Gamefest Website Privacy Statement
(last
updated: February 2013)
Microsoft is committed to protecting your privacy.
This privacy statement applies to the data collected by Microsoft through
the Gamefest site (the “Site”) hosted for Microsoft by Full Moon Events
Productions, Inc.; it does not apply to other online or offline Microsoft
sites, products or services.
Collection of Your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that
personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. The personal
information we collect may include name, company name, telephone number,
e-mail address, mailing address, emergency contact
name/relationship/telephone number, special needs, dietary requests, job
description, and credit card number.
We may collect information about your visit,
including the pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in
connection with the Site. We also collect certain standard information that
your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address,
browser type and language, access times and referring Web site addresses.
In order to offer you a more consistent and
personalized experience in your interactions with Microsoft, information
collected through one Microsoft service may be combined with information
obtained through other Microsoft services. We may also supplement the
information we collect with information obtained from other companies. For
example, we may use services from other companies that enable us to derive a
general geographic area based on your IP address in order to customize
certain services to your geographic area.
Use of Your Personal Information
The personal information collected on this Site
will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out
the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized.
In support of these uses, Microsoft may use
personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to
improve the Site and any related Microsoft products or services, and to make
the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter
the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular
preference or interests.
We may use your personal information to provide
you with important information about the product or service that you are
using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your
permission, we may send you information about other Microsoft products and
services, and/or share information with Microsoft partners so they may send
you information about their products and services.
Microsoft occasionally hires other companies to
provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging,
mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products
and services, and sending information about our products, special offers,
and other new services. We will only provide those companies the personal
information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain
the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that
information for any other purpose.
We may access or disclose information about you,
including the content of your communications, in order to: (a) comply with
the law or respond to lawful requests or legal process; (b) protect the
rights or property of Microsoft or our customers, including the enforcement
of our agreements or policies governing your use of the services; or (c) act
on a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to
protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees, customers or the public.
We may also disclose personal information as part of a corporate transaction
such as a merger or sale of assets.
Information that is collected on the Site may be
stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which
Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or service providers maintain
facilities. Microsoft abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by
the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention
of data from the European Union.
Control of Your Personal Information
Except as otherwise described in this statement,
personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of
Microsoft and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your
permission.
Please be aware that this privacy statement and
any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal
information you may have provided to Microsoft in the context of other,
separately operated, Microsoft products or services.
Access to Your Personal Information
Customer information is collected by Full Moon
Events Productions, Inc., a Microsoft vendor. It is stored at Full Moon
Events Productions, Inc., plus sent back to Microsoft. You can review and
edit the personal information you provided at this Site by email at
information@microsoftgamefest.com or send a written request to the postal
address listed at the bottom of this statement.
Security of Your Personal Information
Microsoft is committed to protecting the
security of your personal information. We use a variety of security
technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from
unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal
information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are
located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive
personal information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we
protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) protocol.
Use of Cookies
We may use cookies on this Site to enable you to sign
in to our services or to help personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text
file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web server. Cookies contain
information that can later be read by a Web server in the domain that issued
the cookie to you. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a
convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a Web
page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your
specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of
delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you
return to the Web site, the information you previously provided can be
retrieved, so you can easily use the site's features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies.
Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify
your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you are using
Internet Explorer, search for “Cookies” in the Help menu to find detailed
instructions. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to use
interactive features of this or other Web sites that depend on cookies.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
We may occasionally update this privacy statement.
When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the
privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will
notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web
site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to
periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are
helping to protect the personal information we collect.
Contact Information Microsoft welcomes your
comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have questions about this
statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us by
e-mail at
information@microsoftgamefest.com
or via postal mail at:
Gamefest
c/o Full Moon Events Productions, Inc.
16449 Fox Glen Road
Riverside, CA 92504