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Privacy
Policy
Last Updated: 4/3/07
Hudson Entertainment ("Hudson") respects the privacy rights of our
online visitors and is committed to protecting the information collected from
you. To further this commitment, we have adopted an Online Privacy Policy that
guides how we collect, use, and disclose the information you provide to Hudson online. For our
information practices with respect to children under 13, please see our
children's section below.
The websites and information covered by this Privacy Policy:
This Privacy Policy currently applies to the following websites operated by Hudson:
In addition, Hudson
may own several other domain names that point to the websites listed above.
From time to time, we may add new sites and will take reasonable steps to
update the list.
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to information submitted
and collected online through the websites listed above, and does not apply to
information that may be collected by Hudson
offline. In addition, this Privacy Policy applies only to sites maintained by Hudson and not to
websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link. Hudson is therefore not
responsible for the content or activities provided on such sites.
What types of information does Hudson
collect and how will it be used?
In order to give you the best experience on our site, Hudson may collect information about you, but
only if you voluntarily provide it to us. Typically, we may ask a user to
submit personal and/or demographic information, and it will usually take the
form of either: (1) community registration; (2) email correspondence with
product support/customer service; (3) polls or surveys; and/or, (4) personal
information submitted in a business capacity (e.g., resumes). The types of
information that may be requested for each activity and the way the information
may be used are detailed below.
§ Community Registration
To register on our site, we may ask you to provide personal information such as
your email address. We may also collect demographic information including your
date of birth, username and password, occupation and interests, and your
address. The information that you submit during registration will: (a) make up
your profile; (b) allow you to use our forums, and participate in other
activities on our site (e.g., contests and sweepstakes, or game-specific
events); and, (3) allow us to send you, via email, news about products,
features and enhancements, special offers, upgrade opportunities, and contents
and events of interest.
Please note that the information (e.g., email address, username, occupation,
and interests) contained in your profile (i.e., that you provide when
registering) may be viewable to other users of Hudson’s forums. We cannot and do not
guarantee that this information will be kept confidential or private. If you do
not want the public to see this information, please ensure that it is not set
to be publicly viewable in your account profile or leave the information blank
at the time of registration.
§ Email Correspondence
Hudson may
collect and temporarily store personal information that you voluntarily submit
to us via email when contacting Customer Service. For example, we provide on
our site a link through which an online visitor can send e-mail to customer
service addressing any issue a user encounters with a Hudson product. Any personal information
contained in such email is used by Hudson
for the sole purpose of responding to your question. Although most e-mail
messages are deleted immediately after they are responded to, in certain cases,
hard copies or data from certain e-mail correspondence may be kept on file for
security purposes. Any such copy or data will also be stored in a secure
location, and information from these messages will not be used for marketing
purposes.
§ Polls/Surveys
From time to time, we may ask you for your opinion about our games or other
products and services in the form of polls or surveys. Your responses to these
polls help us provide products and services of interest to you. We do not
request personal information such as your name in connection with these polls.
§ Resumes
Hudson provides
on its website email addresses that visitors can use to send us their resumes.
Personal information collected from resumes will be used for the purpose of
accepting and evaluating candidate submissions for job postings and may
therefore be shared within our company. Other than as explained above, this
Privacy Policy does not apply to personal information gathered through resumes.
Unless noted otherwise, we may also use your personal and demographic
information for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can
constantly improve the products and services we provide you and to better meet
your needs.
From time to time, we are approached by third-party companies and
organizations that provide products or services that we believe may be of
interest to you. To extend these products or services to you, we may use your
personal information to send out notices on their behalf. We strive to limit
the notices and communications to those that we think you would appreciate
receiving.
No matter what method we use to collect information and no matter how we use
that information, we will only collect the information deemed reasonably
necessary to fulfill your online requests and our legitimate business
objectives.
What happens if I refuse to provide my personal information to Hudson?
If you choose not to submit personal information when requested, you may not be
able to participate in certain activities on our site and may considerably
limit the services we can provide you. For example, if you refuse to provide
your email address when registering, you will not be able to use our forums. To
simply use our site, however, you do not need to give us any personal
information.
Does Hudson
use cookies, track IP addresses or use other passive means to collect
information?
Cookies
Hudson may use
cookies to improve the use of our websites. A "cookie" is a small
file or record-keeping device that websites often store on a user's computer.
Storage of cookies on your system provides an easy and convenient method for us
to personalize your experience on our websites. For example, cookies allow us
to remember your screen name, tell us that you have visited our website before,
and may contain information that will make your next visit to our website more
enjoyable. However, we do not use cookies to store personal information such as
your name. In addition, Hudson
will not use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not
originally sent in a cookie. You can always disable cookies or set your browser
to alert you when cookies are being sent to your computer.
IP Addresses
Hudson may also
collect your IP address for safety and security purposes. An IP address is a
number that is used by computers on the network to identify your computer every
time you log on to the Internet.
Log Files
The only other information collected passively by Hudson is in the form of logs - files that
record Web site activity, including how many "hits" a particular Web
page is getting (a.k.a. "click-through data"). For example, log file
entries are generated every time a visitor clicks an image on our site. These
entries are generated anonymously, and enable Hudson to assess overall site activity, track
interest in particular portions of our site, troubleshoot technical concerns,
and identify the type of browser you are using. We may also use the log file
entries for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can
constantly improve the products and services we provide you. Log files are used
internally only, and are not associated with any particular user or with any
personal information.
Who is collecting my personal information?
The information that you disclose while visiting any of our websites is
collected by Hudson, or one of its vendors on Hudson's behalf, and is used in the manner
specified above.
With whom does Hudson
share my personal information?
