Last updated April 3, 2009.
By registering with the PokerForum.net website and accepting the User Agreement, you expressly consent to our collection, disclosure, storage and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance for new users and is otherwise effective immediately.
Information
PokerForum.net may collect and store the following personal information ("Personal Information") from users and members, including: names, addresses, email addresses, user-chosen passwords, phone numbers, and special interests of users/members within the realm of gaming preferences and is not otherwise publically available. Such Personal Information is not collected, unless you, as a user or member, explicitly and knowingly provide it to us. You can remove or amend your Personal Information through the tools available to you as a user/member or by contacting us.
Information available to Third Parties
Some information contained on this website may be available for viewing by third parties, including non-users/non-members ("Third Parties"). However, no Personal Information contained in a user or member profile will be available for viewing by any Third Party, unless you have given us explicit permission to do so or we are required to provide such information in response to a court order or other legal proceeding.
Use of Information
PokerForum.net's primary purpose in collecting information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:
We use return email addresses to answer the emails we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
As a user/member of this website, marketing materials may be provided to you by third parties who have been approved by PokerForum.net. Such materials may take the form of advertisements on the website, including links to the websites of Third Parties and emails to user/members containing marketing website updates or newsletters. User/members can opt-out of any such emails by contacting PokerForum.net by using the contact information below ("General") and indicating that you wish to be removed from the email list.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with Third Party advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those user/members. PokerForum.net will not disclose details of any amount of monies our members may receive, except for accounting and record-keeping purposes.
User information will not be sold, rented or otherwise exchanged for commercial purposes to Third Parties.
If a user/member account is cancelled or terminated, their information will remain in the database and will be subject to any of the above uses.
Data Security
To ensure the correct use of information, maintain data accuracy and prevent unauthorized access, we have put in place commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and organizational procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Cookies
PokerForum.net uses "cookies" (small files placed on your hard drive) on certain pages of the website to help analyze web page flow, customize services, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety.
A few important things you should know about cookies are that:
Third Party Activity
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information PokerForum.net collects from you. If you disclose your information on unaffiliated third party websites, different rules may apply to the use or disclosure of your information by those third parties. Since PokerForum.net does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties.
By clicking on a third party advertisement, the third party may receive your IP address and may be able to contact you through the PokerForum.net website.
General
PokerForum.net may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the amended terms on the website. All amended terms automatically take effect. You can contact PokerForum.net with questions or comments about this Privacy Policy by emailing our Support Staff