• Engaging Worlds Privacy Policy

Engaging Worlds Privacy Policy

Engaging Worlds Network Privacy Policy

Thank you for registering your Screen Name to obtain enhanced access to the network of Web sites and services offered by Engaging Worlds. Engaging Worlds improves your online experience by offering you access to a variety of features, offerings and content. By registering your Screen Name, you gain access to the Engaging Worlds Network, which consists of Engaging Worlds Enhanced Websites and Services, and other content and offerings from any other Engaging Worlds affiliated providers.

When you register with Engaging Worlds, you provide personally identifiable information. This policy explains the information practices that apply to your Engaging Worlds information, as well as the choices you can make about the ways this information is used by Engaging Worlds.

Registering to use your Screen Name with Engaging Worlds is optional. This Privacy Policy applies only to information Engaging Worlds collects about you as a user of Engaging Worlds. This policy does not apply to information about you collected by the Engaging Worlds Individual Store Websites, affiliated providers, or third party Web sites and offerings linked to or otherwise accessible from Engaging Worlds. The information collected or received by Engaging Worlds Store Websites, affiliated providers and these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies.

Collection of your Engaging Worlds Network Information

Your Engaging Worlds Network information consists of personally identifiable information collected or received about you when you interact with the Engaging Worlds Network's Web sites, services and offerings as a registered user. Depending on how you use the Network, your Engaging Worlds Network information may include

• registration-related information (such as name, home or work addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, birth date or gender);
• information about your visits to Engaging Worlds Network Web sites and pages, and your responses to the offerings and advertisements presented on these Web sites and pages;
• information about the searches you perform through the Engaging Worlds Network and how you use the results of those searches;
• information about the Engaging Worlds Network services or offerings that you use, and how frequently you use them;
• information about how long you have used services from Engaging Worlds prior to registering with the Network;
• transaction-related information (such as credit card or other preferred means of payment, billing or shipping information, or a history of products purchased through the Engaging Worlds Network);
• customer service information about you as an Engaging Worlds Network user or subscriber; or
• other information specifically related to your use of a particular Engaging Worlds Network service or offering.

Your Engaging Worlds Network information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies.

Your Engaging Worlds Network information may also include certain technical information gathered or received when you use the Engaging Worlds Network. Some of the technical information that may be collected or received includes: the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), CPU type (e.g. Pentium), your manner of connecting to the Internet (e.g., connection speed through narrowband or broadband access); Internet protocol address; information about the version of service from Engaging Worlds. that you used prior to registering with the Network; other information about your geographic location; and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

Your Engaging Worlds Network information may be collected and stored in the United States. Additionally, the Engaging Worlds Network will use the Screen Name Service, or similar technologies, to authenticate you on the Engaging Worlds Network and enable you to take advantage of Network offerings.

How Your Engaging Worlds Network information is Used

Your Engaging Worlds Network information is used

• to operate and improve the Web sites, services and offerings available through the Engaging Worlds Network;
• to personalize the content and advertisements provided to you;
• to fulfill your requests for products, programs, and services;
• to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries;
• to conduct research about your use of the Engaging Worlds Network; and
• to help offer you other products, programs, or services that may be of interest.

Your Engaging Worlds Network information may be shared with the Network's affiliated providers. You have choices about how your Engaging Worlds Network information is used, and whether affiliated providers receive personally identifiable information about you as an Engaging Worlds Network user. Affiliated providers that receive your Engaging Worlds Network information may use this information according to their applicable privacy policies.

Your Engaging Worlds Network information will not be shared with third parties unless it is necessary to fulfill a transaction you have requested, in other circumstances in which you have consented to the sharing of your Engaging Worlds Network information, or except as described in this Privacy Policy. The Engaging Worlds Network may use your Engaging Worlds Network information to present offers to you on behalf of business partners and advertisers. These business partners and advertisers receive aggregate data about groups of Engaging Worlds Network users, but do not receive information that personally identifies you.

If you use Engaging Worlds Network communications tools to disclose information about yourself publicly (for example, in chat rooms or online message boards made available by the Engaging Worlds Network), other online users may obtain access to any information you provide. The contents of your online communications, as well as other information about you as an Engaging Worlds Network user, may be accessed and disclosed in response to legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant or subpoena); in other circumstances in which Engaging Worlds believes the Engaging Worlds Network is being used in the commission of a crime; when we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the safety of you or another person; or when necessary either to protect the rights or property of Engaging Worlds, the Engaging Worlds Network or its affiliated providers, or for us to render the service you have requested.

