Hoozinga, Inc. Privacy Policy¶
We at Hoozinga, Inc. (hereafter "We"), take your information privacy seriously. We aim to follow the simple edict of keeping your private information private. Like other game studios, however, in order to create compelling game media experiences, it is frequently necessary to collect, analyze, and evaluate information provided to us by end users. Moreover, information you create while using our products may be shared with other users, such as scores, chat messages, etc. We are sometimes called upon to share information with our partners. When we share information with partners, we try to share as little personally identifying information as possible. For specific details about our privacy policy and terms of service, please read on.
Changes to our Privacy Policy¶
- This policy was last modified on 21 June 2010
- If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and update the Privacy Policy modification date.
Your Consent¶
- By using our site, playing our game media titles, or creating an account for such titles, you consent to our privacy policy.
- By playing game media titles, you consent to our handling of your personally identifying information, and health-related information.
- If you refuse to consent to the uses, storage, and transmission of your information, then you must not use this product.
- We collect information from you when you register on our site, fill out a form, or play game media provided to you by Hoozinga, Inc. or an affiliated third party.
- When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name and e-mail address and other purchase-related information. You may visit our website anonymously.
- Specific game media products from Hoozinga, Inc. collect different kinds of personally identifying information. Examples include:
- The Internet Protocol addresses of the computers you log in from
- Your duration of play, scores, and related game statistics
- Your Name
- Your Email
- Your Password
- Your Zip Code
- Specific game media products from Hoozinga, Inc. collect different kinds of Health Related information. Examples include:
- Your Quit attempts
- How much you pay to smoke
- Your personal reasons to quit, tips for quitting, and triggers for smoking
- How many cravings you experience while you are trying to quit and the severity of those cravings
- You will use and have access to this information through the Hoozinga website, and game media interfaces.
- The collection of this information is vital to the intent and proper function of the game media we provide to you.
- We will maintain this information indefinitely as a service to you, but are not liable for loss of your information.
- In aggregate form, information collected in this database may be used in studies of the effectiveness of the game media in question.
- We will NOT share your personally identifying, or sensitive information with any of our business partners or third parties.
- We will share only aggregated health-related information in a non-personally-identifying manner with our business partners and third parties.
- To personalize your experience (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
- To improve our website and game media products (we continually strive to improve our game media offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
- To process transactions
- Your personally identifying information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.
- Information gathered from many users will be aggregated, analyzed and reported in order to study the efficacy of our game media products. Only aggregate non-personally-identifying information will be published or shared with outside third parties.
- To send email to you
- The email address you provide will be used in the following ways:
- For order processing, confirmation, and registration emails.
- To track your gameplay experience, progress, scores and other statistics
- To respond to service and support inquiries from you
- Sensitive information is information that carries a high risk to you and us if misused or published. Sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, credit card numbers and passwords.
- Your name, email, game scores, statistics and other personally identifying information submitted to our servers are not considered sensitive information and are therefore not encrypted.
- We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access your personal information.
- For some titles, we offer the use of a secure server.
- All supplied sensitive information is encrypted in transit and in databases we maintain on the behalf of our clients and partners. The Databases themselves can only be accessed by those authorized with special access rights to our systems. Moreover, all employees are required to keep personally identifying information confidential.
- Credit Card information is used only during a purchase. We do not store credit card information.
- Your private information will be kept indefintely until you request that your account be deleted from the system. We are not liable for loss of your information.
What is a web cookie?¶
- A web browser cookie is a small file that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
- You can disable cookies in most web browsers.
Do we use cookies?¶
- Yes.
- We use cookies to establish a unique session between your game client and the server. You cannot opt out of this kind of cookie, as it is essential to the proper working of our game titles.
- We also use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
- We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifying information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links¶
- Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance¶
- We have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act.
- We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance¶
- We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
Online Privacy Policy Only¶
- This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our online services, including our website and game media titles.
- If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
http://hoozinga.com/
Hoozinga, Inc.
Farrell Hall
210 Colchester Ave
Burlington, VT 05401
USA
privacy@hoozinga.com
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