Wordgator.com Privacy Policy

(Last Updated: September 16, 2011)

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy (“Policy”) applies to the Wordgator.com Web sites and services and tells you how personal information is collected, used, disclosed, and protected by Wordgator.com. Changes to This Policy We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this Policy, we will change the last updated date above. We encourage you to check this Policy whenever you use our Web sites and services to understand how your personal information is used. Information Collected We collect information from you in various ways when you use our Web sites and services. We may also supplement this information with information from other companies.

We collect two general types of information, namely personal information and aggregate data. As used in this Policy, the term “personal information” means information that specifically identifies an individual (such as a name and email address), and demographic and other information when directly linked to information that can identify an individual. Our definition of personal information does not include “aggregate” data. Aggregate data is information we collect about a group or category of services or users from which individual user identities have been removed. In other words, no personal information is included in aggregate data. Aggregate data helps us understand trends in our users? needs so that we can better consider new features or otherwise tailor our services. This Policy in no way restricts or limits our collection and use of aggregate data, and we may share aggregate data about our users with third parties for various purposes, including to help us better understand our customer needs and improve our services and for advertising and marketing purposes. The following are the specific types of information we collect from you.

Information You Give Us

We collect information you give us on our Web site and when you register for and use our services. Examples include the following:
Registration and Profile Information. When you register to use our services or update your profile, we may collect various kinds of information about you including, your name, email address; and other profile information you provide; demographic information; and information you upload like photos and files.
Contact Information. We collect the email addresses you provide for contacts you enter or upload into your private contacts page. When you choose to share wordlists with others, we also collect email addresses you provide to email invitations to those individuals on your behalf.
Payment Information. If you choose to use a paid Wordgator.com account or service, our payment processing vendor collects your credit card information and billing address. We do not store any of your personal payment information.

Submissions and Customer Service

From time to time we may use surveys, contests or sweepstakes requesting personal or demographic information and customer feedback.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically receive certain types of information when you interact with our Web pages, services and communications. For example, it is standard for your Web browser to automatically send information to every Web site you visit, including ours. That information includes your computer?s IP address, access times, your browser type and language, and referring Web site addresses. We may also collect information about the type of operating system you use, your account activity, and files and pages accessed or used by you. We may also use certain kinds of technology such as cookies to collect information. Among other things, the use of cookies enables us to improve our Web site by seeing which areas and features are most popular, to count the number of computers accessing our Web site, to personalize and improve your experience, to record your preferences, and to allow you to visit our Web site without re-entering your member ID and/or password.

A cookie is a small amount of data which is sent to your browser from a Web site?s computers and stored on your computer?s hard drive. Most browsers automatically accept cookies as the default setting. You can modify your browser setting to reject our cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie by editing your browser options. However, if a browser is set not to accept cookies or if a user rejects a cookie, some portions of the Web site and services may not function properly. For example, you may not be able to sign in and access certain Web page features or services.

Use of Personal Information

In general, we use your personal information to process your requests or transactions, to provide you with information or services you request, to inform you about other information, events, promotions, products or services we think will be of interest to you, to facilitate your use of, and our administration and operation of, the Web site and services and to otherwise serve you and our users. For example, we may use your personal information: to request feedback and to enable us to develop, customize and improve the Web site and our publications, products and services; to conduct marketing analysis, to send you surveys or newsletters, to contact you about services, products, activities, special events or offers from Wordgator.com or our partners and for other marketing, informational, product development and promotional purposes; to send you a welcoming email and to contact you about your use of the Web site and services; to respond to your emails, submissions, comments, requests or complaints; to perform after-sales services; to anticipate and resolve problems with our service; to respond to customer support inquiries, for assistance with our product and service development; and to inform you of updates to products and services from Wordgator.com that better meet your needs; to store contacts you enter or upload into your contacts list for your private use and viewing; to send emails to users you invite (and contacts you invite to become users) to share wordlists; to enable you to communicate and share wordlists with users you designate; to contact you if you win a contest; and for other purposes about which we notify you. Wordgator.com may store and process personal information in the United States and other countries.

Sharing of Personal Information

Wordgator.com reserves the right to share aggregated demographic information about our customers, sales, and traffic to our partners and advertisers. We will not give, sell, rent, share, or trade any of your personal information or any data that you store using our services to any third party except as outlined in this Policy or with your consent. We may disclose information to a third party to (a) comply with laws or respond to lawful requests and legal process, (b) to protect Wordgator.com, agents, customers, and others including to enforce our agreements, policies and terms of use or (c) in the good faith belief that disclosure is needed to respond to an emergency, or protect the personal safety of any person. Wordgator.com includes collaboration features that by their nature support sharing with users you choose. Those users can see your name, photo and information from your Profile page, and any wordlists you choose to share; and they can post comments and email you.

Network and Information Security

Wordgator.com takes reasonable steps to protect information we collect from you to prevent loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. In addition, highly confidential personal information such as password that we request from you on our Web site is protected with encryption, such as Secured Socket Layer (SSL) protocol, during transmission over the Internet. The servers on which information is stored are kept in a controlled environment with limited access. While we take reasonable efforts to guard personal information we knowingly collect directly from you, no security system is impenetrable.

Your account information and access to our service is accessible only through the use of an individual user ID and password. To protect the confidentiality of personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. Please advise us immediately if you believe your password has been misused. In addition, always logout and close your browser when you finish your session. Please note that we will never ask you to disclose your password in an unsolicited phone call or email.

Updating and Accessing Personal Information

You can make updates to your profile information by logging into your account on Wordgator.com at any time.

Contacting Us

Any questions about this Policy should be addressed to support@wordgator.com.