May 15, 2018: We’ve rewritten our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service in prep for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) later this month. This rewrite does not mean we are collecting more personal data from you or using it any differently than we have been for the past 11 years. We are just being more specific in this document about how we collect the data, what we use it for, and the rights you have regarding it. By using BadgeHungry on or after May 25, 2018 you’ll be agreeing to the changes.
This is a legally binding contract between you and GamesMatter LLC, dba BadgeHungry. Please make sure you read it, because it is important. We’ve tried to make it as clear as possible, but we welcome your feedback to admin@badgehungry.com if you have suggestions or questions. In addition, we’ve made these terms available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, so you can use and adapt them on your own web site as you see fit.
Definitions
When we say “site,” we mean badgehungry.com and the services offered through that site. When we say “we,” “us,” “our,” or “BadgeHungry,” we mean GamesMatter LLC, dba BadgeHungry. When we say “your content,” we mean any text, graphics or other material which you post, upload, or otherwise share on the site; similarly, when we say “BadgeHungry content,” we mean the copyrightable text, graphics, and other material owned by GamesMatter LLC, dba BadgeHungry. And when we say “terms,” we mean these terms of service.
Accepting these terms
Please read these terms before using the site. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not access the site. If we make material changes to these terms, we’ll let you know either through the site or via email (at the email address you provide). If you do not agree to those changes, you may send a request to cancel any account you may have to admin@badgehungry.com.
Privacy Policy
If you register with the site, you will be asked to provide certain personal information, including your name and email address. We will store your personal information, but will not share it with any third parties, except as necessary to provide the services offered, to monitor usage, and to improve the service. For example, we may store your personal information along with your files and data on a third party server such as Amazon Web Services; or we may use a third party analytics tool like Google Analytics or Kissmetrics to learn how you are using BadgeHungry, and how we can improve that experience. We also use your personal information to send you notifications about the service and to respond to customer support requests. We will never share your personal information with advertisers or send you promotions for unrelated services. You can access and change your personal information or cancel your account by logging in to your account settings page.
We may be required to disclose your personal information in order to:
* comply with the law or legal process;
* protect or defend our rights or property, or the rights or property of others;
* enforce these terms; or
* respond to claims that the content of any material on our system violates the rights of others.
If we must disclose your personal information in order to comply with the law or legal process, we will inform you (at the email address you provide) as soon as practicable, provided that it is lawful for us to do so.
We will also aggregate user information and perform statistical analyses of the collective behavior of our members and visitors, to measure overall demographics, and to analyze how to improve our service. We may share this information with third parties (such as Google Analytics), but such aggregate information does not contain personal information other than IP addresses. In addition, we may compile and disclose aggregate information about our users for promotional or other purposes. For example, we might want to disclose that a certain percentage of our users are located within a particular geographic area or play online most frequently in the mornings.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
We use session and login cookies, which help us keep track of when a person is logged in and determine the content or sites users link to, and which services people use. We will also capture login timestamps, and usage statistics, as well as IP addresses.
We will communicate with you via email, to the email address you provide to us. Some communications, such as emails informing you of new features, may be unsubscribed to via the unsubscribe link in the email. If you would like to cease all communications from us, please send an email to admin@badgehungry.com and we will cancel your account(s).
Permitted users
BadgeHungry is designed for use by adults. You must be thirteen years of age or older to use it. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of thirteen, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from a child under the age of thirteen, please contact us at admin@badgehungry.com. When you use the site, you represent and warrant that you have the legal capacity to form a binding contract with us, and are doing so by your agreement to these terms.
Copyright and Intellectual property
By posting, uploading, emailing, or sharing your content, you grant us a non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to access, use, and display your content in connection with the site and its services.
In addition, the site provides features that allow you to share your content with others. There are many things that others may do with that content, including copying it, modifying it, and re-sharing it. So, please consider carefully what you choose to share and with whom; we take no responsibility for that activity.
If you delete your account, any comments or content that you contributed will remain on the site, and will not be deleted.
All BadgeHungry content, the selection, compilation, arrangement and presentation of all materials, and the overall design of the site are copyrighted by us, and are protected by US and international laws. Use of our content without our express prior written permission is strictly prohibited.
Cancelling your account
You can cancel your account at any time by sending an email to admin@badgehungry.com.
Disclaimer of warranties
We will strive to prevent interruptions to the service and be good stewards of your data. However, the site and our services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not make any warranty that the site or our services will meet your requirements, or that the services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free, or that defects, if any, will be corrected. You understand that you download from or otherwise obtain content or services through the site at your own discretion and risk.
Limitations of liability
Under no circumstances — including, without limitation, negligence — shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, resulting from (1) the use or the inability to use the site; (2) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services; (3) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (4) loss of profits, use, data or other intangibles, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless us, our officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents, and suppliers, and their respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, members, shareholders, partners, and agents, from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the site, including but not limited to your violation of this agreement. We may, at our sole discretion, assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you. The assumption of such defense or control by us, however, shall not excuse any of your indemnity obligations.
Right to terminate
We may at any time decide to alter, amend, modify, or terminate the site, any functionality or portion of it, all in our sole discretion, and you understand that there is no guarantee that the site or any portion or functionality of it will continue to operate or be available for any particular period of time.
Changes to this statement
BadgeHungry reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a notice on our site, and/or by updating any information on this page. Your continued use of the site and services available through this site after such modifications will constitute your a) acknowledgement of the modified Privacy Policy and Terms of Service and b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Contact information
You may contact BadgeHungry at:
GamesMatter LLC/BadgeHungry
5305 Village Center Drive #105
Columbia MD 21044
admin@badgehungry.com
410-870-5421
Effective as of May 25, 2018
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service adapted from Editorially and RocketLawyer.com