PRIVACY POLICY

E-Business WorldWide S.A. and its subsidiary companies respect the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognize the importance of protecting the information collected about you. We have adopted a corporate wide Online Privacy Policy that guides how we collect, store and use the information you provide online.

E-Business WorldWide S.A. adheres to the Safe Harbor Principles that were established by the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission to comply with the European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection that went into effect in October, 1998.

If you have any questions, complaints, or comments regarding our privacy statement or policies, please contact us at PrivacyPolicy@WorldBingoClub.com for the country in which you reside 

This privacy policy applies to:
WorldBingoClub.com

In addition, to this URL there are several other domain names that point to the web sites listed above, and we will from time to time add new sites that may or may not be listed above. Please note that this policy applies only to sites maintained by E-Business WorldWide S.A. or its subsidiaries, and not to web sites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link.  This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by E-Business WorldWide S.A..    

Third Party Sites
We cannot control the activities of third parties we cannot accept responsibility for any use of your personal information by such third parties, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security practices E-Business WorldWide S.A.. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any other service provider from whom you request services. 

What is personal information and when does E-Business WorldWide S.A. collect it?
Personal information is information that identifies you and may be used to contact you on-line or off-line. E-Business WorldWide S.A. collects personal information from our online visitors during (1) contests (registration or claiming a prize), (2) warranty registration and/or during customer support or technical service requests, (3) player match up or other online services, (4) registration for games or special game-specific event participation, (5) marketing surveys and email campaigns, (6) registration for membership on our sites, (7) when you order products or subscriptions from us online, or (8) when you request services from third party service providers on our site or (9) through use of our software or online services.
Information collected will vary depending upon the activity and may include your name, e-mail address, phone number, mobile number, home address, birth date, and credit card information. In addition, we may collect demographic information such as gender, zip code, information about your computer, hardware, software, platform, media, Internet IP address and connection, information about online activity such as feature usage, game play statistics and scores, user rankings and click paths and other data that you may provide in surveys or online profiles, for instance. We may combine demographic information with personal information.  Prize winners may also be required to provide Social Security or Social Identification Number for tax purposes. 
We do not require personal information to obtain access to any of our sites; however, you will not be able to access areas that require registration. 

Whatever the purpose may be, we will only collect information to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives.

Online Chat Rooms and Profiles
You may choose to disclose information about yourself in our online chatrooms or in creating user “profiles” when you play games on our sites. Information that you disclose in chat rooms or in “profile” information is public information, and there is no expectation of privacy or confidentiality in either place. Please see our Terms of Service on this point and for other guidelines about posting content on our web sites.

Statistical and Usage Data
When you play our games on your PC or console, we may retrieve information about your hardware system and how your game is used, including your Internet Protocol Address.  We use this information to enable you to play your game over the Internet.  We also use this information to better understand the behavior and preferences of our customers, so that we can improve our products and services.   We will never use this information to personally identify you without your knowledge or consent. 

Public Data
Your participation in tournaments or other online game events, is conditional upon you agreeing to us collecting, using, storing, transmitting and publicly displaying statistical data (such as your scores, rankings and achievements) generated through your participation.

Cookies and other technologies
We use cookies and other technologies to passively collect demographic information, personalize your experience on our site and monitor advertisements and other activities.  Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer to track movements within web sites. Certain of our sites use cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Also, we use cookies to deliver content specific to your interest and for other purposes.  For example, certain of our sites use “cookies” or other methods to monitor website usage. We collect information on what games are played, how much time is spent playing the games and which ads or links are clicked. We may link cookie information to personal information.
Certain of our sites use an outside ad company to display ads. These ads may contain cookies. Cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad companies, and E-Business WorldWide S.A. does not have access to this information. Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies whenever you visit a website. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. However some areas of our sites will not function properly if you do so.  For more information concerning how to disable your cookies, please contact our support at help@WorldBingoClub.com .

Other technologies used include clear GIFs and IP address logging.  Clear GIFs (a.k.a. web bugs, beacons or tags) are small graphic images placed on a web page, web-based document, or in an e-mail message.  Clear GIFs are invisible to the user because they are typically very small (only 1-by-1 pixel) and the same color as the background of the web page, document or e-mail message. We do not use clear GIFs to collect personal information about you.  However, we may use clear GIFs capture statistical usage information for our web pages, features or other elements on a web page.  We may correlate this information to a user to personalize user experience and for statistical analysis of user experiences on our web pages.

