PRIVACY POLICY

       WildTangent, Inc. takes your privacy concerns regarding our products and services seriously, so we have created the following Privacy Policy to explain our information collection and use practices. Our Privacy Policy covers what information we collect through our products and services, how this information is used, how you may opt-out of this collection, the security measures we take to protect this information and our policy regarding children under 13 years of age. The terms "you", "your", and "yours" refer to you, the end user using our products and services. The terms "WildTangent," "we", "us", and "our" refer to WildTangent, Inc. By using our products and services, you consent and agree to the information collection and practices described in our Privacy Policy. We may periodically make changes to our Privacy Policy. It is your responsibility to review the most recent version of our Privacy Policy frequently and remain informed about any changes to it. The most recent version of our Privacy Policy can always be found at:

       http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=wildtangent_privacy

What Information Is Collected?

       We may collect information from you through our web site, when you download our products, and when you purchase or register for our products and services. Below are the specific details on what, where, when, and why this information is collected and how it is used.

When Downloading WildTangent Products

       The term "personally identifiable information" means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, address, E-mail address, phone number, or other contact information. You may be asked for certain personally identifiable information when accessing a particular product or service. Occasionally, and only with your consent, we may share this information with select third parties. At the time you are asked for this information, you will be informed of the following:        The shared information is subject to the select third parties' privacy statement. We will not resell or disclose this information to anyone other than the select third party. Should you decide not to share this information for a particular product or service, you may not be able to access the product or service, however, this will not affect your ability to access other products and services. We will not be responsible or liable if a third party violates its privacy statement.

When Purchasing WildTangent Products and Services

       When you purchase a WildTangent product or service from us, we collect standard payment and billing information, including your billing address, for use in processing the payment transaction. We do not resell or share this payment information with other companies or third parties.

       We may retain the services of certain outside contractors to perform services on our behalf (for example, to help provide technical support services, to deliver new game technology, or to administer the delivery of E-mails to users). At times, we must disclose relevant personally identifiable information about you to our contractors so they may provide specific services for us. We require our contractors to keep this information confidential and to only use the information on our behalf. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, these contractors are not considered "select third parties" and we may disclose personally identifiable information to these contractors without providing notice to you.

The Security of Your Information

       We use Secure Sockets Layer encrypted connections to transmit your payment-related personally identifiable information, including credit card information. We store personally identifiable information in encrypted form. We limit the employees that can access your personally identifiable information. We require that all of our employees, contractors, and any third parties in business with us adhere to a confidentiality policy.

System Configuration and Product Usage Information

       We collect certain system configuration information through our software such as your computer’s CPU speed, video card configuration, and DirectX version. We use this information to adjust the way our games and other software work in order to ensure their best possible performance. We also collect certain product usage information through our software such as the number of product launches and time spent playing a product. We use this information to determine how users are interacting with our products and what features users like and dislike, in order to find ways that our products may be improved and to help us develop new products. This system and product usage information is only collected and stored in anonymous aggregated form. We do not connect this information to you or any personally identifiable information. We may share it with select third parties on an anonymous aggregated basis.

GameChannel Updates and Messages

       Our software includes a service that updates the GameChannel folder located in your Start Menu with the latest games. Periodically, your computer will connect to our servers to receive the latest product updates. New product availability information or messages are transparently and unobtrusively transferred to your computer in the background, allowing you to review them later when you're offline. You can access these product updates in the Game Channel folder of your start menu. When you install a product through a message, your Start Menu shortcuts will be automatically updated. We collect the following information:        We use this information to better understand how the GameChannel service is used and what types of products are most popular with our users. This information is only collected and stored in aggregated form. We do not connect this information to you or any personally identifiable information. We may share it with select third parties on an anonymous aggregated basis from time to time.

Cookies

       Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer when you visit a web site. We use cookies to improve our web site and make it easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize you and avoid repetitive requests for the same information. Select third parties may also use and view these cookies to recognize you and provide products and services to you. Most browsers will accept cookies until you change your browser settings to refuse them. You may change your browser’s settings to refuse our cookies. However, if you do so, you may not be able access certain WildTangent products and services.

User Authentication

       We use Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs) to identify you solely to provide authentication for certain products and services. These GUIDs, which are produced by the Windows operating system, are assigned to you when you create an account with us. We do not share these GUIDs with any third parties or associate them with personally identifiable information.

Children

       We do not ask children who identify themselves as being under the age of 13 for any personally identifiable information. We also restrict them from accessing or using any of our products or services that require them to enter personally identifiable information. They may access parts of our web site without any personally identifiable information being collected. We do not sell products or services for purchase by children who identify themselves as being under the age of 13. Any person who provides their personally identifiable information to us through any of our products or services represents to us that they are 13 years of age or older.

Links to Third Party Web Sites

       Our products and services may contain links to other web sites and software. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these web sites or software. Please visit the privacy policies of these third party sites in order to understand their privacy and information collection practices.

E-mail Communications

       Periodically, we may send E-mail to users of our products and services who have indicated a preference to receive news, updates, special offers, and other information relating to our products and services and select third party products and services. To unsubscribe from these E-mails, please go to the Customer Service area at the URL below and change your E-mail preference. You may also unsubscribe to these E-mails by clicking on the link provided at the bottom of our E-mail to you.

       http://www.wildtangent.com/default.asp?pageID=support

       Occasionally, when downloading a product or using a service, you will be given the option to receive news, updates, special offers and the like directly from third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or E-mail practices of the third parties. Please review the privacy policies on the third party's web sites in order to understand their privacy, information collection, and E-mail practices.

Disclosures Required by Law

       We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe in good faith that an applicable law, regulation, or legal process requires it, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of another user.

Mergers and Acquisitions

       In the event that we or a portion of our assets are acquired by another company, customer information, including personally identifiable information, may be one of the transferred assets.

No Error-Free Performance

       We do not guarantee error-free performance under this Privacy Policy. We may not always catch an unintended privacy issue, despite our efforts to do so. Accordingly, we welcome your feedback regarding any privacy concerns that you may have, including how we can improve our products and services generally. We will use reasonable efforts to comply with this Privacy Policy and will take prompt corrective action when we learn of any failure to comply with it. We will not be liable for any incidental, consequential, or punitive damages relating to this Privacy Policy.

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