase order history).This information is only used for our internal purposes (such as to improve the Site or to customize content).

- We use a feature of your browser called a ‘cookie’ to assign a unique number that automatically identifies your computer when you visit the site. A cookie is a piece of text-only data stored on your hard drive. By setting a cookie on our site, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If you reject the cookie, you may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that you will be limited in some areas of our site, or may have to enter passwords or identifying information more than once.

- To participate in some of our sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and other promotions, you may be asked to provide additional personal information such as your mailing address. In each such case, no new personal information will be collected from you without your consent. This information may be collected by Dboyz Interactive or by third parties such as sponsors or vendors for the promotion. Our use of any such information will be governed by this Privacy Policy. The names of third parties such as co-sponsors (other than vendors hired by Dboyz Interactive to conduct, administer, and execute a promotion on behalf of Dboyz Interactive) will be disclosed to you when you are asked to sign up for the promotion. You should review such third parties’ privacy policies to see how they may use any information that they collect.

- Certain Dboyz Interactive services, sweepstakes and/or contests, may be provided to you in conjunction with a third party. During the registration process for any such sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and other promotions or service(s) related to such games, you may be notified that such third party wishes access to some of your Personal Information. In such a situation, you will be given an opportunity to decline to share that information with that third party before any such information is shared. If you decline to share such information with the relevant third party, you may not be able to participate use and/or is such sweepstakes, contests, surveys, and other promotions or service(s) for that game. As described in the registration process, a third party’s use of the shared Personal Information will be governed by any privacy policy that company may have in place and our use of such information shall, of course, be governed by the terms of this Privacy Policy. You may change your preferences concerning the sharing of your information.

- When you play any of the games offered and/or served by Dboyz Interactive, or use any of the communication features on the Sites, your IP address (the Internet protocol address from which you access any of the above) may be stored in our records. When any game is updated or ‘patched,’ our patch routine may check your computer to see that you have the most recent version of game-specific files; when you communicate within any game or any other communication feature within any of our Sites (e.g. live chat, instant message services and the like), even ‘privately’ to another person, you do so with the understanding that those communications go through our servers, can be monitored by us, you have no expectation of privacy in any of those communications and, accordingly, you expressly consent to monitoring of communications (including technical support and customer service communications) that you send and receive. When you log into one of our online games, your system specifications (such as OS, RAM, video card, monitor, system configuration, etc.) may be reviewed/recorded by us for the purposes of analyzing and optimizing your game experience and in order to provide you with customer service.

(2) Who collects the Personal Information
Dboyz Interactive owns and operates the Sites, and is the company that collects Personal Information on our site.

Our customer service e-mail address is:
support@dboyz-interactive.com

(3) How the Personal Information is used
Personal information which we collect for a particular purpose will only be saved and used for that purpose, unless you have agreed to allow us to use it for some other purpose, as described in this Privacy Policy. For example, if you make an online purchase from our online store, and unless you have given us permission to do otherwise, we will only collect and save the personal information you provided to us, including your billing and delivery information, in order to:
(a) complete the sale
(b) comply with tax and other applicable statutes
(c) maintain accurate business and financial records (in accordance with accepted standards)
(d) assist with customer service and returns.

When you have provided personal information to us for a particular purpose, we may disclose your information to other companies that we have engaged to assist us in fulfilling your request. This may include, but is not limited to, fulfillment houses, billing services, transaction managers, credit verification services, and other third party service providers. We may also disclose any of your personal information to law enforcement or other appropriate third parties in connection with criminal investigations, investigation of fraud, infringement of intellectual property rights, or other suspected illegal activities, or as otherwise may be required by applicable law, or, as we deem necessary in our sole discretion, in order to protect the legitimate legal and business interests of Dboyz Interactive.

We may use the information we collect from you for the purpose of providing you with technical support, customer service, and account maintenance. We use the information we collect to learn what you like, tailor your experience accordingly, and to improve web sites and our other products. We send e-mail to our members who want to receive e-mail from us. However, if you don’t want to receive e-mail from us, you can ‘opt out’ of receiving it at the time you register as a member on our web sites or each time we request information from you. If you change your mind and wish to stop receiving e-mails from us, you may also choose to opt out by following the steps described in each such e-mail.

