Hive Mind privacy policy

Effective and Last Updated: 06/29/2012

Hive Mind is a game that may occasionally interact with the website http://www.electricscribble.com (the “Site”), which is owned and operated by Electric Scribble LLC, the creator of this game. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users while they interact with Hive Mind (the “Game”) and our website via Game features. This Privacy Policy applies to this Game only. It does not apply to other websites to which we link. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we want you to understand what information we collect about you, how we collect it, how that information is used, and how you can control our disclosure of it. You agree that your use of the Game signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Game.

1) Information Collected

We do not collect personally identifiable information about you except when you specifically provide such information to us on a voluntary basis. Any information we collect which may be transmitted is clearly labeled at the point it is requested.

This Game stores the user’s preferences and records session information on the user’s device. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user and is used when interacting with websites. We do not and will not use cookies or other means to collect information from any user and transmit that information to any website that such user did not intentionally submit to us for that purpose.

Third-Party Cookies: In free versions of the Game, in the course of serving advertisements to this Game, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" within the Game. This cookie is not shared with any other browser or app installed on the system.

2) Share

You may choose to share game links or game scores to friends via the share charm. This Game enables this functionality for the user to explicitly share a game score or game layout to another app the user selects. This Game does not have access to any information about which app you select to share information with. This Game does not have access to or control over any information after it is shared with another app. We are not responsible for the actions another app may take with the user’s information after the user elects to share the information.

3) How We Use Your Information

This Game only uses your personal information for the original purposes it was given. Your personal information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without your approval at the time of collection.

This Game will not disclose, use, give or sell any personal information it may collect to third parties for any purposes other than to our suppliers and other third parties who need to know in order to deliver services on behalf of the Game unless required to do so by law. Further, we reserve the right to contact you using contact information you may provide regarding matters relevant to the underlying service provided and/or the information collected.

Please note that personally identifiable information is used only to provide you with a more enjoyable, convenient online experience and to help us identify and/or provide information, products or services that may be of interest to you. We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Game and its features.

The Game may use your personal information, when collected, to target advertising toward you based on things such as region, gender, interests, goals, habits, etc.

We may permit certain trusted third parties to track usage, analyze data such as your IP address, the date and time of the page request, the referring Web site (if any) and other parameters in the URL. This is collected in order to better understand our Web Site usage, and enhance the performance of services to maintain and operate the Game and certain features on the Site. We may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; and analyze data.

Also, we may share personally identifiable or other information with our parent, subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates.

We may transfer personally identifiable information as an asset in connection with a proposed or actual merger or sale (including any transfers made as part of an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding) involving all or part of our business or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale or other change in control.

We may disclose Contact Information provided to us in special cases where we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our terms and conditions of use or may be causing injury or interference with our rights, property, our customers or anyone who could be harmed by such activities.

You will receive notice when your personally identifiable information might be provided to any third party for any reason other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, and you will have an opportunity to request that we not share such information.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our Site and for business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.

4) How We Protect Your Information

We are committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We take appropriate security measures to protect your information against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we maintain appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on our system. While no computer system is completely secure, we believe the measures we have implemented reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved.

5) Third Party Advertising

Advertisements appearing in free versions of this Game may be delivered to you by our Site or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. Doing this allows the advertising partners to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement. (These cookies are not shared with any browser or other app on your system.) In this way, they may compile information about usage of the Game by you or others who are using your device, when you saw their advertisements, and may determine which advertisements are clicked. This information allows an advertising partner to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Game does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third party advertising servers of ad partners.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by this Game and does not cover the use of cookies by any of its advertisers.

6) Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information and Preferences

We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personal information, if any is collected, via the Settings charm. You may modify or remove any of your personal information at any time by launching the Game and accessing the Settings charm.

7) Email Choice/Opt-out

If any user who receives an email from the Site and would prefer not to receive such communications in the future, [he or she] can do so by following the instructions in the emails. In addition, you may send an email to support@electricscribble.com. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to implement your opt-out requests promptly, but you may still receive communications from us for up to ten business days as we process your request.

8) Children's Privacy and Parental Control

We do not solicit any personal information from children. If you are not 18 or older, your information is not transmitted outside of the Game. Parents can review any personal information entered by visiting the Settings charm in the Game.

9) Disclaimer to Security

By use of the Game, you consent to the Privacy Policy and that no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you provide to us and you provide such information to us at your own risk.

10) Notification of Changes

This Game reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at its sole discretion. If at some point in the future, there is a change to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you that a revised Privacy Policy is in effect. Your continued use of the Game indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy.

11) CONTACT INFORMATION:

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy please contact: support@electricscribble.com.