PRIVACY POLICY

EKGaming Privacy Policy

Last Modified: September 1, 2017

This privacy policy is designed to explain how, and in what capacity, users ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is used in our site’s services. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. To obtain a full and clear understanding of our privacy policy, please carefully read our full Privacy Policy on how we collect, use, protect, and otherwise handle users Personally Identifiable Information.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to all information – personal, contact, or other – collected by our site. You may additionally read our Terms and Conditions to understand the use of EKGaming content and materials.

2. Collected Information

Though users are free to use EKGaming without providing personal information or registration, certain services will require additional information to be accessed.

What information we collect

You may be asked to enter your name, email address, or other details to enhance your browsing experience.

When we collect information

We collect information from users when they register for our site for an account, to subscribe to a newsletter, enter contests, or have access to events.

How we use information

We may use the information we collect from registering, signing up for our newsletter, responding to a survey or marketing communication, surfing the website, or using certain other site features in the following ways:

• To personalize user experience and allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which users are most interested.
• To improve our website in terms of content, User Interface, and User Experience
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To send periodic emails regarding events or content users are interested in.

 

How we protect user information

We do not ask for credit card numbers, social security numbers, or other intimate details of our users. Any information we collect is purely to customize user experience and offer our services. As such, private contact information is protected to the best of our abilities with an understanding that no forms of data transmission and storage are entirely secure.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to register that a user is logged in as well as to save user preferences based on previous or current site activity. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic, advertisements, and site interaction to deliver the best experience to our users. We may also utilize third-party services to track information on our behalf.

Disabling Cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some of our site features will no longer function. This could negatively affect browsing, searching, and communication on EKGaming.

 

4. Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise, transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its 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 visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

 

5. 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 will always encourage feedback and criticism of these services if they interfere with a user experience.

We also utilize various Google services – Google’s Advertising Principles can be found here – to better enhance user experience and to assist in the proper marketing of our site. This means that Google may use cookies to serves ads on our site or to use the DART cookie to modify ads based on previous visits to our site or other sites. If users wish not to have DART cookies active, they may refer to the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

Google Services utilized
      • Remarketing with Google AdSense

• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting

 

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting out:
Users may set preferences for how Google advertises by using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

 

6. California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more here.

 

7. CalOPPA

We are also in accordance with CalOPPA standards. This means that:

• Users may anonymously visit our site.
• Users will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy page.
• Users may change their personal information by logging into their account and accessing their profile.

 

8. CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

 

9. Questions

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will respond to your request as quickly as possible.