E-Business WorldWide S.A. also maintains log files which contain Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses. An IP address is a numeric address that is assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. In general, we only use log files to monitor traffic on our Web sites, to report aggregate information to our advertisers and to troubleshoot technical problems. In the event of user abuse of our websites, however, we may block certain IP addresses or console IDs provided by our licensed hardware manufacturers.  IP addresses and console IDs may be used to personally identify you in order to enforce our Terms of Service.

What happens to the information provided?
Members may register for other services from our site(s). If you opt in to any of these services, we may collect additional information requested by a service provider and pass this information, together with all other registration information (including personal information), to that service provider. Use of your information by a service provider will be governed by that service provider’s terms of service and privacy policy. We may also retain any additional information collected for use in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. 
The personal information you provide will allow us to alert you to new products, features and enhancements; special offers; upgrade opportunities; and contests and events of interest. From time to time, we are approached by companies and organizations that provide products or services that we believe may be of interest to you, and we may provide your personal information to such third parties. We see this as a value-added service helping you to find useful products or services. We strive to limit use of the information you provide to those offers that we think you would appreciate receiving. You may opt out of this service. See the opt-out information below.  We may send emails that may contain information regarding third-party products or services; however, this doesn’t mean that we’ve traded your personal information to any party.

We may use survey information in marketing surveys to select and direct advertising that is more likely to be of interest to a particular member. This information may be transmitted to an ad server owned by the advertising company to match members with ads that they are more likely to be interested in. However, we do not disclose any member's personal information to our advertisers without the member's consent. Participation in member surveys is entirely optional. We may share aggregate consumer data (which does not contain personal information) with the advertising companies.

From time to time, E-Business WorldWide S.A. may employ third-party contractors to collect personal information on our behalf, or to provide email delivery, product or promotional fulfillment, or other services on our sites. When requesting these services, you may be asked to supply   your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. When our third-party contractors collect and/or have access to the personal information you provide when requesting such services from E-Business WorldWide S.A..  E-Business WorldWide S.A. requires that they adhere to our stated privacy policies and protect the confidentiality of personal information they collect or have access to in the course of their engagement by E-Business WorldWide S.A..

Finally, we may use your personal information for our internal marketing and demographic studies, so we can consistently improve our sites to better meet our visitors' needs. To enforce legal rights and comply with the law, or to comply with an order from a government entity or other competent authority, or when we have reason to believe that a disclosure is necessary to address potential or actual injury or interference with our rights, property, operations, users or others who may be harmed or may suffer loss or damage, we may also disclose personal information to law enforcement, or the appropriate civil authorities.

Where is the information held?
E-Business WorldWide S.A. is a global organization and many of the computer systems on which E-Business WorldWide S.A. collects, stores, and uses the information it collects or receives are based in Panama and other countries. Your personal information may be transferred to, used, processed or held by E-Business WorldWide S.A. in the Republic of Panama and in other countries, including countries both in and outside the European Union, and used for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Opt-out Provision
When we first collect information about you, we will offer you the opportunity to opt-out of having your personal information shared with parties outside of E-Business WorldWide S.A. or its subsidiaries (except to the extent required by law, court order, or as requested by other government or law enforcement authority). In addition, if you do not want E-Business WorldWide S.A. to send you e-mail or postal mail about our products and services, you can opt out at the time of registration or information collection. If, at a later date, you choose to have your name removed from our mailing list, you can do so by contacting Unsubscribe@WorldBingoClub.com. You may also click the unsubscribe link on our email offers and newsletters.

Safeguarding Your Personal Information
We will only collect and use personal information in accordance with this privacy policy to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to serve our legitimate business purposes, and we will maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity, accuracy and privacy of the information you have provided. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to assure that third parties to whom we transfer any personal information will provide sufficient protection of that information.  If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information maintained by E-Business WorldWide S.A. is not correct, or should you wish to have your account(s) deactivated or be removed from our mailing list, please email Unsubscribe@WorldBingoClub.com. We will be happy to review, update or remove information as appropriate. We may still retain your information in our files however, to resolve disputes, enforce our user agreement, and due to technical and legal requirements and constraints related to the security, integrity and operation of our websites.

By using this site, you signify your assent to the E-Business WorldWide S.A. Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use any E-Business WorldWide S.A. site(s). We reserve the right to make changes in this policy at any time. Please check the policy each time you use our web site to ensure you are aware of any changes in our privacy practices. Our privacy policy will indicate the date it was last updated. Also, if there is a substantive change in the way that we use your personal information, we will notify you via e-mail of the relevant changes. If you choose to opt-out of our changed practice, our e-mail will contain instructions on how to opt-out. Your continued use of our site will signify your acceptance of the changes to our Online Privacy Policy.