Thank you for viewing the Plain Games Privacy Policy. This document covers the privacy practices of www.PlainGames.com, www.PlainGames.net, and www.PlainGames.org, which would like to demonstrate its commitment to our user's privacy on the World Wide Web. By using this web site and the products and services offered within, you agree to comply and be bound, without limitation, to this privacy statement and any other posted notices about user's privacy and the collection of user's’ information on this web site.

Notification of Changes
Plain Games reserves the right to change or append to its privacy statement and policies at anytime without prior notice. All changes to this privacy statement will be made available through this page, the registration pages of services offered by or through Plain Games, and other places we deem appropriate so our user's are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If, however, we are going to use user's’ personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify members via email and give members the chance to retract their membership at that time, if they so desire.

1. What personal information Plain Games collects.
Plain Games is the sole owner of the information collected on www.PlainGames.com. Plain Games collects information from our user's at several different points on our web site in order to provide user's with a more personalized experience.

It is our goal to create a God honoring web site that provides the content and services that are of interest to Christian teens and parents. For this reason we collect and keep a record of certain information about our visitors. We use server log files, cookies, and beacons, to determine the number of unique visitors who come to our site and their browsing habits, to help us to determine the content that is most interesting to our visitors enabling us to create a site fitting the needs of our user's.


2. What personal information third parties collect through this web site.
Plain Games is not currently partnered with any third party companies. Plain Games has sole access to our databases and does not sell or rent this information to anyone.


3. What organization collects your personal information.
When you enter data into a form on this web site, this information is kept and maintained by Plain Games unless stated otherwise at the point where this information is collected.

Plain Games may occasionally run contests, sweepstakes, or promotions where a third party sponsors or co-sponsors the event. Under these circumstances, Plain Games may release the user data collected for the contest, including, but not limited to, the name and address of the winner. You will be informed at the point of collection weather your information will be released to a third party. Also at that point, it will be made known what third party will receive the user data as well as a link to their privacy statement if applicable. If you do not wish Plain Games to release your information to the third party you can choose not to participate in the contest, sweepstakes, or promotion.


4. How Plain Games uses your personal information.

Registration
In order to use some services on this web site, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to enter certain contact information (such as their name and email address) and unique identifiers (such as, username and password). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site and to update them about our policies. We also may send out a one-time email confirmation including the member’s username and/or password. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as gender), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience to the user's on our site.

User Profile
All profiles created are direct from the user. We collect and log only the information a user enters into a form on this web site. This information is not shared with any third parties unless you are given prior warning and a choice to opt-out of the sharing of your information. We offer many public services on this site such as the forum, which makes member registration profiles publicly available to other users. It is suggested that you only enter the required information when registering if you do not want others to view this information.

Server Log Files
We log specific information about our visitor’s computers, such as internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type (operating system), date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. This information is held in our servers log files and is not linked back to a specific visitor or individual.

Cookies
A cookie is a small data file stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. We do not link cookies to any personally identifiable information while browsing our site. We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once user's close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.

Plain Games uses cookies to identify returning visitors, hold a member’s login information, and to detect weather a user is allowed in certain sections on our site. By setting cookies on our site, user's will not have to login multiple times during the same browsing session, thereby saving time for the user. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. However, the user will be limited in some areas of our site and will not be able to use some services provided through the Plain Games web site. We also use cookies to determine the audience size and web traffic our site receives on any given day.

Web Beacons
Web beacons are small image files that Plain Games may place on web pages that allow us to count the number of unique user's who have visited a specific page on our web site. This information is not linked to specific user's or to any personally identifiable information.

4.a Communications from Plain Games.

Special Offers and Updates
We may send new members a welcoming Email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our user's we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see section 6.

Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for our user's privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see section 6.

Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send user's an email. Generally, user's may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.


5. Who does Plain Games share and give access to your personal information.

Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our web site.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Plain Games is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our user's to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by www.PlainGames.com.

Surveys
From time-to-time our site may request information from user's via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and Email address), and demographic information (such as state and country). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Users’ personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and the choice to opt-out. See section 6 for information on how to opt-out.

Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. Plain Games will automatically send the friend a one-time Email inviting them to visit our web site. Plain Games does not store this information after sending this one-time Email.

Chat Rooms, Message Boards, and Public Forums
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through Email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, by posting personal information online that is publicly accessible, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Please be aware that Plain Games is not responsible for any information you enter in the chat or forum areas of this site.


6. What options are available to user's regarding the collection, use, and distribution of personal information.
Plain Games will always give you the choice to opt-out of data distribution processes through an Email message to all members alerting them to what will be going on and giving them the chance to opt-out of such distributions. On some occasions you will have the choice to opt-out on a registration form or web page on this site. Further you may always opt-out by sending an Email to support@plaingames.com or by canceling your account.


7. How user's can correct inaccuracies in the information.
If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (name, email, or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate user's’ personally identifiable information. This can usually be done at the member information page after logging into your account or by emailing our Customer Support at support@plaingames.com.


8. What policies Plain Games has about the information collection of children under age of thirteen (13).
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, effective April 21, 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information from children under 13. The new rules spell out what a web site operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety online.

Plain Games collects the name and Email address of an individual under normal circumstances; however, some services or promotions may require an individual to provide more personal information. Because of the laws in place, a child age 13 and under will not be given access to such services and promotions. Plain Games does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from or about children 13 years of age and younger.


9. How you may contact Plain Games.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

Email: mailto:support@plaingames.com

Support: http://www.plaingames.com/corporate/contact.asp