Your Privacy and Security Is Important To Us!
This Privacy/Security statement demonstrates our firm commitment to player privacy and security on our site.
We use the information we collect on the site primarily to enhance your overall gaming experience and we do not sell, trade, or rent any of your personal information to any 3rd parties.
The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices:
What information we collect, and why?
- When you purchase Tournament $Tickets, we need to know your name and how to get in touch with you, your e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number, and expiration date. This allows us to process your request and provide you with tournament winnings.
- It is your responsibility to report any winnings to appropriate authorities. It is the policy of the Site, in compliance with United States Internal Revenue Service regulations, to send a Form 1099 to any person who wins in excess of $600 (USD) on the Site in any given year. However, you remain solely responsible for paying all federal and other taxes in accordance with the laws that apply in your state, province, and/or country of residence.
- We provide registered VIP members with options for reviewing or changing and modifying previously provided information that we maintain. This includes financial (e.g., credit card account information), transaction (e.g. deposit history, cash-outs), and contact (e.g., name, address, phone number) information.
- We monitor player traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop and enhance the design of our gaming web site.
- We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with your connection and to gather broad demographic usage information.
Does the site disclose player's personal information to other parties?
- We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to any 3rd parties. We may only provide aggregate statistics about our players, sales, Internet traffic, and related site information to a reputable third-party. However, these statistics will never include any personally identifying information on players.
Public Forums
- This site makes its chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Security
- When you access your account information, it is protected by our industry-standard secure encoding and processing technologies, utilizing the 256-bit SSL encryption. This ensures secure server and client (us and you) authentication through encrypted algorithmsthat are industry standard.
- All of the player data we collect is protected against any unauthorized access. In order to maintain data accuracy and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on-line. All transactions are run through regularly maintained encrypted pathways to ensure security. The site and the software have military-grade security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
- GameColony.com utilizes the latest encryption technology to ensure that sensitive data is transferred securely over the Internet. All credit card details are stored in full compliance with and certified by SecurityMetrics.com. This means that using your credit card on our site could be far safer than using it to order a pizza at your local cafe...
Fee-based Tournaments Not Accessible by Minors
- This site is designed to provide entertainment services to adults. Anyone under the age 18 is not allowed to participate in any GC Tournaments with entry fees.
Contacting the Web Site
- If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please use Contact Us form.