(Last updated on March 18, 2010.)
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Personally Identifiable Information
The personally identifiable information that the simExchange collects is used to
confirm a user only uses one account on the simExchange, to provide services to
participants of the simExchange, to customize content, product offerings and/or
layout of our Website for each individual visitor, to notify visitors about
updates to and activities on the Website, and to contact visitors for
information verification purposes. Personally identifiable information collected
on the Website is NOT shared with third parties without your prior express
consent. While the simExchange uses personally identifiable information to learn
more about how visitors use the Website and to provide visitors with information
about goods and services that we feel may be of interest to you, we will not
release any personally identifiable information to third parties without your
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Though the simExchange makes every effort to preserve user privacy, it may need
to disclose personal information when required by law wherein it has a
good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current
judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our
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You will be notified when your personal information is collected by any third
party that is not our agent/service provider, so you can make an informed choice
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Service Emails
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their account. If a new member does not confirm his/her account in a certain
time period, the simExchange may re-send a confirmation email.
It may be necessary from time to time to send out a strictly service related
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their accounts by informing Customer Service through the Ask a Question form.
Feedback Emails
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Customer Service Communication
The simExchange communicates with users on a regular basis via email to provide
requested services and in regard to issues relating to their account, in
accordance with the users' wishes.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time, the Website may request information from users via surveys or
contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The
requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code). Contact
information will be shared with the contest or survey sponsors to notify the
winners and award prizes.
The simExchange uses a third-party ad provider that may, from time-to-time, conduct
surveys. These surverys are used to provide more relevant promotions on the
simExchange website and to help the simExchange better understand its users.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
The simExchange's server automatically recognizes standard Internet visitor
information, such as the visitors' domain name, Internet Protocol addresses
(where possible), web browser, operating system, and display resolution. The
server does not collect any personal information about visitors unless such
information is voluntarily provided by the visitor. This information is used to
improve the simExchange website and confirm users are only using one simExchange
account.
The simExchange also collects information about how visitors use the Website
(for example what terms are searched for, what games they view, what genres and
platforms they browse for). This information enables the simExchange to improve
the content of the Website and facilitate market research. Sometimes, the
simExchange utilizes the services of a third party (such as Google Analytics) to help us understand this
information better.
From time to time the simExchange also requests visitors for certain information
about themselves, such as buying preferences, street address, marital status,
income, education level, occupation, industry, and country. The simExchange
requests this information to provide visitors with notices of special offers
from the simExchange and others that may be of interest to such visitors. This
information is kept in a database at the simExchange and only use in aggregate
demographics and not in a personally identifiable basis.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Cookies
"Cookies" are commonly used pieces of information in the form of small files
that are placed on an individual's computer hard drive to enable the individual
to more easily communicate and interact with the Website. The simExchange uses
cookies to save certain information about users of the simExchange and others
who visit the Website, in order to facilitate and enhance future activities with
the simExchange and/or Website. The simExchange does not use cookies to retrieve
information from a computer that is unrelated to the simExchange or the Website.
No personally identifiable information you submit while on the Website will
ever be stored in cookies.
The simExchange currently uses an outside advertisement serving company to
display advertisements on the Website. The advertisement serving company may
place and collect cookies when it displays an advertisement on the Website. The
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Most browsers will allow you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive,
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Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about
these functions.
Access, Review, Update
Visitors who have registered with the Website may access, review, and update
some personal information, such as email address, that was previously provided
during registration using the Profile page after
logging into your account or the Ask a Question form.
Refer a Friend
If a user elects to use the simExchange's friend
referral service for inviting a friend to join the simExchange, the Website
asks them for the friend's name and email address. thesimexchange.com will
automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site.
The simExchange does store this information for the sole purpose of sending this
one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. The friend may
contact the simExchange using the Ask a Question
form to request the removal of this information from our database.
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By visiting this Website, all visitors consent to the collection, maintenance,
and processing of their personal and non-personal information in the United
States.
Notification of Changes
If the simExchange decides to change its privacy policy, all material changes
will be posted on thesimexchange.com so that users are aware of what information
is collected, how the information is used, and if the information is disclosed.
If at any point the simExchange decides to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
the simExchange would notify users by way of an e-mail and notification on the simExchange Official Blog.
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