AOEware: Privacy Policy
aoeware.com is part of Rolespace LLC. If you are a registered user of any AOEware or Bindpoint Community, this Privacy Policy applies to your use of the aoeware network as well as any Bindpoint Community.
Thank you for registering your Screen Name to obtain secure access to the network of Web sites and services offered by AOEware, LLC ("AOEware"). The AOEware Network 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 AOEware Community, which consists of Bindpoint communities, and other content and offerings from the AOEware Network's affiliated providers (collectively the "AOEware Network" or "Network").
When you register with and use the AOEware Network, you provide the AOEware Network with personally identifiable information (your "AOEware Network information"). This Policy explains the information practices that apply to your AOEware Network information, as well as the choices you can make about the ways this information is used by the AOEware Network.
Registering to use your Screen Name with the AOEware Network is optional. This Privacy Policy applies only to information AOEware collects about you as a user of the AOEware Network. This policy does not apply to information about you collected by the AOEware Network's affiliated providers, or third party Web sites and offerings linked to or otherwise accessible from the AOEware Network. The information collected or received by the AOEware Network's affiliated providers and these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies.
Collection of your AOEware Network Information
Your AOEware Network information consists of personally identifiable information collected or received about you when you interact with the AOEware Network's Web sites, services and offerings as a registered user. Depending on how you use the Network, your AOEware Network information may include
registration-related information (such as name and e-mail addresses);
information about your visits to AOEware 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 AOEware Network and how you use the results of those searches;
information about the AOEware Network services or offerings that you use, and how frequently you use them;
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 AOEware Network);
customer service information about you as a AOEware Network user or subscriber; or
other information specifically related to your use of a particular AOEware Network service or offering.
Your AOEware Network information may be supplemented with additional information from other companies.
Your AOEware Network information may also include certain technical information gathered or received when you use the AOEware Network. Some of the technical information that may be collected or received includes: the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox), 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 AOEware, LLC.; other information about your geographic location; and the domain name of your Internet service provider. Your AOEware Network information may be collected and stored in the United States.
How Your AOEware Network Information is Used
Your AOEware Network information is used
to operate and improve the Web sites, services and offerings available through the AOEware 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 AOEware Network; and
to help offer you other products, programs, or services that may be of interest.
Your AOEware Network information may be shared with the Network's affiliated providers. You have choices about how your AOEware Network information is used, and whether affiliated providers receive personally identifiable information about you as an AOEware Network user. Affiliated providers that receive your AOEware Network information may use this information according to their applicable privacy policies.
Your AOEware 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 AOEware Network information, or except as described in this Privacy Policy. The AOEware Network may use your AOEware 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 AOEware Network users, but do not receive information that personally identifies you.
If you use AOEware Network communications tools to disclose information about yourself publicly (for example, in chat rooms or online message boards made available by the AOEware 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 a AOEware 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 AOEware believes the AOEware 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 AOEware, the AOEware Network or its affiliated providers, or for us to render the service you have requested.
The AOEware 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 AOEware Network.
In the event that ownership of the AOEware Network was to change as a result of a merger, acquisition or transfer to another company, your AOEware Network information may be transferred. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your AOEware Network information, the AOEware Network will provide notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.
Your Choices About Your AOEware Network Information
The AOEware Network provides you with access to your registration and any billing or contact information; the ability to edit this information at the “My Account” area; and the ability to deactivate your registration with the AOEware Network. Additionally, some AOEware Network services 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 AOEware Network information may be used by the AOEware Network to provide marketing offers to you. In order to do so, please visit the “My Account” area and review your AOEware Network marketing preferences. These preferences do not apply to communications that are directly related to your registration with the AOEware Network, or the fulfillment of a specific transaction you have requested (for example, a service advisory from the AOEware Network, or an acknowledgment of a purchase).
You may also choose whether the AOEware Network's affiliated providers receive personally identifiable AOEware Network information. This choice does not apply to the sharing of AOEware 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 AOEware Network may share personally identifiable AOEware 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 AOEware 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
Cookies are text files that are placed in your computer's browser, and that can be used to help recognize you as a AOEware Network user. Web beacons are small pieces of code placed on Web pages that can be used, among other things, to count the users who visit that Web page, or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a user viewing that page. You can control cookies through your browser's settings. If you reject all cookies, however, you may not be able to take advantage of several AOEware Network offerings.
The AOEware Network may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies in combination with your AOEware Network information to enhance and personalize your experience on the AOEware Network, including to operate and improve offerings through the AOEware Network; to help authenticate you when you use the AOEware Network; to remember your preferences and registration information; to enable a shopping cart; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of AOEware 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 AOEware Network.
The AOEware Network and its advertisers may also use ad network providers, such as Advertising.com, to help present advertisements on the AOEware 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 AOEware 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, including Advertising.com, to help them deliver more relevant advertisements through their ad networks. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by Advertising.com and other ad network providers is subject to their own privacy policies, not the AOEware Network's. You can find out more about ad network providers and the choices you have about these technologies by visiting their web sites.
Our Commitment to Security
The AOEware Network has established safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access to or misuse of your AOEware 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 AOEware Network uses passwords and biometrics to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any of your AOEware Network information.
Special Note for Parents
The AOEware Network is intended for use by young children, as such if any of the AOEware 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 AOEware Network's Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us at this email address:
info@AOEware.com
Changes to this Privacy Policy and Additional Information
The AOEware Network may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. If there are significant changes to the AOEware Network's information practices, you will be provided with appropriate online notice. You may be provided other privacy-related information in connection with your use of offerings from the AOEware 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. To make a request to the AOEware Network under California's privacy law, please send an e-mail to: info@AOEware.com.
2/1/2009