The Engaging Worlds Network may use agents and contractors in order to help operate the Network. If such agents and contractors have access to personally identifiable information, they are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for the Engaging Worlds Network.

In the event that ownership of the Engaging Worlds Network was to change as a result of a merger, acquisition or transfer to another company, your Engaging Worlds Network information may be transferred. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your Engaging Worlds Network information, the Engaging Worlds Network will provide notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.

Your Choices About Your Engaging Worlds Network Information

The Engaging Worlds Network provides you with access to your registration and any billing or shipping information; the ability to edit this information at the My Account area; and the ability to deactivate your registration with the Engaging Worlds Network. Additionally, some Engaging Worlds Network services (Engaging Worlds Search, for example) may offer you the ability to control what information is collected or used when you use these services.

You can make choices about how your Engaging Worlds Network information may be used by the Engaging Worlds Network to provide marketing offers to you. In order to do so, please visit the My Account  area and review your Engaging Worlds Network marketing preferences. These preferences do not apply to communications that are directly related to your registration with the Engaging Worlds Network, or the fulfillment of a specific transaction you have requested (for example, a service advisory from the Engaging Worlds Network, or an acknowledgment of a purchase order).

You may also choose whether the Engaging Worlds Network's affiliated providers receive personally identifiable Engaging Worlds Network information. This choice does not apply to the sharing of Engaging Worlds Network information necessary to provide you the basic functionality of the Network (for example, recognizing you as an authenticated user on affiliated providers' Web sites or services). Additionally, the Engaging Worlds Network may share personally identifiable Engaging Worlds Network information with one or more of its affiliated providers when that information is necessary to carry out a specific transaction or request you make for an offering from the Network or its affiliated providers, or as otherwise specified at the time you take advantage of that particular Network offering.

Because the choices you make in connection with your Engaging Worlds Network information may not take effect immediately, it is possible you may receive a communication during the period in which your request is being processed.

Cookies and Web Beacons

The Engaging Worlds Network may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies in combination with your Engaging Worlds Network information to enhance and personalize your experience on the Engaging Worlds Network, including to operate and improve offerings through the Engaging Worlds Network; to help authenticate you when you use the Engaging Worlds Network; to remember your preferences and registration information; to enable a shopping cart; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of Engaging Worlds Network offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining which Network e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and advertisements provided to you through the Engaging Worlds Network.

The Engaging Worlds Network and its advertisers may also use ad network providers to help present advertisements on the Engaging Worlds Network and other Web sites. These ad network providers use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies on your computer to help present, better target, and measure the effectiveness of their advertisements, using data gathered over time and across their networks of Web pages to determine or predict the characteristics and preferences of their audience. The Engaging Worlds Network may share certain non-personally identifiable information about you as a Network user (such as user age and zip code) with certain ad network providers to help them deliver more relevant advertisements through their ad networks. The use of cookies, web beacons by ad network providers is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Engaging Worlds Network.

Our Commitment to Security

The Engaging Worlds Network has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your Engaging Worlds Network information, but cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Policy (for example, as a result of unauthorized acts by third parties that violate applicable law or the policies of the Network and its affiliated providers). To protect your privacy and security, the Engaging Worlds Network uses passwords to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your Engaging Worlds Network information.

Special Note for Parents

The Engaging Worlds Network is intended for a general audience, and children under the age of thirteen are not permitted to register with the Engaging Worlds Network. If any of the Engaging Worlds Network's affiliated providers offers a site directed toward children, or knowingly collects information from children, that affiliated provider is required to provide you information about its practices for the handling of children's online data through its privacy policy.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the Engaging Worlds Network's Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us at this email address:

customerservice@engagingworlds.com

Changes to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information

The Engaging Worlds Network may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. You may be provided other privacy-related information in connection with your use of offerings from the Engaging Worlds Network, as well as for special features and services not described in this Policy that may be introduced in the future.

Your California Privacy Rights: California privacy law allows California residents to obtain specific disclosures about a business's privacy practices if it shares information with other companies for direct marketing purposes.