Hudson may
share your personal information with our parent, subsidiary, or affiliate
companies for purposes of internal marketing and demographic studies, which
help us improve and tailor the products and services we provide you.
From time to time, Hudson may employ and
share your personal information with entities who use it solely to provide
support for the internal operations of Hudson's
website(s) (e.g., forum operation and product registration storage).
We may disclose personal information in the good faith belief that we are
required to do so by law, or that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply
with legal processes; respond to any claims; or, to protect the rights,
property, or personal safety of Hudson, our customers, or the public.
In addition, information about our customers 13 years old or older,
including personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, sale, or
transfer of company assets, acquisition, or bankruptcy.
What is Hudson's
policy regarding links to third party sites?
You should be aware that while you are on a website operated by Hudson, you may be
directed to other sites that are beyond our control and for which we are not
responsible. Because we cannot guarantee that the privacy policies of these
websites meet our high standards, we recommend that you read the privacy policy of the website to
which you link before you submit any personal information.
Can I choose how my personal information is used?
If you do not want Hudson or any third party to
send you product updates and other company information, and/or if you prefer
not to have Hudson
share your personal information with third parties, please opt-out from these
services at the time of registration or information collection. If you have
opted-in and, at a later time, you wish to opt-out, please contact us, at any
time, via e-mail at websupport@hudsonent.com,
or by regular mail at Hudson Entertainment, Attention: Web Support, 350 Marine Parkway, Suite 100, Redwood Shores, CA 94065. We will be happy to honor your
request.
How can I access my personal information? If you have
registered to use the forums on our site and wish to update your profile, you
may do so online by visiting the "profile" section found within the
forums on our website(s). You may be required to submit your login name and
password before you can access your profile information.
If you have subscribed to our newsletter and wish to be removed from the
list, you may go to http://www.thesourcemobile.com/unsubscribe.cfm or
http://www.hudsonentertainment.com/unsubscribe.cfm, enter your email address,
and click <enter>. Your email address will be unsubscribed immediately.
If you wish to review, update, or delete any other personal information that
we may have collected about you, please contact us via e-mail at websupport@hudsonent.com, or by
regular mail at Hudson Entertainment, Attention: Web Support, 350 Marine Parkway, Suite 100, Redwood Shores, CA 94065.
What safeguards does Hudson use to protect my personal
information?
Hudson
maintains appropriate safeguards that ensure the security, integrity and
privacy of the personal information we collect from all users, including
children under 13. Personal information collected by Hudson is stored in secure operating
environments that are not available to the public and is only accessible by
authorized employees. We also have security measures in place to protect the
loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control (i.e.,
maintain data quality). Before we allow web users to access their personal
information, for example, we verify their identity by prompting them to submit
information such as their login name and password.
In addition, we take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties to whom
we transfer personal information--for such purposes as co-sponsoring a special
promotion--provide sufficient protection of such personal data.
How do I ask a question or file a complaint?
If you have any questions, complaints or comments regarding our Privacy
Policy Statement or practices, please contact us via email at websupport@hudsonent.com or by
regular mail at:
Hudson
Entertainment
Attention: Web Support
350 Marine Parkway, Suite 100
Redwood Shores, CA
94065
(650) 922-9500
Legal Notices
Copyright.
All material on this Web site is copyrighted. © 2004-2008 Hudson Entertainment,
Inc. All Rights Reserved.
How You May Use Hudson Materials and Marks.
You may use, copy and distribute the materials found on Hudson Web sites for
internal, noncommercial, informational purposes only. All copies that you make
of the material must bear any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice
located on the site which pertains to the material being copied. Except as
authorized in this paragraph, you are not being granted a license under any
copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right in the
material or the products, services, processes or technology described therein.
All such rights are retained by Hudson Entertainment, Inc., its affiliated
companies and/or any third party owner of such rights.
You are not authorized to use any Hudson
name or mark in any advertising, publicity or in any other commercial manner
without the prior written consent of Hudson Entertainment Inc.
How We May Use Information You Provide
to Us.
Do not send us any confidential or proprietary information. Any feedback,
data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like, which you
send to us will be treated as being non-confidential and nonproprietary. We
assume no obligation to protect such information from disclosure and will be
free to reproduce, use, and distribute the information to others without
restriction. We will also be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or
techniques contained in information that you send us for any purpose whatsoever
including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products
and services incorporating such information.
Endorsements.
All product and service marks contained herein that are not Hudson marks are the trademarks of their
respective owners. References that we make to any names, marks, products or
services of third parties or hypertext links to third party sites or
information do not necessarily constitute or imply our endorsement, sponsorship
or recommendation of the third party, information, product or service.
Content and Liability Disclaimer.
Material on Hudson Web Sites may include inaccuracies or typographical
errors. Changes may be periodically incorporated into this material. Hudson may make
improvements and/or changes in the products, services and/or programs described
in these materials at any time without notice. The materials on Hudson Web
Sites are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Some
jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above
exclusion may not apply to you. HUDSON
DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY,
COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS, PRODUCT OR PROCESS
DISCLOSED ON THE SERVER OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SERVER. IN NO
EVENT SHALL HUDSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS,
REVENUE, USE, OR DATA WHETHER BROUGHT IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING OUT OF OR
CONNECTED WITH ANY HUDSON WEB SITE OR THE USE, RELIANCE UPON OR PERFORMANCE OF
ANY MATERIAL CONTAINED IN OR ACCESSED FROM ANY HUDSON WEB SITE.
By using this site, you signify your
assent to the Hudson
Online Privacy Policy. If you do not
agree to this Online Privacy Policy, please do not use this site. We reserve the right to make changes to this
Policy at any time. Please check back
from time to time to ensure you aware of these changes. Your continued use of this site will signify
your acceptance of these changes.
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