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Left4DeadForums.com Privacy Policy

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Left4DeadForums.com (hereinafter "Left4DeadForums") and its administrators, moderators and/or agents (hereinafter "Staff"), values the privacy of its users, registered members, and others who visit and use (collectively or individually, hereinafter "Members") www.Left4DeadForums.com and any other web sites or services owned or operated by Left4DeadForums.com.

Left4DeadForums respects each individual’s right to personal privacy. We will collect and use information through our Web site only in the ways disclosed in this statement.

Any Member Content or personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to this Privacy Policy, the Left4DeadForums.com Terms of Service, and our Forum Rules.

Left4DeadForums will never use your contact information to send unsolicited commercial messages ("spam"), nor will Left4DeadForums ever disclose your contact information for such purposes.

NOTE TO CHILDREN: Left4DeadForums is NOT intended for persons under the age of 13 years. If you are under 13 years of age, then we encourage you to visit web sites more suited to a younger audience.

NEVER DISPLAY ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT COULD BE USED TO FIND YOU IN THE REAL WORLD - for example, your full legal name, mailing or home address, or telephone numbers.

NEVER TRANSMIT ANY OF YOUR GAMING ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO ANOTHER FORUM MEMBER, ADMINISTRATOR OR MODERATOR. Left4DeadForums Staff will NEVER ask for such information.

THE INFORMATION LEFT4DEADFORUMS.COM COLLECTS:

Member-provided Information: You may provide to Left4DeadForums what is generally called "personally identifiable" information (such as your name, email address, postal mailing address, home/mobile telephone number, etc.) when you register as a Member and if you participate in certain activities on Left4DeadForums. In addition, you may choose to post certain information to your public "profile" on Left4DeadForums such as your date of birth, general location, interests, occupation, web site URLs, videos, blogs, IM addresses, and comments.

"Cookies" Information: When you visit Left4DeadForums, we may send one or more cookies - small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to your computer. Left4DeadForums uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to Left4DeadForums. Persistent cookies can be removed. Please review your web browser "Help" file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings.

"Automatically Collected" Information: When you participate in Left4DeadForums and, for example, participate in forums, control panel, profile, news, diaries, gallery or the Arcade, or open one of our HTML emails, we may automatically record certain information from your web browser by using different types of technology, including database logging, "clear gifs" or "web beacons." This "automatically collected" information may include Internet Protocol address ("IP Address"), web browser type, the web pages or sites that you visit just before or just after Left4DeadForums, the pages you view on our site, and the dates and times that you visit Left4DeadForums.

THE WAY LEFT4DEADFORUMS.COM USES THIS INFORMATION:

When you choose to create a public profile on Left4DeadForums, you may post, at your option, certain personal information that will be publicly displayed to other Members on Left4DeadForums. Left4DeadForums uses the information that we collect to operate, maintain, enhance, and provide to you all of the features and services found on Left4DeadForums. We will use your email address, without further consent, for administrative purposes such as sending you account activation and welcome emails, notifying you of major Left4DeadForums updates, for customer service purposes, to address copyright infringement issues, or to contact you regarding any Left4DeadForums activities in which you are presently participating.

Left4DeadForums uses your email address to send to you activity emails, newsletters, and, from time to time, notices about special activities, features, or items available on Left4DeadForums. You may opt-out of receiving such notices by indicating your preferences in the Edit Profile section of Left4DeadForums. Left4DeadForums uses all of the information that we collect to understand the usage trends and preferences of our Members, to improve the way Left4DeadForums works and looks, and to create new features and functionality.

Left4DeadForums uses "automatically collected" information and "cookies" information to: (a) remember your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit Left4DeadForums; (b) provide customized third-party advertisements, content, and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of third-party marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate site usage metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in any games, promotions, or contests.

WHEN LEFT4DEADFORUMS.COM DISCLOSES INFORMATION:

Left4DeadForums does not share your personally identifiable information with other organizations for their marketing or promotional uses without your express consent. Left4DeadForums may disclose "automatically collected" and other aggregate non-personally-identifiable information with interested third parties to assist such parties in understanding the usage and demographic patterns for certain programs, content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or other functionality on Left4DeadForums.
Left4DeadForums may disclose Member information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright or Criminal law) or respond to a court order, judicial or other government subpoena, or warrant. We may make such disclosures, in some cases, without providing Members notice.
Left4DeadForums also reserves the right to disclose Member information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability; protect Left4DeadForums from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses; to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; to assist government enforcement agencies; to protect the security or integrity of Left4DeadForums; and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Left4DeadForums, our Members, or others.

YOUR CHOICES:

You may, of course, decline to share your personally-identifiable information with Left4DeadForums, in which case you will not be able to participate in many Left4DeadForums activities. You may update, correct, or delete your member information and email subscription preferences at any time by going to the Edit Profile section of Left4DeadForums; provided, however, that upon deletion of your account or profile, please note that some of your personal information, including email address and contact information may remain in Left4DeadForums's systems for some limited period of time.

To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you account access or making corrections. HOWEVER, you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.

THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISERS, LINKS TO OTHER SITES:

Left4DeadForums allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within Left4DeadForums. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements that appear within Left4DeadForums and they automatically receive your IP Address when this happens. Such third-party ad servers may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize their advertising content.

Left4DeadForums does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks. Left4DeadForums's Privacy Notice does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Left4DeadForums reserves the right the add or remove third-party ad networks or ad servers in its discretion and Left4DeadForums may not at all times list such updated ad network or ad server partners in this Privacy Notice.

Currently, Left4DeadForums has relationships with the following third-party ad servers or ad networks:

Casale
http://casalemedia.com/privacy.html

Google
http://www.google.com/privacy.html

Context Web
http://www.contextweb.com/ppolicy.html

OUR COMMITMENT TO DATA SECURITY:

Left4DeadForums uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Left4DeadForums, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, Left4DeadForums makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.

If Left4DeadForums learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. Left4DeadForums staff may post a notice on Left4DeadForums if a security breach occurs.

OUR COMMITMENT TO CHILDREN'S PRIVACY:

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Left4DeadForums does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information on Left4DeadForums from persons under 13 years-of-age, and no part of Left4DeadForums is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access Left4DeadForums at any time or in any manner. If Left4DeadForums learns that personally-identifiable information of persons less than 13-years-of-age has been collected on Left4DeadForums without verifiable parental consent, then Left4DeadForums will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

Parents, the following are some resources that may help you in monitoring and limiting your childrens' access to certain types of material on the Internet. While Left4DeadForums does not endorse these products, we provide information about them as a public service to our Members and visitors.

Control Kids: http://www.controlkids.com
Cyber Sitter: http://www.solidoak.com
Net Nanny: http://www.netnanny.com

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS:

Left4DeadForums is owned and hosted in the United States and is therefore subject to United States law. If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States and by providing your personal data you consent to that transfer.

IN THE EVENT OF MERGER OR SALE:

In the event that Left4DeadForums is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from Members as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control.

CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE:

This Privacy Notice may be revised periodically without further notice to you and this will be reflected by the "last modified" notice below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. In general, we only use your personal information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received that personal information. Your continued use of Left4DeadForums constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Notice and any future revisions.

For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information you have provided to us, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you and obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.

LEFT4DEADFORUMS.COM CONTACT INFORMATION:

Please contact Left4DeadForums with any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, your personal information, our third-party disclosure practices, or your consent choices at our Contact Page

EFFECTIVE DATE, DATE LAST MODIFIED:

Left4DeadForums Privacy Notice effective as of May 1, 2009.

Left4DeadForums Privacy Notice last modified on May 1, 2009.

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