Online Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY INTRODUCTION

Phoenix Genesis / MBS, LP - www.phoenixgenesis.com.
Contact via email phoenixgenesis@game-developer.com

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This page explains Phoenix Genesis / MBS LP ("Phoenix Genesis") policy with respect to the online collection and use of information that identifies users personally. The terms of this online policy apply unless we specify other terms in an online or other form or contract we provide you.

This site is controlled by Phoenix Genesis from its office in the United States. Phoenix Genesis does not represent that this site is appropriate or available for use in other countries. If you choose to visit this site from another country, you do so at your own initiative, with the understanding that information collected from this Web site may be stored, collected, and used in a country whose privacy laws may be different and less protective than those of your home country.

AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO PARENTS

We encourage parents to take an active interest in their children's use of the Internet. Parents should be aware that software tools are available online that permit them to screen objectionable content and to allow parents to prevent children from disclosing their name, address, and other information without parental permission.

Children under the age of 13 are not authorized to use this web site without first getting a parent's permission. Children under 16 can visit the site, but are not authorized to complete online forms without parental permission. To discourage unauthorized uses of our site, our policy page tells visitors that if they are under 13, they must have a parent's permission before using this site. Our online forms also remind users that anyone under 16 must have parental permission to submit a form.

As an additional precaution, we ask users to confirm that they are 16 or over, or parents to confirm that they have given a child younger than 16 permission to complete the online form. Unless confirmation is provided, the form cannot be submitted. Our online forms include a hyperlink to this privacy policy to make it easy for parents (and all our users) to review our privacy policy when they fill out such forms. Online purchases are not authorized unless the purchaser is 18 or older, and we make this clear on our online purchase forms.

INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THIS WEBSITE

When users visit this web site some information is collected automatically as part of the software operation of this site. That information may include IP address, referring domain, browser type and version, platform type, pages viewed and the time and date of user visits.

On some occasions, we give users the option to provide information on online forms. For example, we may ask users to fill out an online form in order to register on our site, receive updates about our products or services, or participate in surveys or other online activities. That information may include name, email and postal address, age, favorite games and magazines, and other information about users' habits and interests In addition, if users elect to purchase products online, we request credit card and other information in order to process the order. We may also collect information users provide when they choose to send us email.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM THIS WEBSITE

Information collected from this site is gathered, stored, and archived by Phoenix Genesis, its agents, or by third parties that Phoenix Genesis may select for this purpose. When a third party is used, that party is required to treat information that identifies users as confidential and is prohibited from using that information for its own purposes.

Information collected from this site is used by Phoenix Genesis for marketing, research, analysis, and product service and development. We occasionally may use personally identifying information, such as name, and email or postal address to contact users about our products, or about promotions, contests, surveys, or new developments or events. Users who are not interested in receiving such mailings can let us know at any time. See the Opting Out section below.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED ON THIS SITE

Phoenix Genesis does not sell or rent information that identifies users personally to other companies unless we specifically tell you at the time we collect the information.

Of course, online purchases require us to disclose necessary payment information to payment processors. We also may use third parties to send you the products you purchase, in which case we would provide them with your name, address, and other information necessary to complete your order. Third parties we may use for this purpose will be prohibited by Phoenix Genesis from using or disclosing this information for other purposes.

Phoenix Genesis reserves the right to disclose your information if we believe in good faith that doing so is required by law or is necessary to comply with legal process, to protect the safety or interests of our company, its employees, or the public, or to protect our legal rights.

OPTING OUT

If, at any time, users wish us to stop using information collected online to send them marketing and/or promotional material, we make it easy to let us know. Just send an email to phoenixgenesis@game-developer.com. Be sure to type "opt-out" in the subject line, and to include your full name and email address in order to identify a specific user.

COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of information that a web site sends to a user's computer. We use cookies for limited purposes. For example, we place a cookie on your computer when you register so that the next time you visit this site, we can tell you are a user who is registered. This allows us to avoid presenting you additional registration forms. A cookie also may be placed on your computer if you click on one of Phoenix Genesis' advertising banners on another web site. Cookies used with advertising banners permits us to count the number of users who clicked on that ad and the site from which they clicked, so that we can measure the effectiveness of our advertisements.

In and of themselves, cookies do not tell us your name, email or postal address, or telephone number. We generally do not know that information unless you enter it online. However, once you have given us that information, it may be linked to information we collect with cookies, such as whether you are registered, or whether you linked from an advertising banner.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Web sites to which Phoenix Genesis links, including those of related companies, may have different privacy policies than those described here. Phoenix Genesis is not responsible for the policies and practices of any linked site. Users should always carefully determine the privacy practices of a linked web site before using that site.

UPDATING OR CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION

Users can update or correct their registration information at any time by sending an email to phoenixgenesis@game-developer.com.

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS

Users of this web site who are 16 or over and who have questions about our privacy policy and about how their information is used can send an email to phoenixgenesis@game-developer.com.

CHANGES TO THIS ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time, but will not do so without providing notice of a change on our terms of use page and on online forms requesting information that identifies users personally. We encourage users to review our privacy policy whenever they visit this web site to make sure they understand our policy with respect to the collection and uses of information.

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