Except as described in this policy, we will not give any of your personal information to any third party without your express approval, and the only personal information we will ask you if you want us to share with third parties is your name, your mailing address and e-mail address.

You will be deemed to have consented to the disclosure to, and use by, a subsequent owner or operator of the Sites, of any personal information contained in the Dboyz Interactive DataBase for such site, if Dboyz Interactive or one of its companies assigns all of its rights and obligations regarding the use of your personal information at the time of a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, sale of all or substantially all of Dboyz Interactive’s or game or other assets to a subsequent owner or operator, or similar event.

Please do not use your real name or the real name of another person when selecting a user name. Please note that your user name will be available to the Internet’s general public while you participate in some services, like chat rooms or message boards, so you should exercise discretion when using these services. Personal information disclosed by you within our chat areas, instant message service, message boards, or during game play can be collected by other users of such services and may result in unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for protecting such information that you may disclose to third parties through our services (e.g. sending your address to another user through the chat service). To the extent that you create a public profile that may be available to others on our sites and services, you are solely responsible for its content and accuracy at all times. To edit, change, or delete such information, follow the instructions on the web site.

(4) Privacy protection for children
If you are between the ages of 10 and 18, please let your parent or guardian know about this Privacy Policy and get his or her permission before you give us any of your personal identifiable information, before you use any of our message board, instant message or chat features, before you sign up for any subscription game services, and before you buy anything from our Item Shop. Don’t post your real name on a web site or message board, and never tell anyone online anything private about yourself or your family, including your phone number and address. Use screen names at all times. If you win a sweepstakes that has a prize, your parent or guardian will have to mail or fax us a signed note at the address or fax number listed in the rules for the specific contest that says it was OK for you to enter, and tells us they will accept the prize for you. Some areas of the Site may have special rules for children under the age of 18. When you are in those areas, you must follow those rules.

Information for Parents/Guardians
If you are a parent or guardian who has discovered that your child has submitted his or her personal information without your permission or consent, Dboyz Interactive will take reasonable steps to remove that information from our database at your request. To request removal of your child’s information, please send us an e-mail and be sure to include in your message the same user name, password, and email address that your child submitted. If your child has used your credit card on our web sites without your permission, contact us immediately at support@dboyz-interactive.com

(5) The choices available to users regarding collection, use and distribution of the Personal Information
Please note that if you provide any information on your own or directly to parties who provide service to our web site or any other sites you encounter on the Internet (even if these sites are branded with our branding), different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the Personal Information you disclose to them. We encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing information to third parties.

6. What kind of security procedures we use to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your Personal Information under our control

Dboyz Interactive takes precautions to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via our website, that information is protected both online and offline.
We have established and maintain high security procedures to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of your personal information. We use encryption, Secure Socket Layers, and other technical measures (such as off-site backup, security testing, and password protection), and we implement offline efforts to further protect this information, including limiting employee access to personal information and updating our employees regarding our security practices and privacy policies. Please recognize, however, that ‘perfect security’ does not exist on the Internet.

If you have any questions about the security at our website or facilities, you can send an e-mail to support@dboyz-interactive.com

7. Information for people in the European Union

By consenting to this Privacy Policy, you confirm that your command and knowledge of English (or in some cases, French, German, Italian or Spanish) is sufficient to understand the terms and conditions set forth herein.
For persons in European Union countries, as used herein, terms such as ‘personal information’ refer to ‘personal data’ as defined by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (‘Directive’). We will not collect any personal data from you unless you provide it voluntarily by providing us with your freely given specific and informed consent. By using Dboyz Interactive websites (including, without limitation, the Sites) or services, you agree that we may transfer your personal information outside the European Union in connection with the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. Your personal data may be transferred to the United States (and/or other non-EU jurisdictions, as applicable).

8. Notice of changes to the Privacy Policy

Dboyz Interactive reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by notifying registered users via e-mail of the existence of a new Policy and/or posting the new Policy on the Dboyz Interactive sites. All changes to the Privacy Policy will be effective when posted, and your continued use of any Dboyz Interactive site or service after the posting will constitute your acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.

Last Updated: October 6, 2009