Gamers Engaged Privacy Policy

Updated Dec. 28th, 2022

Gamers Engaged, (“GE,” “We,” or “Us”) takes the protection and proper use of your personal information seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information in our possession. In order to preserve your trust, we want you to understand what personal information we may collect from you, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of this information.

In this policy, "personal information" means any information by which you can be identified or contacted, such as your name (first and last), address (city, state, zip), email address, telephone number, etc.

This Privacy Policy governs your experience on this website, unless otherwise indicated.                                                                                                     

 

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information about you, meaning information that can uniquely identify you, from various sources, such as:

  • Contact information given directly through this website, to include your name, address, phone number, or email address when you register for an account; upload, view, or download certain features or content; participate in events; enter contests or sweepstakes; or donate;

  • Preference information, such as your contact and marketing preferences

  • Profile and account information, which may include Contact, Donation, and Preference information as well as your account password

  • Demographic information, which may include birthdate if you provide it, ZIP code, and other information about you

  • Location information of your device that you use with our mobile application, if your device settings allow us to collect location information

  • Device and browser information, including information about your phone, tablet, computer, or device, and online browsing activity (collectively, “automatically collected information”). Automatically collected information may include IP addresses, device and browser settings and information. Automatically collected information also may include information about when and how you access and use our website or mobile application, such as the date and time of your visit or use.

 

We use a third-party payment processor to process payments and donations made to us. In connection with the processing of such payments and donations, we do not obtain your payment card information.

We may also use third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) that collect information about use of this website and user traffic.

In order to delete your data, please contact Gamers Engaged at admin@gamersengaged.org- please add “PRIVACY POLICY” in the subject line of the email, or call 253-235-3111. Note- some of your data may still be stored on third party sites. 

 

How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information that we and our service providers collect to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible experience. We may collect and use your information to provide you products, to respond to your comments, questions or complaints, determine your satisfaction with service, to personalize your experiences, and, if you've asked us to, send you marketing communications, and other information you have chosen to receive regarding our products, services, or special events.  We also use your personal information for our everyday business purposes such as service improvements, security, donation processing, analytics, operations, fraud detection and prevention, reporting, making back-ups and legal compliances.


How We Share Your Information

To best serve you, we may share your personal information with service providers that provide support services to us that help us administer our programs, operations, fulfill your requests, surveys, and contests. Service providers, third parties who perform services on our behalf, are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from Gamers Engaged. We may also, in certain instances, disclose your personal information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify you, contact you, detect and protect you or us from fraud or theft, manage information security or bring legal action to protect your rights or the rights of Gamers Engaged or others. We may also disclose your personal information when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required or permitted by law.

 

Links to Other Websites and Services

Our website may include links to other Internet sites, content or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties ('Linked Sites'). Gamers Engaged provides Linked Sites to you solely as a convenience, and the inclusion of Linked Sites does not imply endorsement by GE of the Linked Sites. You access Linked Sites at your own risk, and by accessing them you leave GE's website. Linked Sites are not under the control of GE and GE is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including the privacy policies or tracking technologies they may use. We encourage you to check the applicable privacy policy to determine how they will handle any personally identifying information they collect from you.


Your Subscription, Your Choice

Gamers Engaged offers an opt-in option on this website to subscribe to updates, and upcoming GE events. GE will not send you updates if you have not opted in.


Your Access

We respect your need to be able to access and update the personal information that you have provided to us. You may access and update your personal information at any time by logging into your account on this website.


Children's Privacy

Gamers Engaged will never knowingly request or collect personal information from any person under 16 years of age without prior verifiable parental consent. If you are under 16 years old, please do not provide your information on our website.  If we become aware that an individual is under the age of 16 and has submitted any information to our website for any purpose without prior verifiable parental consent, we will delete his or her information from our files.


Security

To help guard your information, our donation portal uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL encrypts your credit card number, name and address so only our third party processor can decode your information. Please note that email is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.

 

Updates to This Policy

We may make changes to this Policy, and may apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. When we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you by posting the updated Policy on our website, and we will update the effective date at the beginning of this Policy.

 

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Gamers Engaged
220 West Mercer Street, Seattle, WA. 98119
admin@gamersengaged.org- please add “PRIVACY POLICY” in the subject line of the email